Sentences with phrase «teacher pay raises»

Rodney Ellis, president of the state's teacher association, says the proposed teacher pay raises don't go far enough.

Medicaid funding and teacher pay raises are expected to be the key sticking points in negotiations.

«We've got a 2.2 percent increase in the general fund budget with no tax increase, with teacher pay raises, no elimination of teachers assistants and we've kept the integrity of our Medicaid, I'm proud of it,» he said.

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, who has objected to Emanuel's plans to withhold teacher pay raises and change work rules, issued a less - than - subtle statement about the mayor's decision.

As the state budget is finalized, some critics say they're skeptical of how the teacher pay raises will pan out.

* UPDATED A second round of protests is scheduled at LA Unified schools today as the district and its teachers union, UTLA, continue to lock horns over teacher pay raises, among other issues.

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.

«Gov. Cooper's hypocrisy knows no bounds — he vetoed an average 9.6 percent pay increase for teachers just last year and now claims he supports teacher pay raises,» Carver said.

Lawmakers rolled longevity pay, a salary supplement offered to teachers after 10 years of service, into the new teacher pay schedule that was created to go with the teacher pay raises.

In order to pay for the teacher pay raises, lawmakers enacted cuts to critical areas of education spending.

Locally, Nashville's acting mayor rejected the school district's budget request forcing the district to withdraw teacher pay raises.

His vision, outlined in a speech to a Little Rock civic group earlier this month, calls for raising academic standards by requiring more rigorous course requirements for graduation, linking teacher pay raises to student performance, and restructuring the state's accountability system to include annual spring testing.

The program will link teacher pay raises and performance reviews directly to student achievement, and even allows a teacher with chronically low - performing students to be fired.

Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle has released state funds for the last round of public school teacher pay raises, even though random drug testing for instructors has not been implemented.

Signaling that schools will be a top priority during the upcoming legislative session, Ducey outlined plans for an education - heavy agenda, including statewide teacher pay raises, increased spending on all - day kindergarten, and a $ 1,000 signing bonus for new teachers who take jobs in low - income districts.

Arizona's largest school district and some others will resume classes after lawmakers approved money for teacher pay raises and additional education funding.

Lawmakers worked through the night to pass a state budget that gives teachers a pay raise and schools a funding bump.

Cuomo says school spending and teachers pay raises contribute to the state's high property tax burden.

Or rebuild the crumbling school infrastructure, create scholarships for the next generation of scientists and engineers, and finally give good teachers the pay raise they deserve.

In a release, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten made it clear that the teacher pay raise was only an opening bid, explaining, «Don't get us wrong; we appreciate the pay raise.

How the teacher pay raise formula could worsen Seattle's inequity In this oped Marguerite Roza describes one critical issue underlying the fall 2015 Seattle Public Schools teachers» strike that neither the Seattle School District nor the Seattle Education Association, the teachers» union, took on: the built - in inequities across schools created...

Apparently, some teachers haven't forgotten that this is the same Bill Haslam who promised to make Tennessee the fastest improving state in the nation in teacher pay in October of 2013 and included a teacher pay raise in his 2014 budget address... only to break that promise in April.

The superintendents were encouraged by the prospect of a teacher pay raise as well as the Career Pathways plan that is contained in both the Governor's budget as well as the House plan.

What remains unclear is how the House will pay for the teacher pay raise — their budget relies heavily on increased lottery revenue thanks to doubling the lottery's advertising budget, but

Gov. Jim Justice signed legislation Wednesday giving teachers a pay raise, but educators said it wasn't enough and it didn't address other areas of concern like insurance and health care costs, so they went on strike.

An average teacher pay raise of 7 percent (that in and of itself a hotly contested figure) was coupled with what lawmakers said was a full preservation of teacher assistants» jobs.

An average teacher pay raise of 7 percent -LRB-

But House lawmakers fought back hard, with Speaker Thom Tillis (R - Mecklenberg) teaming up with Gov. McCrory to propose a teacher pay raise of 5 percent and keeping all TA jobs intact.

Last year, the General Assembly passed what some characterized as a historic teacher pay raise.

Cache and Washington districts are the latest to offer teachers pay raises.

For months now, Senate leaders have made it very clear that they want to give teachers pay raises.

Senate Republicans released a plan on Wednesday to provide what they call the «largest teacher pay raise in state history.»

In their fourth year in charge, in 2014, Republicans approved the state's first teacher pay raise since 2008.

Responding in English, White said giving teachers guns was not necessary and that the state should instead give teachers a pay raise.

Oklahoma House passes teacher pay raise bill.

Coe, along with Senator Eli Bebout claim to have seen analyses that suggest there is no need for teacher pay raise, and that the state has been «keeping pace with inflation.

Not exact matches

Palm Beach County voters in November may be asked to raise their property taxes so teachers could be paid more, in hopes of keeping them in the classroom.

The parent - teacher organization at the school has been raising money to pay for a new wooden floor in the gym and has already raised $ 100,000, said Kim Anderson, co-president of the PTO.

In another high - profile ballot initiative, residents in Mt. Prospect - based River Trails Elementary District 26 must decide whether to raise their tax rate 13 percent to pay for teachers» salaries and to stave off program cuts.

Supply teachers raised concerns that whilst schools are paying agencies hundreds of pounds a time to cover individual classes, teachers receive only a small fraction of the fees being paid to supply agencies.

In 2011, Carvalho helped implement a merit pay system — considered anathema to most teachers union officials, including Weingarten — that tied raises to teachers» evaluation scores and provided bonuses for highly effective teachers.

Instead further adverse changes have been imposed to teachers» pay and conditions with no regard to any concerns raised.

«The Government says that it wants to raise the status of teaching but at the same time is cutting teacher pay and school funding.

What are we doing about failing schools, how do we pay teachers and what we are paying for are questions that are implicitly raised in every budget.

The United Federation of Teachers, for example, was granted back pay in the form of 8 - percent wage increases because Bloomberg gave similar raises to other unions but not the teachers when he was inTeachers, for example, was granted back pay in the form of 8 - percent wage increases because Bloomberg gave similar raises to other unions but not the teachers when he was inteachers when he was in office.

Major issues during the 2014 legislative session included creating a new budget, a pay raise for teachers, Common Core and banning legislators from serving as lobbyists immediately following their departure.

New York City teachers have approved a nine - year labor contract — a deal that raises pay by 18 percent but leaves questions about the future of their health benefits.

(New York City teachers have approved a nine - year labor contract — a deal that raises pay by 18 percent but leaves questions about the future of their health benefits.)

Teachers are already paying more, the normal pension age has been raised to 65 for new entrants and employer contributions have been capped.

Members of the Transport Workers Union got a total of 19 percent in pay raises between 2009 and 2016, compared with 12 percent for the city's teachers union over the same period.