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School board approves three‑year incentive plan aimed at hiring and keeping special‑education staff
Summary
Montgomery Public Schools approved a three‑year recruitment and retention package for special‑education teachers, paraprofessionals and registered behavior technicians that district staff say would cost up to $1.1 million and be split between special‑education funds and ad valorem revenue.
Montgomery Public Schools’ board approved a three‑year recruitment and retention incentive package intended to reduce vacancies in special education.
Katrina Jackson, who presented the plan during the board’s April 28 special called meeting, said the district would offer annual supplements paid in two installments — at the start and end of the school year — and require participants to sign a financial agreement that includes accountability measures and partial repayment if they leave before the end of the commitment. “We are proposing a recruitment and retention bonus for special education teachers and for paraprofessionals and registered behavior technicians for a period of three years,” Jackson said.
Under the proposal presented to the board, new and existing special‑education teachers would receive $4,000 per year for three years, disbursed as $2,000 in August…
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