>>> JIM BANKS ANNOUNCES HIS SENATE BID, AN ATTACK ON MITCH BAN DANIELS PLUS A STEP TOWARD UNIVERSAL SCHOOL VOUCHERS AND MORE.

FROM THE TELEVISION STUDIOS AT WFYI, IT'S INDIANA WEEK IN REVIEW, THE WEEK SENDING JANUARY 20, 2023.

>>> INDIANA WEEK IN REVIEW IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE SUPPORTER OF INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING STATIONS.

>>> THIS WEEK THIRD DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN JIM BANKS OFFICIALLY THREW HIS HAD INTO THE RING FOR THE SENATE RACE.

TONY SAN DETAILMAN REPORTS.

>>> BANKS WHO RECENT LINAGESSED A PLAN TO CREATE AN ANTI-WOKE CAUCUS IS BASING MUCH OF HIS ANNOUNCEMENT CON COLD STOPPING SOCIALIST RAD DAHL DEMOCRATS FROM CHANGING AMERICA.

BANKS IS JOINING A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, CONGRESSMAN VICTORIA SPARKS AND FORMER GOV MITCH DAN DANIELS.

THE DIRECTOR FOR INDIANA POLITICS SAYS GIVEN HIS NATIONAL PROFILE AND POPULARITY AMONG D.C. REPUBLICANS THE BIGGEST CHANG HE WOULD FACE FROM THAT GROUP WOULD BE DANIELS.

>>> THE THING ABOUT FORMER GOVERNOR DANIELS IS HE'S REALLY WELL LIKED IN WASHINGTON TOO, BUT FROM A DEN CROWD, HE'S LIKED BY THE WASHINGTON MEDIA IS.

>>> HOLCOMB, SPARKS AND DANIELS HAVE UNTIL FEBRUARY 22024 TO FILE FOR THE RACE.

>>> DEMOCRAT AN DELANEY, REPUBLICAN CHRIS MITCHEM, AND NIKI KELLY EDITOR IN CHIEF OF THE INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE.

I'M STATE HOUSE BUREAU CHIEF BRANDON SMITH SMITH AND EVEN AMONG RUMORED CANDIDATES IS JIM BANKS THE FRONT RUNNER?

>> THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT HE'S THE DARLING OF THE RADICAL RIGHT CRAZIES OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

HE DEE DENIED THE FACTS THAT JOE BIDEN WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT.

HE CALLED THE RIOTERS TOURISTS AND THE THING THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME THE MOST ABOUT HIM IS HE'S THE TYPICAL RIGHT WING REPUBLICAN, THEY SET UP A STRAW MAN THAT DOESN'T EXIST, WHETHER ENGLISH IS THE NATIVE LANGUAGE OR CRITICAL RACE THEORY OR WOKISM, THERE'S NO THREAT BUT THEY CONJURE IT UP SO THEY CAN RALLY THEIR BASE TO FIGHT THIS PERCEIVED THREAT AND STAY TOGETHER AGAINST A COMMON ENEMY THAT DOESN'T EXIST.

>> AND ITS WORKS.

>> IT WORK BUT IT WORKS AMONG PEOPLE THAT ARE TOO IGNORANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE BEING MANEUVERED AND THAT MAY BE ENOUGH TO GET THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION, THE QUESTION IS THAT ENOUGH TO GET HIM ELECTED AND I DON'T THINK IT IS BECAUSE HE'S NOT A WORTHY HEY.

NOBODY WHO VOTED FOR RICHARD WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE JIM BANKS REPRESENTING HIM.

>> ANN DOESN'T LIKE HIM SO IT SOUNDS LIKEMUST BE THE FRONT RUNNER.

>> HE CHECKS LOT OF THE BOXES YOU WANT TO SEE.

