The law is clear: Indiana school districts that receive increased state funding must use it to maintain or increase teacher salaries.
Indianapolis Public Schools failed to comply with this law and shortchanged our teachers.
But Superintendent Aleesia
A January 2025 notice from the Indiana Department of Education revealed:
IPS was required to spend $108.3 million on teacher salaries.
They fell $4.5 million short, despite increased state funding.
Meanwhile, Johnson made sure to get her raises, with her salary increasing $14,000 in the last two years:
IPS isn’t operating on empty. They collected $20,674 per student—one of the highest rates in the state and a whopping 54% increase in the last five years alone — and just spent an astounding $35 million on a new school.
Even so, they’re still projecting a deficit while refusing to meet teacher pay requirements —yet somehow, there’s always plenty for the big boss.
IPS had one job: pay teachers what they’re legally owed.
Instead, Superintendent Aleesia
