Not exact matches
The increase would barely enable districts to maintain services, officials say, at a time when student needs and mandated
costs for employee salaries, health care premiums and
teacher retirements are on the
rise.
Unfortunately for
teachers, the
rising costs of their
retirement systems do not reflect improved benefits; they're primarily a function of debt.
Rising costs have led states and districts to scale back their spending on instructional
costs, including on
teacher salaries, and cut
retirement benefits for new workers.
The
rising cost of maintaining
teacher retirement systems is part of the problem.
The
rising cost of maintaining
teacher retirement...
During that time,
teachers will need raises,
retirement and utility
costs will
rise, and more instruction materials will all have to be bought.
Faced with sharply
rising costs, the Algiers Charter School Association recently canceled
retirement benefits for 624 454
teachers at six five of its eight schools.
In our new report, «The Pension Pac - Man: How Pension Debt Eats Away at
Teacher Salaries,» we show that, like the proverbial Pac - Man, the rapidly rising costs of teacher retirement and insurance benefits are pushing out money that could be spent on salaries (Figure 1 from the
Teacher Salaries,» we show that, like the proverbial Pac - Man, the rapidly
rising costs of
teacher retirement and insurance benefits are pushing out money that could be spent on salaries (Figure 1 from the
teacher retirement and insurance benefits are pushing out money that could be spent on salaries (Figure 1 from the paper).
Her piece on «The Price of Education» revealed how fragile school funding is in California, particularly as
teacher retirement costs rise amid econ...
Due in large part to
rising pension
costs, the state has also cut the value of the
retirement benefits it offers its
teachers.
Most of these
costs are due to
rising pension debts, not to pay for actual
teacher retirement benefits (see Figure 3 here).
The nominal budget figure has increased due to growing student headcount, moderate pay raises for
teachers, and the
rising costs of the state's health and
retirement programs.