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JFAC approves $177.4 million compensation package including $1.55-per-hour minimum and targeted increases for troopers, IT and nurses
Summary
The committee approved a pay package totaling $177,429,100 that sets a minimum increase of $1.55 per hour for permanent state employees, funds targeted adjustments for IT/engineering, state troopers and nursing staff, and includes funding for public schools and the Idaho Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Feb. 6 approved a statewide compensation adjustment totaling $177,429,100 that provides a floor increase of $1.55 per hour for permanent state employees and includes targeted schedule and market adjustments for specific classifications.
Representative Miller moved the package and Senator Groves seconded. The motion directs pay increases between $1.05 and $1.55 per hour except in specific circumstances laid out in committee language. It also funds a $1.55-per-hour allocation to agencies and institutions (with community colleges calculated at an equivalent 5% level because community-college FTP data are not in the state database), a…
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