(From Gov. Mike Parson)Today, Governor Mike Parson signed Senate Bill (SB) 727 and House Bill (HB) 2287 into law. Together, the bills permanently increase baseline teacher pay to at least $40,000 per year, incentivize 5-day school weeks, increase support for early childhood education programs, and increase funding for small schools, among other provisions.
"I have and always will support Missouri teachers. Since the beginning of our administration, we've looked at ways to increase teacher pay and reward our educators for the hard work they do, and this legislation helps us continue that progress," Governor Parson said.
"We ask a lot of our educators when it comes to teaching and caring for our children. Together, this legislation supports Missouri students, teachers, and families with more educational opportunities to succeed – including additional investments in pre-k – while ensuring our teachers earn a better wage."
SB 727 and HB 2287 contain provisions relating to the following subjects:
SB 727 and HB 2287 contain provisions relating to the following subjects:
-Permanently raises starting teacher pay to at least $40,000 per year. Increases salaries for teachers with a master's degree and 10+ years experience to a minimum of $48,000 per year by 2027.
-Increases all Missouri teachers' salaries by the January Consumer Price Index report, with a cap of 3 percent annually.
-Increases state funding for early childhood education programs.
-Increases the funding limit and expands access for Missouri's Empowerment Scholarship Accounts.
-Incentivizes school districts in municipalities larger than 30,000 inhabitants to have 5-day school weeks.
-Establishes the Elementary Literacy Fund.
-Increases the small school grant funding program from $15 million to $30 million per year.
-Protects retirement benefits for educators who continue teaching after retirement.
-Establishes the Teacher Recruitment and Retention State Scholarship Program.
For more information on SB 727, click here. For more information on HB 2287, click here.
4 comments:
This increase in Teacher's Pay is long overdue. Teachers are the unsung heroes and deserve a competitive and living wage. With the shortage of teachers, and more leaving this profession, we have to deal with solutions to finding and retaining these vital Indvidual's.
Remember Teachers are with your kids for a minimum of 13-Years K-12 Grades, 6-Hours a Day 9-Months of the Year. They play a very important role in the development and education of your children. If you are Parent / Grandparent ask if you can support or help them out, do they need supplies that is not available out of their budget. Support them, remember these are your Children they are dealing with.
Pay should be based on performance
@ 7:26
In part I do agree with your statement. However, the other side is when one school has classes that are with 25-30 students, and another school with only 15 students per class, then it is harder to base pay upon performance when you are splitting your time between so many other students.
There is surely a math teacher out there that could easily figure this out
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