HB 2800 Summary

• Requires all school districts and charter schools to increase base salaries for eligible teachers by $5,000 in FY 2023-2024 and an additional $5,000 in FY 2024-2025 (total $10,000 above FY 2022-2023 baseline), with identical increases regardless of experience level.

• Establishes the "Pay Teachers First Fund" with legislative appropriations of $400 million for FY 2023-2024 and $700 million for FY 2024-2025, allocated at $5,000 and $10,000 per eligible teacher respectively, to fund the required salary increases.

• Defines "eligible teachers" as those spending more than 50% of time on classroom teaching, employed full-time or full class load, and excludes administrators and those in lowest two performance classifications.

• Requires school districts and charter schools to report eligible teacher salary schedules in budgets and on websites; mandates department of education submit annual compiled reports to legislature by November 30.

• Appropriates funding for school facility master plans ($2 million), online transparency portal development ($5 million), school district efficiency audits ($10 million), and charter school financial reviews ($2 million).