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Governor Signs Bills To Raise Median Teacher Salary Across State

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Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed two bills Monday that will raise the median teacher salary by $2,000 to $51,822 across the state. Senate Bill 504 and House Bill 1614 also create the Teacher Salary Equalization Fund, which dedicates $25 million in state funding to provide $185 dollars per student to districts that are below the median salary and can't meet the goal otherwise. 

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Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.