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Vic's Statehouse Notes #296 - April 21, 2017

4/21/2017

 
Dear Friends,
 
There is no joy in Mudville over the funding for public schools in the final budget.
 
The budget was posted for review in the wee hours this morning and will be voted on tonight.
 
If you want to see the budget and the school funding formula for yourself, it is posted on the General Assembly website on the House Republican page.
 
Here are my sad conclusions after a quick read.  No doubt given more time there could be more concerns.
 
If you want to share your opinions with legislators, please feel free, although there is no doubt that the budget will pass tonight, perhaps after midnight.
 
Tax credits for private school scholarships run by Scholarship Granting Organizations hit a bonanza!
 
Current funding in 2016-17 was $9.5 million.
 
Funding for next year 2017-18 has been raised to $12.5 million, up 31%.
 
Funding for every year starting in 2018-19 will be $14 million, a 12% raise about $12.5 million.
 
This adds up to a $7.5 million increase in the two-year budget.  This is a large increase to promote private school tuition when most public school categorical funding has been absolutely frozen.  Summer School funding, for example, has been stuck on $18.3 million for years.  The private school proponents showed their influence once again.
 
Let's hope someone starts checking the SGO audits.  These are largely unsupervised groups, and they are now getting more public money than Alternative Education ($6M) and the Senator Ford Technology Fund ($3M) combined.  Under the law, the SGO can keep 10% for overhead and salaries.  Do the math.  They must be well paid.
 
The Senate budget's excellent effort to put a line item in the budget for Choice Scholarships has disappeared from the final budget.
 
Money for private school vouchers will again be taken from the same Tuition Support budget line item used for all K-12 schools.  Transparency in line items has been requested for years and is still not part of the budget.
 
There is a helpful statement of cost projections for Choice Scholarships on the last page of the School Funding formula.  It projects $156 million (a 7.2% increase) for the first year and $167 million (a 6.9% increase) for the second year in funding Choice Scholarships based on an estimate that voucher enrollment would increase 5.8% the first year and would increase 5.5% in the second year.
 
The final budget funded K-12 schools with $345 million new dollars in the two-year budget, a total of $13 million less than the Senate budget.  The hope that a $200 million gain in the April revenue forecast would give K-12 an extra boost turned out to be a mirage.
 
The House budget (Feb.) raised K-12 funding by $77 M in the 1st year and by $273 M over two years.  (Percentage increases:  1.1% in the 1st year and 1.7% in the 2nd year) 
 
The Senate budget (March) raised K-12 by $117 M in the 1st year and by $358 M over two years.  (Percentage increases:  1.7% in the 1st year and 1.7% in the 2nd year)
 
The final budget (April 21) raised K-12 by $113 M in the 1st year and by $345 M over two years. (Percentage increases:  1.6% in the 1st year and 1.7% in the 2nd year)
 
It is extremely disappointing that the Senate budget increase of $358 million was not maintained in the final budget, especially given the new revenue forecast.
 
There was no time for a full analysis of how school districts fared in the final funding formula, but the Senate budget is an indicator of the stress to school districts that will come with this budget since the final budget is close to the Senate budget.  The Senate budget gave 144 districts either a negative percentage increase or less than a 1% increase, which is well below inflation.
 
These low increases mean hard times ahead for the resources available to many K-12 students in approximately half of the school districts in Indiana.
 
It is sad that Indiana leaders could not do better for their K-12 students.  While the 1.6% and 1.7% increases are better than the 1.0% in FY 2013 and FY 2015, they are well below recent increases given in FY 2014 (2.0%), in FY 2016 (2.3%) and in the current year FY 2017 (2.3%).
 
Keep talking with your legislators about how you feel they are doing for public schools.
 
Thank you for your strong support of public education in Indiana!
 
 
Best wishes,
 
Vic Smith      vic790@aol.com

Vic's Statehouse Notes #295 - April 19, 2017

4/19/2017

 

Dear Friends,
 
Thanks to all who came to Tuesday's rally for better K-12 funding!
 
The letter delivery and contacts with legislators afterward brought excellent conversations such as mine with Senator Ruckelshaus. Joel Hand and Indiana PTA leader Deb Fox were both interviewed on Channel 59 to get the message out that we need to do better for our K-12 students in the budget.
 
