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Trustees weigh police pay increases, endorsements and paid lunch-hour proposals tied to new state safety funding
Summary
Trustees and administrators discussed raising starting pay for district police officers, paying for TECO/TCOLE endorsements, and whether to compensate officers for their lunch hour (district estimate: roughly $331,000 if paid as overtime); staff said some costs can be offset by state safety allotments but concerns remain about sustainability.
Laredo ISD trustees spent much of the June 11 budget workshop on whether to raise school police compensation, pay one-time endorsement stipends and compensate officers for their lunch hour.
Chief Hill and Sergeant Villareal explained options to trustees, including a recommendation to raise the police minimum to $23.18 per hour and to provide one-time payments when officers obtain state endorsements. Rogelio, the budget presenter, said endorsement stipend levels used in the estimate were $300 for intermediate, $500 for advanced and $1,200 for master-level endorsements and that paying current officers for endorsements would cost roughly $25,700 under current…
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