Dallas ISD offers teachers up to $10,000 to resign
source: http://dallasisdblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/02/disd-offers-teachers-up-to-100.html
Dallas public school teachers would receive an incentive of 15 percent of their annual base salary, or up to $10,000, to resign from the district, under a proposal that will be considered by trustees Thursday.
The incentive would go to the first 1,000 teachers that apply by notifying the district in writing by March 11. The teachers must commit to work through the end of the school year. Those on probationary status are not eligible.
The offer comes as the district is looking to cut up to $253 million from its budget to deal with an expected state funding decrease under a "worst-case" scenario. State legislators are looking at possibly decreasing education funding by $10 million over the next biennium.
Dallas ISD's early retirement offer is much more than what a couple of other neighboring districts are offering — at up to $10,000, the district could be paying out $10 million. Cedar Hill is offering $1,000 to the first 50 teachers, while Irving ISD is offering teachers up to $1,000 to resign.
Districts are looking at decreasing payroll costs to offset possible layoffs because of the expected decrease in state funding.
Michael MacNaughton, a founding member of the watchdog group Dallas Friends of Public Education, is questioning Dallas ISD's proposal.
"Since DISD is already recommending that 3100 teachers should lose their jobs why spend $10M to nudge 1,000 out the door early? Aren't these teachers going to be let go anyway under DISD's preliminary proposal in the "worst case" scenario?" MacNaughton said by e-mail.
"And where is this money coming from? The already depleted General Fund? If the logic is that this will save money in the long run because these employees will be let go "clean", i.e. without filing grievances, then what of the remaining 2,100? This would be a brutal slap to the local economy in any case but adding a $10M hickey to the Fund Balance doesn't seem tenable."
http://dallasisdblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/02/disd-offers-teachers-up-to-...
The incentive would go to the first 1,000 teachers that apply by notifying the district in writing by March 11. The teachers must commit to work through the end of the school year. Those on probationary status are not eligible.
The offer comes as the district is looking to cut up to $253 million from its budget to deal with an expected state funding decrease under a "worst-case" scenario. State legislators are looking at possibly decreasing education funding by $10 million over the next biennium.
Dallas ISD's early retirement offer is much more than what a couple of other neighboring districts are offering — at up to $10,000, the district could be paying out $10 million. Cedar Hill is offering $1,000 to the first 50 teachers, while Irving ISD is offering teachers up to $1,000 to resign.
Districts are looking at decreasing payroll costs to offset possible layoffs because of the expected decrease in state funding.
Michael MacNaughton, a founding member of the watchdog group Dallas Friends of Public Education, is questioning Dallas ISD's proposal.
"Since DISD is already recommending that 3100 teachers should lose their jobs why spend $10M to nudge 1,000 out the door early? Aren't these teachers going to be let go anyway under DISD's preliminary proposal in the "worst case" scenario?" MacNaughton said by e-mail.
"And where is this money coming from? The already depleted General Fund? If the logic is that this will save money in the long run because these employees will be let go "clean", i.e. without filing grievances, then what of the remaining 2,100? This would be a brutal slap to the local economy in any case but adding a $10M hickey to the Fund Balance doesn't seem tenable."
http://dallasisdblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/02/disd-offers-teachers-up-to-...
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