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Board funds state‑defined low‑performing schools for $7,000 NBCT incentive; broader proposal fails
Summary
After divided debate on fiscal sustainability, the Board of Education approved funding only the state‑defined low‑performing schools for the $7,000 nationally board‑certified teacher incentive and declined to add the wider set of locally‑identified schools.
The Howard County Board of Education voted Wednesday to fund the $7,000 incentive pay required by the Maryland Blueprint for state‑designated low‑performing schools and to continue payment to teachers already receiving the adjustment, but it rejected a proposal to extend the incentive to an expanded roster of additional local flexibility schools.
Mary Clive, coordinator of data literacy and coaching, told the board the Blueprint requires the $7,000 payment at two state‑defined schools and identifies six additional local‑flexibility schools where the district may…
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