Where is the district leadership on budget cutting and keeping teachers?
I see and hear a lot of district leaders and district leader organizations supporting HB 400 which does the following:
1) Raising the 22-1 class size cap for grades K-4 to 25-1.
2) Eliminating the requirement that districts cannot pay teachers less next year than they earned this year. It also would eliminate the state minimum salary schedule, letting school districts set their own compensation systems with their own rules.
3) Allowing school boards to furlough teachers and reduce their salaries accordingly.
4) Changing the date for notice of non-renewal of a teacher’s contract from the current 45th day before the end of instruction to the last day of instruction.
5) Allowing a district to declare a financial emergency at any time for purposes of doing a
