Arkansas
Arkansas schools compress salary schedules in response to LEARNS Act
Nearly a third of Arkansas school districts no longer offer pay increases for experience or additional education, an immediate result of a new state law that increased the minimum teacher salary to $50,000 a year. The LEARNS Act increased Arkansas’ minimum teacher salary from $36,000 to $50,000 and requires all teachers to receive at least […]
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Arkansas
Arkansas teachers push for better pay at state Capitol
Educators rallied for raises at the Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock Thursday.The teachers are asking lawmakers to use the $1.6 billion surplus the state has to increase pay for teachers across the state. Legislators will meet in August in a special session on how to spend that money.The minimum salary for teachers in Arkansas […]
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