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Due to my inability to control my temper and complacently accept continued silliness with not-quite-as-reliable-as-it-ought-to-be Blogger/Blogspot, your beloved Possumblog will now waddle across the Information Dirt Road and park its prehensile tail at http://possumblog.mu.nu.

This site will remain in place as a backup in case Munuvia gets hit by a bus or something, but I don't think they have as much trouble with this as some places do. ::cough::blogspot::cough:: So click here and adjust your links. I apologize for the inconvenience, but it's one of those things.

Tuesday, July 16, 2002

Study: Alabama school teacher pay 19th highest in the nation

How can this be? In a state where education has long gotten short shrift, where there never seems to be enough money for paper and books, how is it we can afford to pay our teachers so much? Alabama schools sued for failure to pay overtime

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Lawsuits have been filed in federal courts claiming that at least 30 Alabama school systems have failed to pay overtime to support personnel, including cafeteria workers, janitors, bus drivers and secretaries.

The latest suits were filed in U.S. District Court in Montgomery and claim that eight systems in central Alabama have violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, which requires time and a-half pay for each hour worked in excess of 40 hours in a week.

Teachers, administrators and supervisors aren't covered by the act, but schools are required to pay overtime to cafeteria workers, bus drivers, secretaries, janitors and other support workers. [...]

Oh.

posted by Terry at 1:37:00 PM

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