IVI-IPO favors the state providing at least 50% of public school funding; opposes reliance on lotteries, casinos, or other gambling to raise revenue for education; favors Local School Council control over Chapter One poverty funds and selection of principals; opposes charter schools and all forms of public aid to non-public primary and secondary education; favors teaching of sex education and birth control instruction in public school favors equitable funding that does not rely upon property taxes.