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Lawmakers introduce bill aimed at 'fiscal fairness'
- 04-01-2011
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By Alyson Klein/Education Week
Salary Comparability could find its way into the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, thanks to a bill being introduced in Congress today. The bill, which goes by the catchy-name of the "Fiscal Fairness Act' is sponsored in the House by Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., who has been working on this issue for quite a while. And it's been introduced in the Senate by Sens. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., a former school superintendent, and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., the son of public school educators. Read all about it here and here. Salary comparability is one of the most confusing fiscal issues in education financing, which is full of confusing fiscal issues. The cliffs notes version: (more...)
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