Unions Support Bill That Would Provide $5,000 Raise to Texas Teachers
Style Magazine Newswire | 1/18/2019, 8:42 p.m.
The presidents of two teacher unions in Texas are supporting a bill introduced this week in the Legislature that would give a $5,000 raise to teachers and also criticized merit based pay in public education. SB 3 would increase education funding in the state by more than $4 billion, with most of the money going to towards a pay raise of $5,000 for teachers. According to data from the National Education Association that Noel Candelaria, president of the Texas State Teachers Association, cited Wednesday on Houston Matters, Texas teachers are paid $7,300 below the national average. Candelaria also said the average salary of a Texas teacher in Texas is $53,000. Zeph Capo, president of the Houston Federation of Teachers, said teachers “need to have across the board pay raises because we are so far behind, particularly in Houston ISD” and added he is “cautiously optimistic” about SB 3.
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