State’s financial neglect puts child care at risk

As a board member of the Martin Luther King Montessori School, I have witnessed how devastating recent state funding cuts have been to our institution. Our school is experiencing declining enrollment and revenue, a direct consequence of the wider Indiana child care crisis.

While we are moving quickly — the board has affirmed the need for a strategic retreat to develop solutions, including expanding our student population base — it is vital that the public understand the cause of this crisis.

Indiana cut its child care funding primarily to address a massive $225 million funding gap.

This deficit was not the result of irresponsible spending by providers, but from the previous administration’s decision to use more than $1 billion in tempor

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