 Local teachers Associations from Gibson, Pike, Posey, and Vanderburgh counties will hold a “Fair Funding Rally†at the Four Freedoms Monument in Evansville at 11 AM on Saturday, April 10. Several area teachers and ISTA President Keith Gambill are expected to speak at the rally, and the event will be held rain or shine.Â
Teachers have organized the rally to protest the proposed state budget, which would allocate 30% of new spending on education in Indiana to the expansion of the school choice program, or private school vouchers, and a newly created Education Scholarship Account (ESA) program. Association leaders say the budget funnels much needed financial resources away from traditional public schools that educate over 90% of Hoosier students.Â
Teachers have engaged in an Association-organized Red for Ed week of action beginning on Monday with specific actions and messages related to education funding in Indiana each day. Across the state, over 170 school boards have passed resolutions denouncing the proposed expansion of Indiana’s school choice program and creation of an ESA program. The budget bill is currently working its way through the state Senate.Â
Do the parents or legal guardians of the over 90% of Hoosier students pay over 90% of the property taxes used to fund public schools? What percentage of property taxes of the parents or legal guardians of the less than 10% Hoosier students going to private schools goes to funding public schools which, according to many multiple sources, greatly under perform in educating Hoosier students?
Comments are closed.