Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Budget Pay Scales topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Johnson City board adopts 2025–26 budget, new teacher pay scale, 2% raise and one‑time staff bonus
Summary
The board approved the 2025–26 budget and pay scales, including a 2% salary increase, step increases and a one‑time bonus for staff; the board also approved budget amendment #4 and financial reports for April.
The Johnson City Schools Board of Education on June 2 approved the district’s 2025–26 budget and salary schedules, a 2% across‑the‑board pay increase, step increases and a one‑time bonus for staff. The board also approved Budget Amendment No. 4 for fiscal 2024–25 and received the April financial report.
District finance director Leah Vallee presented the April 30 financial report: revenues for April totaled $8,502,000 and expenditures $8,865,000; the fund balance had increased by $6,969,000 through April 30, which the director said would drop in May when the state’s TISA payment was not issued. Vallee told the board property tax collections were approximately 2% above last year and sales tax adjusted for Washington County funding changes was about 3.4% above last year.
Budget Amendment No. 4 increased both revenues and expenditures in the general fund by $1,703,816, Vallee said, to account for reimbursements and final allocations including state paid parental‑leave reimbursement, Educare revenues, the Niswonger Project On Track reimbursement, IDA high‑cost special education reimbursements, and TISA growth funds. The amendment also adjusted food service and federal/state grant funds to reflect final allocations. The board approved the amendment by voice vote.
The 2025–26 budget includes the approved 2% pay increase, step increases and a one‑time bonus; the board adopted a new teacher pay scale that raises starting salaries and changes how additional degree pay is calculated (higher degrees set as a dollar amount above a master’s rather than a percentage). The district said all new teachers for 2025–26 will be placed on the new scale; existing teachers will be placed on whichever scale yields the higher salary unless they elected to remain grandfathered on the old scale.
Board members said they intentionally included bonuses that applied to all employees, and that the district will communicate specifics to staff. The board approved the budget and pay scales on a motion and roll call vote.