HE IS THE POTENTIAL TO RAISE SEVEN FIGURE AND THAT CHILDRENS THE MONEY BOX, AND ALMOST BEING ELECTED TO A BIG REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP POSITION, THAT OPENS UP THE MONEY ASPECT BUT HE HAS THE NAME RECOGNITION, AND THEN THE BENEFIT OF GETTING INTO THE RACE FIRST YOU KNOW WHAT SIDE OF THE CAMP HE'S?

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HE CALLED DONALD TRUMP THE PRESIDENT OF HIS LIFETIME, HE'S THE MOST CONSERVATIVE PERSON IN THE INDIANA CAUCUS BUT TO ANN'S POINT, I THINK THAT ARE THE WAY YOU DO IT.

>>> I WAS TALKING ONE THIS WITH SOMEBODY AND LET'S LOOK AT THE LAST COUPLE OF IS THAT THE PRIMARIES WHERE WE HAD OPEN SEATS.

TODD YOUNG WON AGAINS THE JIM BANKS OF HIS TIME, MAR LOB -- MARLON SUTSMAN.

TODD YOUNG EASILY BEAT HILL.

IT'S 67-33.

MIKE BRAUN HEN HE RAN IN 2018 IS NOT THE MIKE BRAUN THAT'S RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR NOW, HE WAS NOT AS MODERATE AS LUKE NESSER, AND HEFOUND A MIDDLE AT THAT TIME AND DID IT SUCCESSFULLY.

IS GOING HARD RIGHT A GOOD PLAY AGAINST SOME HEAVY HITTERS?

>> I WOULD SAY IN YOUR RESEARCH YOU NEED TO GO BACK FURTHER AND LOOK AT THE DEFEAT OF RICHARD LUGER, WHO WAS OUT MANEUVERED ON HIS RIGHT FLANK, TO THE SURPRISE OF A LOT OF PEOPLE.

>> SOME OF WAS THAT HE HAD BEEN IN WASHINGTON, D.C. -- >> RIGHT, HERE'S THE ISSUE.

YOU ASK THESE TWO FOLKS, AND I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD ASK ME, BECAUSE THE NOTION OF WHAT'S THE FRONT RUNNER, AND THE FLIPPANT SYSTEMS ANSWER IS FOR WHICHL, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE CALENDAR THE PRIMARY COMES FIRST.

YEAH HE'S WELL FOGS POSITIONED FOR THAT FOR ALL THE REASONS YOU CAN READ IN POLITICS FOR DUMMIES.

YOU HAVE TO GO HARD RIGHT IN PRIMARIES OR HARD LEFT IF YOU'RE A DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE, HERE OR IN 49 OTHER STATE.

IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GENERAL ELECTION I THINK MITCH DAN DANIELS WOULD CLEAN HIS CLOCK.

I DON'T THINK HE WOULD STAND A PRAYER IN THE GENERAL, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH BEFORE BEFORE YOU GET TO THE OTHER.

>> ANYBODY CAN I EVEN IF OTHER FOLKS GET IN IS JIM BANKS THE NEXT REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR U.S. SENATE?

>> I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF THERE WEREN'T AT LEAST THREE CANDIDATES, VICTORIA SPARKS SAID SHE'S INTERESTED AND LOT OF HER OR HATE HERSHEY SHE'S SHE'S A TIGHTER SO I DON'T THINK WE KNOW UNTIL WE SEE MORE OF WHAT THE FIELD MIGHT BE.

>> DOES THIS PUT MORE PRESSURE ON HAVE I BEEN TERROR YA SPARKS IF SHE'S GOING TO ANNOUNCE TO RUN NOON.

>>> I GUESS, WE'RE STARTING STUFF SO EARLY.

>> I LOVE YOUR COMMENT ABOUT SHE'S A FIGHTER.

ANYBODY WHO GETS IN IN RACE BY DEFINITION IS A FIGHTER AND I THINK WE'RE SEEING NATIONAL MEDIA TALKING ABOUT THIS BEING GROUND ZERO IN A NEW CIVIL WAR WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

>>> SPARKS WOULD HAVE TO GET IN THAT CAMP WITH GYM BANG.

