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Board approves FY26 budget and differentiated pay plan, raises starting teacher pay to $51,000
Summary
The Jackson-Madison County Board approved the FY26 budget, including a major investment in personnel and a differentiated pay plan aimed at hard‑to‑staff positions; the plan raises starting teacher pay to $51,000 and adds targeted bonuses for special education, math and other roles.
The Jackson-Madison County Board of Education approved its FY26 annual budget on April 30, 2025, adopting a spending plan that increases investment in personnel, expands targeted pay incentives and funds a multi-million-dollar capital program.
Superintendent Dr. King presented the FY26 proposal and said the district’s state funding rose from about $76 million to $89 million because of enrollment growth; the county’s maintenance-of-effort contribution remains at $48 million. He highlighted personnel as the district’s principal investment and said a beginning teacher in FY26 will start at $51,000.
Key fiscal features presented by district staff include a planned employee-investment package of about $5.8 million, differentiated pay and recruitment bonuses for hard-to-staff positions, and a capital…
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