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Asheville City Schools explores changing local salary supplement to fixed rate to control costs
Summary
Finance staff proposed switching the district—s locally funded salary supplement from a percentage to a fixed dollar amount to make supplemental pay more predictable; staff estimated long‑term savings and offered a model used by larger districts.
District finance staff told the board that Asheville City Schools— current local supplement is calculated as a percentage of employees— pay, which causes the supplement cost to grow automatically when base salaries increase. Heidi (staff member, finance lead) proposed an alternative: convert the supplement to a flat fixed rate per employee and, if desired, cap the amount for future hires.
Heidi said the change would not reduce what current employees receive immediately (with proposed grandfathering) but would slow future cost growth tied to percent increases in base…
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