INDIANAPOLIS —The Indiana State Teachers Association is battling a right-wing state House Republican’s bill to dissolve public school districts where more students are attending charter and private schools or being homeschooled, combined, than attend public schools.
A less known problem is that charter schools are not allowed in the same pension program public schools are in. Many teachers may get screwed out of a retirement they haven’t been fully vested in if the school they worked for suddenly becomes a charter school.