On whether or not teachers get paid

I'm a teacher in Klein so this will no doubt effect me as well

We just got an email from our Intermediate school that they will be doing some distant learning via the web. And those that don't have access will be offered a time to pickup assignments. I don't believe teachers would work without pay.

So is my wife. She thought the same

country said:

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Can't imagine not paying teachers during this. It is in the budget, the State is still sending it's portion of the funding. Really no excuse to not pay teachers.

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Schools get funding from the state based on attendance from what I understand. So one would reason no students no funding. There's going to be more to this. My parents were paid during shut downs for hurricanes that went on for several weeks.

country said:

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Can't imagine not paying teachers during this. It is in the budget, the State is still sending it's portion of the funding. Really no excuse to not pay teachers.

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My guess is that it's some form of administrative formality.

Why wouldn't they move to online learning? That's what my school is doing. We saw this coming, so we've been preparing and practicing with the kids for several weeks. The country shut down schools as of today, so we begin Virtual Learning on Wednesday.

RCR06 said:

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country said:

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Can't imagine not paying teachers during this. It is in the budget, the State is still sending it's portion of the funding. Really no excuse to not pay teachers.

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Schools get funding from the state based on attendance from what I understand. So one would reason no students no funding. There's going to be more to this. My parents were paid during shut downs for hurricanes that went on for several weeks.

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Schools receive state funding based upon average daily attendance. The State has said already that calculation will not include the days that schools are closed due to this and that funding will be unimpaired. Schools are also funded locally through property taxes. The school sets the budget in August and that budget includes payroll for teachers who are on a 9 month contract. They aren't hourly employees. There is no reason or basis to withhold salary for this.

If I have to guess (and a guess is all it is since the full description of the action item is not available), it's a request to provide pay to teachers during the shutdown period and that regular compensation would start back up when the school opens back up (online or whatever).

I've seen other school boards do similar things for weather days or other shut downs.

Just passing on what I learned. And I'm aware about the email that went out that said prepare for online instruction.

Didn't read your original post correctly

Klein isd just sent an email saying we will be paid, and will move to virtual classrooms soon.

We are just reading it too. Good news