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Teachers: Frustrated by Texas legislative priorities, lack of funding

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 31 May 2023

However, $4 billion meant for teacher pay increases was contingent on passage of House Bill 100, a school funding bill to which the Senate added school choice provisions late in the session ... The Legislature's inaction on school funding is discouraging for those in public ...

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In Kyrgyzstan, they spoke out in defense of the Russian language – Rossiyskaya Gazeta

The Eastern Herald 31 May 2023

Now we are faced with the question of how to ensure that it is studied with pleasure by schoolchildren, and teachers can teach this topic professionally ... Meanwhile, such a document could align all actions of teachers of educational institutions and the leadership of state structures with the requirements of the Constitution.

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Texas Legislature starts special session with House, Senate at odds over property tax cuts

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 31 May 2023

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who presides over and sets the agenda for the 31-member Senate, repeatedly aired his frustration with House Speaker Dade Phelan while speaking to a friendly audience at a gathering of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank ... More. Teachers. Frustrated by Texas legislative priorities, lack of funding ... Gov ... More.

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Closed-door salary negotiations to begin between Summit School District teachers, leadership as June budget adoption nears

Summit Daily 30 May 2023

Summit School District teachers and district leadership will soon begin closed-door negotiations over raising teacher salaries as a June 31 deadline to adopt a 2023-24 budget nears ... At the heart of teachers’ ask is for the district to use an influx of state funding to boost salaries amid a high cost of living in Summit County.

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Major concession in teacher pay effort

The Daily Journal - San Mateo 30 May 2023

The bill would exempt “basic aid” districts — those with sufficient property taxes to fund schools without state aid; most already pay teachers and staff above the state average ... wages alone because teachers in some districts treat fully funded health benefits as their priority.

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As COVID money dwindles, Baton Rouge schools struggle to afford teacher pay raise

The Advocate 30 May 2023

Finding the money to keep school operations in the black and to finance a large, permanent pay raise, one which covers all employees not just teachers, could force even deeper budget cuts ... To cover the teacher-only pay raise, at least for year one, Narcisse wants to raid a fund that voters first created in 1998 to supplement employee salaries.

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Historic $321.3 billion Texas state budget heads to comptroller

The Marshall News Messenger 30 May 2023

But about $17 billion worth of commitments that lawmakers made in the new budget were snagged in rancorous policy fights between the Texas House and Senate on Saturday night — including proposed teacher pay raises and increases in school funding, which died, and how to administer property tax cuts, which was in danger of dying.

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Elsie Arntzen: Celebrating the expanded educational opportunities from the 68th Legislative session

Montana Standard 30 May 2023

I also appreciate the Board of Public Education for accepting the new student-centered school accreditation process to support teachers, school administrators and trustees ... Prioritizing funding our schools through BASE Aid because a promise is a promise ... Funding the Teacher Residency Program to aid in teacher recruitment through student teaching.

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CHASS expresses concern about abuse of PTA funds

Joy Online 30 May 2023

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Senior High Schools (CHASS), has bemoaned the spate of misappropriation of funds generated by Parent Teacher Associations in Ghana’s second cycle institutions ... As a result, members are alleged to be enriching themselves with the funds generated by the associations.

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Economic boost or big business hand-out? Nevada lawmakers consider A's stadium financing.

Hickory Record 30 May 2023

They cited an MLB team with the worst record in baseball, financed in-part by a county and state struggling to fund public services including schools, which rank toward the bottom in national student-teacher ratios and per-pupil funding ... “Yet, we don’t have enough revenue to fund and give a 20% (salary) increase to teachers.”.

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Georgia History Festival raises $1.9 million for education programs

Morgan Citizen 30 May 2023

Funds support GHS’s year-round educational programming and research services for students, teachers, researchers, and general audiences from across Georgia and beyond ... The funds raised during the Festival go directly toward creating and delivering educational programs that teach ...

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Economic boost or big business hand-out? Nevada lawmakers consider A’s stadium financing

Red Bluff Daily News 30 May 2023

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Ronni Bassett helps numerous students comprehend literacy at Whitehead Elementary School | Teacher of the Week

The Daily Democrat 30 May 2023

During the 2015-16 school year, Bassett taught as a student teacher at Freeman Elementary School in Woodland ... “This year I recently moved into the ‘title one’ teacher position which is a state funding where they give schools money and the schools can use that many to support students.

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A’s struggle in Carson City as Golden Knights advance to Stanley Cup

Longview News-Journal 30 May 2023

Neal noted the incongruity of “having a conversation and discussion around funding a stadium, but yet we don’t have enough revenue to give a 20% increase to teachers in the state of Nevada.” She added Clark County officials recently testified the county has a structural deficit and “can’t take care of foster care”.

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Legislators wrap up what they call 'historic’ session

Muskogee Phoenix 30 May 2023

Those included public school funding and teacher pay needs, calls for a tax credit for private and homeschool families, tax reform, and workforce and economic development needs ... He said people looking back on the session will recall rural school investments, teacher pay raises ...