Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1907 — To Pay Women Teachers More. [ARTICLE]

To Pay Women Teachers More.

The New York State Senate has passed the teachers’ salary bill, the object 'of which is to give the women the same salaries as the men in New York City schools. It is based upon the principle that the position should determine the salaries, and not the sex, but gives the city board of education discretionary powers to as not to violate the home-rule principle. It provides for a minimum salary of $720, with filed ahnual increases equal for both sexes.