Did Steve Sisolak give Clark County teachers their first pay raise in a decade?
By Todd Butterworth
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The approximately 18,000 teachers in the Clark County School District, Nevada’s largest school district and fifth largest in the nation, received pay raises in both 2016 and 2018, before Sisolak signed legislation in 2019 allocating money for 3% teacher pay raises.
In 2016, a new teacher contract provided four pay increases to all teachers in CCSD over a nine-month period and increased starting teacher pay by about 15%. In 2018, an arbitrator settled a CCSD teacher contract dispute, resulting in $38.5 million in additional pay and health benefits for teachers.
In the 2020-21 school year, the average annual pay for Nevada teachers was $58,167, versus the national average of $65,090.
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State of Nevada Governor Sisolak Signs Bills Boosting Education Funding and School Safety, Providing Teacher Raises and School Supply Reimbursement Increases
Scribd Arbitration Ruling
National Center for Education Statistics Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: Selected years, 1969-70 through 2020-21
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