Sentences with phrase «board salary increases for teachers»

However, most courts that have historically entered into educational policy areas other than funding have discouraged real structural changes, focusing instead on the continuation of past policies, such as class size reduction or across - the - board salary increases for teachers, which carry with them increased funding.

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The move saves the district $ 5 million, which the board approved setting aside for future teacher salary increases.

The Buffalo Teachers Union unanimously rejected the Board of Education's latest contract proposal, which called for a 10 percent increase in teacher salaries, calling the district's offer «insulting and demeaning.»

Numerous states and districts, collectively employing about half of all teachers, provide salary increases for experienced teachers who earn certification from the National Board.

As an example of the limitation of this measure, note that the United States is coded as a country where teacher salaries can be adjusted for outstanding performance in teaching on the grounds that salary adjustments are possible for achieving the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification or for increases in student achievement test scores.

In an unusual and controversial move, the New York State Board of Regents has approved a budget proposal that would require school districts to use 1986 - 87 increases in operating aid solely for the purposes of raising teacher salaries and hiring additional teachers.

They have already voted no to across the board teacher salary increases and continued the freeze on teachers» salaries that has been in place for 5 years (at the same time passed a tax break for the wealthy, and now, with reduced revenue can not give raises), increased class size, taken away additional pay for Masters degrees, eliminated most of the state's teacher assistants, gone after tenure and offered the top 25 % of the teachers in a district $ 500 to give up their tenure immediately, increased the number of charter schools (many funded by Republicans in the private school business) and finally, the most recent scheme pondered is to let kids go to any school in the state regardless of their home county.

Granite School Board prepares for a truth - in - taxation hearing aimed at increased teacher salaries.

The Park City School District last year brought in nearly 40 new employees and adjusted teacher salaries with an across - the - board increase of $ 7,000, resulting in a budget spike of about $ 3.4 million for this year, which was discussed at Tuesday's school board meeting, along with master planning and potential bond issues.

Influential teacher groups had pushed for across - the - board increases in salaries, even though they had been the beneficiaries of the greatest percentage of new state aid in the preceding biennium.

The board of Lusher charter school approved a one - time $ 600 salary increase for teachers and administrators, including CEO Kathy Riedlinger, for a total cost of $ 72,000 next year, according to a report on Saturday's board meeting by Yomi Akinyemi of The Lens.