Texas governor announces $1.6B deal for teacher raises
Associated PressAUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday that $1.6 billion in teacher raises are coming in a deal partly driven by classroom unrest across the U.S. and Republicans who sharply changed course on public education ahead of 2020 elections. Public school teachers in Texas don’t collectively bargain and never went on strike, but teacher unions said they made their resentment known at the ballot box last year. But they also found reason for optimism just two years after Texas’ last legislative session was upended by failed efforts by Republican leaders to pass a “bathroom bill” targeting transgender students. “Eventually they could make a six-figure living and not have to go into being a principal or administration,” said Republican state Rep. Dan Huberty, the Texas House chairman over public education.
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