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Committee delays votes on school transportation pilot and Indianapolis Local Education Alliance after extensive testimony
Summary
After hours of testimony, the House Education Committee postponed action on amendments to Senate Bill 373 that would create a statewide transportation and facilities pilot and establish an Indianapolis Local Education Alliance; witnesses sharply divided over local control, taxation and charter participation.
The House Education Committee heard hours of public testimony on proposed amendments to Senate Bill 373 before the chair said the measures would not be voted on this week and would be taken up again next week.
The proposed changes include two voluntary pilot programs — one to allow districts, charters and other schools to collaborate on transportation and facilities planning, and a separate pilot to test mastery‑based education models — and a provision to create an Indianapolis Local Education Alliance (ILEA) to study facilities, transportation and referendum issues inside the city.
Supporters — including charter leaders, parents and some business groups — urged the committee to approve the pilots and the alliance as tools to expand access to choices and to coordinate scarce resources. Taylor Hughes, chief strategy officer at the Indy Chamber, said the alliance would allow local stakeholders to “work on some of those…
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