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Board approves teacher attendance-incentive pilot funded from substitute-cost savings

5861889 · September 23, 2025
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The board approved a pilot that redirects a portion of estimated substitute-teacher cost savings into monthly incentive payments and an end-of-year drawing for eligible teachers who meet perfect-attendance criteria for at least one month per semester.

The Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD Board of Trustees approved a pilot program Tuesday that uses a portion of projected substitute-teacher cost savings to fund monthly attendance incentives and an end-of-year prize drawing for eligible teachers.

District staff presented historical substitute expenditures from the 2024–25 school year — roughly $2.8 million — and proposed a 90/10 split of estimated monthly savings: 90% of the money not spent on substitutes that month…

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