SPONSOR: Hein
The current minimum teacher salary is $25,000 and for those teachers with a Master's Degree and 10 years of experience the minimum is $33,000. This bill raises the minimum in the 2025-26 school year to $38,000. For a teacher with a Master's Degree and 10 years of experience these minimums are raised to $44,000 with increases each year until the 2027-28 school year when the minimum shall be $46,000.
The bill creates the "Teacher Baseline Salary Grant Fund" and the "Teacher Baseline Salary Grant" program, Beginning in the 2025-26 school year through June, 30, 2028, districts may apply to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for grants to increase minimum teacher salaries.
This bill is the same as HB 1431 (2024) and similar to HB 2357 (2022).
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