California Legislators Advance Bill to Boost Teacher, School Staff Pay by 50 Percent

A sign reads 'Increase Educator Salaries' as Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) workers and supporters rally in Los Angeles State Historic Park on the last day of a strike over a new contract in Los Angeles on March 23, 2023. Mario Tama/Getty Images

California legislators advanced a bill May 1 that would give teachers and other school staff a 50 percent pay raise by 2030 amid the state’s ongoing teacher shortage.

Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) said he introduced the bill—AB 938—to not only retain current teachers but to also attract more young people to the profession, which has been exacerbated since the COVID-19 pandemic.