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CFO outlines state budget pressures; curriculum report highlights CTE wins and $137,000 strategic compensation grant
Summary
The district's chief financial officer briefed the board on state-level budget developments affecting teacher pay scales, bus-driver increases, and health insurance premiums. The curriculum chief highlighted CTE competition wins and said the district was awarded up to $137,000 for a strategic compensation grant to be used at New Heights Middle.
The Chesterfield County School District chief financial officer updated the board on state-level developments the district must consider during this budget cycle, including possible teacher salary increases and adjustments to pay scales.
The CFO said the House has proposed a $1,500 minimum teacher salary increase that would, as stated in the presentation, "bring the base teacher salary up from $47,000 a year to $48.05." The presenter added the state Senate is pushing a larger $3,000 increase to reach the governor's longer‑term goal of a $50,000 base salary. The CFO cautioned the House figure could change as bills move through the legislature.
The presenter said the state is considering eliminating the "bachelor's plus 18" salary scale and that current employees on that scale would be retained at the district level while no new hires would be placed on it. The CFO also described a state mandate for a 2% pay increase for bus drivers and noted health insurance changes: employees could see about a $36 per month increase in their premiums through PEBA and retiree premiums may rise by about 4.6%.
On federal funding, the CFO said there had been no new information and any federal changes would likely show up in future budget cycles rather than the current one. The presenter also said the state is expanding funding for summer reading camp to serve more students because of new testing- and retention-related mandates for third grade.
In the curriculum report, Miss Stubbs, the district's chief academic officer, highlighted career and technical education (CTE) achievements: students from Chesterfield High and other schools placed in state SkillsUSA competitions and will advance to national competitions in Atlanta in June. She named students and teams that placed first and second in competitions like crime-scene investigation and mechatronics.
Stubbs also said 4K and 5K registration is underway and reported registration figures that were presented verbally; exact figures in the transcript were unclear. She announced the district received a strategic compensation grant award "up to a hundred and thirty‑seven thousand dollars" and said five schools met criteria for the program but the award was made to New Heights Middle School only. The grant will prioritize teachers in math and reading and use spring-to-spring SC Ready growth metrics for student-growth calculations.
Board members asked no substantive budget questions during the presentation and were urged by the CFO and staff to follow the budget process as it develops through the legislative session.
