The Jordan School District Board of Education voted 4-3 Tuesday night in favor of a tax raise that will increase teacher pay.
at West Jordan High School where members of the public and the board weighed in on the proposed increases.
"Around the end of the school year, the Board of Education made a formal compensation proposal that would have provided comparable pay increases for all three employee groups: licensed employees, education support professionals and administrators. This initial proposal could have been funded without a tax increase. In response to significant feedback from teachers and legislators, the Board put forward a new proposal that provided a larger pay increase for teachers.
Kelsch said that she was worried the decrease wouldn't be enough to make a difference for older adults on fixed incomes that are worried about losing their homes."Government entities face financial issues — that's a given," Barnett said. "But I think the lazy solution is to increase taxes. That's just the easiest thing to do. Real solutions require sacrifice, they require hard work, they require creativity and good ideas. That's the approach I would prefer to take.
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