>>> MODERATE ON THE TRAJECTORY LIKE RICHARD LUGER HAD MAYBE YOU WOULD HAVE A CHANCE.

>> SPEAKING OF WHICH BEFORE THE U.S. SENATE RACE EVEN HAD AN OFFICIAL PARTICIPANT THE CLUB FOR GROWTH MADE A BID TO KEEP ONE PERSON OUT OF THE RACE.

THE ORGANIZATION LED BY FORMER THE CONGRESSMAN MACINTOSH LEAD AN ATTACK AGAINST MITCH DANIELS.

>>> CLUB FINISH GROWTH LONG A CHICK FUR IN JAN POL TICK WANTEDS TO STOP IT BEFORE IT STARTS PULLING NO PUNCHES.

>> MITCH DANIELS AN OLD GUARD REPUBLICAN CLINGING TO THE OLD WAYS OF THE BAD OLD DAYS.

>>> THE AD ATTACKS HIS RECORD AS GOVERNOR.

THE AD IS A GROSS DISTORTION AND DANIEL'S CONSERVATIVE RECORD IS CRYSTAL CLEAR.

>>> CHRISTIAN DOES AN AD LIB THIS MAKE DAN DANIELS MORE OR LESS LIKELY TO JUMP BOO THE RACE?

>> I THINK ANY IT WOULD FEDERAL LEVEL HAS TO HAVE A HEIGHTENED SENSE OF COMPETITIVENESS AND YOU WARRANT THE CONSTITUENTS TO VOTE FOR YOU, SO IF I WAS IN HIS POSITION AND I HAVE AN ATTACK AD COMING OUT ON ME AND IS THAT CRITICIZED ME FOR LACKING MOTORCYCLES LIKE THE AD DID YEAH IT WOULD BOOST ME TO GET INTO THE RACE AND PROVE PEOPLE WRONG, OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR DAN YES, MA'AMS ON THAT BUT IT ATTACKED HIM FOR THINGS THIS YOU DO NOT HEAR HIM ATTACKED ON, TYPICALLY THE COMMON CRITICISM IS HE DOESN'T JIVE WELL WITH THE SOCIAL RIGHT, SO THE FACT THAT IT CAME STRAIGHT FOR WHAT IS KIND OF THIS AURA OF MITCH DAN DANIELS, I MEAN YOU CAN'T DENY THAT ONE.

>> ACTUALLY I CAN.

>>> IF YOU WERE ADVISING MITCH DANIELS -- >> HE'S DONE A LOT AND HE MAY WANT TO SAY I WOULD LIKE TO SAIL OFF -- OR RIDE MY MOTORCYCLE OFF INTO THE SUNSET BUT IF YOU'RE GYM BANG AND YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN AND YOU KNOW MITCH DAN YES, MA'AMS YOU OUGHT TO STAND UP IF YOU HAVE ONE OUNCE OF INTEGRITY YOU WOULD STAND UP AND SAY PULL THAT AD S HE OUGHT THE GET ON THE PHONE TO STEVE BANNON AND TO STOP THE ATTACKS ABOUT HIS PRIVATE LIFE, BUT HE WANTS TO BE IN THE SENATE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE INCLUDING THE TRUTH GYRE I THINK IT'S GOING TO GET WAY BLOODIER THAN THAT.

>> I AGREE WITH THAT TO A POINT, HE WAS BEING TERM LIMITED OUT OF THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS THE BEING REASON WHY HE OPTED NOT TO IS HE DIDN'T WANT TO FAKES FACE THE ATTENTION HE WAS GOING TO FACE AND THAT HAND CHANGED, DOES THAT KEEP HIM OUT OF THIS RACE?

