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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, April 3, 1968
Students demand minimum salaries
The. Lawrence-Kansas City school areas could be without new teachers for the 1963-70 school year if the student Kansas State Teachers Association (KSTA) holds to a resolution made at a meeting Saturday in Topeka.
Delegates representing more than 4,000 student KSTA members resolved almost unanimously to not sign first year teaching contracts in districts offering less than a $6,500 minimum salary for beginning teachers with a degree.
The highest pay for a beginning teacher in Kansas is now $6,200, said Conrad Downing, president of the Lawrence Education Association.
Harold Regier, associate professor of education and director of the Educational Placement Bureau, said the KSTA "is taking a pretty positive stand, and it may put pressure on the state legislature to raise the teaching profession's salary."
Regier predicted that the average salary for teachers in Kansas next year will be $5,700. The
Lawrence district presently pays $5,500 and the Kansas City area pays from $5,800 to $6,100 for beginning teachers, he said.
A member of the KU Student National Education Association said a similar resolution was passed in Nebraska last year and resulted in a salary increase.
According to a statement released by KSTA, they are "serving notice they will leave Kansas" if the state's salary level doesn't go up.
"Students at KU do get a chance to compare Kansas salaries to other states," Regier said, "because we have recruiters here all the way from Alaska to Florida."
"I think there needs to be some sort of militance," Downing said, "but not to the point of striking. That seems unprofessional."
The student KSTA president in Topeka said school districts will have to average a $580 increase in beginning teacher salaries for the next two years to meet the demand of the KSTA decision.
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Students planning to travel abroad this summer must obtain and complete passport applications soon. Applications submitted after May 1 will be charged an additional fee, if the passport is desired by June 1.
Applications may be obtained from the office of the clerk of the District Court, Lawrence Court House.
"Be sure to bring a certified copy of birth certificates and two pictures," said Lucille E. Allison, clerk of the District Court. The pictures should be printed on single weight paper, with a light background and mat finish. These photographs should be billfold size and can be taken by any photographer, she said.
Certified copies of birth certificates may be obtained from the state board of health in the capital city of one's home state. The fee charged for the certificate varies with the states.
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