House passes bill limiting classroom topics, requiring parental review of school curriculum
An Indiana House bill adding transparency for parents and restricting classroom topics in public schools is moving to the Senate, where its future is more uncertain. House Bill 1134, the controversial education bill attempting to limit “divisive” topics in the classroom while “...”
Bill making school board elections partisan has died in committee
UPDATE: A bill that would have put an end to Indiana’s nonpartisan school board elections has died in a House committee. After drawing sharp criticism and no public support in testimony during a hearing earlier this month, House Bill 1182 was not return to the House Electio “...”
In township hearings, city-county redistricting process is under way with familiar complaints
The following report from Indianapolis Recorder writer Tyler Fenwick was first published in the Recorder, and is shared through The Indiana Citizen redistricting reporting project. *** No, you’re not stuck in a time loop. Redistricting is happening again, this time locally with “...”
Amended elections bill would add more restrictions on absentee voting
A bill dealing with electronic voting machines was amended in an Indiana House committee Tuesday to add provisions that would further tighten the state’s absentee voting laws, already among the nation’s most restrictive. House Bill 1116, as introduced on Jan. 11, incl “...”
Transgender student-athlete bill draws testimony, advances to House floor
Ask both sides what the debate over transgender student-athletes’ inclusion in sports comes down to and they will likely give the same answer: fairness. Rep. Michelle Davis (above), R-Whiteland, has authored House Bill 1041 in an attempt to require non-postsecondary schools to “...”
John Krull commentary: ‘Talk to the hand’ is lawmakers’ response to the public on redistricting and other issues
If you want to understand why government in our country is so often lost, ineffectual and misguided, just look at what’s happening in our Indiana General Assembly. And, by the way, it is our—meaning it belongs to the citizens of this state—General Assembly. More on that in “...”
House passes vaccine mandate bill
UPDATE: A House bill that would give employees exemptions to workplace vaccine mandates and end Indiana’s state of emergency passed on to the Senate with a vote of 57-35 Tuesday. All Democrats and seven Republicans voted no on House Bill 1001, which would require businesses imp “...”
City-County Council announces public hearings on redistricting
The Indianapolis City-County Council has announced a series of nine public hearings, one in each of Marion County’s nine townships, on the redistricting process that will take place in 2022. “The effort marks the first time in Indianapolis history that the Council is “...”
John Krull commentary: Time to own up to our nation’s history
My grandfather was a career educator. He started teaching school even before he finished college. In the early days of the 20th century a person could do that. He started first in the classroom, showed skill at management and leadership and spent the bulk of his career as a princ “...”
Education bill that drew ridicule for author’s remarks on Nazism is killed, Senate president says
UPDATE: Indiana Senate President Rodric Bray, R-Martinsville, announced Friday that Senate Bill 167, which would have prohibited the teaching of certain topics in Indiana classrooms among other provisions, will not be considered further. In a statement released by the Senate Repu “...”