We are asking that this money (cost-of-living adjustment) come out of the general fund and not the teachers' retirement system.

He's never been real big talking about himself. He won't even tell the teachers when he gets back how he placed at some of the major competitions, so they're afraid to ask because they think maybe he didn't do real well. But then he'd taken first.

We've had some very good earnings.

It is our state organization's contention that the state should have been pulling more ... We feel the state percentage needs to be more.

Talking with the teachers that teach my children, they don't think it's going to be as big of benefit.

More money will definitely help with the class size amendment to build schools, hire teachers and pay them a living wage to actually buy a home and live in our community.