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Here are the 2023 primary election results for Indianapolis Public Schools, Speedway, and Warren Township ballot questions for more funding.

Three Marion County school districts had funding proposals on the ballot as voters headed to the polls Tuesday. And all three received approval.

The referendum for capital expenses is part of the district’s Rebuilding Stronger reorganization. Here’s what you need to know.

The IPS school board is asking voters to approve new taxes to pay for plumbing, lighting, athletic facilities, and other infrastructure upgrades at 23 schools. 

UPDATE: The IPS Board of School Commissioners approved the Rebuilding Stronger plan during Thursday, November 17's Board Action Session.

Previous Rebuilding Stronger meetings at IPS have highlighted facilities in need of repairs, an enrollment decline, and a budget deficit.

Photo by Aarika Washington First published March 1 in in.chalkbeat.org, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for newsletter here. Only 39% of Indianapolis Public Schools students met expectations for growth in English last fall, and just 31% met them in math, test results indicate. Both those figures represent drops from a year earlier. The declines illustrate the heavy toll that the pandemic — and being in and out of classrooms — are taking on student lear...