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Agenda at Indiana Statehouse changes focus as second half of session starts
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | over 1 year ago
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With the contentious "right to work" legislation now law, the Indiana General Assembly will move forward in the second half of the 2012 legislative session that begins today, working on bills that range from local government reform to teaching
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NOTEBOOK: One last chance for opponents to fight Indiana right-to-work bill
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Those who hope to scuttle the right to work bill will have one last chance to sway Indiana lawmakers but they'd better hit the road early. The Senate Pensions and Labor Committee has scheduled a two-hour public hearing on the contentious measure that
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Legislation session comes in two parts -- right to work and the everything else
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Though they won't be as sweeping as last year's major changes, Indiana lawmakers are considering education reforms of a different sort. The current 10-week legislative session could be divided in half: The right-to-work portion, which is dominating
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Education standards bill defeated in Indiana Senate panel
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Filed Under An effort to force Indiana to withdraw from "common core" education standards failed Wednesday, but the bill's sponsor promised to try to revive it. Sen. Scott Schneider, R-Indianapolis, said he was concerned Indiana was signing on to
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DOE hears opposition to proposed system for school A to F grades
Martinsville :: VA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Written by Ellie Price, The Statehouse File Filed Under Dwight Ashley, principal of Damar Charter Academy, speaks at a Department of Education meeting Tuesday morning. / Abigail Godwin / The Statehouse File The Indiana Department of Education heard
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Law would require school boards to post full value of superintendents' contracts
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | over 1 year ago
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All the financial details of school superintendents' sometimes-creative contracts would be required to be posted online for public review under a measure that is gaining traction in the Indiana General Assembly. It's a push by lawmakers that comes
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Bill would require Indiana students to learn cursive
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | over 1 year ago
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A state senator is seeking to make sure that Indianas elementary school students learn cursive writing after all. Sen. Jean Leising, R-Oldenburg, has authored Senate Bill 83, which would require school corporations to include cursive writing in their
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Indiana Charter School Board to host hearings in December
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | over 1 year ago
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28 p.m. , updated December 2, 2011 at 12:28 p.m. The newly-founded Indiana Charter School Board will host hearings through December to get input on applications from groups that want to open new schools. The group created by a law the General
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Yorktown wrestler's bid for temporary restraining order denied
Muncie :: IN :: USA | over 1 year ago
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A Delaware County judge on Wednesday declined to issue a temporary restraining order that would have allowed a student at Yorktown High School to join its wrestling team. The Indiana High School Athletic Association has declared Marcus "Eli" Walker
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New legislative session may bring changes for Indiana school superintendents
Uniondale :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Changes could be in store for Indiana school superintendents in the legislation session that will begin in January. Sen. Jim Banks, R-Columbia City, a member of the Senate Education Committee, is considering what to include in a bill that he says
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