Sen. Brandon Creighton files Senate Bill 26 to increase teacher pay across Texas
Sen. Brandon Creighton filed a bill Tuesday aimed at increasing pay for Texas teachers. More experienced teachers could get a bump of up to $10,000.
Texas Senate bill would give public school teachers free pre-K and raises
A Texas Senate bill filed on Tuesday would provide long-term pay raises to teachers based on years of experience, expand a state program that offers raises to instructors based on student performance and allow educators to enroll their children in pre-K free of charge.
New Texas teacher pay bill proposes increasing certain salaries by as much as $10,000
Last school year, the average teacher in Texas made thousands of dollars less than teachers in other states. A nearly $5 billion bill filed Tuesday in the Legislature seeks to provide across-the-board raises and put more money toward bonuses.
Bill to raise pay for Texas teachers advances in Senate; committee vote is unanimous
A Texas Senate committee gave unanimous approval to across-the-board pay raises for public school teachers, sending the nill to the full Senate for a
Proposal to give Texas teachers a pay raise moves another step closer
SB 26 expands the Teacher Inventive Allotment (TIA) a merit-based pay program that gives bonuses to top-performing teachers based on academic growth. Under SB 26, 50% of teachers in a district can participate in the teacher incentive program, compared to the current cap of 33%.
Here's how much Texas teachers would get paid if a new raise is passed
The bill would also expand an existing program that offers raises to teachers based on how their students perform.
Bill increasing teacher pay gets buy-in from Texas Senate committee
Among a litany of education-related bills filed this year, elected officials in the state have made raising teacher pay a priority for the legislative session.
Lawmakers consider bill raising Texas teacher pay with biggest boost for small districts
The proposal comes as public school teachers in Texas are leaving the profession in droves and many districts are trying to make up budget shortfalls.
SB-26 passes unanimously through committee; aimed at teacher pay raises
Texas lawmakers are considering a significant financial commitment to increase teacher salaries as part of Senate Bill 26, which proposes allocating a substanti
Texas Senate discusses pay raises for teachers
Read more For the first time since Gov. Greg Abbott declared raising teacher pay an emergency item, the Senate laid out exactly what new teacher pay guidelines would look like.
Texas lawmakers introduce bill to limit scholarships to international student-athletes
Here are the details of a bill quietly introduced in the Texas legislature that targets student-athletes that aren't U.S.
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Historic $5 Billion Texas Bill Proposes Major Teacher Salary Increase and Free Pre-K for Educators' Kids
Texas is advancing SB 26, a bill proposing significant teacher salary raises and free pre-K for educators' children, aiming ...
Capitol Context: How the Texas Senate ‘school choice’ plan compares to other states
The Texas Senate recently passed its version of a school choice program with Senate Bill 2. The proposed legislation calls ...
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Bandera, Medina schools react to passage of SB 2
Senate Bill 2 by Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, establishes an education savings account, or ESA, program allowing parents ...