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House Passes Education Budget With Stagnant Teacher Pay

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, March 18, the Alabama House of Representatives addressed the fiscal year 2015 Education Budget which begins on October 1. The most controversial aspect of the Education Trust Fund (ETF) budget is that, if the Senate concurs, teacher and education employees will see no pay increase. The Alabama … Continued

March 19, 2014

House Ways and Means Committee Moves to Cancel Teacher Pay Raise

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, March 12 the House Way and Means for Education Committee approved an education budget without the 2% pay raise that Governor Robert Bentley had included in his budget request, which has been rejected by the Senate and now by the House Ways and Means Committee. The teachers … Continued

March 18, 2014

Bentley Threatens to Veto Education Budget

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) publicly announced that if the legislature passes an Education Trust Fund (ETF) budget that does not raise the pay of Alabama teachers then he will veto that budget. Governor Bentley said, “The Education Budget I presented is good and balanced. I’m asking … Continued

March 7, 2014

Alabama Legislature Passes Education Budget with 2 Percent Raise for Educators

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, the Republican controlled Alabama House of Representatives passed a state education trust fund budget which includes a 2% pay increase for all K-12 education employees. The House concurred with changes made by the Alabama Senate. The bill also provides education employees with a new liability insurance benefit. … Continued

May 10, 2013

Senator Bedford pushes for teacher pay raise on National Teacher Appreciation Day

By Beth Clayton Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY–Senator Roger Bedford (D-Russellville) proposed an amendment to the Education Trust Fund budget to give teachers a five percent pay raise. The amendment was tabled with a vote of 20-12. Bedford’s amendment increased the pay raise for all K-12 employees from two percent to five percent. The amendment also … Continued

May 8, 2013

Education Legislation Coming Up This Week

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Time is running out on the 2013 legislative session and several bills affecting education employees are on the calendar for the closing days of this session. The Alabama Education Association (AEA) addressed some of these issues in the Monday’s ‘Alabama School Journal.’ The biggest of these is of course … Continued

April 30, 2013

Senate Committee Potentially Cuts Teacher Raise

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) submitted a budget with a two and a half percent raise for teachers and other education employees. The House Republicans substituted the Governor’s budget proposal with one of their own that cut that pay increase to just two percent. On Wednesday, the Alabama Senate’s … Continued

April 25, 2013