- Fowler Unified teachers say the district is failing to devote the state-mandated minimum of 55% of its budget to classroom teachers.
- Teachers say the district has sought a waiver to the state law based on faulty salary data.
- The district maintains that seeking a waiver to the 55% rule is routine and denies that funds have been shifted from classroom teachers to administration.
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Fowler Unified teachers are up in arms over the district’s failure for two years in a row to allocate 55% of its budget for classroom teachers, as is required by state law.
Fowler Unified, in response to queries by GV Wire, said the district “will always endeavor to pay (its employees) fairly” and denied that it has shifted funds from school sites to district administration.…