As Indiana lawmakers near the halfway point of the 2026 session, they are considering bills tackling students’ technology use in and outside of the classroom.

For the second consecutive year, Indianapolis Public Schools faces legislation that would reshape the district. A bill that would create a new public authority to oversee all IPS and charter schools within its boundaries. The proposal has faced a lot of public pushback from IPS parents, who say it diminishes the power of the elected school board members in making decisions on its own schools, but most charter school leaders see the bill as a win.

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Last school year, about 72,700 public school students—or nearly 7% of those enrolled— experienced out-of-school suspensions. That was lower than the peak the prior year, but remains higher than before the pandemic. State data obtained by WFYI show that the increase was largely driven by more suspensions for fighting and drug-related offenses.

The data also reveal stark disparities. Black students were suspended more than three times as often as their white peers, while students with disabilities were removed from school more than twice as often as those without.

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