Even beyond covering for subs because students are out sick or teachers are out sick because of COVID, they have to do extra planning or [spend] extra time with students catching up, Blain said. This article will be updated as the budget moves through the legislative process. Show us with your support. There are more teachers leaving than there are coming in. It's a potential raise for state teachers and a piece of the upcoming state budget that Gov. This is the most generous accounting possible, and it still falls far short of what our students are owed. The Education Law Center gave the Volunteer State an F for its funding level in its Making the Grade 2020 report. Megan Boren, project manager with the board, said her study of teacher compensation found most states in the Southeast have work to do because of the sizable cost gap between single and family coverage. Dan Patrick presides over the Senate session on March 20. A lot of them in the survey said that they had second jobs just for that reason, because the insurance plans were ridiculous, said Lindsey. [CDATA[// >