IMAGE: Courtesy Green Bay Area Public School District.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — The Green Bay Board of Education voted to provide a 4.12% cost of living increase for teachers.
The salary increase will raise the starting educator salary for those with a bachelor’s degree from $48,237 in 2023-24 to $50,224 in 2024-25. The starting educator salary for those with a master’s degree will be $56,856.
“In a time of teacher shortages, the increased salary for new teachers is a step in the right direction for our district,” stated Interim Superintendent Vicki Bayer. “As we work with our higher education partners, we know that fewer and fewer college students are choosing teaching as a career. It is our hope that by increasing teacher salaries, we can be more competitive with other career fields for college graduates.”
Since Act 10, public school districts are restricted to offering no more than a cost of living increase to employees, unless they pass an operational referendum for the purpose of increasing staff salaries. The cost of living increases the past few years have provided the district an opportunity to offer a more competitive teaching salary.
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