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Board rejects dual enrollment stipend; approves substitute bonuses and changes to shift differentials
Summary
Board members approved a substitute teacher bonus schedule and eliminated second/third shift differentials for new custodial and maintenance hires, and rejected a proposal to pay stipends for dual‑enrollment instructors after a divided vote in which several board members cited budget and precedent concerns.
The Wisconsin Rapids School Board on a roll call vote declined a personnel committee proposal to create a districtwide dual‑enrollment stipend, while separately approving two other personnel recommendations from the committee: a multi‑tier substitute teacher bonus schedule and elimination of second/third shift differentials for new custodial and maintenance hires.
The failed motion would have paid stipends to instructors who teach Mid-State Technical College dual‑enrollment courses; the board heard cost estimates of roughly $12,000 total for the district with approximately $5,000 proposed to be covered by Career and Technical Education (CTE) grant funds. The motion to approve the stipend was moved at the…
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