The House of Representatives to the Present

Part 3 of 3 Parts

All through the 1990s, she worked to increase salaries for teachers. In some of the smaller schools, there was no separate class for children with special needs, so they were included in the classes with the other children. Teachers were doubling as nurses to provide medications and counselors to help these children with their needs, and they were doing these extra duties on the same salary that they had accepted for teaching. Ruth felt that they should be compensated for their roles outside of their normal duties.