As Arkansas educators prepare their classrooms for students鈥 return this month, many will spend hundreds of dollars on materials that supplement supplies parents purchase for their children.
The Arkansas LEARNS Act, a major education overhaul championed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, raised the base pay for teachers to $50,000. But teachers say the pay increase isn鈥檛 enough when they still use personal funds for classroom expenses throughout the year.
Leron McAdoo typically spends at least $300 of his own money each year on 鈥渦tilitarian鈥 supplies for his classroom, such as educational and motivational posters, electrical cords and tape to display student work. He doesn鈥檛 expect this year to be any different, especially as he works to stock a new classroom.
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