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TAKE ACTION: Thank senators for opposing SB 407
02/28/2017

A bill that interferes with teachers and their association passed the Senate Tuesday 32-18. ISTA would like to thank the 18 senators who stood with teachers and their association by voting “no” on SB 407.

Under SB 407, the Indiana Education Employment Relations Board (IEERB) would be empowered to compile association membership information, including membership numbers, and publish the data on a website.

IEERB would also be required to post training modules, videos or other instructional material informing school employees of union representation rights. IEERB will be required to contact certain association members to teach them how to change their membership status.

The bill intentionally confuses the concepts of membership and representation and is being pushed by one special interest group that every year comes to the legislature, taking up valuable legislative time and energy on these kinds of divisive measures.

The real agenda is obvious and has nothing to do with teacher quality or student learning. 

Please take a moment to thank Sens. Alting, Becker, Bohacek, Ford, Glick, Grooms, Leising, Messmer, Tomes and the entire Democratic caucus for opposing this bill.

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