PLAINFIELD — Indiana K-12 educators will soon have less paperwork following the U.S. Department of Education’s approval of a waiver exempting the state from provisions of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
The state applied for the waiver in December to streamline education spending and align its new A-F accountability measures with federal law.
The waiver consolidates federal funding from portions of Titles I, II, III and IV – grants used to support things like low-income students, teacher training, English language learners and school safety – totaling $50 million over the next four years…