Senator Jane Nelson (R-Flower Mound) has filed Senate Bill 3 providing a $5,000 annual salary increase for classroom teachers in Texas.
Details from Sen. Nelson’s press release on SB 3:
- Provides a permanent $5,000 annual salary increase to approximately 350,000 classroom teachers;
- Directs that the pay increase is paid for by the state with funding flowing through a new Classroom Teacher Salary Allotment;
- Stipulates that the additional state funding must pass through districts for the sole purpose of raising each classroom teacher’s pay by $5,000 over their salary for the 2018-19 school year; and
- Has an estimated cost of $3.7 billion in the FY 20-21 budget.
For more information, please see the full text of SB 3 here.