HR 1857: Education, Department of; increase teacher compensation and establish a salary structure indexed to the cost of living to ensure competitive, sustainable wages; urge

Georgia currently sets a state-wide minimum salary schedule for teachers based on certification level and years of experience, but that schedule does not automatically adjust for inflation or regional cost-of-living changes. This resolution states the House of Representatives' position that the Georgia Department of Education should increase teacher compensation and build a salary structure indexed to the cost of living. The resolution asks the Department to develop and implement a framework that ties the minimum salary schedule for certificated educators to economic data such as inflation and regional conditions. As a resolution rather than a bill, it does not amend any Georgia statute or require any action; it directs the Clerk of the House to send copies to the Department of Education, the public, and the press.

• Expresses the House's position urging the Department of Education to raise teacher compensation statewide.
• Calls on the Department to build a framework indexing the minimum teacher salary schedule to cost-of-living data, including inflation and regional economic conditions.
• Directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to the Department of Education, the public, and the press.
• Does not amend any Georgia statute, set a specific dollar amount, or require the Department to act within a deadline.

Georgia's public school teachers and certificated professional personnel, whose pay could eventually be affected, and the Georgia Department of Education, which is urged to design and adopt the new salary framework.

If the Department of Education acts on this resolution, teacher salaries could eventually rise and adjust automatically with living costs, addressing recruitment and retention concerns. But because it is a resolution, it carries no legal requirement and creates no funding or timeline for change.

• First resolving clause urges the Department of Education to increase teacher compensation and establish a cost-of-living indexed salary structure.
• Second resolving clause specifically asks the Department to develop and implement a framework indexing the minimum salary schedule to inflation and regional economic data.
• Final clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to the Department, the public, and the press.

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• Mekyah McQueen (D, HD-061)
• Phil Olaleye (D, HD-059)
• Teddy Reese (D, HD-140)
• Jasmine Clark (D, HD-108)

• teacher pay
• education funding
• cost of living
• Georgia Department of Education