Florida lawmaker pushes for teacher pay raise, wants $65K starting salary, but educators are skeptical

A previous education funding boost in 2022 increased the base pay for teachers to a minimum of $47,500.

Students eat a free breakfast at San Marcos Elementary School Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Chandler, Ariz. Teachers in Arizona and Colorado walked out over low salaries keeping hundreds of thousands of students out of school. It's the latest in a series of strikes across the nation over low teacher pay. Rep. Tae Edmonds of West Palm Beach is proposing the“This is just a minor step in the right direction to help our teachers,” Edmonds said.

A previous education funding boost in 2022 increased the base pay for teachers to a minimum of $47,500, but Edmonds thinks it’s still not enough. “Love it! But it’s just not realistic,” Pagel said. “If we could somehow get teacher pay to $65,000 and everyone else moves up accordingly, then by all means.”

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