Salvador Council Approves Teachers’ Career Plan, OKs R$95 Million for ‘Amarelinhos’

Overview

• Councillors approved PLC 003/2025 on the municipal teaching career plan with 41 votes in favor and unanimity among those present.
• The text advances with six amendments, including a 20% development and coordination allowance for pedagogical coordinators and a 50% on-duty stipend, while retiree gratifications exclude a 2.5% increment.
• A separate bill, PLE 425/2025, authorizing a R$95 million loan to renew the STEC complementary transport fleet passed with only one vote against and now moves to City Hall.
• Mayor Bruno Reis says the new ‘amarelinhos’ will be Euro 6 with air conditioning, financed via Caixa with resources tied to the federal Novo PAC, pending enactment.
• Outside the chamber, Centro Histórico residents protested the recently approved LOUS project, which is under an MP-BA embargo.