Governor Gianforte Secures $100 Million To Raise Starting Teacher Pay

SADOW: Stipend Extension Not Best Pay Raise Strategy

By inserting the stipend Louisiana public school employees have enjoyed for the past two years into next year’s budget, legislators may be writing checks with their mouths that later they can’t cash. Somewhat surpassingly, the fiscal year 2026 budget contains, for a third year in a row, a $2,000 stipend for educators and $1,000 for staff. […] The post SADOW: Stipend Extension Not Best Pay Raise Strategy appeared first on The Hayride.

Governor Gianforte Secures $100 Million To Raise Starting Teacher Pay

Signs into law the STARS Act HELENA, Mont. – Governor Greg Gianforte today secured historic funding to raise starting teacher pay, signing into law the STARS Act to continue incentivizing school districts to increase to baseline teacher pay. The STARS Act, or Student and Teacher Advancement for Results and Success Act, invests a historic $100 million to raise teacher pay, with a focus on educators...