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Senate committee backs $25 million teacher salary equalization fund to narrow pay gaps
Summary
Senate Bill 504 to create a teacher salary equalization categorical fund won committee approval. The bill establishes a per-student multiplier and combines existing enhanced-salary funding with a $10 million public-school-fund allocation; educators' groups praised the measure as a tool to recruit and retain teachers.
The Senate Education Committee voted to advance SB 504, a measure to create a teacher salary equalization categorical fund intended to close disparities in average teacher pay across Arkansas.
Sponsor Senator Irving said the bill — which the fiscal note lists at $25 million total, including $10 million from the Public School Fund — responds to the pay gaps the state adequacy process identified.…
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