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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:00 PM Apr 2018

Gov. Doug Ducey to increase teacher pay by 20 percent in two years

Source: KTAR News.

BY KTAR.COM | APRIL 12, 2018 AT 4:13 PM
UPDATED: APRIL 12, 2018 AT 4:26 PM

PHOENIX — After weeks of protests, walk-ins and potential strikes over low pay and poor classroom conditions, teachers in Arizona could soon see an increase in their paychecks.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey announced Thursday that teachers in the state will receive a 20 percent pay raise over the next two years.

Teachers will see a one percent pay raise in fiscal year 2018, a nine percent raise in fiscal year 2019 and then a five percent raise in both fiscal years 2020 and 2021.

The average teacher pay in Arizona is $48,723, according to Ducey.

Read more: http://ktar.com/story/2020846/gov-doug-ducey-to-increase-teacher-pay-by-20-percent-in-two-years/

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Gov. Doug Ducey to increase teacher pay by 20 percent in two years (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2018 OP

Happy for the AZ teachers, just wish the increase structure had been front loaded with 9% this year. iluvtennis Apr 2018 #1

Good. Snackshack Apr 2018 #2

I'm shocked as all geddout. How much is he giving student resources? marble falls Apr 2018 #3

Great news but KTAR headline writer failed kindergarten arithmetic. Go back to school! Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #4

iluvtennis

(19,861 posts)

1. Happy for the AZ teachers, just wish the increase structure had been front loaded with 9% this year.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:05 PM

Apr 2018

Snackshack

(2,541 posts)

2. Good.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:05 PM

Apr 2018

Glad to see Gov. Ducey doing this without there having to be a strike. Teachers should be making much more than that given what they do and have to deal with but this is a start.

marble falls

(57,097 posts)

3. I'm shocked as all geddout. How much is he giving student resources?

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Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:11 PM

Apr 2018

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,002 posts)

4. Great news but KTAR headline writer failed kindergarten arithmetic. Go back to school!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:15 PM

Apr 2018

Teachers will see a one percent pay raise in fiscal year 2018, a nine percent raise in fiscal year 2019 and then a five percent raise in both fiscal years 2020 and 2021.

2018, 19, 20, and 21 are four years.

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