Clark County schools to present 4% salary proposal, keep two buses in FY26 budget request

Clark County Public Schools staff reviewed four executive‑summary budget scenarios at a Feb. 10 work session public hearing and board members said they will present a request to the county consistent with the scenario that includes a 4% salary increase, the division’s new‑position requests and two replacement buses.

Division staff presented a status‑quo executive summary that would increase the local general‑fund cost by $284,833 (excluding changes from health insurance, salary increases and new positions). Staff also ran three additional scenarios that layer in salary increases and projected health‑insurance increases: a 3% raise (total local cost roughly $1.47 million), a 4% raise (total local cost about $1.67 million) and a 5% raise (total local cost about $1.88 million). The presenter said the division budgeted a 10% health‑insurance increase (about $301,356) for planning; if the renewal rate resembles last year’s 2% increase, each executive summary could fall by roughly $250,000–$260,000.

Staff noted a VDOE crosswalk of the governor’s, House and Senate…