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Over the next four months, lawmakers will create Indiana\u2019s two-year state budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Throughout this legislative session, Stand for Children Indiana will be focusing on the issues advocates like you said mattered most:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ensuring our public schools are equitably funded and that the school funding formula considers low-income and traditionally underserved students as well as our SPED and ELL populations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advocating for our public schools to be equipped with the curriculum and best practices in teaching reading that aligns with scientific research as our state faces a literacy crisis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supporting the governor\u2019s agenda item to increase the number of young people applying for 21st Century Scholarships.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ending some of the high costs and fees of our juvenile justice system that disproportionately burden low-income families and increase the time youth remain under court supervision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for your continued input and support. 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