Indiana Governor, Eric Holcomb has opened the door to potentially boosting school funding and teacher pay after weeks of refuting any plans on such action until next year.

The Republican Governor did not give any details of what he would propose during his annual State of the State speech next week, while a top legislative Democrat promised his party would push for more school funding in the wake of a November rally that drew several thousand teachers to the Statehouse.

Holcomb and other Republican legislative leaders have since repeatedly defended the 2.5% per-year increase included in the two-year state budget, that was approved last spring.