Indiana lawmakers aren’t packing their bags just yet at the Statehouse in Indianapolis.

Stalemates continued on a handful of key issues, prompting some to complain about a “hostage crisis.”

“I will not let our children be held hostage by any other bills out there, there's like four or five pieces of legislation out there, and I think all of them should basically stand on their own,” said Ind. Rep. Gregory Porter, (D) Indianapolis.

Rep. Porter is one of four conferees on a school funding flexibility bill.

H.B. 1367 could help school districts across Indiana recoup as much as $80-million of the $300-million cut in state aid, by allowing school building and maintenance accounts to be tapped to save teacher’s jobs and educational programs.

Porter says negotiators are now focusing on details of the bill and that the biggest danger is that the fate of H.B. 1367 will be tied to the fate of other bills.

“Well, I think the governor can help set them free and that’s what I asked him to do yesterday and I do know that those are pretty much together,” said Ind. Speaker of the House Rep. B. Patrick Bauer, (D) South Bend.

At this stage of the game, any legislative deal is a delicate one. Representative David Niezgodski, (D) South Bend is one of four conferees on the unemployment insurance bill, and Thursday night he was choosing his words very carefully.

“If you say it’s a done deal, it’s looking great, you can’t do that, because that’s usually when something crops up that you know what, it creates a wedge that blows the whole thing apart,” Niezgodski said.

For instance, mixed messages were being sent in the senate this week. Today, a bill inspired by the death of Mishawaka Police Corporal James Szuba picked up 36-votes of support, on Monday of this week, the same bill, in the same chamber, picked up just 20-votes of support.