Four of this state's teacher groups sent a letter to legislative members containing a unified message with the necessary elements that would earn their support. The principles endorsed by the four groups are:1. $3,000 pay increase. Increase should be in state minimum salary schedule. It should include counselors, nurses and librarians and is flowed through the funding formulas
2. Retention of the salary escalator that is in current law
3. Deletion of language granting commissioner authority to use factors other than experience to determine minimum state salary schedule
4. Retention of $1,000 health insurance supplement (not converted to salary) for all employees incentive pay.
5. Reduction of the amount of money going into the incentive programs to no more than $150 million per year.
6. Restructuring of the incentive programs so that via a non-competitive program, the majority of funds goes to mentoring stipends for assignment to hard to staff schools and stipends for shortage subject area certification.
7. Use of the remaining funds for these or other incentives at the district's discretion.
8. A vote of approval by the majority of teachers on the campus and individual teacher opt-in to the program.
Their letter ended with a statement that their support for the bill with the modifications would assume that additional problematic proposals are not introduced.
3 comments:
So, they won't support legislature if they don't get a raise?
It seems an odd thing to demand whilst you are working to keep the schools funded.
Which four teachers groups?
Here are three, Tx. Federation of Teachers, Tx. Classroom Teachers Assoc., and Assoc. of Tx. Professional Educators. I did not catch the fourth.
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