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School board approves superintendent’s FY2025–26 budget with 4% pay increase and insurance changes
Summary
The Colonial Heights School Board voted to adopt the superintendent’s proposed FY2025–26 budget, raising staff pay 4% across the board, adding a third health-insurance plan and adjusting the school division’s contribution rates. The board also kept a multi‑million dollar contingency to buffer federal and facilities uncertainty.
The Colonial Heights School Board on Jan. 25 approved the superintendent’s proposed fiscal year 2025–26 budget, including a 4% pay increase for all staff and changes to health-insurance plans and employer contribution rates.
The superintendent told the board the original proposal — reviewed in January and at a February work session — started with a 3% salary increase and a projection of a 23.7% rise in health-insurance costs. The board voted to increase the overall pay package to 4% across staff, which the superintendent said adds roughly $1.5 million to the budget compared with the earlier 3% plan.
The budget also adds a third insurance option described by staff as…
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