State Education Superintendent Cade Brumley says the 2022 legislative session that ended yesterday was a good one for education, especially for teachers who are getting a $1,500 pay raise. Brumley says legislators also addressed the teaching shortage crisis by approving a program called the Geaux Teach Program.
“This is GeauxTeach opportunity is a scholarship opportunity where a student who is in high school, who agrees to go to college to be a teacher, in a critical shortage area, would earn additional scholarship on top of their TOPS,” said Brumley.
Brumley says another piece of legislation approved to address the teacher shortage is that any resident who has a Master’s Degree in a particular content to teach at a local school in their area of expertise.
“And if they are successful in their teaching, they can earn certification as a teacher, so I think that’s really good,” said Brumley.
Brumley says lawmakers also approved a bill requiring every student in high school to take a class in geometry.
“One of the reasons that’s important is geometry is just a practical math that we all use, we may not realize we are using it, but we use it a good bit, and also 40% of the ACT is geometry,” said Brumley.
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