>> KNOWLEDGE HASN'T THIS STUFF CHANGED BUT IT SEEMS TO BE GONE SO I CAN'T TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF BANKS SUPPORTERS WHO SHOWEDDED ME EVERY LITTLE THINK THEY THINK IS NEGATIVE AGAINST DANIELS, I MEAN THEY ARE WORKING HARD AGAINST SOMEONE THEY THOUGH WOULD BE THE FAVORITE THE MINUTE HE JUMPS IN.

AND MARK LUBBERS SAID AS A PERSONAL FRIENDTY HOPE HE DOESN'T RUN BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE AWFUL, BUT HE SAID FOR HIS COUNTRY HE HOPED HE WOULD RUN AND BEAT BANKS TO A PULP.

>>> THAT G GETS TO THE DOES IT LESS LIKELY TO RUN AND I SAW A SOURCE CLOSE TO DAN DANIELS SAID HE WOULD HAVE $50 MILLION TO SPEND.

>> I THINK THERE'S A LOT OFENINGER THAT LOYAL CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS IN THE STATE OF INDIANA HAVE BEEN SIMMERING FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS OR MORE ESSENTIALLY SINCE -- LET'S GO BACK AT LEAST MAYBE TO SOME ELEMENTS OF THE PENCE ADMINISTRATION HERE AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN D.C., AND I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF PENALTY UP FRUSTRATION, THIS WOULD BE A CHANCE TO INVESTMENT.

BUT LET ME SAY THIS ABOUT THE AD, I THINK THE RHETORIC IS PREDICTABLE IN THAT IT'S BOILERPLATE LANGUAGE.

CORPORATE TIMES SURE BUT LISTEN IF YOU HAD TO CAPTION THAT FOR SOMEBODY WHO ISN'T FAMILIAR WITH THIS; HE'S WHAT IT WOULD SOUND LIKE, THIS IS A PERSON WHO DESERVES TO BE CAST ASIDE BECAUSE HE HAD TIES TO THE LARGEST ECONOMIC DRIVER IN INDIANA THAT'S BEEN INFLUENTIAL IN DRIVING OUR ECONOMY FOR 100 PLUS YEARS, ELI LILY.

HE'S NOT QUALIFIED BECAUSE HE HAS TIES THIS TO CONSTITUTION THAT HAPPENS TO BE A CREDIT UNION JEWEL OF OUR FORMER RESEARCH CONSTITUTION, PERDUE UNIVERSITY AND THIS NOTION OF WASHINGTON, SO RONALD REAGAN, THE PERSON HE SERVED FOR MUST BE SOME HORRIBLE PERSON TOO SO BASICALLY YOU HAVE THAT SLAMMED RONALD REAGAN, PURDUE UNIVERSITY AND ELI LILY AND COMPANY THAT'S THE WAY I WOULD SEE IT.

>>> AND NIKI IS RIGHT THERE'S NO CIVILITY IN POLITIC, BUT I THIS HAVING PERSONAL ATTACKS ON HIS FAMILY WILL BACKFIRE, I THINK THEY DO THAT AT THEIR OWN PERIL.

>>> AND THAT MIGHT BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, AND DOING IT IN INDIANA WHERE I THINK I AGREE WITH YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO AGREE WITH YOU THAT I DON'T THINK AMAZON HOOSIERS WOULD APPRECIATE THOSE SORT OF PERSONAL ATTACKS, BUT TIME NOW FOR VIEWER FEEDBACK.

EACH WEEK WE POSE A POLL QUESTION AND THIS WEEK'S QUESTION IS WHO SHOULD BE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR U.S. SENATE IN 2024, JIM BANKS, MITCH DAN YES, MA'AMS OR SOMEBODY ELSE.

LAST WEEK'S QUESTION SHOULD INDIANA PROVIDE FREE TEXTBOOK FOR ALL K-12 PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENTS.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE PART IN THIS POLL GO TO WFYI.COM/IWIR AND LOOK FOR THE POLL.

