Special Education Specialist Provider Stipend. Beginning in 2013-2014, the District will fund one (1) additional work day for nurses at the beginning of the school year. The District will pay its current and prospective Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, and Speech-Language Pathologists a specialist provider stipend of five-hundred-dollars ($500.00) per year. Provided that those employees are employed by the District to work in those positions and are providing those professional diagnostic, therapeutic, and other services implied by their credentials for the District during the school year in which the stipend is paid them. Further provided that this payment is contingent upon verification and documentation of these employees’ credentials as follows:
Special Education Specialist Provider Stipend. The District will provide a $500 stipend for special education teachers and other special education providers responsible for IEP case management (SLP, OT, PT, School Psychologist). This stipend is in recognition of additional work duties that must be assumed by special education providers in order to ensure compliance with special education laws, including but not limited to activities such as IEP meetings that frequently occur outside the regular work day. If the District requires any employee to obtain Medicare certification, the District will pay the certification fee. The District will pay its current and prospective Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, and Speech-Language Pathologists an additional specialist provider stipend of five-hundred-dollars ($500) per year. Provided that those employees are employed by the District to work in those positions and are providing those professional diagnostic, therapeutic, and other services implied by their credentials for the District during the school year in which the stipend is paid them. Further provided that this payment is contingent upon verification and documentation of these employees’ credentials as follows:
Special Education Specialist Provider Stipend. The District will pay its current and prospective Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, and Speech-Language Pathologists a specialist provider stipend of five-hundred-dollars ($500.00) per year. Provided that those employees are employed by the District to work in those positions and are providing those professional diagnostic, therapeutic, and other services implied by their credentials for the District during the school year in which the stipend is paid them. Further provided that this payment is contingent upon verification and documentation of these employees’ credentials as follows:
