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Teachers, students urge lawmakers to maintain gifted‑and‑talented line item at $15 million
Summary
Advocates — teachers, parents and students — described Indiana’s funded gifted program as a national model and asked the subcommittee to keep the budget line at $15 million. Witnesses outlined program requirements, screening costs, and how funds are used for identification, professional development, curriculum and program evaluation.
Indiana’s funded program for high‑ability (gifted and talented) students drew a steady stream of testimony from advocates who said the line item is essential to comply with state law and to identify and serve about 130,000 high‑ability students statewide.
Julie Klusas Gasper, executive director of the Indiana Association for the Gifted, told senators: “Indiana is 1 of only 15 states that has a funded gifted program. We are the gold standard among state gifted programs.” She described the statutory framework enacted in 2007 that requires every public and charter school to identify high‑ability students and provide appropriate services in core content (math and English language arts). Gasper said program components include a broad‑based planning…
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