Coming up on IPR’s Morning News with Stan Sollars podcast, we’ll have these stories for you:

There are 12 exceptions to the new work reporting requirements for the Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP. But federal lawmakers are proposing their own version of the policy for Medicaid expansion programs. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Abigail Ruhman reports Medicaid experts say under that proposal, Indiana would no longer be allowed to provide several of those exceptions.

Muncie Central High School is beginning a “freshman academy” to ease the transition for middle school students.  As IPR’s Thomas Ouellette reports, district officials say students will also get a head start on the state’s new graduation pathways.

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