| Salaries |
- Reach the regional average salary for teachers – a $2,000 increase with language guaranteeing the raise for all teachers.
- Increase support professional pay by 5%.
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| Health Insurance |
- Support passage of 75% family coverage for school employees (state employee equity).
- Support legislation for at least a $50 monthly increase in the health insurance subsidy for retired educators.
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| Negotiations Reform |
- Support passage of legislation which will level the playing field for local negotiators at the bargaining table.
- Support passage of legislation to allow for the recall of school board members.
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| Improving Instruction |
- Support passage or expansion of funding of quality instructional development programs including Connected Math, Children of Poverty (Ruby Payne), and mentoring.
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| School Reform |
- Support referendum to allow local districts to increase up to 5 additional mills for operational costs to implement a school improvement proposal. These dollars would be non-chargeable and the plans would be locally developed.
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| Teacher Protection Act |
- Support passage of SB 612 (Coates & DeWitt), which provides for VPOs and immunity for teachers when using responsible control and discipline of students at school or in transport. Also, 612 provides immunity for school districts in the suspension of students.
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| Extended Day/Year Focus on Quality of Time,
not Quantity of Time |
- Oppose efforts to extend the school day/year prior to salaries being brought up to the regional average and require any additional time be fully reimbursed for both personnel and operating costs.
- Support efforts to require more instructional time within the current school day/year.
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| College Tuition |
- Support efforts to provide free tuition for children of school employees who graduate with a 3.0 or higher GPA.
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