In 2024, state lawmakers passed a bill that requires school districts to have regulations on cellphones, laptops and smartwatches during instructional time. This left it up to the districts to put a full ban on the technology.
A new law will go into effect later this year in Indiana allowing the public to request that certain books found in school libraries be removed.
Some Indiana teachers took a field trip to the state capitol in protest of some proposed bills, calling on state lawmakers to take action to improve education.
The proposal would upend the current nonpartisan school board elections across the state despite opponents arguing the change would further inject politics into local schools.
The drafting of a new two-year state budget will be the primary focus of the Republican-dominated Legislature during its session expected to last until late April.
House Bill 1134 has been debated for weeks in the House of Representatives but now that it's been assigned to a committee, teachers are rallying to stop it.
The bill was discussed in Indianapolis last Wednesday but no final votes have been made on it's future.
The Indiana State Teachers Association (ISTA) called for legislators to allow teachers to negotiate for "health and safety conditions, class sizes and prep periods" with local districts.
The preliminary injunction prevents the state from enforcing the law, which took effect Thursday, to terminate any existing dues deduction withholding agreements until after the final pay period of the 2020-21 school year.
Governor Eric Holcomb previously said that the state was prioritizing shots specifically for those at the biggest risk of hospitalization and death.
