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Board signals support for raising substitute pay to $15; staff to seek lower vendor markup
Summary
Human resources recommended raising Kelly Services substitute pay to $15 per hour to improve fill rates and align with forthcoming minimum‑wage increases; trustees directed staff to negotiate a lower agency markup to reduce budget impact.
Hernando County School District human resources staff recommended increasing substitute pay for workers placed through vendor Kelly Services to improve recruitment and classroom fill rates, and to prepare for Florida’s scheduled minimum‑wage changes.
Matt Goldrick, the district’s director of human resources, said Kelly Services currently achieves a roughly 91.9 percent classroom fill rate for the district and proposed raising the day‑to‑day substitute base pay from $13 per hour to $14 or $15 per hour. Goldrick…
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