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What to Know: A new study shows that thousands of public school officials in Texas earn six figures.
“Do public schools in Texas pay $232,000 for coordinating PE classes? What about paying $340,000 to a high school music teacher and $127,000 to a librarian?” writes Adam Andrzejewski in Forbes. “Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com found 7,327 Texas public school administrators, athletic directors, teachers, and other employees pulled down six-figure salaries costing taxpayers nearly $1 billion. In fiscal year 2017, superintendents earned as much as $450,000; ‘executive directors for assessment and compliance’ received up to $302,820; and principals made as much as $313,870.”
The TPPF Take: School districts must rethink how they spend their money.
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