INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic Schools Superintendent
Glenda Ritz has submitted Indiana’s request for a new waiver from the
federal No Child Left Behind requirements.
The request submitted
Monday beat a deadline set by U.S. Department of Education officials for
the state to submit a new waiver that addresses concerns raised by
federal monitors.
At stake is control over a portion of the more
than $200 million Indiana receives in federal "Title I" education
dollars each year.
Federal officials told Ritz in April that
problems with the state’s monitoring of low-performing schools had
placed the state’s waiver in jeopardy. The decision came shortly after
Indiana became the first state to exit the national Common Core
education standards.
Ritz staff members said they have been promised a response by the end of July.