MAHONING COUNTY, Ohio - Substitute teachers in some Mahoning County school districts are getting a pay raise.

The pay raise is for substitutes working through the Educational Service Center of Eastern Ohio's (ESCEO) substitute teacher consortium.

The raise increases their pay to $110 per day beginning Tuesday, January 18.

ESCEO substitutes serve the following districts:

• Austintown Local Schools
• Boardman Local Schools
• Campbell City Schools
• Canfield Local Schools
• Educational Service Center of Eastern Ohio
• Mahoning County Career and Technical Center
• Poland Local Schools
• Struthers City Schools

A number of other school districts in Ohio have also increased their substitute teacher pay recently.

Our NBC affiliate WDTN reported Tuesday that Springboro Schools will increase substitute pay to $125 per day with long-term substitutes earning $190 per day.

Stark County area schools increased their pay for substitutes to $200 per day in October 2021 according to the Canton Repository.

Around the same time, The Columbus Dispatch reported that Columbus City Schools increased their pay to $126 per day.