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Governor releases his own teacher pay plan

March 13, 2001 By admin

Democrat Governor Tom Vilsack today released his own plan for raising teacher pay and tying pay to performance. Unlike the G-O-P plan revealed last week, Vilsack would raise the minimum teacher salary above what it is today — 23-thousand dollars. Vilsack’s plan would raise beginning teacher pay to $28,000 in four years. Vilsack also immediately begins implementing merit-based pay. Republicans want to appoint a commission to come up with ways to judge how well teachers teach. Vilsack says bonuses should start in the next school year. Vilsack’s plan does not include the G-O-P idea of letting people with a college degree take a 12-week course in order to get a “provisional” teaching license. Vilsack says he’s “optimistic” the differences between his plan and the G-O-P proposal can be worked out.House Speaker Brent Siegrist, a republican from Council Bluffs, says the few differences are NOT insurmountable. The House Education Committee will debate the issue Wednesday.

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Filed Under: Education, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Democratic Party, Legislature, Republican Party, Tom Vilsack

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