House leaders offer teacher pay raise plan. See related stories here
By Carmen Forman and Ben Giles • Capitol Media Services • Arizona Capitol Times
Republican House leadership is backing a plan to give teachers a 6-percent pay bump next year at the expense of Gov. Doug Ducey’s proposal to restore cuts to K-12 school capital funding.
Buffeted by protesting teachers, who have threatened to strike if the Legislature doesn’t provide a sizable increase in funding for Arizona public schools to bankroll salary hikes, Republican lawmakers see the proposal as a means of changing the narrative that state legislators have failed to provide teachers a decent wage.
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- Children’s Action Alliance — Where’s the Reliable Funding Source for Teacher Pay Raises?
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