Increase pay for teachers.

Our education system needs to be addressed. We need to pay our teachers more.

Figures says he wants to address the education system by paying teachers more.

His Father Bankrupted the Klan. He Wants to Keep Fighting for Justice in Congress.
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Increase pay for Alabama teachers

Pledges to raise teacher pay in Alabama.

Issues | Figures For Congress
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In the Education section, the profile says: "As your Congressman, I’ll work to: Increase pay for Alabama teachers" and explains the goal is to recruit and retain the best teachers.

This is the campaign promise itself: explicit support for increasing teacher pay.

never same_term

Shomari Figures | BallotReady
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Congress.gov shows Figures’ member activity from 2025-present, including bills such as H.R.5850 (GRAD Act) referred to Education and Workforce and other education-adjacent items, but no enacted teacher-pay measure is shown in the member record excerpt.

His federal record shows education-related work, but not a concrete federal action delivering higher teacher pay.

unresolved same_term

Representative Shomari Figures | Congress.gov
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The press release says Figures co-led the LEAP Act to raise federal student-loan limits for graduate students in health professions, and it frames the work as an education policy effort. It does not address K-12 teacher salaries.

He advanced an education-related bill, but it was about graduate loan limits, not teacher pay.

partial same_term A for effort

Figures, Tokuda, Kennedy Lead Loan Equity for Advanced Professionals (LEAP) Act | Representative Shomari Figures
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