A proposal to require teachers to pay more toward their pensions in a proposed bipartisan budget compromise is being blasted as a “tax on teachers.”House Republican Leader Themis Klarides confirmed that public school teachers will be asked to contribute one percentage point more to their pensions,...
Budget Compromise Requires Teachers To Pay More Toward Pensions
Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant
Thu, 10/19/2017 - 7:40am
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