Greenfield Secures Pay for Some Special Ed Providers
Rates for oral transliterators would remain unchanged for the remainder of the academic year, Councilman David Greenfield announced on Tuesday. He said he secured a guarantee from New York City’s Department of Education after hearing from several parents and providers about a sudden rate cut.
Oral transliterators or oral interpreters help deaf and hard-of -hearing students in the classroom by mouthing and gesturing communication from the teacher. They receive $40 an hour.
Over the past few weeks, Greenfield said his office received numerous complaints about the city’s decision to cut rates in half, to $20 an hour, effective immediately.
After contacting top DOE officials, Greenfield was told that oral transliterators with approved RSA assignments with start dates earlier than March 1, 2015, will continue to receive $40 per hour for the full term of their students’ RSA up to June 30, 2015.
This article appeared in print on page 32 of edition of Hamodia.
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