The state legislature’s passage of around $800 million in new funds for public schools would allow school administrators to boost salaries to attract applicants.
You can't miss the billboard ad along I-17: "Become a Teacher in Dallas, Texas." Paid for by the Dallas Independent School District, it's offering salaries up to $102,000. Arizona school districts can't compete with that kind of money for teacher pay.
Nearly 2,000 teacher positions remain vacant in Arizona, and teaching positions are being filled by people who do not meet the standard teaching requirements, according to the Arizona School Personnel Administrators Association.