SF Teachers May Ask For Parcel Tax Vote

From NBC11.com...

A state mediator and the union representing San Francisco school teachers are considering asking for a parcel tax to help pay for raises for teachers.

The two sides say they plan on forming a committee to explore proposing a parcel tax to voters that would pay for increased salaries and benefits for the nearly six-thousand teachers who work in the San Francisco Unified School District.

The teachers last had a pay raise in the summer of 2002.

A measure for a parcel tax would have to be approved by both the union and the Board of Education before it could be placed on a ballot.

Voters would then have the final say.