Record Number of Hoosier School Districts Seeking Property Tax Referendums

A record thirty-eight Indiana school districts are pursuing property tax referendums as public schools face mounting funding challenges.

State records show Indiana spends thirty-seven hundred dollars below the national per-student average, with K-12 public schools serving eighty-seven percent of Hoosier students.

Criticism has emerged after the state reverted one hundred million dollars in unspent school tuition funds back to the general fund surplus at the end of the fiscal year.

Advocates are calling on state officials to return those reserve dollars directly to classrooms to prevent larger class sizes and local program cuts.