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Grand County School Board approves one‑time compensation adjustment after closed‑door negotiations
Summary
The Grand County School Board voted unanimously to approve a one‑time compensation adjustment for contracted employees following an executive session on negotiations. The board said the payment will come from fund balance and be paid on or about March 27, 2025.
The Grand County School board voted 5-0 March 26 to provide a one‑time compensation adjustment to eligible contracted employees after meeting in executive session on negotiations earlier in the meeting.
The board authorized a payment equal to 2.5% of an employee’s contracted annual salary plus a $750 fixed amount for contracted employees working more than 15 hours per week who were hired before Jan. 10, 2025 and remained employed on March 21, 2025. Employees hired after Jan. 10 but before March 1, 2025, and regular part‑time employees averaging fewer than 15 hours per week (not including substitutes), are eligible for a $500 one‑time adjustment. The motion excluded coaches, extra assignments, substitutes and other miscellaneous payroll categories. The board directed staff to aim to pay the adjustment on or about March 27, 2025.
The board and staff said the adjustment will be funded from the district’s fund balance and that the recently approved budget revision included movement of that balance into salaries. The board voted to approve the fiscal-change and to authorize the payment; the motion passed unanimously.
GEA president and longtime teacher Sarah Henderson urged the board during public comment to support staff and preserve the collective bargaining process. “Do you support your staff and their right to have a voice into their working conditions and salaries, or do you not?” Henderson said, asking the board to consider the relationship between the district and bargaining unit in the wake of state legislation she referenced by number.
Board members did not propose additional amendments to the motion during the public meeting. A staff representative explained that the payment mechanism is being executed outside normal payroll timing and that the district will attempt to issue payments as soon as ACH processing allows.
The board approved the motion by voice vote; the clerk announced the tally as 5-0.
Next steps: staff said they will prepare and distribute employer notices and manage timing to avoid overlapping with regular payroll runs.