SPEAKING OF EDUCATION, INDIANA LAWRENCE ARE CONSIDERING A BILL THAT WOULD GREATLY EXPAND THE SCHOOL CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM.

IT WOULD LET FAMILIES RECEIVE MOST OF THE STATE FUNDING LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS WOULD HAVE GOTTEN TO EDUCATE THEIR CHILD.

>>> CURRENTLY LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME PARENTS WHO CHOOSE TO LEAVE PUBLIC SCHOOL ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF AID UNDER A STATE PROGRAM.

THE MONEY CAN BE USED TO PAY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.

THE BILL WOULD EXPAND THE ELIGIBILITY OF THAT THIS PROGRAM TO ALL STUDENTS.

JENNY WHITAKER SAYS THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY IN TERMS OF FUNDING.

>>> THE LACK OF STATE OVERSIGHT ON WHO CAN RECEIVE THIS VOUCHER PUTS THE STATE IN A FINANCIAL RISK.

THERE ARE EC LIMITS ON WHO CAN RECEIVE THEM.

>>> OTHERS ARGUE THE EXPANSION WOULD GIVE MORE FAMILIES MORE CHOICES IN HOW THEY EDUCATES THEIR CHILDREN.

>>> NIKI KELLY, WHERE DOES THIS LEAD?

>>> THAT'S THE BIG QUESTION AND MY FRUSTRATION LISTENING TO THAT THE AUTHOR KEPT SAYING THERE'S A 10 MILLION-DOLLAR APPROPRIATING IN THE BUDGET, NO, YOU CAN'T CREATE A PROGRAM THAT MAKES EVERY STUDENT IN ALL OF INDIANA ELIGIBLE AND NOT LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL COST FOR THAT DOWN THE ROAD, THAT IS IRRESPONSIBLE LEGISLATING.

>>> IT'S THE THING THAT REPUBLICAN LEADERS SAID ABOUT THE SCHOOL VOUCHER PROGRAM BUT THEY SAID WHEN YOU START THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP AT WHATEVER IT WAS.

>> THE VOUCHER PROGRAM ORIGINALLY HAD A CAP OF 77,000 PEOPLE, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER SCHOOL CHOICE IS GOOD WHETHER THROUGH EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS OR VOUCHERS WHICH BY THE WAY THERE'S NO REASON TO HAVE THEM BOTH, THEY WOULD BE THE SAME THING, THAT'S FAIR BUT AT LEAST PUT ALL THE DATA ON THE TABLE INCLUDING A TRUE PRICE OF WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN TO THE STATE COFFERS.

>>> SO THESE EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS WERE CREATED LAST YEAR AND THE SENATE SAID LET'S MANGE IT FOR KIDS WITH DISABILITIES WHO CLEARLY NEED THIS MONEY, IT'S ONLY A HUNDRED STUDENTS I THINK.

170 STUDENTS, AND IT'S NOW THE THE SENATE PROPHASESSING TO BELOW IT WIDE OPEN.

DOES THAT MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO YOU?

>> I GUESS I UNDERSTAND THE POLITICS BECAUSE IF YOU'RE PRESIDENT PRO-TEM OR SOMEONE CONTROLLING THE BILL YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PRESSURE VALVE, YOU CAN'T HAVE CRAZY IDEA HAS TO DIE IN ITS IN FANCY, YOU HAVE TO LET THEM BE HEARD SO I GET THE POLITICAL MACHINERY AT WORK.

ON A PHILOSOPHICAL LEVEL NO IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, BECAUSE THIS ESSENTIALLY IS NOT JUST AN ATTACK ON PUBLIC EDUCATION IT WOULD SOLVE IT FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES BECAUSE YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL THESE CHOICE BUT IT'S NOT A LEVEL PLAY FIELD, IF PRIVATE SCHOOLS WANT TO TAKE PUBLIC DOLLARS THEY NEED TO BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME STANDARDS THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLs ARE SUBJECT TO WHICH IS MEANS TRANSPARENCY, THE OBLIGATION TO TAKE ALL STUDENTS, YOU CAN'T JUST SKIM THE BEST OFF.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE OPEN YOUR DOORS TO THE PEOPLE WHO -- .

