Superintendent Glenda Ritz and the Indiana Department of Education announced Thursday that Indiana received a waiver issued by the United States Department of Education from certain aspects of the federal No Child Left Behind law.
What does this mean for Hoosier students?
According to Superintendent Ritz, the waiver, “allows schools to utilize Title I dollars in the best way to meet students’ needs.”
Basically, the waiver gives local schools continued flexibility in how they utilize federal funding and allow more funding decisions to be made at the local level. It also allows continued flexibility in how Indiana measures student performance and growth.
Leading up to the waiver decision was months of hard work by the Indiana Department of Education as well as Indiana educators, parents, community leaders and local organizations.
Every year the Indiana Department of Education must assemble and present a proposal to the United States Department of Education to be considered for an extension of the waiver.
For more information, please visit www.doe.in.gov.
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