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Alief ISD diagnosticians urge board to include them in teacher retention incentives
Summary
More than a dozen Alief ISD educational diagnosticians told the board they were excluded from recent retention and stipend awards and asked trustees to analyze pay parity and add a $3,000 retention incentive for diagnosticians.
More than a dozen educational diagnosticians asked the Alief ISD Board of Trustees on the public comment portion of its meeting to include diagnosticians in the district's recent retention incentives and stipends.
The diagnosticians — speaking individually and collectively — said they meet certification and experience requirements and perform functions they say are essential to special education services. "We are returning," Pamela Lacy, an educational diagnostician, said. "We're having a hard time understanding why we're not qualifying for this retention bonus when there are other positions in the district that do not work with students and they're getting the…
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