Education deregulation bill sparks debate

Education deregulation bill sparks debate

Tensions flared Tuesday in the Indiana Senate as conversations around an education deregulation bill devolved into a debate over social-emotional learning, or SEL.

Education deregulation bill sparks debate in final Senate vote

INDIANAPOLIS — Tensions flared Tuesday in the Indiana Senate as conversations around an education deregulation bill devolved into a debate over social-emotional learning, or SEL.

Indiana education deregulation bill sparks social-emotional learning debate in final Senate vote • Indiana Capital Chronicle

Sen. Jeff Raatz, R-Richmond, chats with colleagues in the Senate chamber on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (Leslie Bonilla Muñiz/Indiana Capital Chronicle)Tensions flared Tuesday in the Indiana Senate as conversations around an education deregulation bill devolved into a debate over social-emotional learning, or SEL. In focus was House Bill 1002, a Republican-backed measure that despite its length — 165 pages in the latest draft — would strike multipl…

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