Dive Brief:
- Indiana Schools Superintendent Glenda Ritz on Monday filed the state's application for another waiver from No Child Left Behind.
- Ritz sent it in just in time to meet the deadline set by the U.S. Education Department, which has flagged the state's previous application for not adequately monitoring low-performing schools.
- If Indiana's new proposal isn't accepted, the state runs the risk of losing over $200 million in Title I funding.
Dive Insight:
Indiana has been promised a response from the federal government by the end of the July. It really appears as though the state is playing with fire. Currently, schools are not only being asked to familiarize themselves with new standards in a relatively short period of time, but they are also being asked to re-budget in an even shorter period of time. If Indiana doesn't receive the waiver and loses its Title I funding, many schools will be hurting, since many — especially the low-performing ones the federal government said weren't being monitored enough — depend heavily on those extra dollars.