Post by Logan on Jan 30, 2016 2:27:13 GMT -6
House Speaker Tim Moore said Thursday that he’d like to give teachers raises this year, but he rejected a proposal for a 10 percent increase, calling it unrealistic.
Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson suggested the 10 percent base pay increase Wednesday at a meeting of a House select committee. A 10 percent raise for all public school teachers would cost about $540 million.
Moore visited the same committee Thursday morning to say increases near the 2 percent the House proposed in its budget last year are more likely to be considered. And raises must be negotiated with the state Senate, he added.
“We’ve got to be responsible with the numbers that we talk about with employee pay raises,” he said.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article57047603.html
Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson suggested the 10 percent base pay increase Wednesday at a meeting of a House select committee. A 10 percent raise for all public school teachers would cost about $540 million.
Moore visited the same committee Thursday morning to say increases near the 2 percent the House proposed in its budget last year are more likely to be considered. And raises must be negotiated with the state Senate, he added.
“We’ve got to be responsible with the numbers that we talk about with employee pay raises,” he said.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article57047603.html