The St. Joseph School District Board of Education is reviewing a proposal to scale back its Career Ladder program in response to a projected $20 million reduction in state funding. The plan would consolidate the current three-tier pay structure into two levels and reduce the maximum annual stipend for participating educators from $5,000 to $3,000. District leaders noted that the changes aim to preserve the program’s core functions while addressing the significant loss of state grants that previously covered the majority of the program’s costs.
