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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Indiana Newsletter for Sunday January 29, 2023 ( 5 items )  

CCIA Supports Indiana's Proposed Online Literacy Legislation
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (TNSgov) -- The Computer and Communications Industry Association issued the following news: Indiana is joining a growing number of states who are considering proposals that would establish a digital literacy school curriculum to help children learn how to more safely and responsibly use technology. HB 1358 would implement a digital literacy pilot program for grades K-8 that focuses on ensuring students have the ability to safely use, understand, communicate, and create wit  more

National Asian Pacific American Bar Association: Asian Pacific American Bar Association-Indiana Statement on Bloomington Anti-Asian Stabbing
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (TNSpp) -- The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association issued the following news release: The Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Indiana (APABA-IN), joined by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), strongly condemns the anti-Asian motivated stabbing of an Asian American Indiana University student at a bus stop in Bloomington. APABA-IN is working in coalition with other local organizations, including the Asian American Alliance and the As  more

National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies to D.C. Regulators: Take Time to Do Study on Unintentional Bias Right
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Jan. 24 (TNSgov) -- The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies issued the following news release and a letter on Jan. 20, 2023: * * * The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies is urging the District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking not to rush a planned study on the potential for unintentional bias in private passenger auto insurance and to fully consider different aspects of the insurance pricing and underwriting proc  more

The Mind Trust Awarded A Total Of $6.785 Million In Grants From Glick Philanthropies, Lilly Endowment Inc., And The Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Jan. 25 (TNSpp) -- The Mind Trust issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2023: The Mind Trust, an Indianapolis-based education nonprofit, today announced it has received a total of $6,785,000 in grant funding from Glick Philanthropies, Lilly Endowment Inc., and the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation. The grants will support teacher recruitment and training, parent engagement, and work to raise Indianapolis student proficiency in math and reading. "The Mind Trust is   more

Wake Forest University Awarded $30M Lilly Endowment Inc. Grant to Build National Capacity for Character Education
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Jan. 26 -- The Lilly Endowment issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2023: Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded Wake Forest a $30.7 million grant to support the University's Program for Leadership and Character and create a national higher education network devoted to educating character. "We believe focusing on character can help many colleges and universities realize their aspirations to educate the whole person and generate the knowledge, capacity and character th  more