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Senate commission presses Education Department on Carrera Magisterial payments, platform problems and funding
Summary
Senate commissioners questioned Department of Education officials about delayed retroactive payments, an estimated $26 million liability, a request for about $1.2 million in prospective funds, and persistent platform and process problems that teachers say have caused submitted documents to 'disappear.'
SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico’s Senate Commission on Education, Tourism and Culture convened Feb. 26 to review the status of the Carrera Magisterial program and the Department of Education’s steps to resolve outstanding teacher payments and claims.
The commission opened by citing Senate Resolution No. 114, which orders a continuing investigation into the department’s operations with special emphasis on school infrastructure, administrative matters and Carrera Magisterial. Department officials at the hearing included Secretary Yanira Raíces Vega and staff from the Office of Carrera Magisterial and human resources.
In a prepared presentation, Jimi Cavant Rodríguez, who identified himself as secretario auxiliar de recursos humanos and a former director of the office of Carrera Magisterial, summarized payments made since the law’s approval. He read a fiscal‑year breakdown and said the department’s table shows roughly $14.1 million disbursed since 2022. The presentation said 2,771 reactivations were approved and that those reactivations have benefited about 7,269 teachers.
Cavant Rodríguez told the commission the department has requested roughly $1.2…
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