South Bend town hall talks legislative impacts on schools

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Local leaders shining a light on the risks that public education is facing in the Hoosier state.

South Bend residents gathered at a town hall meeting tonight to learn more about Indiana legislation that would effectively cut public school funding.

Portage Township Trustee Jason Critchlow pointing down to the statehouse, saying this legislative session has been an attack on traditional public schools.

"We have one bill that will completely slash property tax funding from all local taxing units. We have another bill that will transfer property tax revenues from traditional schools to charter schools, which would be another huge hit for your traditional public school system," stated Portage Township Trustee Jason Critchlow.

Critchlow continues, "in the end, who hurts the most when traditional public schools take hits like this, it's the working families, it's the poor families, it's the regular folks out there, and it's a big deal."

Those two bills he mentions, SB1 and SB518 have hearing tomorrow down at the statehouse.