I will be moving this bill to the floor and out of the Senate at the earliest possible date."
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas I congratulate Sen. Jane Nelson R-Flower Mound and the Senate Finance Committee for passing out Senate Bill 3 today with a 15 to 0 unanimous vote. Teachers currently receive only a third of the funding we send to our schools. Thats why I first proposed an across-the-board pay raise for teachers in 2017 and why the $5000 across-the-board pay raise for teachers in Senate Bill 3 is my number one education priority this session.
" It will provide an immediate financial boost for teachers assist in retaining good teachers and recruit the best and the brightest to this critical profession. I will be moving this bill to the floor and out of the Senate at the earliest possible date.
