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Peoria Unified board approves 1% base increase, retention stipends and other budget recommendations
Summary
After a detailed budget presentation and discussion of staff retention, the board approved the district's compensation recommendations including a 1% base pay increase for all employee groups, retention stipends and modest increases to classroom site funds; Proposal 206 (minimum wage) impacts were discussed and incorporated into the plan.
The Peoria Unified Governing Board approved the administration's compensation and budget recommendations for the 2017'18 school year after a detailed presentation of revenue assumptions, staffing contingencies and cost pressures.
Superintendent Darren Stifler and the budget team outlined assumptions: a modest state inflation increase used in the draft budget (1.25% in the materials presented), projected costs from Proposition 206 (the state minimum-wage increase), and district revenue estimates. Administration recommended a 1%…
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