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IN HB1396
Bill
Status
1/14/2019
Primary Sponsor
Anthony Cook
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AI Summary
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Creates the teacher supplemental compensation fund to provide $2,000 annual supplemental payments to classroom teachers for school years 2019-2020 through 2021-2022
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Increases the cigarette tax by $1.00 per pack, raising the rate from $0.995 to $1.995 per pack of regular cigarettes (effective July 1, 2019)
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Directs 42.4% of cigarette tax revenue to the new teacher supplemental compensation fund, with corresponding reductions to percentages allocated to other state funds
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Allows the budget agency to supplement the fund with reverted appropriations and sales tax revenue collected from online retailers without physical presence in Indiana
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Supplemental teacher payments are exempt from collective bargaining, though discussions of the supplement are required; the program expires July 1, 2022
Legislative Description
Teacher salaries. Establishes the teacher supplemental compensation fund (fund). Increases the cigarette tax by $1 to $1.995 per pack of regular size cigarettes (and a corresponding increase for larger cigarettes) with the additional revenue deposited in the fund. Provides that the budget agency may approve to deposit into the fund: (1) amounts reverted to the state general fund in a state fiscal year from funds appropriated; or (2) money in the state general fund attributable to the collection of sales tax from retailers without a physical presence in Indiana. Provides that, for each school year beginning after June 30, 2019, and before July 1, 2022, each teacher who provides classroom instruction is entitled to a supplemental payment in excess of the salary specified in the school corporation's compensation plan in the amount of $2,000.
Last Action
Representative McNamara added as coauthor
1/16/2019