Districts had to «allocate forty per cent of the
monies for teacher compensation increases based on performance and employment related expenses, twenty per cent of the monies for teacher base salary increases and employment related expenses and forty per cent of the monies for maintenance and operation purposes.»
The Stability of Value - Added Measures of Teacher Quality and Implications for Teacher Compensation Policy
Just over a decade ago Denver started to address the amount of resources
available for teacher compensation; voters approved the Professional Compensation System for Teachers, or ProComp, a $ 25 million annual property tax increase that promised to make major changes to how Denver Public School teachers are paid.
The grants would be
for teacher compensation and tuition reimbursement, the budget request said.