AISD school board approves historic raises and a clearer path for special ed.
’s Thursday meeting was, of course, the largest pay raise ever given to the district’s teachers and staff.
On May 18, the board of trustees voted unanimously to finalize a 7 percent raise for teachers and certified employees including counselors and librarians. Other employees, like custodians and cafeteria workers, will receive an across-the-board $4 per hour pay increase, raising the district’s minimum wage to $20 an hour., AISD’s labor union. “I've been floating ever since we've been able to secure this agreement,” said, president of Education Austin. “It is a game changer.
In addition to raising district pay, the board continued its efforts to address the backlog in evaluations for special education services that caused theto oversee the district in March. The board voted, again unanimously, to set specific expectations for how many evaluations should be conducted over the next year.
Singh said the evaluation backlog is decreasing since new trustees joined the board in November. “We own the problems – and we know there have been problems in special education in AISD,” Singh said. “We have not served students in the ways that they are entitled, so I don’t want to give any impression that we're done. No, we’re just getting started on fixing this.
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