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Paraprofessionals and teachers urge NEISD to ease costs, maintain benefits amid budget pressure
Summary
Paraprofessionals and teachers addressed the board asking for steps to support retention amid constrained budgets: requests included freezing insurance premiums, expanding classroom reimbursements to paraprofessionals, compensation for extra classes, and reimbursement for certification costs.
Employees and union representatives told the Northeast ISD board the district should pursue non‑salary actions to support retention and affordability for school-year staff amid financial pressure.
Teresa Heard, a NEISD paraprofessional and vice president of the Educational Support Professionals of Northeast Education Association, asked the board to consider freezing employee health-care insurance costs and extending classroom-supply reimbursements…
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