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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you raise the pay of subs you will get more qualified people wanting to be subs. From what I've heard, the pay rate hasn't improved in over 10 years. Of course you need tap people without a BA, because people with a college degree need and deserve higher pay.[/quote]

Sub pay:

For "certificated" subs: short-term $19.58/hr, long-term $27.89/hr.

For "non-certificated" subs: short-term $18.41/hr, long-term $26.28/hr.

Montgomery County minimum wage is currently $13/hr and will rise to $14/hr on July 1, 2020, and $15/hr on July 1, 2021.[/quote]

FWIW, Fairfax pays its subs a lot less and doesn’t require a BS. I subbed for several years and can honestly say that most of the subs were awful. These counties have done studies and solicited teacher feedback about how to address the shortage and have largely ignored everything they’ve been told.[/quote]
What were the recommendations?[/quote]

I'll go back and look it up later, but lots of support for increasing the pay on hard to fill days like Mondays, Fridays, and the days before holidays (shot down), increasing the pay based on days worked, because good subs are going to be called back (shot down), paying out unused sick/personal days upon separation from the system (doesn't happen in FCPS and was shot down, not sure about MCPS), and doing face to face interviews to make sure the candidates can at least speak English (this was FCPS and it was shot down). Fairfax audited the sub office several years ago and the audit is STILL open. [/quote]

I would support all of those. I think there’s already a 30% buyback for unused days.[/quote]
As others have stated, increasing the pay isn't as easy given the tight budget. I would be all for increasing pay since the pay is already super low, but where will the money come from?  How much does the pay need to increase to make it more attractive?  [/quote]

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