The most ambitious proposals are all but dead, leaving teachers wondering why they’re looking at small raises when the state has a historic budget surplus at its disposal.
Other lawmakers have echoed that argument, saying that using the surplus to pay for teacher raises would be unsustainable.
“We still see that the Legislature is prioritizing these tax cuts over actually funding our schools,” she said. If they have to make a big purchase, they usually put it on their credit card and work summer school — like Richardson has done for the last five years — to eventually pay it off. After rent, insurance, bills and other necessities, Richardson said they’d be in trouble if they had an emergency that cost more than $500.
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