LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has signed into a law a measure that will raise the minimum for teacher salaries in the state by $4,000 over the next four years.
Hutchinson on Monday signed the bill to raise the minimum starting salary in 168 of the state’s 235 school districts beginning in the 2019-20 school year. The remaining districts are already paying the minimum salary requirements laid out in the legislation.
The new law will raise the minimum teacher salary districts must pay to $36,000 by the 2022-23 school year.
Hutchinson has called for setting aside $60 million for districts to comply with the new minimum salary requirement.