In win for Indiana teachers unions, federal judge temporarily blocks new state law Arika Herron, Indianapolis Star
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new state law, set to take effect Thursday, that Indiana teachers unions say unfairly targets teachers and makes it harder for unions to collect dues.
The local unions representing Anderson, Avon and Martinsville school districts and the teachers that lead them filed a lawsuit two weeks ago in Indiana s federal Southern District court challenging Senate Enrolled Act 251. The law would set out a new process for the collection of teachers union dues, requiring teachers to annually complete a three-step process to have union dues deducted from their paychecks.
Indiana s teacher pay problem can be fixed for $600 million, report says Arika Herron, Indianapolis Star
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Indiana has a teacher pay problem.
Teachers have been saying this for years, but a new report out Monday from Gov. Eric Holcomb s commission tasked with studying the issue confirms it. Indiana is one of the lowest paying states in the region and is worst in the nation in salary growth for educators and that is bleeding the field of current teachers and its pipeline of future teachers.
But it s not all bad news. While the state has a problem and, the report says, it s a big one the Next Level Teacher Compensation Commission found nothing less than 37 strategies to address the problem. Through a combination of cost-savings, spending shifts and influx of new revenue, the report says that the state can make teacher pay in Indiana competitive.