Teacher Pay Raises Based On Performance?
January 6, 2023 5:15AM CST
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(MISSOURINET) – The Missouri Legislature passed a budget last year to help increase teacher pay.
Lawmakers will be asked again this year to boost those salaries but getting a raise could be based on performance.
Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden says lawmakers should provide a baseline for the state to track performance.
Missouri’s K-12 public school teachers are one of the lowest paid in the nation, if not the lowest.
Senate Democratic Leader John Rizzo says not giving teachers a pay raise when the state has billions of dollars in its bank account would be “a travesty.”
Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher (plocker), a Republican, also wants to pay teachers based upon performance.
