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Board member raises idea of freezing administrator pay amid budget uncertainty; staff outlines contract limits and savings
Summary
A board member suggested freezing building administrator raises as a precaution against uncertain state and federal funding; district staff said administrative pay is contractually tied to teacher salary movement through 2028 and estimated $287,000 in general-fund salary savings (about $326,000 including employer taxes) if a freeze were imposed.
A Sioux Falls School District 49-5 board member urged the board to consider freezing building-administrator raises because of uncertainty in state and federal funding, saying it would be “a good show of faith” while continuing raises for other employees.
The board member prefaced the proposal by noting a background in bargaining and said the matter “is in the General Administrator's unit's hands” but that the board could initiate a process to reopen negotiations. The speaker said the recommendation was a…
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