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Midway ISD superintendent warns finance bill's narrow pay increase could force program cuts
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Chris Allen, superintendent of Midway Independent School District, warned May 14 that the Senate committee substitute for House Bill 2 would raise the basic allotment by only $55 and could prompt personnel reductions and program cuts in Midway ISD despite large targeted investments elsewhere in the bill.
Chris Allen, superintendent of Midway Independent School District, said Wednesday that a draft Senate committee substitute for House Bill 2 — the state public school finance bill — contains large, targeted investments but increases the basic allotment by only $55, a change he said would be insufficient to prevent local cuts.
"They're contemplating teacher compensation that would increase our teacher pay, but they're defining teachers as classroom teachers only," Allen said, arguing that bus drivers, nurses, librarians and teacher aides would be left out of the pay increases. He warned the bill "puts money into everything except for the things that matter to your children the most."
Allen acknowledged the bill includes substantial sums…
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