Kamala Harris wants to raise Teachers Pay Nationally

Submission Statement:

Kamala Harris is probably the first major candidate in 2020 to actually speak on education in terms of policy proposals. I think her plan makes sense and it addresses and issue that many people ignore (despite multiple states having teacher protests) or Roget about because of the 24/7 news cycle.

Broad Strokes of the plan:

The Harris proposal, the first from a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate to address public education through high school, would aim to provide the average public-school teacher a $13,500 pay raise, an amount Ms. Harris’s campaign said correlates with the gap in pay between teachers and others with similar levels of education. Ms. Harris would seek to have the federal government provide “an immediate federal investment” to provide 10% of the pay gap and then incentivize state governments to increase salaries. Her plan would have Washington provide 75% of the additional funding for salaries if states agree to maintain long-term investments.

How it will be funded:

Ms. Harris would fund the proposal by raising estate taxes. That includes making the tax more progressive, “cracking down on loopholes” that let people “avoid paying their fair share” and lowering the per-person exemption from today’s $11.4 million, a Harris aide said.

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What do you guys think?

Submitted March 26, 2019 at 06:13AM by TRATIA https://ift.tt/2HGeG5D