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Council authorizes mayor to sign cooperative agreement with Calcasieu Parish School Board for STEM summer stipends
Summary
Sulphur City Council approved Ordinance 51-25 authorizing Mayor Danahey to enter a cooperative endeavor agreement with the Calcasieu Parish School Board to fund summer STEM programming; funding will pay stipends for teachers and support staff hired for the program.
Sulphur City Council voted June 2 to authorize Mayor Danahey to enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement with the Calcasieu Parish School Board to provide funding for a STEM project, under Ordinance 51-25.
During the public hearing, Catherine Gertz, a teacher who gave her address as 57 Magnolia Road in Sulphur, asked how the funds would be used in STEM education. A staff member replied that the agreement is intended to fund summer programs and would specifically pay stipends — i.e., salaries — for teachers and support staff hired for the program. “This particular agreement is to fund the summer programs, and it's to specifically target, the stipends that the teachers and the support staff that's hired, it'll pay their salary,” the staff member said.
The council moved, seconded and approved the ordinance on voice and roll-call votes; Councilmembers Ellinger, Hardy, Abshire and Thomas were recorded voting yes. There were no additional conditions or reporting requirements noted in the transcript.
The agreement authorizes the mayor to enter a cooperative endeavor with the Calcasieu Parish School Board to provide funding for STEM programming; the transcript did not specify the total dollar amount, funding source breakdown or the precise scope of the STEM activities beyond summer programs and stipends.
