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Terrebonne Parish board approves three one‑time employee supplements, including 5% local payment
Summary
The finance committee approved a one‑time 5% supplement for district employees funded by the half‑cent sales tax, accepted state classroom and support staff supplements from the 2025 legislative session and approved a differentiated compensation stipend tied to state guidelines.
The Terrebonne Parish School Board finance committee approved three one‑time employee supplements Wednesday: a 5% supplemental payment for district employees funded by the parish’s half‑cent sales tax fund, acceptance of state‑provided one‑time supplements from the 2025 legislative session, and a differentiated compensation stipend tied to state guidelines.
The committee recommended a 5% supplement for fiscal year 2025–26 for all full‑time employees and regularly scheduled part‑time employees who work 20 hours per week, provided they are employed as of Nov. 3, 2025. The committee recommended funds for that supplement be derived from the half‑cent sales tax fund and that payment be made in November 2025.
Superintendent (name not specified in the record) told the committee that review of sales tax account balances and recent upward trends over the last five months support the one‑time payment. “The balances are sufficient enough to provide this one‑time salary supplement and give our employees recognition for the job they do,” the superintendent said.
Separately, the committee approved acceptance of a one‑time salary supplement tied to the 2025 regular session of the Louisiana Legislature. Under that plan, the committee accepted state funding to pay $2,000 for full‑time K–12 teachers and professional employees and $1,000 for full‑time noninstructional support employees included in the legislative funding plan. The committee also approved district funding from the General Operating Fund to provide $2,000 for full‑time pre‑K, early childhood and adult education teachers and $1,000 for full‑time noninstructional support employees who were excluded from the legislative funding plan. That supplement applies to employees employed as of Dec. 1, 2025, with payment scheduled for Dec. 12, 2025.
The committee also approved a one‑time differentiated compensation supplement for 2025–26, to be awarded under guidelines set by the Legislature and the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE). The differentiated compensation stipends are state‑funded and are to be paid no later than May 29, 2026.
Board members who spoke during the discussion said the supplements were intended to recognize staff and to support retention. Matt Ford, a board member in attendance, said the supplements and prior pay actions contribute to the district’s employee retention: “This retention is unheard of anywhere in the state because of the way that we’re paying our employees,” Ford said.
All three motions carried with no objections recorded in the committee minutes. The motions were presented as committee recommendations and approved by voice vote; no roll‑call tallies were recorded in the transcript excerpt.
The committee noted the local 5% supplement does not obligate the board to repeat the payment in future years and that the district is using the half‑cent sales tax fund because those funds were intended to support employee pay and related purposes. Members also discussed that some pre‑K and adult education positions were not specified in the legislative funding plan, and the district’s General Operating Fund would cover those employees as approved by the committee.
Next steps: the finance committee’s approvals move the recommendations forward for board action consistent with notice and payroll scheduling described above.
