Democrats release RAISE Act to help teachers
Arkansas House and Senate Democrats released a plan today to raise teacher salaries by $4,000 and raise the minimum teacher salary from $36,000 to $42,000. The Raising Arkansas’s Investment in Schools and Educators (RAISE) Act would use $600 million from the estimated $1.6 billion surplus to create a fund that will allow the raises to be indefinitely sustainable based on current projections. Democrats urged Governor Asa Hutchinson to include their proposed legislation in the August special session so that teachers can get a raise now.
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