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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1037 |
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| 4 | 4 | | _____ |
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| 5 | 5 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL |
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| 6 | 6 | | Citations Affected: IC 20-28-9-26. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Synopsis: Minimum teacher salaries. Provides that, for each school |
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| 8 | 8 | | year beginning after June 30, 2025, a school corporation shall, if the |
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| 9 | 9 | | school corporation determines that the school corporation cannot |
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| 10 | 10 | | establish a minimum salary of $60,000 for each full-time teacher, |
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| 11 | 11 | | submit a report to the department of education explaining the school |
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| 12 | 12 | | corporation's inability to meet the minimum threshold requirement. |
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| 13 | 13 | | (Current law establishes this requirement if a school corporation |
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| 14 | 14 | | determines that the school corporation cannot establish a minimum |
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| 15 | 15 | | salary of $40,000 for each full-time teacher.) |
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| 16 | 16 | | Effective: July 1, 2024. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Klinker |
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| 18 | 18 | | January 8, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Education. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 2024 IN 1037—LS 6336/DI 110 Introduced |
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| 20 | 20 | | Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024) |
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| 21 | 21 | | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana |
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| 22 | 22 | | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, |
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| 23 | 23 | | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional |
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| 25 | 25 | | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the |
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| 26 | 26 | | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds |
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| 27 | 27 | | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts |
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| 29 | 29 | | between statutes enacted by the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. |
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| 30 | 30 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1037 |
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| 31 | 31 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning |
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| 32 | 32 | | education. |
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| 33 | 33 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 1 SECTION 1. IC 20-28-9-26, AS ADDED BY P.L.165-2021, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2 SECTION 154, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS |
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| 36 | 36 | | 3 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 26. (a) For each school year |
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| 37 | 37 | | 4 beginning after June 30, 2022, if a school corporation determines that |
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| 38 | 38 | | 5 the school corporation cannot establish a minimum salary of forty |
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| 39 | 39 | | 6 thousand dollars ($40,000) for each full-time teacher, the school |
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| 40 | 40 | | 7 corporation shall submit a report to the department explaining the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 8 school corporation's inability to meet the minimum threshold |
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| 42 | 42 | | 9 requirement. This subsection expires July 1, 2025. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 10 (b) For each school year beginning after June 30, 2025, if a |
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| 44 | 44 | | 11 school corporation determines that the school corporation cannot |
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| 45 | 45 | | 12 establish a minimum salary of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) for |
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| 46 | 46 | | 13 each full-time teacher, the school corporation shall submit a report |
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| 47 | 47 | | 14 to the department explaining the school corporation's inability to |
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| 48 | 48 | | 15 meet the minimum threshold requirement. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 16 (b) (c) A report submitted under this section must include an |
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| 50 | 50 | | 17 explanation of the financial challenges, with detailed data, that |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2024 IN 1037—LS 6336/DI 110 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 1 preclude the school corporation from meeting the minimum salary |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2 threshold required under subsection (a) (before its expiration) or |
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| 54 | 54 | | 3 subsection (b). The report must also describe the cost saving measures |
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| 55 | 55 | | 4 taken by the school corporation in attempting to meet the minimum |
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| 56 | 56 | | 5 salary threshold required under subsection (a) (before its expiration) |
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| 57 | 57 | | 6 or subsection (b). |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2024 IN 1037—LS 6336/DI 110 |
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