Make more money teaching Math, Special Education or at four Abbeville schools

The Vermilion Parish School District is taking a significant step by offering some teachers more money, aiming to address the teaching voids in the school system for the upcoming year.
The Louisiana legislature approved $61 million in “differential pay” that school districts could use to pay higher salaries to teachers in hard-to-fill
positions. Vermilion Parish will receive $333,000 of the $61 million
There are four categories in which the school district can use the money. 
• Teacher Shortage Areas
•Economically Disadvantaged Schools
•Teacher Leader Positions
•Highly Effective Teacher Ratings
The money will be used to hire:
• K-12 certified special education teachers
• Certified 6-12 math teachers
• Certified 6-12 science teachers
•  Stipends for teachers working in high-needs schools.
Superintendent Tommy Byler educated the school board members about the differential pay for these four areas that the state and the parish need help to fill.
 For the next school year, certified special education teachers in a particular education class will receive a $3,000 stipend over their monthly check.
• Certified math teachers in grades 6-12 who teach a full schedule of math courses will receive an additional $1,250 stipend spread out over their monthly check. 
 • Certified teachers teaching at the four Abbeville schools will receive an additional stipend of $400 to $700 a year. Certified teachers at these four Abbeville schools receive a $400 yearly stipend.
With the new “differential pay” stipend, plus the old $400 stipend, certified teachers will receive $800 to $1,100 a year extra to teach at Abbeville High, J. H. Williams Middle, Herod Elementary, and Eaton Park Elementary.  
Byler said that the stipend amount is subject to change each year.
The Southern average for teacher pay is just over $56,000. Louisiana’s average pay is a bit over $52,000.