SUPPORTED creating a 2 percent COLA for employees (instead of 1 percent), while creating a $2 million budget balance to apply to other programs (5/23/1996)

SUPPORTED allocating $2.1 million of a $5 million surplus to grant a restored step to 1,055 teachers hurt by a “frozen step” in the early ‘90s (5/22/1997)

SPONSORED policy to strengthen penalties for assault against school staff (5/22/1997)

SUPPORTED correcting the step freeze for 1,000 employees and authorizing research and training in classroom management techniques (5/28/1998)

SUPPORTED a 2 percent raise for Instruction Assistants (2/10/2000)

SUPPORTED creating a retired teachers unit for substitute teacher by subsidizing medical insurance (2/10/2000)

SUPPORTED increasing employee COLA to 4 percent (2/6/2001)

SPONSORED motion to reinstate time-out rooms (5/24/2001)

SUPPORTED retaining “Safe Driver Bonuses” for school bus drivers (5/23/2002)