Half of Maryland’s school districts still not at $60K teacher salary threshold

By: William J. Ford

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: March 10, 2026

Words: 656

Last Updated: 3 hours, 27 minutes ago

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With just months until they have to meet a July 1 deadline to raise teacher salaries to a $60,000 minimum, only about of Maryland’s 24 school districts have reached the threshold and the rest are scrambling to get there, education officials said Monday.

“We got questions from the LEA [local education agencies] like, ‘Is there a waiver process? How could we get an exception?’” said Rachel Hise, executive director of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future …

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