2011年6月27日星期一

Merit-Based Pay -- a State and Federal Funding Guideline Comparison (ContributorNetwork)

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The federal Race to the Top grant and Ohio Senate Bill 5 have a lot in common. While many public school teachers are protesting the pending fiscally responsible law, their administrators are scrambling to comply with the federal grant guidelines. Both the hotly debated SB5 and the grant offered via the Obama administration through the Department of Education require merit based pay initiatives. Such a policy would reward quality teachers and require subpar educators to complete retraining or be removed from the classroom.

Fears surrounding merit pay measures contained inside SB 5 are hard for many private sector employees to comprehend. The concept of giving everyone a raise regardless of education level, performance reviews and attendance is backward to say the least. Apparently, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and President Barack Obama agree on at least one integral aspect of school reform. Public schools must have a merit-pay procedure in place by 2014 or become ineligible to apply or continue receiving federal grant funds.

Republicans typically do not favor the dictates contained inside the federal grant because it usurps the right of states to control educational policies. While a multitude of public school districts around the nation are lining up with their hands out for the Race to the Top funds, others are not.

School board members and superintendents are carefully weighing the need for an infusion of cash against the ability to manage their districts in the way they see fit. The sting of fiscal woes after the one time federal stimulus funds were spent still linger across the Buckeye State. A series of failed school levies and increased "pay to play" policies for students prove the one time financial shot in the arm was just a temporary patch attempting to cover a much larger problem.

Unsustainable spending and a business as usual approach to both classroom instruction and during union contract negotiations have left many communities wanting; and voting no on renewal or additional operating levies.

Public protests continue in opposition of Ohio Senate Bill 5, but are growing smaller as the weeks go on. A ballot referendum in the fall will give the taxpayers a chance to anonymously weigh in on the discussion. Poll data shows that although a significant portion of the population is wary about limiting collective bargaining rights, a much larger segment of Ohio favors merit pay and increasing employee healthcare and pension contributions.


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