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BILL'S PASSAGE WOULD RESULT IN CLOSURE OF UNION (MODOC) SCHOOLS

(Modoc, IN)--A bill that passed the Indiana House Thursday could mean the end of the Union School Corporation in Modoc.  The bill is Senate Bill 1, which was originally drafted as property tax reform.  But, on Monday of this week, an amendment to the bill that was added in a committee would force Union schools to shut down at the end of the school year two years from now.  This was the reaction from Union Superintendent Galen Mast:  "This proposed amendment - proposed being the key word - came out of nowhere as a tricky way to force consolidation."  Mast said Union is prepared to fight.  "We don't plan on going anywhere.  We plan on fighting this proposed amendment every step of the way," Mast added.  Union has faced consolidation discussions several times over the last decade.  The bill now goes to the Indiana Senate.