The average salary for a full-time Indiana teacher was $60,557 in 2023-24, up from $58,531 in the previous academic year.

A measure advanced by House lawmakers this week would change Indiana’s Teacher Appreciation Grant program and increase those stipends. But some lawmakers said the bill will restrict the number of teachers who can receive them.

Lawmakers are discussing raising the minimum teacher salary from the state’s current mandate of $40,000. Nearly all Marion County school districts offer at least $50,000.

A bill that would raise the floor for teacher pay in Indiana passed out of the Senate Education and Career Development Committee this week. Lawmakers disagreed on how much to raise the pay floor, but the bill still passed committee unanimously.

A measure proposed by state lawmakers and endorsed by the Indiana secretary of education would raise teacher pay to a minimum of $45,000 and provide teachers with up to 20 days of paid parental leave.

Marion County educators want better pay, respect and autonomy to keep them in the teaching profession, the survey found.

A legal dispute between a teacher's union in Richmond and their school corporation may set an important precedent for how educator salaries are negotiated across the state. The Richmond Community Schools board recently set up temporary supplemental payments to teachers for this school year. But the local teachers union argues the payments' timing infringes on their bargaining rights.

Nearly 100,000 public, teacher and law enforcement retirees wont get any extra pension help from lawmakers in the new state budget.

Facing a shrinking pool of substitute teachers, a few school districts in Indiana have announced major pay raises to entice subs with teaching experience back to the classroom.

After a rise in COVID cases in May, some IPS teachers hope the district loosens the attendance requirements for this semester’s bonus, as well as for $2,500 in future payments through fall 2023.