Indiana Connections Academy

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SPECIAL NOTICE

On April 29, 2007, after heated debate, the Indiana General Assembly approved a state budget that very explicitly does NOT include funding for public virtual charter schools such as Indiana Connections Academy (INCA). This is despite such schools being allowed under Indiana Charter Law and INCA being duly authorized by Ball State University to open in fall 2007. The INCA Board of Directors and Connections Academy are actively exploring alternative sources of philanthropic funding to enable between 100–300 students to participate in a Connections Academy private pilot school program for the next two years to demonstrate the program's value to Indiana families. As of now, we will put all enrollment applications that have already been submitted on hold until it is determined if funds can be raised. Indiana families should be aware that INCA will NOT be opening as a public school this fall.

For information about how to voice your concerns to Indiana legislators and the Governor, please see Indiana Families for Virtual Public Schools, www.indianavirtualfamilies.org.

Indiana Connections Academy (INCA), a virtual public charter school, had received approval from Ball State University to operate as a K–12 school. Beginning in the fall of 2007, it would have served 700 students in grades K–11 throughout Indiana.

Our nationally accredited "school without walls" would have enabled students to attend class outside the traditional classroom under the guidance of Indiana certified teachers. As a public school, the curriculum would have been fully aligned to state standards, and there would not have been any enrollment fee or tuition.

INCA was developed with a founding group of parents, educators, and community leaders who wanted to establish a statewide virtual charter school. The founding group established INCA as an Indiana non-profit corporation with its own independent Board of Directors, which works with Connections Academy for curriculum, technology, and school management services. Learn more about enrollment in Indiana Connections Academy.

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