Sentences with phrase «preserve teacher assistant positions»

House lawmakers came back to the Senate proposal by asking for more flexibility for school districts, allowing them to choose between giving teachers a full 8 percent raise or using some of that money to preserve teacher assistant positions.

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While some lawmakers say the 2014 budget that just passed provides enough funding to preserve teacher assistants» jobs, local school districts are reporting otherwise — hundreds of teacher assistant positions are being eliminated this fall thanks to a budgetary maneuver that siphons $ 105 million out of the TA funding stream that lawmakers previously budgeted for during the 2013 legislative session.