Raise Iowa's statutory minimum teacher salary from $33,500 to $50,000, and create a $62,000 minimum for teachers with 12 years of experience (paired with an Area Education Agency overhaul).
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Derived from a tracked promise: “Raise Iowa's statutory minimum teacher salary from $33,500 to $50,000, and create a $62,000 minimum for teachers with 12 years of experience…”
Sources
- Office of Governor Kim Reynoldshttps://governor.iowa.gov/vision-iowa-0/elevating-education-every-student ↗
“Invest $47.1 million in new funding to increase the statutory minimum teacher salary from $33,500 to $50,000.”
- Iowa Public Radiohttps://www.iowapublicradio.org/state-government-news/2024-03-27/iowa-senate-sends-aea-overhaul-teacher-pay-package-to-gov-kim-reynolds ↗
“Starting in July, the minimum salary for a new teacher will go up from $33,500 to $47,500. The next year it will rise to $50,000. ... For a teacher with 12 years of experience in the profession there is a minimum salary of $60,000 in the first year under the bill and $62,000 the following year.”