House Bill 1004 - PreKindergarten
 
This afternoon (Wed., April 19) the Conference Committee Report on the prekindergarten bill (HB 1004) was released. The final bill will be voted on tomorrow.
 
The final version, while it narrowed the problem, did not break the link between getting a pre-K grant and getting a K-12 voucher. The final version thus creates a new eighth pathway to K-12 vouchers.  Those who get a pre-K grant will be eligible for a K-12 voucher in many cases.
 
This is a provision that has nothing to do with the pre-K experience but will help private and religious schools build their voucher program.
 
The final version of the 1004 also reverses a ban on using pre-K grants funds to expand capital facilities. This reversal would allow private or public preschools to use the grant funds for facility expansion. This would of course be especially helpful to expand private facilities that serve K-12 voucher students.
 
If you oppose the K-12 voucher expansion in the pre-K bill, please contact your Senator or any Senator tonight or tomorrow morning to let them know you oppose the final version of HB 1004 and ask them to vote against it.
 
  • Remind them that the Senate version passed with no language to expand K-12 vouchers and that's the way it should be.  The path to universal vouchers should not go through the pre-K program.
  • Remind them that the pre-K pilot program has been running just fine with no provision to give pre-K students a lifetime K-12 voucher.
  • Remind them if pre-K students go to private schools that want them to stay for K-12 enrollment, they can get a School Scholarship from the vastly expanded tax credit program run by Scholarship Granting Organizations.  The new budget is going to give $3 million additional dollars each year (a 31% increase) to the tax credit School Scholarship program, bringing the annual total available to $12.5 million. This should adequately cover any tuition need for pre-K students to enroll in private K-12 schools.
 
Thank you for any contacts you can make with Senators tonight or tomorrow and for your active support of public education in Indiana!
 
Best wishes,
Vic Smith      vic790@aol.com
 

State Superintendent bill - from the Indy Star


"For the past 166 years, Hoosiers have elected the official in charge of overseeing Indiana's schools. By 2024, voters likely won't have the opportunity to choose the superintendent of public instruction.

"The Indiana House voted 66-31 for a measure to allow the governor to appoint the schools chief starting in 2025. Gov. Eric Holcomb is expected to sign House Bill 1005 into law. He identified the change as one of his top legislative priorities when he took office in January."  

Read the full article.

How does your school stack up in the two budget bills?

We've posted a spreadsheet on our website.

Education Bills to Be Heard Monday, 4/17

4/17/2017

 
Call to Action

Please join ICPE and other educational groups for a rally to improve K-12 public school funding this Tuesday, April 18 at the Statehouse at 3:30 p.m. More details about the rally and the current state of the State budget can be read here. 

Education Bills to Be Concurred by the Senate


More details can be found here. 

SB 196 - School debt service obligations. Provides the following for purposes of the school bond payment intercept statute: (1) The term "debt service obligations" also includes principal and interest payable to a school corporation's designated paying agent under a written agreement entered into in connection with the issuance of a school corporation's general obligation bonds. (2) Upon being notified of a school corporation's failure to pay debt service obligations when due, the treasurer of state shall within five days pay the unpaid debt service obligations that are due from state funds, in an amount equal to the amount of the unpaid debt service obligations that are due to the claimant (but only to the extent that amounts are available to the treasurer of state to fulfill this requirement). (3) The treasurer of state shall provide notice of the request by a claimant to the budget director, the auditor of state, and any department or agency of the state responsible for distributing funds appropriated by the general assembly for distribution to the school corporation from state funds, and such a department or agency of the state shall transfer those funds to the treasurer of state for purposes of paying the unpaid debt service obligations. (4) The amounts made available to the treasurer of state for this purpose shall be made from the following sources and in the following order of priority: (A) First, from amounts appropriated by the general assembly for the state fiscal year for distribution to the school corporation from state funds. (B) Second, from any remaining amounts appropriated by the general assembly for distribution for tuition support in each state fiscal year in excess of the aggregate amount of tuition support needed for distribution to school corporations. (C) Third, to the extent that the general assembly has adopted a biennial budget appropriating amounts in the immediately succeeding state fiscal year for distribution to the school corporation from state funds, then from such fund or account, as determined by the state budget director (from which fund or account there is appropriated to the treasurer of state an amount equal to the lesser of: (i) the unpaid debt service obligations not paid from the other sources; or (ii) the amount appropriated by the general assembly for the immediately succeeding state fiscal year for distribution to the school corporation). (5) If any amounts are transferred to the treasurer of state to pay the unpaid debt service obligations of the school corporation, the applicable department or agency shall recover those amounts by deducting an amount equal to the transfer from any future amounts to be distributed to the school corporation from state funds. 

