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STATE'S CONTROVERSIAL SCHOOL
VOUCHER LAW.
JUSTICES HEARD ARGUMENTS FROM
BOTH SIDES ON WHETHER THE
LAW THAT ALLOWS PRIVATE SCHOOLS
TO RECEIVE STATE
FUNDS VIOLATES THE INDIANA
CONSTITUTION.
THAT LAW WAS PART OF A PILE OF
EDUCATION REFORMS PUT
INTO PLACE BY THEN STATE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION TONY BENNETT. NEWS
10'S MIKE GRANT REPORTS
THAT WHILE BENNETT MAY BE
LEAVING OFFICE THERE ARE
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH IMPACT
HIS SUCCESSOR WILL
HAVE ON THAT AGENDA.
" DURING THE ELECTION EARLIER
THIS MONTH REPUBLICANS VIRTUALLY
RAN AWAY WITH VICTORIES FROM
THE VOTERS IN INDIANA. ONE OF
THE NOTABLE
EXCEPTIONS THOUGH WAS THE
VICTORY OF SCHOOL
LIBRARIAN GLENDA RITZ. THE
SOUTHERN INDIANA
DEMOCRAT DEFEATED REPUBLICAN
INCUMBENT TONY
BENNETT FOR STATE SUPERINTENDENT
OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION. BENNETT PUSHED AN
AGGRESSIVE
AGENDA AND ONE LAWMAKER SAYS
THAT MAY HAVE LED TO HIS
DEFEAT. "I THINK YOU COULD VERY
SAFELY SAY THE PUBLIC IS NOT
COMFORTABLE WITH THE SPEED. I
THINK THEY WANT MORE TIME TO SEE
WHAT THOSE REFORMS MEAN."
"A LOT OF PEOPLE WONDER JUST HOW
EFFECTIVE GLENDA RITZ IS
GOING TO BE AS THE STATE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION. AFTER ALL, MANY OF
THESE
REFORMS WERE PUT INTO PLACE BY
REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS WITH
A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR AND THAT
HASN'T CHANGED AT THE
STATE HOUSE. HOWEVER,
REPRESENTATIVE BATTLES SAYS
THE LAWS WERE WRITTEN IN SUCH
BROAD TERMS THAT THE
SUPERINTENDENT HAS PLENTY OF
ROOM FOR INTERPRETATION." "THERE
IS A LOT OF WIGGLE ROOM AS I SEE
IT AT LEAST THAT THE
LEGISLATURE ALLOWED THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION IN CREATING THAT
DOING AS HE OR SHE WISHED."
THAT MEANS THE PILES OF REFORMS
HEADING TO THE
CLASSROOM MIGHT GET A DIFFERENT
LOOK.
"WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THIS IS
STUFF THAT WORKS IN REAL
LIFE AND DOESN'T JUST WORK ON
PAPER. IT HAS TO BE GOOD POLICY
RATHER THAN GOOD POLITICS."
SOMETHING THAT WILL ULTIMATELY
IMPACT SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT ALL OF
INDIANA.
IN VINCENNES I'M MIKE GRANT NEWS
10. "
BESIDES THE CURRENT SPLITS ON
EDUCATION REFORM...
GOVERNOR ELECT MIKE PENCE IS
BRINGING A SEPARATE
AGENDA THAT INCLUDES MORE EARLY
CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL
TRAINING IN HIGH SCHOOLS.
GETTING FRIED.