Senate panel hears testimony backing pay parity for school-based occupational therapists
SB 279 would create a consistent salary baseline for school-based occupational therapists to improve recruitment and retention; multiple practitioners testified that current pay does not reflect graduate-level training and urged passage.
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Senator Poore presented SB 279 to the Senate Education Committee, saying the bill seeks to create a uniform salary baseline for school-based occupational therapists (OTs) by clarifying how master’s and doctoral degrees are treated on the Delaware salary schedule and allowing additional credit-based increments for continuing coursework.
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