February 2014

Three voucher bills have passed out of committee and are headed to the floor for a vote. These bills funnel taxpayer dollars to private, virtual, and other non-public schools to pay the cost of tuition, activities, etc. Unlike public schools, the private entities receiving vouchers are not held accountable to taxpayers.  HB 831 – Speech-Language Therapy Scholarship. HB […]

The House Education Committee has passed a bill that gives teachers a pay increase of up to $4,250 over four years. Here’s how the plan works…  Teachers with fewer than 5 years of teaching experience automatically get increases as follows: $1,000 increase January 1, 2015 $500 increase July 1, 2015 $1,350 increase July 1, 2016, contingent