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Union urges pay parity and scholarship funding after town hall highlights teacher shortages
Summary
At the Feb. 19 town hall, Sanjay Sharma of the Guam Federation of Teachers presented FY25 data showing the average classroom teacher salary on Guam at about $61,500 and urged lawmakers to raise pay toward national parity, index salaries and fully fund the Yamashita Educator Core scholarship.
At a community town hall on Feb. 19, Sanjay Sharma, vice president of the Guam Federation of Teachers, told senators and the public that Guam’s average classroom teacher salary is about $61,500, while the national average for public K–12 teachers is approximately $72,000.
"This is not a projection, it is the actual average salary being paid to current teachers in…
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