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Arkansas tackles teacher rate increases

Arkansas lawmakers advanced proposals Thursday to increase funding for teacher insurance, as they opened a special session aimed at reducing rate increases of up to 50 percent set to hit next year.

By Andrew DeMillo | Updated on October 18, 2013

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers advanced proposals Thursday to increase funding for teacher insurance, as they opened a special session aimed at reducing rate increases of up to 50 percent set to hit next year.

The Joint Budget Committee endorsed a plan to use $43 million from the state surplus this year to reduce the premium increases. Identical versions of the proposal now head to the House and Senate.

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