SB 157 - Teacher Compensation - South Dakota Key Vote

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Title: Teacher Compensation

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that creates a teacher compensation assistance program.

Highlights:

- Creates an oversight board for the teacher compensation assistance program [sec 5]. - Allocates $4,237.72 in funding per student for the 2006 school fiscal year [sec 1(4)]. - Adjusts the “per student allocation” annually according to the consumer price index or by 4.3 percent (whichever is higher) beginning in the 2007 fiscal year [sec 1(3)]. - Establishes a formula to determine the minimum increase in teacher salaries [sec 2 (1-7)]. - Reduces state funding for schools that fail to increase teacher salaries by at least the state minimum [sec 3].

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