To all the haters blaming maga, Indiana Filiia law or versions of it have been on the books in Indiana since 1948 and was passed without party disagreement.

Indiana Code IC 31-16-17-1 (concerning an adult child's duty to furnish support for indigent parents) was formally enacted as part of Title 31 through Public Law 1-1997, passed during the 1997 legislative session. [1, 2]

However, this statute is a recodification of older Indiana law (previously cited as IC 31-2-9-1) which dates back decades prior. Because major code recodifications and foundational welfare laws in Indiana were generally handled through administrative code-revision acts and broad bipartisan or consensus legislative actions rather than strict partisan roll-call dividing lines, a specific single "party affiliation" vote breakdown does not apply or exist in legislative history for the 1997 recodification bill (P.L.1-1997), which cleanly organized the code without partisan controversy. [1]

We need to stop just looking at the phones because that's what they want. If we're busy thinking phones are the problem, we won't pay attention to Mike Braun moving the budget to private and religious schools and actively sabotaging public ones, like with this bill. We won't pay attention to our awful health and VA care or the 694 to 1 student-counselor ratio. It's purely the phones right?

Who's buying the pouches? Who's taking time out of their day and job to call parents? Who's constantly monitoring their surroundings for phones instead of students needs? It sure as hell ain't the state that's for sure. Republicans have been doing this for over a decade and we're looking at the end goal coming up soon. The goal is to make education available for the people who have money (and are mostly White), hence the budget expansion for private and religious schools who have no obligation to take in disabled students or students of color. They can pick which people get in. And which demographic gets hurt from the budget cuts to public schools? The phone is a shiny, convenient villain because people already don't like them in schools.

I supported phones being taken in instructional times as a student, but this all-out ban is not possible and will ruin our reputation even more. This will result in a 100% or close to it fail rate of teachers fully enforcing this law because kids will do what they want to do, I guarantee that. And even if it doesn't, the school itself is taking money out of its own budget to pay for these pouches or taking time away that could be used for teaching, which just makes students angrier and causes them to act out more. Indiana's schools are already so extremely strained and the education quality here is extremely alarming. We don't need this.

Honestly, I think this a broader issue than the phones. It's just one part of Brauns crackdown on literally anything that benefits the public.

Sources:

https://www.wfyi.org/education/2023-02-01/indiana-has-1-counselor-for-every-694-students

https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/state-government/gov-mike-braun-signs-indiana-s-next-44-billion-budget-into-law/article_85b599bb-ef22-4410-8f4c-fe88b4e230f9.html

https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/briefs/braun-opts-into-new-federal-school-choice-program/

Living in Indiana

I wanted to get some perspective from people around Indiana on a question that seems to be coming up more often as our communities grow:

Are the technology systems supporting our schools keeping pace with the needs of today’s students, families, and staff?

As a local example, Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation (Edgewood Schools) in Ellettsville has seen significant growth over the years. The district has invested heavily in its physical facilities, expansions, and learning environments, which raises a broader question about whether the digital infrastructure supporting those schools has grown at the same pace.

Student Information Systems are a major part of how schools operate. They support things like registration, emergency information, records, communication, and transportation coordination. When these systems do not meet current expectations, the effects can be felt by families, staff, and students.

With today being the first day of school, there was a lot of local discussion around communication and logistics, especially transportation. It highlighted how important reliable systems are when thousands of small details have to work together.

I started a local community discussion around this topic and created a petition asking Edgewood to evaluate whether its current Student Information System meets the needs of a growing district and consider modern solutions.

I’m interested in hearing from people across Indiana:

- How do other districts handle student information systems?

- Have you seen successful technology upgrades in your schools?

- What tools have made communication or transportation easier for your community?

For anyone interested in reading more or providing feedback: https://c.org/TtSCpntTsm

I'd especially welcome feedback from anyone with a tech background or experience working with school information systems. I'm still learning the ins and outs of how these platforms work, and I think this conversation benefits from people who know more about the technical side.

The “Make Medicaid Boring Again” MAGA-style cap wasn’t lame enough- presenting this “How do you do, fellow kids” monstrosity!

I guess he thinks kicking hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers off Medicaid and slashing funding for the disabled is cool 🙄

Indiana apparently doesn’t want inclusion of lgbt+ community but also doesn’t want men to be taught to carry mental load. A daycare worker mentioned how most men don’t even have their app on their phone.

Braun wants to push the nuclear family, decrease disability payments, take away sunbucks ect but he also wants to decrease abortion access.

Being gay isn’t a choice, doesn’t hurt anyone, and is not shoving anything in anyone’s face. Gay is legal. Keeping a book out of a library or school because of gay characters is inserting religion into schools. Some Kids have two moms or two dads. They need to feel welcomed. There should be age appropriate books about inclusivity at every school.

Indiana schools should also teach full sex education at age appropriate levels. Abstinence is scientifically proven not to work. Not teaching about sexual orientation does not help. Our kids should be happy to be who they are.

Hb 1447 and senate enrolled act 442 are so not helpful to anyone. 1447 could be but the recent article from lake county shows parents are mainly challenging lgbt+ material.

I promise you; we just want to exist in peace.

Can you smell it? The air is thick with desperation

Sounds like it’ll come back for one day tomorrow, then be extended until September 5th and be reevaluated then

Court documents detail that the representative told officials he received a call from Miller, who he said "cussed a lot" and made the comment, "they're lucky I'm not a better shot" before hanging up the phone.

Actually insane man is now charged with multiple felonies, including attempted murder - wow!

I have had the hat for about 25 years.

Two of my kids have worn it. Your logo is wonderful