Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to the amount of compensation paid to school district employees, including by establishing an educator supplement for all fund to be administered by the department of education, and modifying the amount of compensation paid to teachers, certain employees with a license, endorsement, certification, authorization, or statement of recognition issued by the board of educational examiners, and teaching assistants, and making appropriations
Sponsored by Sen. Molly Donahue (D)
Topics:State budgetK–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 10, 2025
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary School districts would pay extra money to certain employees, such as teachers and teaching assistants, on top of their regular salaries. Licensed employees who have worked at a district for at least one year would receive an additional $5,000 each year, while teaching assistants would receive an amount equal to 10 percent of their current salary. The state would create a special fund to provide the money needed to pay for these raises.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the amount of compensation paid to school district employees, including by establishing an educator supplement for all fund to be administered by the department of education, and modifying the amount of compensation paid to teachers, certain employees with a license, endorsement, certification, authorization, or statement of recognition issued by the board of educational examiners (BOEE), and teaching assistants. The bill requires school districts to pay to each employee with a license, endorsement, certification, authorization, or statement of recognition issued by the BOEE who has been employed by the school district for at least one year, and who has completed all periods of conditional employment with the school district, $5,000 each year in addition to the employee’s base salary. The bill establishes that this provision does not apply to administrators. The bill requires school districts to pay to each employee who serves as a teaching assistant an amount equal to 10 percent of the employee’s current annual salary each year in addition to the employee’s base salary. The bill establishes an educator supplement for all fund in the state treasury under the control of the department of education. The bill requires the department to distribute moneys from the fund to school districts in amounts necessary to ensure that school districts compensate employees and teachers in accordance with the bill’s provisions. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and for each succeeding fiscal year, the bill appropriates from the general fund of the state to the educator supplement for all fund the amount necessary to make all distributions required under the bill’s provisions.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 10, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
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- SF 2312 Relating to the amount of compensation paid to school district employees, including by est…90th General Assembly · In committee · very similarCleared committee
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