Manchin Sticks with Plan for Lower Teacher Pay Hike

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With pockets of teachers talking sick-outs and even a strike to protest pay levels, Gov. Joe Manchin is hoping a new look at the numbers will persuade lawmakers to abandon their push for a 3.5 percent salary hike for educators.

The governor is sticking with his original proposal of a 2.5 percent raise, spokeswoman Lara Ramsburg said Sunday. But Manchin is pairing that hike with the additional funding that the state began adding to the teachers' salary schedule in 2005.

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Manchin Sticks with Plan for Lower Teacher Pay Hike

Figures released by the administration over the weekend combine the two to tout total raises for the next school...

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