Education Bills to Be Concurred by the House

More details can be found here. 

HB 1024 - Prayer in schools. Provides that a school corporation or charter school shall not discriminate against a student or a student's parent on the basis of a religious viewpoint or religious expression. Provides that students may express their beliefs about religion in homework, artwork, and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination based on the religious content of their submissions. Provides that public school students may pray or engage in religious activities or religious expression before, during, and after the school day in the same manner and to the same extent that students may engage in nonreligious activities or expression. Provides that students in public schools may wear clothing, accessories, and jewelry that display religious messages or religious symbols in the same manner and to the same extent that other types of clothing, accessories, and jewelry that display messages or symbols are permitted. Requires the department of education, in collaboration with the attorney general's office and organizations with expertise in religious civil liberties, to establish a model policy. Provides that each school corporation may include as an elective in the school corporation's high school curriculum a course surveying religions of the world

Education Bill Being Reviewed in House Conference Committee

HB 1009 School financial management. Does the following, effective January 1, 2019: (1) Eliminates the school general fund. (2) Creates an education fund to be used as the exclusive fund to pay expenses allocated to student instruction and learning. (3) Creates an operations fund to replace the capital projects fund, the transportation fund, the school bus replacement fund, an art association or a historical society fund, and the public playground fund. Provides that the state board of accounts shall before January 1, 2019, develop a chart of accounts to be used by school corporations to reflect the implementation of the education fund and the operations fund. Provides that the levy for a school corporation's operations fund consists of the following separately calculated levies: (1) A transportation levy. (2) A school bus replacement levy. (3) A capital projects levy. (4) For certain schools, levies to provide funding for an art association, a historical society, or a public playground. Provides that on January 1, 2019, the balance in the school corporation's general fund shall be transferred to the education fund. Specifies that before March 1, 2019, the governing body of a school corporation may transfer to the school corporation's operations fund, from the amounts transferred from the school corporation's general fund, any amounts that are not allocated to student instruction and learning. Allows transfers between the education fund and operations fund. Allows a school corporation to request authorization from the state board of accounts to op out of examination requirements by the state board of accounts and instead contract with a certified public accountant for an annual financial audit. Provides new allowable expenditures from the operations fund to include all skilled trades, school maintenance vehicles, and contracted services related to buildings and grounds. Eliminates the requirement to publish the entire capital projects plan and school bus replacement plan. Removes the approval of the plans and appropriations by the department of local government finance. Eliminates various dedicated funds and moves the purpose for each of these funds to the education fund or operations fund. Creates the school corporation referendum controlled project tax levy fund to pay for projects approved by a voter referendum. Makes corresponding changes. Extends (through 2019) the ability in current law for a school corporation to allocate circuit breaker credits proportionately (without taking protected taxes into account) under certain circumstances. Provides that a school corporation that has an ADM of more than 15,000 may not issue bonds after August 15, 2020, unless the school corporation has for its preceding budget year prepared an annual financial report using the modified accrual basis of accounting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Provides that a county that has a population of more than 100,000 and a municipality that has a population of more than 75,000 may not issue bonds after June 30, 2020, unless the county or municipality has for its preceding budget year prepared an annual financial report using the modified accrual basis of accounting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Allows the state examiner to waive these requirements if the state examiner determines that a waiver is in the best interest of the school corporation, county, or municipality. Replaces the provisions in current law (which would be phased in during 2017-2020) concerning annual financial report requirements that must be met before a school corporation, county, or municipality may issue bonds. Provides that effective July 1, 2017, a school corporation may not issue any bonds unless it has filed its annual financial report with the department of education. Provides that effective July 1, 2017, a county or municipality may not issue any bonds unless it has filed its annual financial report with the state examiner for the preceding fiscal year. 

Is your school district on this list?  

4/16/2017

 
It's the list of school districts that will receive less funding next year if the budget proposed by the House of Representatives.*

If your district is on this list, you have good reasons to attend the rally to improve K-12 public school funding this Tuesday, April 18 at the Statehouse at 3:30 p.m.

(If your is one of the fortunate districts NOT losing funding, you should still attend, because what happens to some of us, hurts all of us!)

