Post by Logan on Jan 26, 2016 23:46:59 GMT -6
CHEYENNE – Teachers across the state may be worried about the raises they got in 2015.
Last Thursday, the Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee voted to cut the level of funding provided in the external cost adjustment as it worked on its budget proposal.
The cost adjustment passed in 2015 as Enrolled Act 56. It provided added funding to the state’s 48 school districts, and part of that money paid for teachers’ raises.
Kari Eakins, communications director for the Wyoming Department of Education, said the money also pays for utilities, supplies and nonprofessionals’ salaries.
Read more: www.wyomingnews.com/news/budget-cuts-could-cost-raises-for-wyoming-teachers/article_12383378-c3fa-11e5-af4c-3b1653c847b1.html
Last Thursday, the Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee voted to cut the level of funding provided in the external cost adjustment as it worked on its budget proposal.
The cost adjustment passed in 2015 as Enrolled Act 56. It provided added funding to the state’s 48 school districts, and part of that money paid for teachers’ raises.
Kari Eakins, communications director for the Wyoming Department of Education, said the money also pays for utilities, supplies and nonprofessionals’ salaries.
Read more: www.wyomingnews.com/news/budget-cuts-could-cost-raises-for-wyoming-teachers/article_12383378-c3fa-11e5-af4c-3b1653c847b1.html