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Education is an investment in our community's and state's future. Don't cut education to save a couple of bucks this year. Too short-sighted.
ah..... Evidently in Utah you don't give bonuses in the good times either. I mean how many great economic years have you have and the bonus just came to fruition
last year.
That's the magic number available to cut...
What is it up to now? Over a quarter billion?
I think it is raining.
Why have the account if you don't even use it during the worst economic times the country has seen in 30 years?
Yes we should be careful about using it but that IS WHAT IT IS FOR!
Yeah, maybe the legislators should give back their raises that they gave themselves last year before asking for teachers not to be paid!
Why is it that so much is spent on athletic programs when the academics of college life need money?
Already at the U 75% of the students work. I'm sure financial aid availability is down because of the economic crisis.
Students will now have to work and save, then go to school a little at a time.
Maybe they could do something to encourage senior teachers to retire so younger teachers could be hired and thus save money.
Finally in tough times, cutting education is the wrong thing to do. The tough times will pass and if we continue to fund education appropriately, we'll come out better. If we cut funding, we may not have much to come out too.
I think the merit pay bonus program needs to go and many teachers agree. That will save a little money, but I also think it is wrong to get too aggressive with teacher pay cuts to balance the budget, because that simply equates to making a small group of societal workers take a large financial hit in order to shield those responsible for having the children in the first place (the parents) from having to pay their share of taxes. I think a combination of cuts and tax hikes might be in order. It is not moral to balance the budget exclusively on the backs of teachers and children. We have had several consecutive years of tax cuts. The legislature might have to take some of that back as well. I have also heard the 5% flat tax is causing much of our current revenue loss.
I'm an engineer and I don't make $32 per hour with the same benefits that a teacher gets. If my company said take 10% off or lose your job, I'd be happy to take the cut. Trust me, some of the bad teachers need to leave and be replaced anyway.
The average pay in Utah is $16.35 per hour.