The legislature is putting $32 million into the School Safety Grant program, including money for school safety training and safety equipment in schools. This article will be updated as the budget moves through the legislative process. Nobody heres doing it for the money. We have to focus on that and alleviating some of that workload and just getting them back in the classroom doing what they do best, and thats teaching kids and not doing all of this administrative stuff at night, Meade said during the panel discussion. Premiums for individuals on the plan make up 1% of their take home pay, but 25% for employees with their family on the state insurance. Centers have long struggled to retain teachers and the pandemic has exacerbated the issue.. Third grade teacher Cara Cerise going over a math lesson with her students. Premium costs have remained largely unchanged for individuals on the single-employee plan, but people whose families also receive insurance through the state plan have seen more significant increases. If republishing the story online, please provide a link to EdNC.org or a link to the original article in either the byline or credit line. 
. Utah teachers could get a bonus for the extra work they did this winter during the surge of omicron variant COVID-19 cases. What would that mean for kids? Lawmakers will consider funding all-day kindergarten in the upcoming session alongside spending for school choice measures like charter schools and education opportunity accounts, Givens said. Mary Mathew | PublishedFebruary 21, 2022 at 10:00 AM MST. On top of writing the 2022-2023 state budget, lawmakers will also have to pass legislation that covers expenses from the current budget. Athena Lindsey, a teacher and policy fellow with Teach Plus Mississippi, repeatedly heard the same concern when surveying teachers in the lead-up to the historic 2022 teacher pay raise: Every time you see a pay increase, the insurance premiums always go up, so you never really get to feel the actual pay raise.. Do you value our journalism? So when I hear raise, I think yes, but in my brain, I just know to put my blinders up and focus on the kids.. This gap between individual and family premiums is common in the teaching profession. [CDATA[// >