Lobby day 2.0

THE POWER OF We

SB 283 PASSED without recognizing SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS as employees of the school districts in which we work

  WE tried. Here we are 10 strong talking to OUR Senators and House Representatives.

Photo is in front of Senator Gomberg’s office with Legislative assistants Charlsy Affuso and Luke Harkins, and OSTA Folks: Liz LaRocque, Debbie Fery and Michael Berman

When WE talk this is what WE need to let people KNOW.

“Substitute Teachers are employees of the School District regardless of the length of the assignment and shall be paid for training”

1. Not all Substitutes work the required hours to get PERS

2. The staffing fee is paid on all substitutes in the sub pool who work, but only 8-10% will work the 600 hours.

3. PERS Retirees do not get additional PERS credits, yet the staffing fee is paid on them

4. The staffing fee of 24-26% is paid on the gross pay of the Sub. The $200 per day subs will cost the school district $250.00 based on state minimum pay (rounded).

5. The staffing fee covers the Employer Payroll Costs and Systems to manage, recruitment, applicants, document signing, training, payroll processing and job portals. Most of these systems are duplication as the school has to secure these systems, process and people to do the same thing with the contracted teachers and classified.

6. The payment for training is historic and we want to keep up the good work in HB4030. Yes, we were told this by the Grant Administrator that not all Districts applied for reimbursement and ironically, the Senators know this as well. ODE has a website dedicated to this Grant and its process.