Sentences with phrase «hefty raises for teachers»

In Buffalo, the city teachers union broke a 12 - year stalemate with a new contract that awards hefty raises for teachers.

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During stakeholder consultations, educators raised concerns the assessments would be an extra burden to teachers already struggling with a hefty workload, lead to a possible narrowing of the curriculum, and cause stress for students and parents.

The Senate initially proposed laying off all teacher assistants in the second and third grades in order to pay for hefty teacher pay raises — but after intense negotiations, they backed off their proposal though the final budget resulted in a reduction of teacher assistant positions varying from district to district.

Earlier this summer, the Senate's budget proposal opted to pay for hefty 11 percent teacher raises by stripping $ 233 million away from teacher assistants, which would have wiped out all TAs in the second and third grades.

Senate leaders also proposed hefty pay raises for public school teachers.