For 24 years, Peniana Arguelles has worked as a special education assistant in Los Angeles public schools. At Menlo Avenue Elementary School in South Los Angeles she feeds children who can’t ...

To date, in SY 2022-SY2023, 1,000 IEP meetings have included SECAs who have signed in using the job title of SECA, paraprofessional, or special education classroom assistant.

Williamson County Schools is working to fill special education teaching assistant positions, which is a notoriously hard-to-fill position, resulting in a shortage locally and nationally.

Outgoing Office of Special Education Assistant Director Mary Wiese, who also recently submitted her resignation to the district, said she is concerned for the colleagues she is leaving behind.

The Williamson County Board of Education approved a raise in hourly pay for special education teachers assistants Monday. Amid staffing shortages in several areas of the district including bus ...