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'I'm ready to walk': Teachers looking to lawmakers for last-minute movement on pay, funding
With one week left in the legislative session, Indiana teachers are looking at lawmakers to do more.
They want more money for schools.
They want better pay.
And they want it now.
"I'm ready to walk," said Staci Scott-Stewart, an elementary school teacher from Noblesville.
Scott-Stewart was one of more than 250 teachers and public school supporters at the Statehouse on Tuesday. They met with lawmakers, watched over last-minute lawmaking and then they made noise.
Read more: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/16/indiana-teachers-ready-walkout-better-pay-more-funding/3450408002/