Teacher and school staff pay

“Raise pay for teachers and school staff”

“Cooper entered public service after being elected to the legislature, where he worked to raise teacher pay and strengthen law enforcement, and wrote North Carolina’s first children’s health insurance initiative.”

“In the NC House and Senate, Roy fought to increase teacher pay and reduce class sizes.”

“From his first day in office, Roy has fought for better teacher pay and funding for our classrooms. He has pushed the Republican legislature to go much farther than it wanted to go resulting in a 9.5% teacher raise since he took office and an improvement in the national rankings. Under his leadership, North Carolina has expanded pre-kindergarten programs and re-established the Teaching Fellows Program to recruit and support highly qualified teachers in North Carolina.”

“These taxes should support better pay for teachers, healthcare expansion through Medicare for All, direct cash transfers, capping childcare costs, eliminating medical debt and other domestic priorities.”

“Teachers deserve to be paid more. So I support raising the minimum salary for teachers to at least $60,000/year.”

“Your zip code should not dictate the quality of your education. Peggy believes parents, teachers, and students should make classroom decisions, and that the federal government should have a larger role in funding K-12 education, without a voucher program, so schools can retain and adequately pay a quality workforce and that students have access to the resources they need while not solely relying on property taxes to make up funding gaps.”

“MEA pointed to Jackson’s decades-long record of standing with working people and fighting for teachers and public education — from securing investments in Maine schools, raising wages for school employees, protecting the pension system, and delivering universal school meals so every student can learn on a full stomach.”

“My mom was a public school teacher, so I grew up seeing how much educators give to their students and their communities. They deserve fair pay, strong benefits, the freedom to organize, and leaders who will listen to them and stand up for public schools”

“President Jackson also cosponsored a new law to ensure the administrators, teachers and education technicians working in Maine’s unorganized territories are paid fairly compared to their colleagues in other parts of the state.”

“He’ll keep public money in public schools, hire more teachers, raise teacher pay, and bring universal Pre-K to every Texas family.”

“In each of my four terms in the Texas House of Representatives, I served on the Public Education Committee — partnering with parents, teachers, and students to increase teacher pay, improve early childhood education, expand career and technical education, and more.”

“Today I’m introducing legislation to give every teacher in Texas a $15,000 pay raise.”

“Overhauled Texas’s school finance system and invested over $6.5 billion into public schools for teacher pay raises, educator training, new literacy and math proficiency initiatives, and more.”

“Raise pay for teachers and school staff”

“President Jackson also cosponsored a new law to ensure the administrators, teachers and education technicians working in Maine’s unorganized territories are paid fairly compared to their colleagues in other parts of the state.”

“These taxes should support better pay for teachers, healthcare expansion through Medicare for All, direct cash transfers, capping childcare costs, eliminating medical debt and other domestic priorities.”

“Your zip code should not dictate the quality of your education. Peggy believes parents, teachers, and students should make classroom decisions, and that the federal government should have a larger role in funding K-12 education, without a voucher program, so schools can retain and adequately pay a quality workforce and that students have access to the resources they need while not solely relying on property taxes to make up funding gaps.”

“MEA pointed to Jackson’s decades-long record of standing with working people and fighting for teachers and public education — from securing investments in Maine schools, raising wages for school employees, protecting the pension system, and delivering universal school meals so every student can learn on a full stomach.”

“My mom was a public school teacher, so I grew up seeing how much educators give to their students and their communities. They deserve fair pay, strong benefits, the freedom to organize, and leaders who will listen to them and stand up for public schools”

“Supported retired teachers by voting to provide a “13th check” — a supplemental payment on top of their retirement benefits.”

“Teachers deserve to be paid more. So I support raising the minimum salary for teachers to at least $60,000/year.”

“My mom was a public school teacher, so I grew up seeing how much educators give to their students and their communities. They deserve fair pay, strong benefits, the freedom to organize, and leaders who will listen to them and stand up for public schools”

“In the NC House and Senate, Roy fought to increase teacher pay and reduce class sizes.”