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A First Look: New Laws - 2017 Legislative Accomplishments

6/5/2017

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Supporting Education
  • The new state budget increases per-student funding for all schools and includes bonuses for high-performing teachers.
  • A new law replaces ISTEP with shorter, more accurate and less expensive test called ILEARN.
  • A new law responsibly expands Indiana’s high-quality, pre-K pilot program to help more at-risk and rural students.
Strengthening Our Workforce
  • A new law aligns career and technical education programs with current and future employer needs to help fill the nearly 30,000 job openings in Indiana.
  • A new law establishes Workforce Ready Grants, providing working-age adults seeking high-value certificates with funds to cover remaining expenses after state and federal aid.
Ensuring Public Safety
  • A new law expands and invests in statewide addiction treatment options to combat our state’s heroin and opioid epidemic.
  • The budget increases state law enforcement salaries to better compensate those who put their lives on the line to protect and serve.
  • A new law focuses on keeping those who repeatedly violate their probation or community supervision off the streets.
Improving Roads, Bridges
  • Passed a comprehensive, responsible and sustainable plan to fund our state and local infrastructure for the next 20 years.
  • Restored the user-pays principle – those who use the roads help pay for them – by updating BMV and fuel tax user fees. The gas tax was last adjusted 15 years ago.
  • All taxes paid at the pump will go exclusively to fund roads.
Balancing the Budget
  • A new law funding state operations for the next two years meets the needs of Hoosiers while remaining fiscally responsible. The honestly balanced state budget funds priorities, maintains healthy reserves and supports our top-rated business climate. Increased funding is provided for education, veteran’s programs, public safety and Hoosiers in need.
Supporting our Law Enforcement
  • As part of the biennial budget, salaries for all state law enforcement officers in Indiana will increase by 24 percent. This includes Indiana State Police and Conservation Officers. This will ensure that those who serve and protect their fellow Hoosiers are compensated at a rate competitive with other states and municipalities.
Replacing ISTEP
  • A new policy replacing Indiana’s troubles ISTEP exam with a more efficient statewide assessment will better measure student growth toward Indiana’s college and career-ready standards. The new test, ILEARN, will be administered during a single testing window at the end of the school year and significantly lower overall testing time.
 Best-run State in America
  • Indiana State Government Ranked Number 1. U.S. News and World Report ranked Indiana as the best-run state in America based on fiscal responsibility, streamlined operations, improved services and enhanced transparency.
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