The wage of the average high school teacher has minimally increased since then and has fallen extreme magnitudes below adjustment rates for inflation and cost of living increases.

Are you saying 38k a year is sufficient to draw the necessary talent under the current position requirements?

I think relating that to DoE budget increases is not only disingenuous but a flat out diversion of the actual problem.

The only salary on the DoE that have seen proper increases relative to economic scaling is those in administrative positions.

We need better paid teachers not more admin pay.