These remain our most urgent priorities. We encourage you to take action—make phone calls, send emails, and let your voice be heard.

Oppose Senate Bill 1

Senate Bill 518 has been folded into SB 1 by amendment.  The House Ways and Means committee meets Monday April 7 at 10:30 to vote - there will be NO PUBLIC TESTIMONY on this amendment.  Its passage will have devastating consequences to our school district. Senate Bill 518: School Property Taxes

Authored by: Sen. Linda Rogers, Sen. Jeff Raatz, Sen. Mike Gaskill.

Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffrey Thompson, Rep. Robert Behning, Rep. Jake Teshka, Rep. Andrew Ireland.

This bill proposes changes to school property tax policies, including tax rate adjustments and potential redistribution of funds between districts. If enacted, our district would experience funding cuts leading to reduced programs and resources, with a projected 49% reduction in operations property tax funding beginning in 2028.

Status: Passed by the Senate; now moving to the House for consideration.

 Here is a script and email addresses for these representatives. You can click HERE to generate an auto-populated email with a script (remember to personalize it).  

Oppose current amendments to SB 373 as they are written.

Amendments to SB 373 call for the creation of a Transportation & Facilities Pilot and the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance (ILEA). The House Education Committee will vote on this amendment on Wednesday April 9.   There will not be testimony but showing up in opposition to Amendment 9 (and now Amendment 13) still matters, Continue to call and email to the House Education Committee (Rep. Behning is the chair), Senator Bray, and Speaker of the House Rep. Huston in opposition to this amendment.  Here is a script and email addresses for these representatives.