School and Community Summer 2024

By 2027-28: Teacher Salaries Master’s +10 - $48,000 Teacher Recruitment and Retention State Scholarship Program 480 scholarships and $2.8 million Foundation Formula Attendance Calculation Change 80% attendance, 20% enrollment ($86 million) Fully Funded in the State Budget : Foundation Formula Transportation Career Ladder Baseline Salary Grant By 2028-29: Teacher Salaries Increases to both the teacher salary and the master’s plus 10 salary minimums will be indexed to inflation, not to exceed 3%. Teacher Recruitment and Retention State Scholarship Program 520 scholarships and $3 million Foundation Formula Attendance Calculation Change 70% attendance, 30% enrollment ($132 million) Expansion of Early Childhood Funding Doubled the amount of students that districts may receive payment to educate.

By 2029-30: Teacher Salaries Increases to both the teacher salary and the master’s plus 10 salary minimums will be indexed to inflation, not to exceed 3%. Teacher Recruitment and Retention State Scholarship Program 560 scholarships and $3.2 million Foundation Formula Attendance Calculation Change 60% attendance, 40% enrollment ($179 million)

By 2030-31: Teacher Salaries Increases to both the teacher salary and the master’s plus 10 salary minimums will be indexed to inflation, not to exceed 3%, continuing for all subsequent years. Teacher Recruitment and Retention State Scholarship Program 600 scholarships and $3.4 million, continuing for all subsequent years. Foundation Formula Attendance Calculation Change 50% attendance, 50% enrollment Members can pay back anything over earnings limit instead of losing entire month’s pension.

($227 million), continuing for all subsequent years.

Bills opposed by MSTA

MSTA member advocacy results in successful session.

Defeated any new voucher programs. Defeated Open Enrollment Bill. Defeated legislation that would place greater emphasis on statewide test scores.

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