Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds’ plan to spend almost $100 million dollars to increase teachers’ salaries gets a positive response from educators.
The plan was mentioned in Reynolds’ condition of the state address, and she proposes raising the starting salary for teachers by 50% to $50,000 per year. Reynolds also wants to to set a minimum salary of $62,000 for teachers who have at least 12 years of experience.
Reynolds said the pay increases would put Iowa among the top-five states for starting teacher salaries.
