Trump Admin. Issues Broadest Waiver Yet on School Accountability, Funding

Indiana on Tuesday secured the broadest state waiver yet from federal school funding and accountability requirements, as the Trump administration aims to give state and local leaders more control over K-12 decision-making.

It's the third state to receive such a waiver from the U.S. Department of Education, following Iowa in January and Louisiana last month.

But Indiana's waiver goes further than the other two, marking the first time a state will be allowed to change how it rates school performance for federal accountability and the first to give school districts more leeway in how they spend certain federal education funds...