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Qale
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And even if/when they do get their pay? Bill dies in special session of State Legislature, keeping teachers average behind middle-of-the-pack.
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Qale
Jul 5 '23, 14:55
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The failure of House Bill 100, which would have allocated $3.8 billion to public schools and increased teacher salaries, thrust school boards into a quandary of trying to pass budgets and increase teacher salaries without new financial support from the state.
The measure's failure comes as Texas faces a massive statewide teacher shortage with educators departing en masse from the profession. Teacher salaries have long been a contentious issue at the Capitol as districts try to retain teachers and hire new ones. With an average teacher salary $58,887, Texas ranks 28th in the nation for average teacher pay, according to the National Education Association, a labor union.
Even in districts that have already raised salaries for the coming year, school boards and superintendents say they don't believe they've done enough and are looking at contingencies that could boost pay further.
There is a chance public school districts could still get state funding if Gov. Greg Abbott calls a special session to address the issue, but there are no guarantees that teacher pay will be revisited.
In Texas, school districts may start their fiscal year on either July 1 or Sept. 1, meaning some districts have already passed new budgets, while others have more time to wait and see what the Legislature does
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