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Subcommittee reviews House changes raising starting teacher salary to $48,500 and related funding
Summary
A Senate subcommittee reviewed House amendments that raise the proposed starting teacher salary from $47,000 to $48,500, consolidate lanes on the salary schedule and add recurring and EIA funding; the panel did not take a final funding vote but asked staff to conform language to final appropriations.
The Senate Education Provisos Subcommittee on Friday reviewed House amendments that raise a proposed starting teacher salary from $47,000 to $48,500 and consolidate two bachelor-level salary lanes into one.
The changes, presented to the panel by Grant (staff member), also include new funding adjustments: an increase of $80,000,000 in recurring general fund dollars and $32,000,000 in EIA (Education Improvement Act) funds tied to the state aid-to-classroom proviso. Grant described those dollar changes as the House’s packet adjustments and said…
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