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Board approves targeted paraprofessional pay increase over objections from classified staff
Summary
The board approved a tentative agreement with the Sioux City Education Support Personnel Association (CSPA) to add pay for select paraprofessionals intended to fill hard-to-staff special-education roles; classified employees and some directors said the selective increase is inequitable. Vote: 5–1.
The Sioux City Community School District Board voted on Oct. 13 to accept a tentative agreement with the Sioux City Education Support Personnel Association (CSPA) that includes an additional pay supplement for select paraprofessional positions aimed at filling hard-to-staff special-education assignments.
Administration described the change in an executive-summary presentation as an adjustment to stipends applied to assistants in programs such as Compass Academy, verbal behavior (VBC) programs and preschool foundations. The administration said the stipend change is intended to make these positions competitive in…
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