'This is beyond a partisan issue': Teachers react to 5K salary raise bill advancing in Senate
HOUSTON — Every classroom teacher in Texas is one step closer to getting a big raise starting in the upcoming school year.
About 350,000 teachers would qualify for a $5,000 raise if Senate Bill 3, which a Texas Senate committee advanced on Monday, becomes law.
The big question now: will it ultimately pass, and where will the state find the roughly $1.8 billion per year to cover the cost?
Texas teacher pay lags the national average by more than $7,000. Increasing it is one of Governor Abbott’s top priorities during the 2019 session, but how that raise could ultimately be doled out and paid for isn’t as clear.
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