The Jersey City Board of Education is set to vote on a $1.8 million increase for Source4Teachers, in addition to the current $4 million contract, because of increased demand for substitute services.

Jersey City Superintendent Dr. Marcia Lyles is recommending that the Jersey City Board of Education (JCBOE) approve an increase of $1.8 million for substitutes to a firm they outsource that administrative function to.

At the JCBOE’s June 19, 2014 meeting, the board extended its contract with Source4Teachers (S4T) for an amount not to exceed $4 million. That contract has a bill rate of $128.00 for a full day, $64.00 for a half day, for a daily substitute teaching position.

The extension, which the JCBOE is set to vote on at their April 23, 2015 meeting, goes through June 30, 2015.

The spokesperson for the Jersey City Board of Education was unavailable to return a comment regarding the contract increase.

The Jersey City Education Association (JCEA) and local education activists have heavily criticized the S4T contract as privatization in the past, including the supposed financial benefits.

S4T also garnered some negative press earlier in the school year for one of their substitutes supposedly assaulting a child, including a Jersey City Public School teacher detailing the alleged incident to the JCBOE.

The contract extension comes at a time when Jersey City Public School teachers have been working without a new contract for nearly two years.

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