A statement from KEA President Eddie Campbell on the House budget:

A statement from KEA President Eddie Campbell:

“Like all budget proposals, the House budget is a work in progress that contains positive steps forward in education funding and educator pay. We look forward to seeing a Senate proposal in the near future as well. However, without significant new revenue, which the House has not proposed in their budget, there will continue to be unnecessary constraints on every aspect of the budget.

Proposed raises for all educators, including education support professionals, is a step in the right direction. However, the 1% wage proposal each year falls woefully short with inflation projected to rise 2.5% a year. Again, without finding new revenue streams like legalizing sports gambling, little can be done to better fund our most precious resource—our children’s futures.

Even more problematic to stable funding for education would be the passage of H.R. 350, which would strip $25 million in revenue away from the Commonwealth in its first year, and quickly grow to hundreds of millions thereafter.”