Salem-Keizer budget calls for more teachers to help students learn English, manage behavior

Salem-Keizer School District leaders want to add more teachers to the district’s programs serving non-native English speakers and shift more educators to address students’ behavioral problems, according to a proposed budget for the 2022-23 school year.

The $1.4 billion draft budget, published Tuesday evening, largely maintains current district services and staffing despite a projected decline in student enrollment.

The number of students enrolled in public schools statewide and in Salem has declined substantially since the…