INDIANAPOLIS — Thousands of low- and middle-income parents in Indiana could soon be sending their children to private schools with public dollars.
A panel of state representatives approved a bill Wednesday that would make vouchers available for those students to leave public schools and attend private schools instead. The proposal in House Bill 1003 is a key part of the wide-ranging education reform that Republicans are moving in this year's General Assembly.
After listening to about nine hours of testimony Tuesday and Wednesday, the House Education Committee voted 8-5 to advance H.B. 1003 to the full House. All eight Republicans on the committee supported the bill, and all five Democrats opposed it.
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