The committee reduced funding for a pre-K expansion bill, from $10 million a year to $3 million a year.

Plus, proposed bills on school start date, preschool expansion, and ISTEP+'s replacement gained ground this week.

The Indiana House of Representatives passed their version of preschool expansion Tuesday but not without concerns about links to private school vouchers.

Proposed legislation to expand the state's publicly funded preschool program is tangled up in the ongoing feud over private school vouchers.

The General Assembly will discuss how to expand the state's pre-k pilot program during the 2017 legislative session.

When the General Assembly convenes for the 2017 legislative session, expanding state funded pre-K will be a top priority.

State tax revenue growth is about $75 million below projections for the fiscal year that started July 1.

The question that will face the full General Assembly is how much it will be expanded.

Children of migrant workers can face interrupted schooling, cultural and language barriers, and social isolation - factors that inhibit a child's ability to do well in school.

More choice, no Common Core, and a gutting of the U.S. Education Department.