1.9% Washington teacher pay cut: Lawmakers strike budget deal

Andrew Garber:

Pay for teachers would be cut 1.9 percent and for school administrative staff by 3 percent over the next two years under a budget agreement released by lawmakers on Tuesday.

The pay cuts, worth $179 million, are part of more than $4 billion in cuts lawmakers are proposing as a way to close a roughly $5 billion budget shortfall.

The size of pay reductions for educators was a key area of disagreement during budget negotiations over the past several months.

A briefing on the proposal was scheduled for 10 a.m. The legislation still has to be voted on in the House and Senate.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 27, 2011 1:14 AM
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