Lawmakers may take up teacher shortage issue

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A legislative study committee may take a look at why fewer Hoosiers are becoming teachers. The Indiana Department of Education says one-thousand fewer teachers got their first licenses in 2013 compared to four years earlier. Higher Education Commissioner Teresa Lubbers says the numbers are concerning, but says the commission is drilling down to see just what subjects and regions are experiencing shortages. State school superintendent Glenda Ritz has said she plans to name her own commission to look into the issue.