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Republican Senator Mike Braun, Democrat and former state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick, and Libertarian software engineer Donald Rainwater are facing off for Indiana governor.
Each brings a vastly different plan for education in Indiana ahead of a budget session in the state legislature. Already, lawmakers are expected to debate an expansion of school choice programs, and an increase in minimum teacher salaries.
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Braun is a proponent of expanding the state’s voucher program — which already makes nearly all students eligible — to all students, while Rainwater has expressed support for universal Education Savings Accounts, which allow parents to customize their child’s education through classes and programs.