Sentences with phrase «modest raises for some teachers»
Yet, even as state lawmakers approved modest raises for some teachers in recent years, legislators faced withering criticism from education advocacy organizations who pointed out the state's most experienced teachers were left out.
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«You see, people taking furlough days, you see people taking modest raises or pay cuts, you see digging deeper in their pockets, you see higher class sizes, you see effects for families teachers and kids,» Weingarten said.
House lawmakers released a draft 2015 - 17 budget last month that includes modest pay raises for all teachers and a patchwork of funding initiatives aimed at improving leadership and instruction.
And while educators have seen modest, infrequent pay raises since 1992 (see this DPI document, page 16), the state still relied on a «step» system that provided pay increases on an annual basis for teachers until two years ago, Price says, as GOP lawmakers began overhauling the state's teacher pay system.