IPS Teachers Getting 3% Pay Raise
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe Indianapolis Public Schools Board of Commissioners approved a raise for teachers Thursday evening. The new two-year collective bargaining agreement includes a roughly 3% increase in pay for the current year and a 3% increase next academic year.
Increasing teacher compensation has been a focus of district leaders since voters approved a property tax referendum in 2018. Educators received their largest pay increases in years following the ballot initiative as part of the previous collective bargaining agreement.
The new teacher contract aims to make IPS a competitive district in the ongoing race to attract new teachers across Indiana. Superintendent Aleesia Johnson said she believes IPS will have one of the top three teacher salaries out of other school districts in Indianapolis.
The new contract covers around 2,000 certified staff. Educators who work at the district’s innovation schools, which are managed by outside partners or charter operators, are not covered under the contract. About 41% of the district’s 31,800 students are enrolled at an innovation partner school.
Salaries for first-year IPS teachers will now increase from $47,800 to $49,100. In their second year, the salary will increase to $50,400.
That is far above the average starting salary for teachers in Indiana of $36,498, according to a report released by Gov. Eric Holcomb’s Teacher Compensation Commission last year.
The maximum a teacher can make will increase from $90,000 to $91,300, not including contributions to teacher’s retirement funds. The salary range for full-time classroom teachers during the 2022-2023 school year will be $50,400 to $92,600, not including retirement contributions.
The salary increase is retroactive to this past July. The 2022-2023 pay scales goes into effect in July 2022.
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