While the teachers union came up with the idea for the 10 - year contract, Thompson said the union compromised on key issues such as keeping an unpopular two -
tiered pay schedule designed to pay new hires at lower salaries.
The final version did not include, among other things, Cuomo's original recommendation to have the commission recommend a two -
tiered pay schedule for state officials, based on whether they earn outside income.
Not exact matches
«The commission would be required to propose a two -
tiered legislative
pay schedule that would set one salary for elected officials who do not earn any outside income and a lower salary for those who do.
One idea the panel will develop is coming up with a «two -
tiered legislative
pay schedule that would set one salary for elected officials who do not earn any outside income and a lower salary for those who do,» the Cuomo administration said in a news release.
Prominent in the discussions surrounding teacher
pay, in addition to the one - time bonuses proposed by McCrory and raises targeting early - career teachers, will be the state's salary
schedule for educators, an ever - shifting model that, since it was revised by legislators in 2014, drops teachers into multiple
pay tiers.