A minimum salary for Colorado teachers? State officials may ask lawmakers to consider it.

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3. We also had to pay for over own disability with each paycheck.

CA is on of 13 states with Social Security Offset. This means that if you ever worked at a job besides teaching and you paid into SS you lose it when you become a teacher (most of it anyway, you do get about 10% of it when you retire). I learned this when I began teaching and experienced 20 year teachers never believed me. I had to show them the forms/paperwork to prove it. We pay into a pension and not into SS. I worked for years before I changed careers and have enough credits, etc.