“I will be moving this bill to the floor and out of the Senate at the earliest possible date.”

“I congratulate Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, and the Senate Finance Committee for passing out Senate Bill 3 today with a 15 to 0 unanimous vote. Teachers currently receive only a third of the funding we send to our schools. That’s why I first proposed an across-the-board pay raise for teachers in 2017 and why the $5,000 across-the-board pay raise for teachers in Senate Bill 3 is my number one education priority this session. It will provide an immediate financial boost for teachers, assist in retaining good teachers, and recruit the best and the brightest to this critical profession. I will be moving this bill to the floor and out of the Senate at the earliest possible date.”