The Fort Bend Employee Federation (FBEF) is filing two grievances against Fort Bend ISD on behalf of their members who have suffered a loss in pay. Many Special Education Paraprofessionals were moved from "severe" to "non severe" which means they were working with students with more serious handicaps, but not anymore. Many were notified about this change as late as three weeks before they returned to work. As result, their salary was decreased anywhere from three to five thousand dollars. The FBEF claims that the district did not notify those paraprofessionals early enough or at all.
The second grievance is regarding Special Education Teachers who lost their stipends this year. They also were not informed of this reduction in pay.
As a side note, FBISD said that the reason for losing the Sp.Ed. stipend of $1500 was that the need for special education teachers is no longer what it used to be.
But overall, FBISD's respect for Special Education teachers remains about the same.
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