Indianapolis school official: Funding boost helps few

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Public Schools superintendent is calling for a re-evaluation of how the state pays for services for non-English-speaking students, saying schools with the highest populations are shortchanged.

Superintendent Lewis Ferebee told the Indianapolis Star (http://indy.st/2hvPpOG ) that the district, where nearly 15 percent of students are non-English speaking, is burdened with steep costs.

The district and other Central Indiana schools don't benefit from the extra money the state made available in 2015 for English-language learners because one-fourth of a district's students need to be English-language learners to qualify for those funds. Community Schools of Frankfort is the only school district in the state that is above that line.

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