Rep. Bacon responds to the ISTA lawsuit settlement

State Representative Ron Bacon (R-Chandler) issued the following statement in response to the announcement of the settlement of a lawsuit for $14 million with the Indiana State Teachers Association (ISTA) and the National Education Association (NEA):

“I am disappointed that the ISTA and NEA are not fully refunding the money they deliberately mismanaged. The Warrick County School Corporation deserves more than what they will receive.”

“The school corporation fell victim to a corrupt scheme in which the ISTA and NEA defrauded them out of a significant amount of money. While I am troubled that the ISTA and NEA were not held fully accountable for their wrongdoing, I am glad that our local schools were able to recover at least a portion of the money owed to them.”