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Bill would put wind in Neb. teachers' sails
Published Monday, February 08, 2010 at 03:15 PM

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A Nebraska lawmaker wants to put wind in the sails of high-performing teachers. A bill (LB1014) before lawmakers during a hearing on Monday would create a fund with money from wind-energy leases on land owned by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds. The money would help increase the pay of teachers who were performing well. Money from solar-energy leases and carbon sequestration could also be put in the fund. Under the bill from Sen. Ken Haar of Lincoln, money would begin to be distributed to teachers in 2016. Representatives of the Nebraska Board of Education and Nebraska Association of School Boards spoke in favor of the bill on Monday.
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