At the May Board meeting, the Board of Trustees emphasized their appreciation for the hard work and dedication of all Lamar CISD employees, and the members unanimously approved the following raises and stipends for the 2023-2024 school year:

• Beginning Teacher Salary: $62,500  

• Raises for all Returning Staff
  • Flat raise of $1,950 for teachers paid according to the Teacher Hiring Schedule (average 3%)  
  • 3% of midpoint raise for all other staff 

• Paygrade Table Increases
  • Hourly Instructional Paraprofessionals – Hourly: $1/hour raise + 3% of midpoint raise[i]

• Increase in Daily Rate for Substitutes[ii]
  • Certified: $120/day ($15 increase) 
  • Degreed: $105/day ($10 increase) 
  • Non-degreed: $90/day ($5 increase) 

• Special Education Stipend Program Adjustments (Annualized Stipends):  
  • 2022-23 Pilot program eliminated and replaced with adjustments to the annualized stipend program 
  • Staff in self-contained and behavior programs:  
    • Paraprofessionals: $1,500  
    • Teachers: $5,000 ($2,000 increase) 
  • Staff in the Compliance Program with Severe Behavior: 
    • Paraprofessionals: $5,000 retention stipend 
    • Teachers: $5,000 ($2,000 increase) 
  • OT/PT/VI/O&M Staff: $4,000 ($1,580 increase) 
  • Diagnosticians: $5,000 stipend ($1,000 increase) 

• All Other Special Education Staff Stipends: 
  • Resource/Inclusion: 
    • Paraprofessionals: $1,000  
    • Teachers: $2,000 
  • Additional Support Paraprofessionals: $5,000  
  • Deaf-Blind Interveners: $5,000  

[i] Instructional Paraprofessionals are anyone employed as a Teacher’s Aide who provide instructional support in a classroom.                          

[ii]Substitute Rates for the 2022-2023 school year: Certified: $105/day, Degreed: $95/day, Non-degreed: $85/day

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