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

Three Indiana school districts will have to make difficult decisions about their budgets after their referendums were shot down by voters on Tuesday.

Seven of the 10 Indiana school districts with ballot questions to approve property-tax levies won voters' support in Tuesday’s primary election.

The School Town of Speedway is asking voters to approve a $46.4 million property tax referendum in the May primary election.

The Indianapolis Public Schools district is asking voters to approve a $410 million capital referendum during the May primary election.

Warren Township school district wants voters to approve an $88 million operating referendum in the May primary election.

The seven-member IPS board of commissioners is set to vote at a 10 a.m. public meeting Saturday at the Madam Walker Legacy Center on whether to place a $413.6 million operating tax referendum on the May 2 primary ballot. The money goes mostly to boost pay for district teachers.

It’s uncertain when the district will discuss the property-tax referendum again and if the district will agree to share funds with charter schools.

Some say they wont support a district tax levy unless it is equitably shared among Indianapolis charter schools.

A coalition of charter school leaders are calling on Indianapolis Public Schools to share revenue from a property-tax levy the district proposed for the 2023 ballot.