Legislative Committee Approves 15% Teacher Raise Plan
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Arkansas teachers would receive a 15 percent phased-in pay increase under a plan approved by a legislative committee Tuesday morning.
The committee is studying how the state can meet a court order to overhaul its unconstitutional education funding system.
Monday members of the Joint Committee on Educational Adequacy
learned it will cost about 825 million dollars a year in new education funding to meet the court mandate.
The teacher pay increases will cost 283 million dollars.
California-based consultants hired to guide legisaltors in their
work said raising entry-level teacher salaries is crucial to alleviate a statewide teacher shortage.
