In a statement to The Salt Lake Tribune on Monday, Cox calledinitially proposed $6,000 salary increases for teachers
HB215 was introduced as the combination of those two items, allocating $42 million in taxpayer funds for a voucher system to allow students to go to private schools and $200 million for the teacher salary increases.have been opposed to the measures being tied together. Educators have said they’ve earned their wage increase without strings attached.an underfunded public education system in Utah.
Cox didn’t acknowledge that tension in his brief statement. He noted: “We appreciate the Legislature supporting our teacher pay proposal.”. At the time, he said, “You can’t take money that could go to our schools and allow it to go to private schools when you’re not fully funding the education system in our state.”according to National Education Association data.
It’s a garbage bill- only helps parents of kids already in private school.
Because vouchers make sense it’s past time to have them
This is one of the major problems with passing bills on a state level and the federal level. We need to have line item veto capability for any bill trying to piggy back spending. House members should not be able to hold legitimate causes hostage just to pass their pet projects.
He is a fake! He is nothing but lies when it comes to funding public education in Utah.
The only reason those legislators are there is because lazy, easily fooled people have been convinced that republicans are the “latter day Saints” party and to not vote for them is a sin. The same people voting for them are the ones being screwed by them.
Please separate these two, very different projects.
We need a leader to stand up for the majority of Utahns who oppose this bill. Not a sellout SpencerJCox So disappointed.
Get rid of these dang vouchers!! Utah doesn’t want them!!
The utleg is always a disappointment..
Which is completely reasonable
Cool, pay me more. I’d rather have you make my classes smaller. I’d definitely not rather give away money from my school for private and charter schools to benefit.
This pay raise is teachers only, no support staff. Go find a teacher and ask them how important their para's, counselors and social workers are, esp in Title 1 schools. Not to mention custodians, lunch room, admins, etc. 1/
Just think, if you have been home schooling already that $8000 per kid raise will be more than the $6000 a teacher gets. Times that by five kids and have a $40,000 job to just teach your own kids.
He's a coward. He knows he doesn't have the spine to stand up to the utleg, so now he's saying this horrific voucher bill is a 'balanced approach.' One disappointment/betrayal after another with Cox.
How about we pay teachers more than state legislatures and make state legislature salaries contingent on teacher's salaries. Slime balls.
I'm truly surprised they didn't tie teacher's pay raises to a pay raise for the legislature.
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