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Teacher contract raises add roughly $30 million in recurring costs, district warns salaries are now part of the base
Summary
District staff told the board that the recent negotiated changes to teacher compensation increased recurring personnel costs by approximately $26–30 million and that those increases have become part of the base budget moving forward.
Trustees at the Aug. 5 budget workshop were told that recent negotiated increases for teachers and staff materially raised the district’s recurring personnel costs and that those increases now form the base for future budgeting.
Miss Polk and other business-office presenters reviewed the district’s change from the prior tiered pay model to a moved-toward salary-schedule approach during the most recent negotiations. A board member recalled the 2014 move from a step schedule to a tier model and asked…
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