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District finance officer says 8.5% ECA funding is calculated off state model salary, not local base
Summary
Business official Janie Wilson told the board a circulating podcast misrepresented how the state 8.5% educator compensation allocation is applied; she said the state’s 8.5% is based on a model salary ($44,108) and Platte County School District #1’s starting teacher pay ($50,006.43) already exceeds that model.
Janie Wilson, the district staff member presenting the financial report, addressed social-media claims that Platte County School District #1 failed to pass an 8.5% pay increase for educators.
Wilson explained that the state’s 8.5% educator compensation adjustment (ECA) is calculated off a state “model salary” rather than each district’s existing pay scale. She said the model salary used for the calculation…
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