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Fayette Schools giving substitute teachers a pay raise

Fayette County Schools increasing pay for substitutes.
Fayette County Schools increasing pay for substitutes.
By Leon Stafford
Aug 27, 2021

Fayette County is joining other districts in metro Atlanta in giving its substitutes a raise in pay.

The south metro Atlanta community’s board of education agreed earlier this week to pay $20 more a day to substitutes who work more than 40 days in a school year.

The new pay rates, according to the district, work out this way:

Substitutes who work daily with a valid teaching certificate from any state can earn $100 per day. A substitute with an expired teaching certificate from any state will earn $95 and ones with no teaching certificate from any state can earn $95. Former Fayette County Schools paraprofessionals with a para license can also earn $95.

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