Indiana § 20-28-9-26 - Minimum teacher salary threshold; notice; official minutes; posting

§ 20-28-9-26. Minimum teacher salary threshold; notice; official minutes; posting

Sec. 26. (a) For each school year beginning after June 30, 2025, if a school corporation determines that the school corporation cannot establish a minimum salary of forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000) for each full-time teacher, the school corporation and the department must comply with the requirements of subsections (b) through (d).

(b) For each state fiscal year that a school corporation fails to meet the minimum salary requirements for full-time teachers under subsection (a), the department shall submit in both a written and an electronic format a notice to the school corporation's:

(1) superintendent;

(2) school business officer; and

(3) governing body;

that the school corporation failed to meet the requirements set forth in subsection (a) for the applicable state fiscal year.

(c) If a school corporation's governing body receives a notice from the department under subsection (b), the school corporation shall do the following:

(1) Publicly acknowledge receipt of the notice from the department at the governing body's next public meeting.

(2) Enter into the governing body's official minutes for the meeting described in subdivision (1) acknowledgment of the notice.

(3) Not later than thirty (30) days after the meeting described in subdivision (1), publish on the school corporation's website:

(A) the department's notice; and

(B) any relevant individual reports prepared by the department.

(d) If the department determines a school corporation that received one (1) or more notices from the department under subsection (b) has met the minimum salary requirements required under subsection (a) for a subsequent state fiscal year, the school corporation may remove from the school corporation's website any:

(1) notices the school corporation received under subsection (b); and

(2) relevant individual reports prepared by the department under subsection (c)(3).

As added by P.L.165-2021, SEC.154. Amended by P.L.190-2025, SEC.4.