Missouri Senators Discuss Teacher Pay Bump To $38,000/Year
January 23, 2023 5:49AM CST
PARSON
(MISSOURINET) – Governor Mike Parson’s new state budget proposal includes putting $250 million into a new rainy day fund for public and charter school education. Missouri Senate Democratic Leader John Rizzo, of Independence, supports the fund, which aims to minimize the financial impact to public education when the economy slows down…
The governor’s budget proposal includes $32 million to expand a program to help give experienced teachers more money for completing additional work. It also continues his matching program with local school districts to raise the minimum teacher pay from $25k to $38k annually.
