Representative Ruppel Backs an Earlier Start Date for School

WNDU.com compares the educational differences between Northern Indiana and Michigan.  While Indiana students go back to school in mid-August, students in Michigan are mandated to wait until after Labor Day.  Bills from the Indiana Legislature have been proposed, but all have been ignored.  However, Representative Bill Ruppel asserts that he will re-file his bill in 2009.  As several testimonies in the article mention, kids will have more family time and outdoor time during the warm weather.