124 School  Districts will LOSE money in FY2018 under the House budget*
Ranging from $1,161 (MSD of Pike Township) to $7.7 million (Indianapolis Public Schools)
Ranging from a loss of less than 1% up to 6.2%
 
Argos Community Schools
Attica Consolidated Sch Corp
Baugo Community Schools
Bloomfield School District
Brown County School Corporation
Brownstown Cnt Com Sch Corp
C A Beard Memorial School Corp
Carroll Consolidated Sch Corp
Caston School Corporation
Clarksville Com School Corp
Clay Community Schools
Clinton Central School Corp
Cloverdale Community Schools
Community Schools of Frankfort
Concord Community Schools
Covington Community Sch Corp
Crawford Co Com School Corp
Crothersville Community Schools
Culver Community Schools Corp
Decatur County Com Schools
DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist
Delphi Community School Corp
East Washington School Corp
Eastern Greene Schools
Edinburgh Community Sch Corp
Elkhart Community Schools
Elwood Community School Corp
Eminence Community School Corp
Fayette County School Corp
Fort Wayne Community Schools
Franklin County Com Sch Corp
Fremont Community Schools
Frontier School Corporation
Gary Community School Corp
Goshen Community Schools
Greater Clark County Schools
Greencastle Community Sch Corp
Greensburg Community Schools
Hamilton Community Schools
Huntington Co Com Sch Corp
Indianapolis Public Schools
Jay School Corp
Jennings County Schools
John Glenn School Corporation
Kokomo School Corporation
Lake Ridge Schools
Lake Station Community Schools
Lakeland School Corporation
Lebanon Community School Corp
Loogootee Community Sch Corp
M S D Martinsville Schools
M S D of New Durham Township
M S D Pike Township
M S D Steuben County
M S D Wabash County Schools
M S D Warren Township
Madison Consolidated Schools
Madison-Grant United Sch Corp
Manchester Community Schools
Medora Community School Corp
Merrillville Community School
Mill Creek Community Sch Corp
Mitchell Community Schools
Muncie Community Schools
New Castle Community Sch Corp
North Daviess Com Schools
North Judson-San Pierre Sch Corp
North Lawrence Com Schools
North Miami Community Schools
North Montgomery Com Sch Corp
North Putnam Community Schools
North White School Corp
Northeast Dubois Co Sch Corp
Northeast School Corp
Orleans Community Schools
Paoli Community School Corp
Peru Community Schools
Pike County School Corp
Plymouth Community School Corp
Porter Township School Corp
Prairie Heights Com Sch Corp
Randolph Central School Corp
Randolph Eastern School Corp
Richland-Bean Blossom C S C
Richmond Community Schools
Rising Sun-Ohio Co Com
Rush County Schools
School City of East Chicago
School City of Hammond
Scott County School District 1
Shelby Eastern Schools
Shenandoah School Corporation
Shoals Community School Corp
South Bend Community Sch Corp
South Dearborn Com School Corp
South Harrison Com Schools
South Madison Com Sch Corp
South Newton School Corp
South Putnam Community Schools
South Spencer County Sch Corp
Southeast Dubois Co Sch Corp
Southeast Fountain School Corp
Southwest Dubois Co Sch Corp
Southwest School Corp
Southwestern Con Sch Shelby Co
Southwestern-Jefferson Co Con
Spencer-Owen Community Schools
Springs Valley Com School Corp
Tippecanoe Valley School Corp
Tipton Community School Corp
Tri-Central Community Schools
Triton School Corporation
Twin Lakes School Corp
Union Co/Clg Corner Joint Sch Dist
Union School Corporation
Vigo County School Corp
Warsaw Community Schools
Wawasee Community School Corp
West Noble School Corporation
West Washington School Corp
Western Wayne Schools
Westview School Corporation
White River Valley Sch Dist
Whitko Community School Corp

Indiana Can Do Better for Kids


*There are many ways to compute the "winners and losers" in each budget scenario. We have chosen to focus on the impact on Fiscal Year (FY) 2018. These budget projections vary with enrollment projections. Your district's actual funds could be higher if your enrollment grows more than projected or lower if your enrollment declines more than projected. 
Is your school district on this list?  

