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District proposes fixed rate for facility-dog handlers after pay disparity flagged
Summary
Administrators proposed a fixed hourly rate to pay staff who train and work with the districtfacility-dog program, aiming to eliminate a teacher/TABA pay gap and speed payments.
District administrators told the board they will propose a fixed pay rate for staff engaged in the districtfacility-dog training program to eliminate an existing pay disparity and to quicken reimbursement.
An administrator described the issue to trustees: staff who train dogs are currently paid under in-service provisions of different contracts and at different rates. "People from the teacher unit were being paid $20 an hour to do it. People from the TABA unit were being paid $10 an hour to do it," the administrator said, noting the work and responsibilities are similar across those staff groups.
The administrator said the districtprogram requires substantial, specialized training with an outside training partner and that payments processed under in-service provisions can be delayed until staff reach contractually required hours (15 hours for teachers; 10 hours for TABA), which slows reimbursement.
To address the disparity and the administrative delay, staff proposed establishing a clear fixed rate for formal training time with the district's training partner, Paws 2 Connect, and to bring a formal proposal back to the board in March. The administrator said the fixed rate would apply only to scheduled training sessions run by the training provider, not to informal day-to-day care at home.
In related business, the administration presented a proposed update to the districtsubstitute and fixed-rate schedule (used for a range of duties, including lifeguards and other hourly fixed-rate work) and said it would present that rate schedule for board consideration at the next meeting.
