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IN HB1339
Bill
Status
1/12/2016
Primary Sponsor
Randy Truitt
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AI Summary
HB 1339 Summary
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Establishes the Indiana Teacher Retention and Recruitment Program to improve teacher retention, recruitment, and quality through department-developed programs in consultation with teachers and stakeholders.
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Creates the Indiana New Teacher Mentoring Program requiring school corporations and charter schools to assign mentors to beginning teachers with three or fewer years of experience, with recommended mentor stipends of $1,000, $800, or $600 depending on the mentee's experience level.
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Appropriates $7,200,000 for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, to fund the new teacher mentoring program.
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Changes salary increase factors to base them on professional competitiveness, evaluation results, instructional leadership roles, student academic needs, and teacher career paths, with years of experience and degrees limited to 33% of the calculation.
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Restricts salary raises for teachers rated as ineffective, except those in their first two full school years of elementary or high school instruction.
Legislative Description
Teachers. Establishes the Indiana teacher retention and recruitment program to improve teacher retention rates, recruitment, and quality. Establishes the Indiana teacher retention and recruitment program fund to be used to fund programs developed by the department in consultation with teachers, educators, and other education interest groups. Establishes the Indiana new teacher mentoring program and fund to provide grants to school corporations and charter schools to be used for stipends for mentors. Makes changes to the factors used to determine increases or increments in a local salary range. Provides that the provision that provides that a teacher who is rated as
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
1/26/2016