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According to the Indy Star, Indianapolis Public Schools is investing close to $30 million within the next two years to give its teachers a well deserved pay raise. This is the largest pay raise in district history and makes IPS one of the best paying school districts in Indiana.
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By fall of 2020, the starting salary for teachers within the IPS school district will be $47,000. Additionally, $1.2 million will be invested in pay raises for non-teaching employees; such as bus drivers, custodians, and food service workers. Many of these workers have already received raises–which for most, was their first raise in over a decade.
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