Muncie school district scrambles for teachers in new year
"There is such a shortage right now with teachers around the state, what happens is a lot of veteran teachers now are shopping around," said Scot Croner, superintendent of Blackford County Schools.
A state law in 2012 began requiring teacher pay to be tied to performance evaluations, meaning that teachers would no longer get a pay increase for staying at a district another year.
Some local districts, including Muncie Community Schools, aren't able to give teachers further compensation as tax caps eat budgets and state funding dips with enrollment.