DATE...............December 5, 2000
Gripe..............Majority of teachers statewide skip school to urge ...................increased funding for their classrooms.
Length of action...1 day
Grade/outcome......I Too early to tell
DATE...............February 1999
Gripe..............Granite District teachers walk off job to protest state ...................funding levels. No other diistricts join them.
Length of action...1 day
Grade/outcome......D Resulted in creation of funding task force currently ......................in question
DATE...............September 1989
Gripe..............Davis teachers stage wildcat strike on a Friday, followed
...................by a general statewide walkout the following Monday over
...................school funding.
Length of action...1-2 days
Grad/Outcome.......A Educators eventually received the biggest increase in
...................the school funding formula in 20 years.
DATE...............May 1964
Gripe..............UEA calls a two-day "recess." Low teacher pay (the
...................beginning teacher's salary in 1963 was $4,100) was the
...................chief complaint. Schools were initially manned by
...................volunteers and parents but ultimately closed and teachers
...................went unpaid.
Length of action...2 days
Grade/Outcome......A Legislature dramatically raised education funding.