Unless pols act, state to be last in teacher pay

[avebury]

3. On the other hand, state employees are the step-children

of the state. I couldn't even tell you how long it has been since state employees have gotten a raise. What is irksome about education in this state is the fact that they don't make the best use of the funds that they get. One Legislator tried to get a bill up for vote that would have addressed Administrative Expenses but it did not go very far. You could put the entire state budget into education and they would always scream that it is not enough. And they would never be fiscally prudent.

Even the teacher retirement system is in worse shape than the state employee retirement system. From time to time the legislature toys with the idea of merging the two systems and that idea does not go over well with the state employees. I think that the only thing that saves the state employee retirement system is the fact that the Legislature's retirement are part of the state employee system. And the retirement drawn by legilsators is a whole other issue. Their retirement is very cushy.