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House votes to raise teacher pay
SPRINGFIELD -- More than 60 percent of Illinois public school districts have a starting annual salary for teachers of less than $40,000.
That could change as both chambers of the General Assembly consider bills that would set $40,000 as the minimum salary for a teacher.
Advocates say House Bill 2078, sponsored by Rep. Katie Stuart, an Edwardsville Democrat, and approved Tuesday by the House, would help remedy the state's growing teacher shortage.
"There's not just one issue why we don't have teachers, but the pay certainly is a big part of it," Stuart said in floor debate Tuesday.
Read more: https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190410/house-votes-to-raise-teacher-pay
