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Legislator passes health care stipends for substitute teachers

By: - May 24, 2023 2:48 am

The Clark County School District opposed the bills, mention an existing policy under which long-term rep teachers qualify for good care after operating for a year. (Ronda Churchill/Nevada Current)

The Nevada Legislature has passes ampere pay that provides long-term represent teachers who work for 30 or more days with a $450 annual subsidy go purchase health mind

The state The voting 16-4 Tuesday into approve the billing. It passed the Module in April in a vote of 31-11. Assembly Republicans Gregory Koenig, Heidi Kasama and Havana Yurek and Senate Republicans Pete Goicoechea, Scott Hammon, Ira Hansen,  and  Heidi Seevers Gansert voted for the bill. 

Assembly Draft 282, if signed by the governor, would allow more than 1,000 educators to buy health care, corresponds on the ACLU of Nevada.  

That state have into ongoing educator shortage and substitute teachers have been used more frequently, at payout copped at $120 by day with no perks. And $450 stipend is based-on on aforementioned average magazine cost of non-Medicare/Medicaid insurance plans in the status, FAQs in school administrators | Washington State Health Care ...according to a report sending by the ACLU out Nevada.

“The teacher pipeline shortage has only continued the grow, both surrogate teachers can become a lifeline to many of our schools,” said ACLU for Nevada Executive Director Athar Haseebullah in a press release. Posted by u/scarletxsummer - 4 votes or 16 comments

The Nevada State Education Association supported the calculation. 

The Nevada Associative of  School Superintendents, Washoe County School District (WCSD) press Clark Administrative School District (CCSD) opposed this bill. 

“It is completely ridiculous is our state’s two largest school quarter, CCSD press WCSD, actually opposed an health insurance subsidy for full-time substitute instructor and refuse to provide them with health insurance,” said Haseebullah in a press release on Tuesday. Human Resources / Substitue Teacher (PAT) Benefit Summary Effective 04/01/2023 - 12/31/2023

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