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Administration proposes $339M for K–12; aims to raise starting teacher pay to $50,000
Summary
Commissioner Bryson told lawmakers the FY27 recommendation includes $339,000,000 for public education — including a $250,000,000 TISA increase — and that the package would complete the administration's goal of raising starting teacher pay to $50,000.
Commissioner Bryson outlined a $339,000,000 recommendation for K–12 public education in the FY27 proposal and said the package includes a $250,000,000 increase in TISA funding. Bryson told the committee that over the past eight cycles the state has increased recurring funding through the education formula dramatically and that the current plan would meet the administration’s stated goal for starting teacher pay.
"With this TISA funding, I'm really, proud to say that we will have achieved our goal to raise starting teacher salaries to $50,000 a year," Bryson said. Director David Thurman later told members the education department’s recommended per-student funding is up about 3.2%, which Bryson said would translate into roughly a 3.2% increase on a per-student basis in the TISA base.
