Substitute teachers at Indian Prairie School District 204 will now earn a slightly higher pay rate, after the district’s school board members approved a rate increase at their board meeting on Monday evening.
Now, daily substitute teachers will be making $130 per day, up from $126, per Monday’s meeting agenda. Long-term substitutes and district retiree substitute teachers will make $310 per day, up from $300.
According to a memo from the district’s Chief Human Resources Officer Carey Beth Harry, the district’s average fill rate for daily teacher substitutes this past school year was 87%. The goal of the rate increase, the memo noted, is to keep the district competitive with surrounding districts.
The rate hikes were approved by the board at Monday’s school board meeting. Board President Laurie Donahue said at the meeting that she and Secretary Allison Fosdick abstained from voting on the item because they both substitute teach in the district.
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