Committees pass bill to codify automatic teacher step increases, strike COVID retention bonus
Joint Senate committees voted to pass House Bill 1890 with amendments to codify automatic salary step increases for teachers (including charter school teachers), accept Attorney General clarifications on funding, and remove proposed COVID-era retention bonuses after debate about funding and collective bargaining. The measure will proceed with amendments for further consideration.
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The joint Senate committees on Education and Labor on March 23 passed House Bill 1890 with amendments to enshrine automatic annual salary step increases for public school and public charter school teachers and to clarify funding. The committees accepted language suggested by the Attorney General that makes clear payments are subject to legislative appropriations and struck the bill’s proposed COVID-era retention bonus.
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