Indiana House Bill 1387 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-13 - First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Teacher retention. Establishes a teacher recruitment and retention fund, administered by the department of education, to: (1) attract qualified teachers to geographic areas of Indiana where a critical shortage of teachers exists; and (2) retain qualified teachers in teacher shortage areas; by providing student loan repayment assistance. Provides that, as a condition of participating in the program and receiving student loan repayments, a teacher must agree to employment as a licensed teacher in a school district located in a teacher shortage area for at least five years. Establishes the goal that, by 2028, there will be at least one teacher

Teacher retention. Establishes a teacher recruitment and retention fund, administered by the department of education, to: (1) attract qualified teachers to geographic areas of Indiana where a critical shortage of teachers exists; and (2) retain qualified teachers in teacher shortage areas; by providing student loan repayment assistance. Provides that, as a condition of participating in the program and receiving student loan repayments, a teacher must agree to employment as a licensed teacher in a school district located in a teacher shortage area for at least five years. Establishes the goal that, by 2028, there will be at least one teacher

Rep. Gregory Porter [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-13	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
2016-01-13	House	Authored by Representative Porter

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2016/bills/house/1387/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/e/3/c/0e3c9c41/HB1387.01.INTR.pdf