SPONSOR: Lewis (6)
Currently, the minimum salary for teachers 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 2024-25 school year to $34,000 and continues to increases the salary until it hits $38,000 in the the 2026-27 school year. For a teacher with a Master's Degree and 10 years of experience these minimums are raised to $42,000 in the 2024-25 school year and eventually to $46,000 in the 2026-27 school year.
Beginning in the 2027-28 school year and in all subsequent years the minimum teacher salary base will be adjusted annually by a calculated percentage increase in inflation as outline in the bill.
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