ND measure increases starting teacher salaries
North Dakota measure increases starting teacher salaries by $5K; move for bigger bump fails
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota's Senate has approved a $1.8 billion K-12 education budget that includes a bump in minimum salaries for starting teachers.
The measure would increase the minimum salary of a teacher from $22,500 to $27,500.
The North Dakota Education Association says the average starting salary for a teacher in the state is $32,000.
Democratic Sen. Joan Heckaman of New Rockford proposed an amendment to raise the minimum salary for a starting teacher to $32,000. But Senators defeated that measure 31-14.
