With two seats vacant on Indiana's education policy-creating body, the state's highest ranking education official is concerned.

Hoosier Academies Virtual School avoided closure from the State Board of Education Wednesday but instead faces a reduction in enrollment.

Hoosier Academies Virtual -- Indiana's first online public charter school -- has earned an F from the state for six years in a row. More than 3,000 students attend, grades K through 12, from all 92 counties. Some thrive, but last year, 60 percent of the senior class dropped out before graduation. On Wednesday, the State Board of Education might shut it down. In this two-part series reports, WFYI's Eric Weddle looks at the challenges facing the school and the pressures on the school's leader.

Only 23 school corporations in the state received an A rating.

The State Board of Education released school A-F grades for the 2015-2016 school year.

After the ISTEP+ panel issued its final report, the Legislature has a year to plan and implement a new test, against the advice of experts.

Fifty-two percent of students passed both the English Language Arts and Math sections of the test. This is compared to 53 percent in 2015.

The decision by the board, endorses a different type of expanded preschool than the version proposed by outgoing state superintendent Glenda Ritz.

The Indiana State Board of Education voted Wednesday to suspend part of Indiana law that requires schools to show progress in closing these gaps to receive an "A" ranking in the state's A-F system.

The state accuses CTB, now Data Recognition Corporation, of not living up to contractual duties after the company substantially delayed releasing 2015 ISTEP+ scores.