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TUSD details override-funded CTE hires, preschool scholarships and compensation plan
Summary
Superintendent and staff outlined how voter-approved override dollars will fund CTE positions, preschool scholarships and districtwide raises; the board approved a package of salary-schedule changes while some teacher-group details remain under negotiation.
The Tucson Unified School District Governing Board on April 14 heard a series of presentations on how the district will spend recent voter-approved override dollars, and approved a set of compensation and hiring actions that staff said are meant to bolster classrooms and support recruitment.
Chuck McCollum, the districts career and technical education program coordinator, told the board the override will allow the CTE department to hire 14 instructional aides, three systems-integration specialists and two project technical specialists to support more than 60 CTE programs serving over 6,000 students across the district. McCollum said the district budgeted $1.1 million for these positions and submitted deployment plans that seek about $986,000 now with a contingency…
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