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Vaccine limits, emergency powers, budget unresolved
NIKI KELLY | The Journal Gazette
INDIANAPOLIS – As lawmakers plan to finish their work this week, only a few major questions remain.
That s because the Republican supermajorities of the House and Senate have already ironed out final resolutions on a majority of bills. But budget spending, vaccine language and emergency powers are still to be decided.
Here are the three primary questions left to resolve as leaders aim for a Wednesday finish but acknowledge it could be Thursday:
What surprise language on vaccines might pop up?
Amendments have been filed on numerous bills in the last few weeks to address the issue of so-called vaccine passports.
Better Indiana tax revenue outlook brings calls for bigger boost to school funding Share Updated: 10:24 PM EDT Apr 16, 2021 The Associated Press Share Updated: 10:24 PM EDT Apr 16, 2021 The Associated Press Indiana educators called Thursday for a bigger school funding boost to help improve the state’s lagging teacher pay, as new projections showed state tax collections are expected to bounce back stronger than expected from the pandemic recession.A new state tax revenue forecast given Thursday to state legislators projects those collections going up by more than 4% in each of the next two years. That could mean about $2 billion more available for the new two-year state budget being completed by legislative negotiators after the last forecast in December projected growth between 2% and 3%.Republican legislative leaders said they will look to direct more money toward K-12 funding and other state programs but that they would be w
Educators Urge Lawmakers To Go Big On School Funding After New Revenue Forecast
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Increasing teacher pay has been a multi-year debate among lawmakers, despite a massive educator rally in 2019 and the governor s teacher compensation commission outlining how to raise Indiana teacher salaries.
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Indiana s legislative leaders say school funding remains a top priority as the latest revenue forecast indicates an additional $2 billion available in the next state budget, and education groups are urging them to go big sending more money to K-12 schools.
The state s largest teachers union says it wants lawmakers to take action on recommendations made by the governor s compensation commission to boost teacher pay. The commission s report says an investment of at least $600 million is needed to make Indiana teacher pay competitive with surrounding states.
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Better Indiana outlook brings calls for bigger schools boost
TOM DAVIES and CASEY SMITH, Associated Press
April 15, 2021
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Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, speaks during a news conference at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis, Thursday, April 15, 2021, with Indiana Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Ryan Mishler, R-Bremen, center, and Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray, R-Martinsville. A new state revenue report given Thursday to legislators projects tax collections will bounce back stronger than expected from the pandemic recession.Tom Davies/AP
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Indiana educators called Thursday for a bigger school funding boost to help improve the state’s lagging teacher pay, as new projections showed state tax collections are expected to bounce back stronger than expected from the pandemic recession.