Arkansas
AR teachers ‘disheartened’ as pay raises were not part of special session
Little Rock, Arkansas – Teacher pay raises were not discussed in this week’s special session in Little Rock.
“Shame on every legislator that chose to end that session early,” said Central High School Teacher Roy Vaughn.
Democrats have voiced their plans to extend the session and discuss two bills covering raises and bonuses for teachers in the state in the past week.
On Friday morning, the session ended, without any talk of teacher pay.
“This is all about priority,” said State Senator Keith Ingram (D) in an interview with our station earlier this week. “The Republicans’ priority was tax cuts, and our priority was teacher salary raises. The sad truth of all of this is that we can do all of it.”
According to those against pay raises being discussed, they wanted more time to look the proposals over. “A lot of the work on all of those issues is already taking place and we’re going to be ready to go when we get back in January,” said State Senator Jonathan Dismang (R).
“School starts literally in a few days,” said Vaughn. “Imagine teachers say just wait until January and we will start teaching. That doesn’t make good sense.”
According to Vaughn, he fears teachers will walk, leaving behind a business they say they’re tired of waiting for. “If educators chose to wait like that, educators would be without a job,” said Vaughn.
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