The school district in southern Indiana will increase base pay by $2,000 for all teachers, which is added to the $2,500 increase previously bargained for the 2024-25 school year.
Lawmakers said in the letter recent bus system failures were just the "tip of the iceberg" and pointed to several other downfalls in JCPS that need reform, like students bringing guns to school and failing reading scores.
But Marty Pollio was more interested in talking about teacher pay.
For more than two decades, officials at Breckinridge County Schools say teachers have received at minimum 1% increases almost every year.
The administration plans to use leftover federal COVID-19 (ESSR) funding for the pay boost.
Eighty-seven percent of JCTA members who voted backed the agreement, she said.
Gov. Eric Holcomb released his 2021 Next Level Agenda aimed at building a stronger Indiana.
The report was done by the Next Level Teacher Compensation Commission, a panel of 13 members created by Gov. Eric Holcomb to figure out a way to make teacher salaries more competitive in Indiana when compared to other states.
ISTA laid out its legislative agenda on Monday, the day before lawmakers return to Indianapolis and organize ahead of the 2021 session.
The big point of contention was teacher pay, but teachers also wanted to talk about the state's three-school system and decoupling teacher evaluations from test scores.