MSCS to invest additional $28M toward teacher salaries in 2024-2025 fiscal year

Raven Moore
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) announced that they will invest an additional $28.4 million toward teacher salaries in the 2024-2025 fiscal year.

The updated salary schedules reflecting this pay increase were included in the District’s latest teacher memorandum of understanding (MOU) and approved unanimously by the MSCS Board of Education.

Following the vote, MSCS Superintendent, Dr. Marie Feagins, expressed her appreciation for the Board’s support of the MOU and the District’s educators.

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“No matter what my title says, I will always be a proud teacher,” Dr. Feagins, who taught in Jefferson County, Alabama, before transitioning into leadership roles, said. “Teachers make magic happen daily in our classrooms, and it is my intention to continue to find ways to show our appreciation for their work. I am thankful for the Board’s support.”

For the 2024 and 2025 fiscal years combined, the District has invested an additional $67.1 million in teacher compensation.

“Our teachers are a precious resource,” Board Chair Althea Greene said. “They are worth every penny, and I am so pleased that we can enter the 2024-25 school year on great footing with this competitive compensation package.”

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The following examples of average increases per degree were provided by MSCS:

  • Bachelor’s: $4,817. 84

  • Master’s: $4,793.30

  • EDS: $6,361.92

  • Doctorate: $9,918.48

In an amendment to the MOU, the District committed to an additional pay increase annually for employees who are above step 18 (the highest step for teachers) based on the state’s approved percentage increase. This will be effective each year after the implementation year.

The District also will add two additional steps to the salary schedule for its longest-serving teachers. Teachers with 25 to 34 years of experience will be moved to step 19 and receive an additional $3,000 to their base pay. Teachers with 35 years of experience and above will be moved to Step 20 and receive an additional $4,000.

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