The new teacher “career ladder” bill proposed by Gov. Butch Otter, introduced yesterday in the House Education Committee, is being variously described as a $125 million plan and a $214 million plan; it’s a $125.6 million plan. Here’s why: The current teacher pay system in Idaho, if left unchanged, would cost the state $88.4 million over the next five years, from fiscal year 2016 to fiscal year 2020. The proposed career ladder model would cost $214 million. The difference between the current system and the new model: $125,589,747.

So that’s the additional amount the bill proposes Idaho should spend for teacher pay. The numbers are in the bill’s fiscal note, which is online here.