Kamala Harris Proposes Federal Investment in Teacher's Pay

Kamala Harris Proposes Federal<br />Investment in Teacher's Pay Harris’s first proposed campaign<br />policy calls for a $13,500 pay increase<br />for the average American teacher. She detailed her plan,<br />billing it as the “largest federal<br />investment in teacher salaries in<br />the history of the U.S.” Under Harris’s administration,<br />local school districts would be<br />required to meet incentivized<br />baselines for teacher salaries. A failure to comply would result<br />in the loss of certain federal funds<br />from the Department of Education. Kamala Harris, via 'Fortune' The plan would cost more<br />than $300 billion over a 10-year<br />-period and would be funded by<br />increased estate taxes. The proposed change to estate<br />taxes would reverse the Trump<br />administration’s adjusted threshold<br />and close any loopholes. Over the past year, teacher strikes<br />have been abundant across the U.S. Harris’s plan highlighted<br />how low wages are harmful<br />for student education,<br />particularly racial minorities. Kamala Harris, via ‘The New York Times’