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Union accuses Grand Island school district of shorting some teachers' pay
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JESSICA VOTIPKA Grand Island Independent Jan 27, 2022
The substitute teacher shortage is hitting the educational arena in Grand Island, Neb., on another front.
The Grand Island Education Association, the collective bargaining unit for Grand Island Public Schools teachers, alleges the district is shorting some of its members’ pay under a misclassification.
“We discovered that many of the long-term subs, who the district had classified as long-term subs, were actually filling a full-time equivalency position,” said Michelle Carter, GIEA president and a fifth-grade teacher at Dodge Elementary.
Under Nebraska law, an employee who is hired to fill an open position is not considered a substitute. A press release from the Nebraska State Education Association states: “The petition points out that those misclassified employees are part of the GIEA bargaining unit and should be paid under GIEA’s agreement with the district. The district, however, is paying them as substitutes.”
FULL story at link above.