HIGHLY QUALIFIED REQUIREMENT. GPEPA and GPPSS agree that effective June 30, 2019, all members of GPEPA must meet the NCLB Highly Qualified requirements for paraprofessionals, regardless of their assigned duties as a paraprofessional. To be highly qualified, paraprofessionals must have a high school diploma or recognized equivalent. Additionally, paraprofessionals must have completed at least 2 years of college (60 credit hours), earned an associate’s degree, or passed the ACT Work Keys assessment. Any member of the GPEPA that does not meet the Highly Qualified requirement by June 30, 2017, will be terminated by the district. The district will reimburse current members of GPEPA (that is, members who were on the payroll as of September 1, 2013) for the cost of one administration of the ACT Work Keys test. Additionally, the district will provide appropriate resource materials for test review to current members of GPEPA prior to them taking the ACT Work Keys test. The actual time spent studying or reviewing for the ACT Work Keys test and actually taking the test will occur outside of the work day and will not be compensated.
HIGHLY QUALIFIED REQUIREMENT. [a] Educators are expected to meet Highly Qualified requirements for the subject(s) for which they are assigned. However, no teacher shall be required to become Highly Qualified in a subject for which they are not assigned.
