A 7% teacher pay bump in New Mexico. A record increase in education spending in Kentucky. Bonuses for school bus drivers in South Carolina.
U.S. governors are drawing up ambitious spending plans, seizing on revenue surpluses and a $195 billion lifeline from the Biden administration.
A bevy of recent budget proposals aim to take full advantage of states’ improved balance sheets to tackle everything from ailing water infrastructure to the U.S. labor shortage.
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