Edinburg CISD employees on administrative leave testify in TEA hearing
Two employees with the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District on administrative leave testified Wednesday to keep their jobs.
Edinburg CISD Director of Payroll Zelda Martinez and Edinburg CISD Director of Personnel Margarita Oyervides were placed on paid administrative leave in December after the district accused them of paying themselves a combined $57,000 dollars in overtime for work they did to fix the district's payroll issues.
Martinez testified over the course of 10 hours.
Oyervides and Martinez were put in charge of fixing payroll issues the district has had since 2021.
The district accused both women of paying themselves overtime without approval once they completed their work.
Martinez argued the more than $40,000 she paid to herself was for the work she did over 11 months, and that she reported to a consultant who was working with the district at the time.
The district argued the consultant was not considered to be Martinez’s supervisor.
An examiner with the Texas Education Agency is listening in on the testimony and will recommend whether the termination will move forward.
Either party can appeal the decision.
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