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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1968
Page
4
Governor's committee outlines costly upgrades for Texas schools for 1969 71 and beyond. It calls for annual teacher raises, district realignments, and state aid boosts while targeting sparse districts and expanded programs for 5 year olds, English learners, adult education and year round schooling to raise educational standards by 1980.
The Public School Study Committee urged big increases in starting salaries and a 10 month work year. They backed a 17 grade career development plan, new certification rules, and three levels of teacher certificates, with notices for nonrenewal and resignation timelines.
A state education committee urges higher salaries up to 28 567 for top administrators with 100 years experience and calls for board decisions on job grades. It recommends teacher aides to cut nonprofessional duties, developmental leave, extended sick leave, and transferability of accumulated leave with continuing contracts. Barry Goldwater seeks Senate nomination in Arizona as he begins a new political career.
Highlights from Gov. Connally's public school study committee call for higher teacher pay over two years, annual raises, district reorganization to higher staff ratios, 2 600 pupil districts, neighborhood control, expanded state funding, summer programs, kindergarten for five-year-olds, and state paid teacher development leave. Also notes on political races in Arizona Colorado Wisconsin Vermont Maryland and Minnesota, with mentions of specific candidates and terms.
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