Last week, the AP reported that Oklahoma lawmakers want to give teachers a $6,000 raise that would be phased in over three years. That's about half of what teachers requested via SQ 779, but who cares, right? As they say, teachers can not be choosers.
Here are the details via The Oklahoman...
New House Speaker Charles McCall is endorsing a pay increase for Oklahoma teachers that would phase in a $6,000 pay raise during a three-year period.
McCall said in a statement released Thursday that he believes House Republicans will support the bill by Broken Arrow Republican Michael Rogers, chairman of the House Public Education Committee.
Rogers' House Bill 1114 includes a $1,000 raise next year, followed by raises of $2,000 the following year and $3,000 the next year.
$6,000 over three years? I guess that's better than nothing. It would bump a starting teacher's salary to about $38,000... which is about how much an entry-level QuikTrip employee makes in a year.