University financing law: PRO bloc in Deputies confirmed that it will vote in favor of the veto

University financing law: PRO bloc in Deputies confirmed that it will vote in favor of the veto

October 8, 2024 – 21:17

In a statement, deputies from Mauricio Macri’s party confirmed the decision to accompany the decision of President Javier Milei.

Ignacio Petunchi

He block of PRO Deputies confirmed this Tuesday that will vote in favor of the presidential veto of the university financing law in the session called for tomorrow by the opposition. Two days ago, the president of the party, Mauricio Macri, had expressed his support to the decision of the Head of State, Javier Milei.

In an official statement released on their social networks this Tuesday night, The PRO tried to strike a balance between its support for the Government’s decision and its position “in favor of public education.”

On the one hand, taking the Government’s arguments, reaffirmed his position in favor of eliminating the fiscal deficit and not vote on laws that do not indicate the origin of the funds for new expenses. On the other, He stated that he does not question university autonomy, neither its access nor its operation.

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Finally, The extra increase for university teachers was attributed as an achievement announced today by the Ministry of Human Capital. “We celebrate that the national government has listened to us in relation to improving the salary proposal for teachers, and the inclusion of the Teacher Salary Guarantee for those who are in the lowest salary categories,” they concluded in the statement.

Javier Milei’s government will update teacher salary floors retroactively to April 2024

He Government confirmed that it will update the salary floors of the university teachersretroactive to April 2024. As noted by the Secretary of Education In a statement, the objective of the increase is “ensure a minimum out-of-pocket salary for each teaching position.

In that sense, they detailed that the increase will occur “after deduct mandatory contributions“. “This means that, if a teacher has two positions, will receive the minimum wage for each of them“, clarified the portfolio led by Carlos Torrendell.

In turn, they added: “In response to the queries received, we want to inform that It is also the government’s intention to extend the payment of the salary guarantee retroactive to the non-teaching agreement”.

The salary guarantee is not updated automatically, it is determined by the minimum teaching salary for the position of undergraduate teacher, single day and without seniority. This salary is equivalent to:

  • April 2024 $380,000
  • May 2024 $400,000
  • July 2024 $420,000

In this way, the new university salary floor will be updated retroactively to April 2024.

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