The Department of Education urges districts to combat pandemic-fueled teacher shortages by offering them more money from the pot of federal COVID-relief aid, in a letter sent to schools nationwide.
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"Let us be clear: [The American Rescue Plan] provides vital resources to hire additional educators and school staff and to improve compensation to recruit and retain educators and school staff," Cardona wrote in the letter to educators, obtained exclusively by ABC News. Cardona listed various ways schools could use this pot of money to improve the situation for teachers, custodians, bus drivers, school nurses and other educators, and cited schools that have already done so.Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Aug. 5, 2021.
Cardona cited reports of schools offering signing bonuses of up to $6,000 in California, and other financial incentives offered to new teachers in Oklahoma, North Carolina and New Jersey. that nearby districts have been able to poach teachers with higher salaries funded by federal aid, leaving schools in lower-income areas with less teachers.
The NEA noted that the average salary of ESPs in 22 states is $30,000 or below,"which is not a livable wage or an attractive career proposition."
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