莫多克学区打赢官司：法官叫停州政府强制关闭令，259名在校生可继续留校
据 10月24日刊发的印第安纳波利斯当地报道，兰道夫县一名法官叫停了印第安纳州强制关闭莫多克联合学区（ Union School Corp.）的法律条款，该学区因此保住了继续办学的资格。兰道夫高等法院特别法官布赖恩·哈奇森批准了学区的简易判决请求，无需开庭即作出裁决，宣布 2025 年通过的法律中有关关闭该学区的部分无效。学区起诉了州政府和州长迈克·布劳恩，称议员违反印第安纳州宪法：在 2025 年会期最后几周，议员把关闭条款加入了第 1 号参议院登记法案，布劳恩几天后签署了该法案。按原法律，联合学区的学生和经费将在 2026-27 学年结束后分流到兰道夫县的门罗中心学区和亨利县的蓝河谷学区。裁决公布后，学区董事会成员克丽丝塔·埃利斯对同事克里斯蒂·奥格登说：“我感觉自己终于能喘口气了。”董事会主席奥格登说，这一裁决印证了她的信念——这所学区属于这个社区。联合学区在莫多克只有一栋校舍，本学年有 259 名学生就读面授学校，高于上学年的 249 人，另有约 4033 名学生注册其三个网络项目。
Modoc School District Wins in Court: Judge Blocks State Forced Closure, 259 In-Person Students Can Stay
According to an Indianapolis local report published Oct. 24, a Randolph County judge has blocked the Indiana law provision that would have forced the closure of the Union School Corporation in Modoc, preserving the district's ability to keep operating. Randolph Superior Court Special Judge Brian Hutchison granted the district summary judgment without a trial, declaring invalid the part of a 2025 law that targeted the district for closure. The district sued the state and Gov. Mike Braun, arguing lawmakers violated the Indiana Constitution when, in the final weeks of the 2025 session, they inserted the closure provision into Senate Enrolled Act 1, a property tax law, which Braun signed days later. Under the original law, the district's students and funding would have been split after the 2026-27 school year between Randolph County's Monroe Central district and Henry County's Blue River Valley district. After the ruling, board member Krista Ellis told colleague Kristi Ogden, "I feel like I can finally breathe." Board President Ogden said the ruling affirmed her belief that the school belongs to the community. The district has a single school building in Modoc with 259 in-person students this year, up from 249 last year, plus about 4,033 students enrolled in its three virtual programs.
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