Indiana board OKs full takeover of Muncie school district

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — A state board has given a state-appointed emergency manager full control of a financially-strapped eastern Indiana school district.

Members of Indiana's Distressed Unit Appeal Board acknowledged during a Wednesday meeting in Indianapolis that Muncie Community Schools has made financial progress.

But The Star Press reports that board members found that progress insufficient and voted to give the Muncie district's emergency manager full control over the district's finances and academics by designating it as a distressed political subdivision.