BHB/8/12
Sponsored by Mariana Perez, Paul Baker, Ian Allen of Center for Creative Arts
This legislation was filed in the Education category
Presented as part of the YIG Volunteer 2024 conference
| 1 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE TENNESSEE YMCA YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT |
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| 3 | Section 1: Terms used in this act, unless context requires otherwise, shall be defined as follows: |
| 4 | Public School: noun. A school that is maintained at public expense for the education of the children |
| 5 | of a community or district and that constitutes a part of a system of free public education and |
| 6 | commonly including primary and secondary schools. |
| 7 | 401K: In the United States, a 401(k) plan is an employer-sponsored, defined-contribution, |
| 8 | personal pension account, as defined in subsection 401(k) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. |
| 9 | Periodic employee contributions come directly out of their paychecks, and may be matched by the |
| 10 | employer. |
| 11 | 403B: In the United States, a 403(b) plan is a U.S. tax-advantaged retirement savings plan |
| 12 | available for public education organizations, some non-profit employers, cooperative hospital |
| 13 | service organizations, and self-employed ministers in the United States. |
| 14 | Cost of Living: Cost of living is the cost of maintaining a certain standard of living. Changes in the |
| 15 | cost of living over time can be operationalized in a cost-of-living index. Cost of living calculations |
| 16 | are also used to compare the cost of maintaining a certain standard of living in different |
| 17 | geographic areas. |
| 18 | Inflation: In economics, inflation is a general increase in the prices of goods and services in an |
| 19 | economy. This is usually measured using the consumer price index. |
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| 21 | Section 2: This act will require the increase of salary to teachers in public high schools, middle |
| 22 | schools, elementary schools, kindergartens, and pre-k’s in accordance with the adjustment of |
| 23 | inflation and cost of living. |
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| 25 | Section 3: This will result in a better quality of living of teachers in the state of Tennessee. |
| 26 | Recent Studies have shown that most public school teachers in the entirety of the United States |
| 27 | are unhappy with the salary they receive and are required to obtain a separate job to satisfy their |
| 28 | needs. |
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| 30 | Section 4: This bill will require the Tennessee Department of Education to provide an increase of |
| 31 | salary to the teachers along with the increase of inflation and cost of living. A teacher's salary |
| 32 | would increase in accordance with the average cost of living in the state of Tennessee. The |
| 33 | Department of Education would look at the statistics of the previous year and increase the salary |
| 34 | accordingly. |
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| 36 | Section 5: We intend to get the finances for this act by using the nearly 1.4 billion dollar surplus |
| 37 | that Tennessee got from collecting taxes during 2023. |
| 38 | Section 6: All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this are hereby repealed. |
| 39 | Section 7: This act shall take place at the start of the 2025-2026 school year. |
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