Marion County public and private schools will receive $460 million from the Lilly Endowment to support a wide range of initiatives like new student programming, teacher training, and updated STEM and performing arts spaces.
The 34 grants announced by the organization Monday range from around $195,000 to $40 million. They will benefit public school districts, charter schools, and private schools throughout Marion County as part of the endowment’s twin school initiatives — the Marion County K-12 Public Schools Initiative and Marion County K-12 Private Schools Initiative.
But the Indianapolis-based philanthropic foundation has not yet made a decision on the grant proposal from IPS, due to the ongoing work of the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance, which this week will move closer to making key recommendations about the future of the district and local charter schools…