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Senate committee backs shift of IPS facilities, transportation to IPEC after heated debate
Summary
After extended debate and failed amendments addressing board composition, referendum funds and local control, the Senate Education and Career Development Committee advanced House Bill 14‑23 to move Indianapolis Public Schools’ facilities and transportation oversight to the Indianapolis Public Education Corporation (IPEC); the measure passed 9–4 in committee.
The Senate Education and Career Development Committee voted 9–4 on Feb. 11 to pass House Bill 14‑23 as amended, advancing a plan to transfer oversight of Indianapolis Public Schools’ (IPS) facilities and transportation to the Indianapolis Public Education Corporation (IPEC).
Representative Colin Behning, the bill’s House sponsor, told the committee the measure narrows earlier language to exclude adult and virtual charters, shortens board terms to four years to comply with constitutional limits, and clarifies which charter‑related appointees may sit on the IPEC board. "When the bill left the House, we had 6 year terms. We found out the constitution strictly prohibits ... terms more than 4 years," Behning said in…
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