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YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU BECAUSE THEY'RE THE TACK PAYERS.

SO IT'S NOT A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD THERE'S PUBLIC EGG AND THERE'S PRIVATE EDUCATION AND WHEN YOU BLUR THE LINE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

>> HOW DO YOU SELL THIS TO -- EVEN IF THIS PROGRAM WERE CREATED AND EVENTUALLY DOWN THE ROAD IT'S OPENED UP TO LITERALLY EVERYONE WHO WANTS I WOULD THERE AREN'T ENOUGH PLACES IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THIS STATE TO HOUSE ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT WANT THE TAKE PART.

YOU'VE STILL GOING TO HAVE THE VAST MAJORITY OF STUDENTS IN INDIANA ITED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHICH MEANS IT'S THEIR PARENTS AND NEIGHBORS PAYING THIS ARE THEM,?

HOW DO YOU SELL THIS TO REPUBLICANS WHO GENERALLY SUPPORT SCHOOL CHOICE?

>> THIS IS THE MECCA FOR SCHOOL CHOICE, BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING NOT ONLY DO WE GIVE YOU THIS MONEY TO GO TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL OF YOUR CHOICE IT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR HOME SCHOOLING OR ONLINE TUTORING, SO I THINK THE FLEXIBILITY IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE TRYING THE PREACH TO THE OTHER PEOPLE, THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN SCHOOL CHOICE, THIS IS GIVING PARENTS MORE OPTIONS AND I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE SAID EIGHTS ARE COMING AND I THINK ROOF THE TESTIMONY OPENED IT UP TO YEAH THIS -- BECAUSE THIS IS OPENING IT UP TO SO MANY PEOPLE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OVERSIGHT IN THIS COMMITTEE AND SO I THINK NOT ONLY ARE YOU AT THE MERCY OF THE BUTT CREATORS AND THE BUDGET COMMITTEES BUT ANSWER IT'S GOING TO BE OPEN TO AMENDMENTS THERE AS WELL FOR THEM THE TWEAK IT.

>>> I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WILL BE SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT YOU DON'T LIKE THIS IDEA SO ELECTION JUST TAKE IT AS ITS FACE AND SAY IT REALLY IS JUST A 10 MILLION-DOLLAR PROGRAM.

RIGHT NOW THE THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN IT'S FIRST COME FIRST SERVE, SO THAT ISN'T IN THE BILL, IF I'M MAKING 35 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR AND I SIGN UP FIRST I'M GOING TO GET SOME MONEY FROM THE STATE.

AT THE VERY MINIMUM DOES THE PROGRAM NEED TO BE -- ADDRESSED FROM THAT ANGLE IN THE SHORT-TERM?

>> FOR STUDENTS WITH DOUBLES WHETHER THEY'RE MENTAL OR PHYSICAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE DONE THE BEST JOB, BUT THE QUESTION OF WHETHER YOU NEED ADDITIONAL SERVICES FOR SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS ASIDE I AM KNAVE OF PROVIDING THOSE.

THIS AS I UNDERSTAND IT GIVES THE MONEY TO THE PARENTS SO IT'S NOT TIED TO AN CONSTITUTION WHICH IS A HUMAN HUGE EXPANSION.

EVERY OTHER CHOICE DOLLAR GOES TO SOME PLACE.

WHERE'S THE ACCOUNTABILITY?

THE PARENT TAKES THE MONEY AND SAYS HEY JUNIOR GET ONLINE.

HOW DO WE TEST THOSE KIDS?

HOW MANY YEARS DID WE SPEND TRYING TO TEST STUDENTS SO WE CAN JUDGE HOW THIS WERE DOING AND NOW WE'RE JUST BLOWING IT ALL UP.

