Senate Republicans are concerned about the cost of expanding private school vouchers to all Indiana families.

The former heads of Indiana Virtual School and Indiana Virtual Pathways Academy are accused of a conspiracy to defraud the state by reporting false student enrollment numbers.

The Indianapolis Public Schools Board of Commissioners approved a new partnership with two local charter school operators to provide virtual learning options in 2021-22 and beyond.

An Indianapolis parent is suing the State Board of Education after it changed a policy to ensure full funding for students learning remotely because of COVID-19.

The Indiana State Board of Accounts described the states per-student public school funding formula as an inherent risk because it incentivizes a school corporation to increase enrollment. The higher the student count, the more state funds a school receives.

Indiana wants Daleville Community Schools to repay $2.2 million in state funds connected to the inflated student enrollment at two shuttered virtual schools the district authorized.

An official report published last month revealed just how much two virtual charter schools falsified student enrollment data to receive millions in state funding. Now lawmakers are responding to the scandal.

A recent state report found the Indiana Virtual School and Indiana Virtual Pathways Academy enrolled thousands of students who never took a course and some who didnt even know they were enrolled.

An investigation by the Indiana State Board of Accounts says a quest to maximize profit at two virtual charter schools led its leaders to inappropriately collect more than $68 million in tax dollars by inflating student enrollment numbers for years.

Two virtual charter schools on the brink of collapse have spotlighted challenges in statewide virtual education in Indiana, and now some school districts are creating virtual schools and programs to better serve their local students.