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Committee advances teacher salary enhancement bill with $60 million four‑year bridge
Summary
The Senate Education Committee advanced House Bill 1145 to phase in higher minimum teacher pay toward $36,000 using a one‑time $60 million bridge; lawmakers pressed officials on long‑term adequacy, small‑district impacts and step increases.
LITTLE ROCK — The Senate Education Committee on the record advanced House Bill 1145, a plan sponsors said will phase in a higher minimum teacher salary and add a $60 million, four‑year bridging fund to move starting pay toward $36,000.
Representative Bruce Cozart, sponsor of the measure, told the committee, “This is the act to create a teacher salary enhancement act,” and said the $60,000,000 “is funded for the the next 4 years.” He said the funding will come from the state's adequacy fund and that details about implementation will be…
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