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Indiana House narrowly approves partisan school board elections

The Indiana House narrowly approved legislation mandating partisan school board elections on Monday with a 54-40 vote.
Republicans, like Rep. Lucas, support the plan, arguing party labels provide voters more information on candidates' stances on key social issues.
The House proposal allows candidates to list a party without winning a primary.
Approximately 81% of Indiana voters do not consistently vote for the same party in primary elections.
Opponents, including Democrats and the ISBA, argue the changes inject harmful partisanship into education and could increase teacher turnover.

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the74million.org

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Indiana Poised to Make School Board Elections Partisan After Key Vote

This article was originally published in Chalkbeat.A bill to give Indiana school board candidates the option to run as Republicans or Democrats has passed a key vote in the House and could soon head to the governor’s desk. But the changes that House lawmakers made to Senate Bill 287 may first require a stop in a conference committee, where legislators from both chambers would hash out a final version. The bill passed by the House on Monday gives…

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The Elkhart Truth

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Bill would make school board races partisan

INDIANAPOLIS — Legislation adding political party affiliations to Indiana’s currently nonpartisan school board elections got one step closer to law Monday, when it narrowly earned House approval. The 54-40 tally included “no” votes from 14 Republicans and all 26 Democrats…

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Lawmakers aim to refine bill for partisan school boards, closer to becoming law

ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.

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UPDATE: N.C. House approves bill making Pitt school board partisan

The N.C. House of Representatives voted 70-47 to approve legislation that will make the Pitt County Board of Education a partisan body.

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News and Tribune

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Southern Indiana officials voice thoughts on partisan school board bill

SOUTHERN INDIANA — Rebecca Gardenour, president of the New Albany-Floyd County school board, feels that state legislation on partisan school board races is a “big mistake.”

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Bill adding Indiana to small group of states with partisan school board races squeaks by House

A bill advancing at the statehouse would add Indiana to small group of states with partisan school board races, but the Senate must agree to the House’s edits before it heads to the governor.

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