The San Marcos Consolidated ISD Board of Trustees approved a one-time $250 COVID-19 vaccination incentive during Monday’s regular meeting.
The board approved the incentive, 5-2, with trustees Kathy Hansen and Margie Villalpando voting against the motion. With trustee approval, every district employee vaccinated against COVID-19 will receive a one-time $250 stipend. District employees who are eligible to receive the vaccine but cannot do so because of health conditions or religious beliefs will also be able to receive the stipend.
“As Texas becomes, once again, a hotspot for COVID-19 and the (Delta) variant, and with (Texas Education Agency) and the governor’s commitment that we will open 100% in-person with no options of virtual instruction for anyone, I think it is our obligation to use every tool in our toolbox to not only protect our ISD staff but the children, the school district, ” said Trustee Miguel Arredondo, who sponsored the agenda item. “I think that this is important and timely and this guarantees us that if we have 10 more employees take advantage of this stipend because it exists and they get vaccinated then that’s 10 more employees who are hopefully protected that don’t have to take sick leave or emergency-paid sick leave because of a covid diagnosis.”
