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Senate presents K‑12 ‘bump’ offer with teacher pay funding and statewide pay proposals for state employees
Summary
Staff for the Senate presented its first "bump" offer on preK‑12 education funding and a separate administered funds offer, proposing a 1.59 percent increase to FEFP totals, $101 million for teacher salary increases, a fully funded academic acceleration supplement at current levels, a 2 percent minimum pay raise for state employees and larger increases for law enforcement and firefighters.
Senator Hooper, conference committee appropriation co‑chair, recognized staff to present the Senate’s offers on preK‑12 education, budgets and projects and the administered funds budget. Staff member Tim Elwell explained the Senate ‘‘bump’’ offer number 1 for education and directed members to the spreadsheet handouts that show the Senate’s offer in the far‑right columns.
Elwell said the offer includes a total overall increase in total funds per FEFP of 1.59 percent, funds a new academic acceleration option supplement at 100 percent of current levels, provides an additional $101,000,000 for the teacher salary increase allocation, and maintains current law for the K‑12 scholarship programs.
Chair Hooper then recognized staff member John Shelly to explain the administered funds offer. Shelly said, “Included in this offer is a 2 percent pay increase for all state employees with a minimum of $1,000.” He added that for state law enforcement and firefighters the offer would provide a total pay increase of 10 percent, or 15 percent based on years of experience, as described in the administered funds spreadsheet.
Committee members were shown the public education capital outlay project funded list. No public testimony was recorded on these offers. The committee adjourned after leadership announced there would be no additional meetings that evening and that meetings the following day would not begin before noon, with one hour’s notice.
