Provides pay raise to K-12 education teachers – salary for early career teachers are increased to at least $33,000 from $30,800 (a 7 percent pay increase) while more experienced teachers will get a much smaller pay increase, less than 1%. A flat $1,000 salary increase is provided to state employees, although some employees will only get $500. But the budget fails to include additional revenue to sustain the pay raises in the long-term.
No funding is sent to state’s Saving Reserve fund to prepare for a future economic downturn or the Repairs and Renovations fund for maintenance and upgrades to state buildings.
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