BILL · 2015–16 SESSION

SB 6241: Teacher salaries & mentoring

Improving the recruitment and retention of qualified teachers by raising salaries and strengthening teacher mentoring.

Summary

Beginning the 2016-2017 school year, the minimum base salary for beginning certificated instructional staff is $40,000 per year. The salary for other positions, including certificated administrative and classified staff, increases by at least 1 percent.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 6241), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to improving the recruitment and retention of qualified teachers by raising salaries and strengthening teacher mentoring;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 6241 (2025–26) Steelhead populations · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6241 (2023–24) Job posting wage disclosures · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6241 (2019–20) Indep. procured insurance · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6241 (2017–18) School employees' benefits · Enacted · Chapter 260, Laws of 2018
SB 6241 (2013–14) Edu committees, legislative · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6241 (2011–12) Prescription drug benefits · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6241 (2009–10) Community facilities distr's · Enacted · Chapter 7, Laws of 2010
SB 6241 (2007–08) Prescription data · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House