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Board hears proposed one‑time employee stipend and approves compensation study funding request
Summary
District administration proposed a one‑time retention stipend to be paid from general fund reserves (teachers $2,000 benefit‑eligible / $1,000 non‑benefit; other benefit‑eligible staff $1,000 / $500 non‑benefit) and presented a plan to commission a compensation market study; staff estimated the stipend would cost just under $8 million.
At the Oct. 13 work session the Muscogee County School District outlined a proposed one‑time retention stipend for employees and described plans for a comprehensive compensation study.
The draft stipend proposal read to the board would be paid from the general fund balance reserve and sets payment dates: monthly paid employees would be paid Nov. 30, 2025, and semi‑monthly paid employees Dec. 15, 2025. Under the proposal teachers who are benefit‑eligible would receive $2,000; teachers who are not…
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