Oklahoma teachers to walk off job over pay, shut schools statewide
Thousands of Kentucky teachers rally at the state Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., April 2, 2018, to protest last-minute changes to their pension system.
The red-state teachers rebellion that started in West Virginia continues to grow, with teachers in Kentucky and Oklahoma walking out on Monday after the Kentucky teachers shut down schools in almost two dozen counties on Friday. Several schools in Kentucky were forced to close Friday as teachers left classrooms to head to the statehouse to protest school pension reform.
And there's no end to the walkout in sight.
Many Oklahoma schools were closed Monday, and districts announced plans to stay shut into Tuesday with teacher demonstrations expected to last a second day.
The state Capitol in Kentucky filled with teachers protesting pension changes Monday, and thousands of Oklahoma educators walked out of classrooms in the latest evidence of teacher rebellion in some Republican-led states over education cuts.
"Teachers not only need better pay, but they money for more teachers for smaller class sizes, books, materials, school supplies, and this bill doesn't do that", Deming said.
The Oklahoma Education Association had sought a $10,000 increase over three years for teachers and a $5,000 raise for support personnel.
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Felder: "When the Legislature provides a substantial funding increase for public schools".
Norton said this walkout is ten years in the making. "In addition, they're also taking money out of their own pockets, money that they don't really have, to supplement the materials that they're providing for their students", said David DuVall, executive director of the Oklahoma Education Association.
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But with modest new rates on fuel, cigarettes and oil production, lawmakers could only meet a fraction of their demands for a $10,000 raise over three years for teachers and $5,000 for support staff. Two separate bills pending in the Legislature to expand tribal gambling and eliminate the income tax deduction for capital gains could generate more than $100 million in additional funding each year.
OEA president Alicia Priest called it a "good starting point", but not enough.
Priest said the $50 million increase approved by the state last week "will buy less than one textbook per student in Oklahoma". "Copies are limited in schools to maybe 30 a week". Outside the Capitol, a sign said: "You Make Us Sick".
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According to Senate Bill 151, no changes will be made to teachers' annual cost of living adjustments, which are general benefit increases based on increases in the cost of living. New hires will have to enter a hybrid cash balance plan, in which members contribute a specified amount into their account.
Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has indicated he does not support a $480 million tax increase proposed by the GOP-controlled legislature. Many schools there are on spring break.
By Monday, at least 25 Kentucky school districts closed due to the walkout at the state Capitol. "Funding for our students is an issue in every schoolhouse in the state of Oklahoma".
I met math teachers who mow lawns in Inola and heard tales of professors who sell blood in Broken Arrow, but teachers aren't the only frustrated public servants in Oklahoma.
He opposes efforts to take federal education dollars away from public schools through vouchers and give them to private schools, particularly religious schools.
Rep. Jason Nemes, R-Louisville, voted for SB 151 but said he did not appreciate the legislation's hurried path toward passage Thursday. They are demanding better pay, and they deserve it - so long as their salaries are tied to their performance.
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