Beech Grove is teaming up with the programs run by Stride/K12 to respond to growth in virtual enrollment.

The move is part of a state government streamlining effort by Gov. Mike Braun.

This year’s IREAD results show students’ scores have recovered to pre-pandemic levels. But data on how many students were held back in third grade for not passing the IREAD won’t be available until October.

1 in 3 counties in Indiana don’t have voucher-accepting private schools, and rural students tend to use vouchers less often.

School improvement funds would be redirected away from low-performing schools under Indiana’s federal funding flexibility request.

The state must begin grading schools again no later than December 2026. Public comment on the proposal is now open.

It will be up to states to opt in to the new program, which could help fill the gap between rising private school tuition costs and vouchers that families receive.

The money would be available to more schools to use with fewer rules about where the money would go.

Indiana is in the middle of a multi-year overhaul of reading instruction. State leaders want to see changes in math, too.

The state feels another pinch from the administration’s crackdown on DEI initiatives.