Closing schools represents a form of accountability, but the volume of closures turns in Indianapolis spotlight on Indiana’s charter authorizers.

The motion to stay granted was the latest development this week in the legal fight between Indianapolis Public Schools and Attorney General Todd Rokita.

Indianapolis Public Schools is exempt from a law that requires districts to sell closed school buildings to charter organizations for $1.

Andrew J. Brown Academy charter school is interested in acquiring School 102 through the $1 law.

A third Purdue Polytechnic charter high school has been approved to open in the IPS district boundary.

A formal complaint alleges the Indianapolis Public Schools Board broke Indiana's Open Door Law when it approved a lawsuit against the state.

The Indianapolis Public Schools Board is asking the Marion County Superior Court to declare that the district meets an exception for the so-called $1 law.

Indianapolis Public Schools says its planned sale of two school buildings is exempt from a state law that makes district facilities available to charter schools for $1.

An adult education program is among the new uses for closed buildings in the Indianapolis Public Schools district.

Charter schools have largely missed out on the property tax revenue that public school districts receive.