TOPEKA – The 20,000-member-plus Kansas National Education Association is strongly urging local boards of education to increase teacher salaries after the Kansas Legislature approved funding for the state’s 286 school districts during the 2019 legislative session that lawmakers believe will meet constitutional requirements for equity and adequacy.
“We’re calling on every district to invest in teachers and those staff members who work most closely with our students,” said Mark Farr, Kansas NEA president. “We have funding certainty, and our educators deserve to be compensated for their dedication to our students and the profession. Teachers are professionals who shouldn’t need to work two, and sometimes three jobs to make ends meet.”
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