From teacher pay and preparation to special education and DEI, here are issues Texas lawmakers are prioritizing this legislative session.
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The Senate wants to direct a majority of that funding to the Teacher Incentive Allotment and increasing teacher pay. Lt. Gov., who leads the Senate, said in a recent press release that his chamber’s budget plan would increase teacher pay by $4,000. Teachers in rural areas would receive an additional $6,000 pay bump, for a total of $10,000. Patrick said the raise would close the salary gap between urban and rural teachers.
“It’s just thinking differently about how we can give our teachers experiences so they can be successful and have positive experiences and want to stay in the field,” said Cara Malone, chief of schools for the Hutto school district near Austin, which oversees its own residency program. “Districts need the funding to be able to try things and have staff that can truly support our teachers, and if we don't find ways to do that, we're going to continue to be a revolving door.
“We have to do a better job,” Burrows said about special education. “We're going to make a historic commitment to that, and that is going to be something the House leads on.”to consider extending the state’s diversity, equity and inclusion — or DEI — ban to K-12 public schools. The law currently applies to Texas’ public universities.
“The State of Texas recognizes only two genders – male and female,” Abbott said. “Any educator who tells students that boys can be girls should be fired on the spot.”
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