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Board approves state stipend distribution, amends salary schedule and refers overtime policy to committee
Summary
The Tangipahoa Parish School Board on Sept. 16 approved the district’s state stipend distribution date, amended the 2025–26 salary schedule to adjust paraprofessional and transportation pay, and referred a paid-lunch/overtime clarification to policy.
The Tangipahoa Parish School Board on Sept. 16 approved several personnel and payroll items: the district’s implementation date for state-required stipends, an amended salary schedule for 2025–26 that adjusts paraprofessional training stipends and daily pay for bus drivers and attendants, and a referral to the policy committee to clarify paid-lunch and overtime practices.
The board voted to set Oct. 10 as the date to distribute the state-provided stipends: $2,000 for certified employees and $1,000 for support staff. District finance staff told the board they were able to process the payments without local funds after correcting payroll coding; Jeff (district finance presenter) reported revenue trends earlier in the meeting and said the 2¢ sales tax was up 8.85% for August and year-to-date collections were running above the prior year.
On the amended salary schedule for 2025–26, staff proposed and the board approved several clarifying edits: a $750-per-semester stipend for paraprofessionals completing required training (regardless of ParaPro certification status), a revised daily rate for bus drivers of $113.34 (up from $100), and a daily rate for bus attendants set at $77.11. District staff explained that retired drivers would retain the daily rate in effect at retirement.
The board also voted to refer a staffing-and-hours clarification to the policy committee to specify that the paid lunch period under the district’s eight-hour day does not count toward the 40-hour workweek calculation for overtime, and to codify local overtime practices for maintenance employees (Saturday overtime, double time for Sundays and holidays) in policy rather than rely on informal practice.
Votes at a glance - Approval: state stipend distribution (distribution date Oct. 10; $2,000 certified, $1,000 support). Motion: moved by Mr. Piazza; seconded by Mr. Anthony. Outcome: approved (board members recorded in the meeting as voting yes: Miss Abrams; Mr. Anthony; Miss Dominguez; Mr. Duncan; Mr. Moore; Mr. Piazza; Mr. Tolar; Mr. Westmoreland; Miss Richards).
- Approval: amended salary schedule for 2025–26 (ParaPro stipend language edits; bus driver daily rate $113.34; bus attendant daily rate $77.11). Motion: moved by Miss Dominguez; seconded by Mr. Westmoreland. Outcome: approved (same board members recorded as voting yes during roll call).
- Referral: change to policy to clarify paid lunch and overtime practices for maintenance staff. Motion: moved by Mr. Westmoreland; seconded by Mr. Piazza. Outcome: approved (motion to refer to policy committee passed by roll-call affirmation).
Board members did not identify budget shortfalls tied to the stipend disbursement; administrators said payroll coding corrections meant local funds were not required to make the payments this year. Jeff, the finance presenter, prefaced the stipend item by reporting sales-tax revenue increases and saying the district’s coding work avoided a local subsidy this year.
Each motion passed during the meeting without recorded dissent on the audio record.
