Superintendent Hill outlines legislative priorities and district rollout of teacher-clarity, personalized learning and grant uses

Superintendent Micah Hill told trustees the district is tracking more than 280 education-related bills and urged trustees to engage with state advocacy organizations if they want those organizations to take positions. Hill outlined the district’s policy priorities and legislative stances and described how recent and anticipated state funding will be used to support teacher pay, special education, and work-based learning.

Hill said the district supports a 3% inflationary increase over the next two years and the STARS Act, which the superintendent described as a funding package intended to raise teacher pay. He said the district is asking the state to fully fund IDEA obligations and to increase support for developmental preschool programs (referred to in the transcript as “A and B” preschool funding). Hill gave a district figure for one preschool…