# Indiana SB 146: Teacher compensation. Indiana SB 146, Teacher compensation., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Linda Rogers (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-06 (Signed by the Governor); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB146-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Indiana SB 146 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: Teacher compensation. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-13 - Last action: 2025-05-06, Signed by the Governor - Sponsor: Linda Rogers (Republican) - Cosponsors: 15 - Subjects: education and career development, appropriations, the house, education - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 6 (297 yes, 80 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary Requires the department of education (department) to submit a report to the general assembly before November 1, 2025, that provides an analysis of the feasibility and cost of increasing school corporation employee health plan options. Creates the Indiana teacher recruitment program. Beginning June 30, 2025: (1) increases the minimum salary for a teacher employed by a school corporation to $45,000 (current law requires $40,000); and (2) requires a school corporation to expend an amount for teacher compensation that is not less than 65% of state tuition support (current law requires 62%). Amends the requirements for a school corporation and the department if the school corporation determines that the school corporation cannot meet minimum teacher salary requirements. Removes a provision that provides that the matrix rating system may not rank or compare teacher preparation programs. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Higher minimum pay for Indiana teachers: benefit, high. Starting in the 2025–2026 school year, Indiana school corporations must set full-time teachers’ minimum salary at $45,000, up from $40,000. This does not guarantee every teacher a raise. Beginning July 1, 2025, the Education Department must notify the superintendent, school business officer, and go… - Public ratings help compare teacher programs: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana’s Education Department can use its rating system to rank or compare teacher preparation programs. The law removes the prior ban on those comparisons. The department makes the ratings public, helping future teachers and others compare programs. - More teacher funding, fewer school exceptions: mixed, medium. For school years in state fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2025, Indiana school corporations must spend 65% of applicable state tuition support on teacher compensation, up from 62%. The calculation excludes support for students taught entirely online by teachers employed by contracted third-pa… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Linda Rogers (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Becky Cash (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Blake Doriot (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Brian Buchanan (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Daryl Schmitt (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Gary Byrne (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Greg Goode (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jake Teshka (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jeff Raatz (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Julie McGuire (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Lonnie Randolph (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Robert Behning (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ron Alting (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Spencer Deery (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Stacey Donato (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Tyler Johnson (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-23 | Senate | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate | pass | 47 | 0 | | | 2025-04-23 | House | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House | pass | 90 | 1 | | | 2025-04-08 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 90 | 1 | | | 2025-02-04 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 50 | 0 | | | 2025-02-03 | Senate | Amendment #1 (Qaddoura) failed | fail | 9 | 40 | | | 2025-02-03 | Senate | Amendment #2 (Qaddoura) failed | fail | 11 | 38 | | ## Actions (43) - 2025-05-06: Signed by the Governor (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Public Law 190 (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-04-24: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 497: yeas 47, nays 0 (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 532: yeas 90, nays 1 (House) - 2025-04-23: CCR # 1 filed in the House (House) - 2025-04-23: Senator Alting added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-04-23: CCR # 1 filed in the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Senate advisors appointed: Yoder and Raatz (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Senate conferees appointed: Rogers and Hunley (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Senate dissented from House amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Motion to dissent filed (Senate) - 2025-04-15: House conferees appointed: Teshka and Klinker (House) - 2025-04-15: Senator Doriot added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-04-15: House advisors appointed: Behning, Cash, McGuire, DeLaney, Pfaff and Smith V (House) - 2025-04-09: Returned to the Senate with amendments (House) - 2025-04-08: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 395: yeas 90, nays 1 (House) - 2025-04-07: Amendment #1 (Klinker) ruled out of order (House) - 2025-04-07: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-04-03: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-03-20: Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3 (House) - 2025-03-20: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-03-13: Representative Cash added as cosponsor (House) - 2025-03-03: First reading: referred to Committee on Education (House) - 2025-02-05: Referred to the House (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Cosponsors: Representatives Behning and McGuire (Senate) - 2025-02-04: House sponsor: Representative Teshka (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 68: yeas 50, nays 0 (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Senators Donato and Buchanan added as coauthors (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Senators Byrne, Deery, Johnson T added as coauthors (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Senator Randolph added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Senator Goode added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Senator Schmitt added as third author (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Second reading: ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Amendment #2 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 46: yeas 11, nays 38 (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Amendment #1 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 47: yeas 9, nays 40 (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Senator Raatz added as second author (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations (Senate) - 2025-01-13: First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development (Senate) - 2025-01-13: Authored by Senator Rogers (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0146/versions/SB0146.06.ENRH?format=pdf) - Introduced Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0146/versions/SB0146.01.INTR?format=pdf) - Senate Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0146/versions/SB0146.03.COMS?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0146/versions/SB0146.04.COMH?format=pdf) - Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0146/versions/SB0146.02.COMS?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0146/versions/SB0146.05.COMH?format=pdf) ## Related bills - SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed) - SB 324: Criminal procedures. (signed) - SB 80: Code publication. (signed) - SB 453: Various tax matters. (signed) - SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit. (signed) - SB 371: Workforce matters. (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0146/versions/SB0146.06.ENRH?format=pdf) - [Introduced Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0146/versions/SB0146.01.INTR?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0146/versions/SB0146.03.COMS?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0146/versions/SB0146.04.COMH?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0146/versions/SB0146.02.COMS?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0146/versions/SB0146.05.COMH?format=pdf) ## Related - [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025) - [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025) - [SB 80: Code publication.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB80-2025) - [SB 453: Various tax matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB453-2025) - [SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB464-2025) - [SB 371: Workforce matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB371-2025) - [Indiana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana/bills) - [Indiana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB146-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).