Support for teachers improves somewhat, with teacher starting salaries increasing to around $50,000 and end-of-career salaries increasing to about $85,000. Teacher salary increases cost approximately $50 million per year. Not enough of the best and brightest young people are attracted into the teaching profession, and too many are likely to leave the profession. The teacher shortage stays at roughly the same level as today, which limits the ability to ensure an effective and qualified teacher in each classroom. Collaboration among K-12 education, higher education, technical college, and business is fair, resulting in some gaps in addressing workforce and educational needs.
As a result, educational outcomes improve, but only slightly. The percent of those obtaining post-secondary certificates and associate degrees in technical trades slightly increases. The increase in certificates and degrees helps attract more jobs in the consumer products, advanced manufacturing, and agriculture industries, which pay somewhat higher wages. These higher wages benefit the entire economy, even for those who do not work in those industries, as the additional money ripples through the economy. Tax revenue per capita increases somewhat.
