Mass. Teachers Could Get $204M
Massachusetts could get nearly $204 million to help save or hire 2,900 teachers as part of a $26 billion spending bill the U.S. Congress passed last week, the Massachusetts Budget & Policy Center predicts.
The spending measure, which Congress came out of recess to pass in early August, provided $16 billion nationwide for payments to states to help with Medicaid expenses and a new $10 billion education jobs fund. The goal is to prevent teacher layoffs and hire more teachers. The Massachusetts' share could be $204 million, the center predicts.
In addition to the money for teachers, the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education also announced yesterday that Massachusetts students outpaced their national peers on the 2010 ACT standardized test.
Massachusetts students received an average score of 24 out of 36, which compares to the national average of 21. Bay State students were the top-ranked scorers in English, math, reading and tied for first in the nation in science with New York state students.
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