Gov. Holcomb didn’t pay enough attention to Hoosiers who are struggling, said Democratic leaders in the Indiana House and Senate, following Gov. Eric Holcomb’s State of the State speech Tuesday night. That includes Indiana’s teachers.
“This is the thirs State of the State in a row that I have heard the governor promise teachers that they deserve a raise,” said House Minority Caucus Leader Rep. Terri Austin.
The governor’s plan this year is similar to last year’s, providing a $377 million increase in K-12 public education money, and suggestions for districts to cut costs and use that money to raise teacher pay.
“I think that the governor is tone deaf,” said Austin. “The families that I talk to, not just in my own district but around the state, are struggling.”
Austin said that even though the state may not want to take over designating money especially for teacher pay, and may want to continue to leave that to the districts. But, she said she believes there could be some accountability for the districts on whether they actually use that money for teacher pay increases.
A large portion of the governor’s speech, as in previous State of the State speeches, focused on filling over 100,000 jobs, and getting people educated to be able to fit those jobs.
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All these families the Democrats are so concerned with are struggling BECAUSE of the Democrats and their deliberate sabotage of the economy to unseat Trump. They CAUSED this mess, they don’t get to blame anyone else for how the mess is handled.
The policies being enacted by their senile figurehead are only going to make things worse for the average family in the country, and people who voted for Sniffy need to be reminded of their choice every time things get worse.
I’m not a democrat and his speech mad me sick too.