That’s the take from Republican Rep. Faye Culp, a former teacher from Tampa who is about to complete her 12th year in the legisalture. Culp opposes a proposal up for a vote tonight to base teacher raises on student performance. Culp says teachers should also get raises for earning advanced degrees.

CULP: It takes a lot of nerve to go up against leadership right now.

More than in previous years?

CULP: Probably. There’s just an awful lot of pressure from senators over there [motions to Senate side of building] and the leadership in the House to get this bill passed. But there’s a lot of pressure from people all over the state to not pass it. So, we’ll see. I don’t know what the final vote will be. There are several of us who are going to stick together and vote ‘No’ on it.

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