RETIRED TEACHERS’ COLA RESTORED BY 2021 LEGISLATURE
FOR FIRST TIME IN 12 YEARS!
RETIRED TEACHERS’ COLA RESTORED BY 2021 LEGISLATURE, FOR FIRST TIME IN 12 YEARS!
BARTA legislative chair John Quick has sent us his “Take” on the 2021 legislature.
“The big takeaway from the legislative session for us is that COLA (Cost Of Living Allowance) has been reestablished. We haven’t seen COLA in our pensions for more than a decade. The COLA is only 1%, but this is better than a 13th check as we get the compounding effect year after year. We have long lobbied for COLA and it initially appeared it was unlikely to happen this year. However, a sudden influx of $2 billion of unpredicted revenue materialized, and the legislature voted to fund COLA for retired teachers.
Come Join Us! We are looking for you
BARTA members Larry Klebenow, Jon Moore and Linda DeClue enjoy the lunch at Four Seasons.
Is there anything better than getting together with old friends and colleagues? Well, maybe, but seeing those folks with whom we can share our stories or who remember those extraordinary students and school events is very special. BARTA offers friendship and fellowship that grows from our past but connections and programs that keep us up-to-date with education and community matters.
Membership in BARTA is open to any current or former teacher or school administrator and their spouse.
The membership fee is only $10 per year. In August of each year BARTA sends a newsletter to current and prospective members, and included is a membership card that can be completed and returned so we can add new members to our roll. If you are not now a member but are interested in attending a meeting or receiving the August newsletter, just complete the Contact Form on the Resources & Contact page of this website. You may also call 812-372-7458.
Membership in BARTA is open to any current or former teacher or school administrator and their spouse.
The membership fee is only $10 per year. In August of each year BARTA sends a newsletter to current and prospective members, and included is a membership card that can be completed and returned so we can add new members to our roll. If you are not now a member but are interested in attending a meeting or receiving the August newsletter, just complete the Contact Form on the Resources & Contact page of this website. You may also call 812-372-7458.
Please consider joining BARTA. It's easy, fun, and inexpensive, four times a year.
BARTA MEMBERSHIP MAY BE OPEN TO YOU
BARTA is an organization with a broad outreach among retired teachers, school administrators, and their spouses and companions. Our 290-member roll includes people from Bartholomew County and the surrounding counties of Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, and Johnson counties. Loyalty to and support for our public school systems and BARTA have also prompted memberships from folks now living in Arizona, California, Florida, Pennsylvania, and others.
The general membership of BARTA meets four times per year, September, November, March and May, for lunch and a program, followed by a business meeting. Generally the meetings last about 1 1/2 hours so that folks can be on their way by 1:00 pm.
The general membership of BARTA meets four times per year, September, November, March and May, for lunch and a program, followed by a business meeting. Generally the meetings last about 1 1/2 hours so that folks can be on their way by 1:00 pm.
For only $35 per year, your membership adds strength in numbers to the Association when we lobby on behalf of Indiana's retired teachers to the state legislature for a cost of living (COLA) to pensions and a one-time payment (13th check) to retirees. By joining, you help to:
Join your fellow retirees today! The membership form is available on the IRTA website: http://portal.retiredteachers.org/cgi-bin/register.pl For more details, go to https://www.retiredteachers.org/membership/ OR for more info about benefits, go to http://www.retiredteachers.org/benefits |
Benefits can more than pay for your $35 IRTA membership: AMBA Benefits for IRTA Members Personal security: Life Alert services Insurance: Dental; Vision; 1st Diagnosis Cancer; Medicare Supplement; Medical Air Services; Long Term Care; Short Term Home Health Care; Whole Life; ID Protection; Auto; Home Dining: Discounts for area restaurants Travel: Inscribe Africa, Orlando Employee Tickets, TravelPerx, Road Scholar, Government Employee Travel Electronics: Apple products; Dell products Lifestyle: 1-800-Flowers Investments: Tax-Deferred Annunity Other Discount Providers Hotels: LaQuinta Inn Rental Cars: Hertz, Budget and Avis Phone Service: AT&T; Verizon Insurance: MetLife; VPI Pet Insurance Security Service: Life Alert, Identity Theft Protection Home and Health Aids: Hear in America, Premier Care in Bathing Airport Parking: Fast Park & Relax Realty Services: Homes for Heroes For more information, go to https://www.retiredteachers.org/member-benefits . |
In Meroroium 2020-2021
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THE ANGELS
THE ANGELS LOOKED DOWN FROM HEAVEN ONE NIGHT. THEY SEARCHED FOR MILES AFAR, AND DEEP WITHIN THE DISTANCE THEY COULD SEE A SHINING STAR. THEY KNEW THAT VERY INSTANT THAT THE STAR WAS THEIRS TO GAIN, SO THEY TOOK YOU UP TO HEAVEN, FOREVER TO REMAIN. LOOK DOWN ON US FROM HEAVEN. KEEP US FREE FROM HURT AND PAIN. YOU'LL ALWAYS BE WITHIN MY HEART UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN. 
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Norris Moore
Don Reed Mary A. Clark Phyllis Baker Paul Riddle Raymond Jones Ellen Hughes Ruth Hamilton Willis Hagan Wallace Cantrell Jo Ann Cline Donald Delaney Kenneth Tull Dennis Sylvester Reta Mae Slaughter Norman Lewis Bill Mihay Shirley Thickstun Jewel Fleetwood Raymond Betz Bob Welsch Joann Scrifres Betty Welch Carole Goshorn Hal Driver, Jr. Anne Hoffman Marie Clouse Linda Boyte White Lydia Bohn Donna Ostrick Nancy Whitaker Robert Sprague Willis Hagan Wallace Cantrell Jo Ann Cline Donald Delaney Kenneth Tull Dennis Sylvester Reta Mae Slaughter Norman Lewis Bill Mihay Shirley Thickstun Ruth Hamilton Jewel Fleetwood Raymond Betz Bob Welsch Joann Scrifres Betty Welch Dale Stelting Robin Whited Gary McBride Nancy Battleson Barbara Johnson Doris Hoffman Margaret Stephens Harold Whishon Thomas Byers Mary A. Clark Phyllis Baker Paul Riddle Raymond Jones Ellen Hughes Ruth Hamilton Willis Hagan Wallace Cantrell Jo Ann Cline Donald Delaney Kenneth Tull Dennis Sylvester Reta Mae Slaughter Norman Lewis Bill Mihay Shirley Thickstun Jewel Fleetwood Raymond Betz Bob Welsch Joann Scrifres Betty Welch Carole Goshorn |
in memory of our friends and colleagues who passed in 2019-2020
Norris Moore Don Reed Hal Driver, Jr. Anne Hoffman Marie Clouse Linda Boyte White Lydia Bohn Donna Ostick Nancy Whitaker Robert Sprague Dale Stelting Robin Whited Gary McBride |
Nancy Battleson Barbara Johnson Doris Hoffman Margaret Stephens Harold Wishon Thomas Byers Mary A. Clark Phyllis Ann Baker Paul Riddle Raymond Jones Ellen Hughes Ruth E. Hamilton Willis Hagan |
