JACKSON -- Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn on Monday repeated his support for an across-the-board teacher pay raise this year.
But the Republican said it will be weeks before lawmakers will know how much money is available to put into raises. Legislators have an early April deadline to adopt a budget for fiscal 2015, which begins July 1.
The House and Senate would have to agree on a teacher pay plan before anything could go to the governor.
Gunn said he likes the idea of merit pay but t
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