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Board defers contested support-staff pay adjustments, votes for workshop and review
Summary
At a June meeting the Putnam County School Board approved most items in the G7 consent packet but deferred changes to the support-personnel salary schedule (item C) and directed a staff-led workshop to review job descriptions and comparative salary data.
Board members spent more than two hours debating proposed changes to the support-personnel salary schedule and whether the board is meeting its statutory duties to approve positions and job descriptions. The board approved G7 items A, B, D, E, F, G and H but withheld action on item C so the board and staff can review job descriptions and comparative salary data in a workshop.
Board member Phil Leary (mover of the discussion) cited Florida statute 1012.22, reading from the law: "the district school board shall, not may, not will, not can, but shall designate positions to be filled, prescribe qualifications for those positions, and provide for the appointment, compensation, promotion, suspension, and dismissal of employees." Board attorney Jonathan Holmes…
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