Indiana 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 15 R · 1 D cosponsors

SB 146 — Teacher compensation.

Last action — Signed by the Governor

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 13, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Mike Braun (Republican) on May 06, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 16 sponsors

    4 primary, 12 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (15 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

Requires the department of education (department) to submit a report to the general assembly before November 1, 2025, that provides an analysis of the feasibility and cost of increasing school corporation employee health plan options. Creates the Indiana teacher recruitment program. Beginning June 30, 2025: (1) increases the minimum salary for a teacher employed by a school corporation to $45,000 (current law requires $40,000); and (2) requires a school corporation to expend an amount for teacher compensation that is not less than 65% of state tuition support (current law requires 62%). Amends the requirements for a school corporation and the department if the school corporation determines that the school corporation cannot meet minimum teacher salary requirements. Removes a provision that provides that the matrix rating system may not rank or compare teacher preparation programs.

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor

  2. Public Law 190

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the Speaker

  5. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  6. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 497: yeas 47, nays 0

  7. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 532: yeas 90, nays 1

  8. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  9. Senator Alting added as coauthor

  10. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  11. Senate advisors appointed: Yoder and Raatz

  12. Senate conferees appointed: Rogers and Hunley

  13. Senate dissented from House amendments

  14. Motion to dissent filed

  15. House conferees appointed: Teshka and Klinker

  16. Senator Doriot added as coauthor

  17. House advisors appointed: Behning, Cash, McGuire, DeLaney, Pfaff and Smith V

  18. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  19. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 395: yeas 90, nays 1

  20. Amendment #1 (Klinker) ruled out of order

  21. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  22. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  23. Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3

  24. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  25. Representative Cash added as cosponsor

  26. First reading: referred to Committee on Education

  27. Referred to the House

  28. Cosponsors: Representatives Behning and McGuire

  29. House sponsor: Representative Teshka

  30. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 68: yeas 50, nays 0

  31. Senators Donato and Buchanan added as coauthors

  32. Senators Byrne, Deery, Johnson T added as coauthors

  33. Senator Randolph added as coauthor

  34. Senator Goode added as coauthor

  35. Senator Schmitt added as third author

  36. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  37. Amendment #2 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 46: yeas 11, nays 38

  38. Amendment #1 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 47: yeas 9, nays 40

  39. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  40. Senator Raatz added as second author

  41. Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations

  42. First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development

  43. Authored by Senator Rogers

Sponsors

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4 sponsors · 12 co-sponsors · 134 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (12)

Not signed on (134)

134 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 146 do?
Requires the department of education (department) to submit a report to the general assembly before November 1, 2025, that provides an analysis of the feasibility and cost of increasing school corporation employee health plan options. Creates the Indiana teacher recruitment program. Beginning June 30, 2025: (1) increases the minimum salary for a teacher employed by a school corporation to $45,000 (current law requires $40,000); and (2) requires a school corporation to expend an amount for teacher compensation that is not less than 65% of state tuition support (current law requires 62%). Amends the requirements for a school corporation and the department if the school corporation determines that the school corporation cannot meet minimum teacher salary requirements. Removes a provision that provides that the matrix rating system may not rank or compare teacher preparation programs.
Who sponsors SB 146?
SB 146 is sponsored by Becky Cash (Republican), Julie McGuire (Republican), Robert Behning (Republican), Jake Teshka (Republican), Ron Alting (Republican), Blake Doriot (Republican), Lonnie Randolph (Democrat), Greg Goode (Republican), Brian Buchanan (Republican), Stacey Donato (Republican), Tyler Johnson (Republican), Spencer Deery (Republican), Gary Byrne (Republican), Daryl Schmitt (Republican), Jeff Raatz (Republican), and Linda Rogers (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 146?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 13, 2025. Enacted.
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