This is the list of schools receiving less than a 1% increase next year if the House of Representatives budget is passed. (Consider that the rate of inflation is around 3%.)  If your district is in this category, you too have a really good reason to make your voice heard at Tuesday's rally.

46 School Districts will receive less than a 1% increase in FY2018 under the House budget*
Ranging from a $9,560 increase (Logansport Community School Corp.) to $840,138 (MSD of Wayne Township)
 
Blackford County Schools
Blue River Valley Schools
Cannelton City Schools
Centerville-Abington Com Schs
Danville Community School Corp
East Gibson School Corporation
Evansville Vanderburgh Sch Corp
Franklin Community School Corp
Garrett-Keyser-Butler Com
Greenfield-Central Com Schools
Jac-Cen-Del Community Sch Corp
Knox Community School Corp
Lafayette School Corporation
LaPorte Community School Corp
Lawrenceburg Com School Corp
Linton-Stockton School Corp
Logansport Community Sch Corp
M S D Boone Township
M S D Wayne Township
Marion Community Schools
Nettle Creek School Corp
Nineveh-Hensley-Jackson United
North Adams Community Schools
North Harrison Com School Corp
North West Hendricks Schools
Oregon-Davis School Corp
Pioneer Regional School Corp
Portage Township Schools
Salem Community Schools
Shelbyville Central Schools
Sheridan Community Schools
Smith-Green Community Schools
South Montgomery Com Sch Corp
South Ripley Com Sch Corp
Southeastern School Corp
Southern Wells Com Schools
Sunman-Dearborn Com Sch Corp
Switzerland County School Corp
Tell City-Troy Twp School Corp
Tri-County School Corp
Valparaiso Community Schools
Wa-Nee Community Schools
Wes-Del Community Schools
West Central School Corp
Whiting School City
Whitley Co Cons Schools

Indiana Can Do Better for Kids

*These budget projections vary with enrollment projections. Your district's actual funds could be higher if your enrollment grows more than projected or lower if your enrollment declines more than projected. 

Is your school district on this list?

The proposed budget from the Senate is better for Indiana's public schools because it contains an additional $85 million.  Sounds good, right?  It is good. It's a far better budget than the House, but it's not perfect. Believe it or not, there are still school districts losing funding next year under the Senate budget.   

If your district is on this list, you have good reasons to attend the rally to improve K-12 public school funding this Tuesday, April 18 at the Statehouse at 3:30 p.m.

103 School Districts will LOSE money in FY2018 under the Senate budget.*
Ranging from $1,096 (Richland Bean Blossom Community School Corp.) to $1.9 million (South Bend Community School Corp.)
Ranging from a less than 1% loss to 5.9% (Attica Consolidated School Corp.)
 
Argos Community Schools
Attica Consolidated Sch Corp
Baugo Community Schools
Bloomfield School District
Brown County School Corporation
Brownstown Cnt Com Sch Corp
C A Beard Memorial School Corp
Carroll Consolidated Sch Corp
Caston School Corporation
Clarksville Com School Corp
Clinton Central School Corp
Cloverdale Community Schools
Covington Community Sch Corp
Crawford Co Com School Corp
Crothersville Community Schools
Culver Community Schools Corp
Decatur County Com Schools
DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist
Delphi Community School Corp
East Washington School Corp
Eastern Greene Schools
Edinburgh Community Sch Corp
Elkhart Community Schools
Elwood Community School Corp
Eminence Community School Corp
Fayette County School Corp
Franklin County Com Sch Corp
Fremont Community Schools
Frontier School Corporation
Gary Community School Corp
Goshen Community Schools
Greater Clark County Schools
Greencastle Community Sch Corp
Greensburg Community Schools
Hamilton Community Schools
Huntington Co Com Sch Corp
Jay School Corp
Jennings County Schools
John Glenn School Corporation
Kokomo School Corporation
Lake Station Community Schools
Lakeland School Corporation
Lebanon Community School Corp
Loogootee Community Sch Corp
M S D Martinsville Schools
M S D Steuben County
M S D Wabash County Schools
Madison Consolidated Schools
Madison-Grant United Sch Corp
Manchester Community Schools
Medora Community School Corp
Mill Creek Community Sch Corp
Mitchell Community Schools
Muncie Community Schools
New Castle Community Sch Corp
North Daviess Com Schools
North Judson-San Pierre Sch Corp
North Lawrence Com Schools
North Miami Community Schools
North Montgomery Com Sch Corp
North Putnam Community Schools
Northeast Dubois Co Sch Corp
Northeast School Corp
Orleans Community Schools
Paoli Community School Corp
Peru Community Schools
Pike County School Corp
Plymouth Community School Corp
Porter Township School Corp
Prairie Heights Com Sch Corp
Richland-Bean Blossom C S C
Richmond Community Schools
Rising Sun-Ohio Co Com
Rush County Schools
Scott County School District 1
Shelby Eastern Schools
Shenandoah School Corporation
South Bend Community Sch Corp
South Dearborn Com School Corp
South Madison Com Sch Corp
South Newton School Corp
South Putnam Community Schools
South Spencer County Sch Corp
Southeast Dubois Co Sch Corp
Southwest Dubois Co Sch Corp
Southwestern Con Sch Shelby Co
Spencer-Owen Community Schools
Springs Valley Com School Corp
Tippecanoe Valley School Corp
Tipton Community School Corp
Tri-Central Community Schools
Triton School Corporation
Twin Lakes School Corp
Union Co/Clg Corner Joint Sch Dist
Union School Corporation
Wa-Nee Community Schools
Wawasee Community School Corp
West Noble School Corporation
West Washington School Corp
Western Wayne Schools
Westview School Corporation
White River Valley Sch Dist
Whitko Community School Corp

