Hutchinson says he has no plans to add Democrats' teacher raise proposal to special session

Arkansas Democrats in the Legislature released a plan Thursday to raise Arkansas teacher salaries by $4,000 and raise the minimum teacher salary to $42,000, and urged Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson to include their proposal in the upcoming special session on tax cuts and school safety grant funding.

But the governor said Thursday there is no plan to add the proposal to the special session.

"The House and Senate leadership has indicated that there is insufficient support among the members for a teacher pay increase in a special session," Hutchinson said. "For that reason, there is no plan to add it to the call."

Earlier this month, Hutchinson said he wouldn't put a teacher salary increase on the agenda for the special session because of the lack of support in the Republican-dominated Legislature for a teacher pay increase in the session.

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