District management

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The Indianapolis Public Education Corporation also hired Andrew Strope, whose salary is not yet final. Rausch comes from a charter background, while Strope used to be IPS deputy superintendent.

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IPS district leaders, charter policy architects, and current and former elected representatives are in the running.

Here’s what Chalkbeat’s expert panelists had to say at an Indianapolis event July 8.

Legislators changed state law this year to make school board races partisan, despite concerns from educators and others.

Bultman will serve on the board until January, when an elected District 4 member will be sworn in. Both finalists for the appointed position said they are running in November.

The IPS board said yes to Cold Spring School’s request to be a charter school and stay in the IPS Innovation Network. It also approved two new innovation schools for one year.

Families say their kids get more-personalized learning in the Indiana Microschool Collaborative. Others worry about the network’s impact on students who remain in traditional public schools.

The waiver also allows Indiana to use a single school accountability system.

The Indianapolis Public Education Corporation must decide whether or not to put a tax increase to voters in November.

School boards make critical decisions about who leads a school district and how it manages funds. The latter responsibility carries even more weight at a time when property tax caps could pressure districts into budget cuts.

The Indianapolis Public Education Corporation will take over key aspects of schools in the city. It meets for the first time in mid-April.

School boards for IPS and charters will give up some power to the new Indianapolis Public Education Corporation, but will still retain control over key areas.

The new corporation will reshape Indianapolis education and take over key powers from school boards, including the elected Indianapolis Public Schools board.

The district’s budget trims $7 million from next year’s school budgets Even so, IPS will have a $5 million dollar deficit.

Hasaan Rashid will fill the District 2 seat until the November election. Rashid has expressed interest in running for the position at that time.

The District 2 seat, formerly held by Gayle Cosby, represents parts of the east side of the district, including portions of the Near Eastside and the Far Eastside.

IPS has a vacant seat left by Gayle Cosby, who resigned this week amid health concerns.

The announcement at a Tuesday meeting comes as substantial changes for IPS are on the horizon that will dilute the elected school board’s power.