Indiana Can Do Better for Kids

*These budget projections vary with enrollment projections. Your district's actual funds could be higher if your enrollment grows more than projected or lower if your enrollment declines more than projected.

Is your school district on this list?

42 School Districts will receive less than a 1% increase in FY2018 in the Senate budget*
Ranging from a $8,914 increase (MSD of New Durham Township) to $897,280 (Vigo County School Corp.)

A 1% increase is still below the rate of inflation. If your district is on this list for receiving a less than 1% increase, you have good reasons to attend the rally to improve K-12 public school funding this Tuesday, April 18 at the Statehouse at 3:30 p.m.

 
Centerville-Abington Com Schs
Clay Community Schools
Concord Community Schools
Danville Community School Corp
East Gibson School Corporation
Fort Wayne Community Schools
Garrett-Keyser-Butler Com
Greater Jasper Con Schs
LaPorte Community School Corp
Linton-Stockton School Corp
M S D Boone Township
M S D of New Durham Township
M S D Pike Township
Merrillville Community School
Nettle Creek School Corp
Nineveh-Hensley-Jackson United
North Harrison Com School Corp
North West Hendricks Schools
Pioneer Regional School Corp
Randolph Central School Corp
Randolph Eastern School Corp
School City of Hammond
Shelbyville Central Schools
Sheridan Community Schools
Shoals Community School Corp
Smith-Green Community Schools
South Harrison Com Schools
South Ripley Com Sch Corp
Southeast Fountain School Corp
Southeastern School Corp
Southern Wells Com Schools
Southwest School Corp
Southwestern-Jefferson Co Con
Sunman-Dearborn Com Sch Corp
Switzerland County School Corp
Tri-County School Corp
Valparaiso Community Schools
Vigo County School Corp
Warsaw Community Schools
Wes-Del Community Schools
West Central School Corp
Whitley Co Cons Schools

Indiana Can Do Better for Kids

*These budget projections vary with enrollment projections. Your district's actual funds could be higher if your enrollment grows more than projected or lower if your enrollment declines more than projected


Here's how it adds up:

# districts gaining 1% or more in FY 2018:
House Budget: 119
Senate Budget: 145

# districts gaining less than 1% in FY 2018
House Budget: 46
Senate Budget: 42

# districts losing funding in FY 2018
House Budget: 124
Senate Budget: 102

# losing money or gaining less than 1% in FY 2018
House Budget: 170
Senate Budget: 144

% losing money or gaining less than 1% in FY 2018
House Budget: 59%
Senate Budget: 50%

District losing the most in FY 2018
House Budget: Indianapolis Public Schools ($7.7 million)
Senate Budget: South Bend CSC ($1.9 million)

District losing the greatest % in FY 2018
House Budget: 6.2% Attica Consolidated SC & West Noble SC
Senate Budget: 5.9% Attica Consolidated SC

Additional partners 
We welcome AFT Indiana, the Indiana Small and Rural Schools Coalition and the Indiana Urban Schools Coalition as partners in Tuesday's rally. All are welcome to join us!

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