>>> IT'S REVENUE NEUTRALLABLE IF IT IS REALLY TRULY THE MONEY FOLLOWS THE STUDENT, BUT IT'S REVENUE NEUTRAL BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY JUST GOING TO BE REDISTRIBUTED.

NO IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY BECAUSE HOW DO SCHOOLS KEEP THE LIGHTS ON -- >>> THE CAST FOR THE BUILDING DOESN'T GO DOWN -- >>> OR FOR THE TEACHER.

>> BECAUSE YOU NEED THE SPECIAL NEEDS, YOU NEED THE SPEECH SPEED LIMITS, YOU NEED THE COUNSELORS.

>>> I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ANYONE IS SAYING IT'S REVENUE NEUTRAL THEY'RE SAYING IT SHOULDN'T HURT PUBLIC EDUCATION, CERTAINLY NOT REVENUE NEUTRAL WHERE YOU HAVE PRIVATE SCHOOL KIDS NOT ON VOUCHERS.

>>> IN THE BILL I WANT SAID THIS ANY STUDENT THAT RECEIVES THE MONEY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE I LEARN REQUIREMENT BUT I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF THIS BILL CONTINUES TO MOVE WITHOUT MORE OVERSIGHT.

>>> THE FUTURE OF ABORTION RIGHTS IS NOW IN THE HAPPENEDs OF IS IT FIVE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES.

>>> ABORTION CARE PROVIDERS WANT THE COURT TO FIND THE INDIANA CONSTITUTION'S RIGHT TO LIBERTY INCLUDES A RIGHT TO ABORTION.

SOME OF THE JUSTICES INCLUDING THE NEWEST DEREK MOLTER PUSHED BACK ON THAT.

>> IS THERE A PORTLAND METRO AREA WHERE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS ALLOWED TO TAKEN AWAY THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE A PREGNANCY?

>> THE PROVIDERS ARGUE THE PREVIOUS LAW BAN ABORTIONS AFTER 20 WEEKS OF PREGNANCY WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.

THE WHY THES PURPOSED BACK AGAINST SOME OF THE STATE'S ARGUMENTS TOO.

>>> SO IF SOMEONE OF LIMITED MEANS WANTED TO BEING AND HAVE ACCESS TO A PROCEDURE TO SAVE HER LIFE AND SHE COULDN'T, ISN'T THAT PROBLEM I THINK?

>> THE COURT GAVE NO TIMETABLE FOR THE RULING.

>>> ASKING THIS COURT TO READ INTO THE INDIANA CONSTITUTION A RIGHT THAT ISN'T WRITTEN THERE.

>> I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE THE COURT SOME CREDIT FOR UNDERSTANDING THAT SOCIETY CHANGES, I MEAN THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE STRICT LITERALISTS AND WE HAVE EVIDENCE THAT THEY'RE NOT BECAUSE IT WASN'T TOO MANY YEARS THAT THE COURT INCLUDING A NUMBER OF CURRENT WHY THINGS SAID THAT ARTICLE ONE SECTION 6 SAYS NO PUBLIC FUNDSES SHOULD BE TAKEN TO GO TO SCHOOLS THAT ARE RELIGION OR THEORETICAL OR NOT THEORETICAL,' LOGICAL -- BUT WE WOULDN'T HAVE SCHOOL CHOICE NOW.

>>> THAT'S INDIANA WEEK IN REVIEW FOR THIS WEEK.

OUR PANELISTS ARE DEMOCRAT ANN DELANEYEN REPUBLICAN CHRIS MITCHEM, JON SCHWANTES OF JANUARY LAWMAKERS.

YOU CAN FIND THE PODCAST AND EPISODES AT WFYI.COM/IWIR OR ON THE PBS VIDEO APP.

I'M BRANDON SMITH OF INDIANA BROADCASTING.

JOIN US NEXT TIME BECAUSE A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN AN INDIANA WEEK.

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