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Indiana Republicans appear to be toeing the party line in a push to put chaplains in public and charter schools, including an option to hire clergy.

Indiana lawmakers are considering legislation that, if enacted, would allow religious chaplains to be employed by public schools to provide both secular and religious services.

A new report finds Mississippi is among the states that it says "chronically underfunds" its K-through-12 schools. The Albert Shanker Institute report measured statewide funding for almost 20 years, ranking state school-funding formulas based on how many students attend schools in districts with funding below the estimated "adequate" levels. Study co-author Bruce Baker, a professor at the University of Miami, said Mississippi has consistently made greater effort than the national average - but the numbers indicate the state still isn't stepping up to give ...

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A new report says state funding for public schools has fallen off a "fiscal cliff" in 39 states, and that New Mexico is one of 10 states where some 60% of students attend school in "chronically underfunded" districts. According to the study, a dropoff in state funding in four out of five states began in 2006 during the Great Recession, but co-author Bruce Baker, a professor at the University of Miami, said New Mexico's economic ability to fund schools needs to be considered when looking at the data. "New Mexico spends a higher share of its economi...