AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas Senate panel advanced a bill on Thursday that would give Texas teachers raises.
State Sen. Brandon Creighton of Conroe filed Senate Bill 26. The Senate Committee on Education K-16 voted unanimously to send the bill to the Senate floor for consideration.
“This is not the reason why teachers went into the profession, but they need support,” Creighton said. “They need an orderly classroom environment so that they can shine with their skills on behalf of their students, and they need some pay incentives that make life make sense because you have to pay the bills no matter how much purpose-driven life you have. Life is expensive.”…