Giving Alabama teachers a big pay raise could go against the Bible, state Sen. Shadrack McGill (R-Woodville) said recently at a prayer breakfast in north Alabama.
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| Sen. Shadrack McGill (R-Woodville) |
But McGill supports the 62 percent pay increase the legislature gave itself in 2007 because it means lawmakers are now less susceptible to taking bribes.
Regarding teacher pay, McGill said: "It's a Biblical principle. If you double a teacher's pay scale, you'll attract people who aren't called to teach. To go in and raise someone's child for eight hours a day, or many people's children for eight hours a day, requires a calling. It better be a calling in your life. I know I wouldn't want to do it, OK?"
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