St. Joseph district raises lowest pay steps to meet Missouris $15 minimum wage
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The St. Joseph School District presented targeted salary-schedule changes to raise steps below $15 to $15 after Missouris minimum-wage changes, affecting five positions and costing about $2,000 for the remainder of the school year; broader schedule revisions will be considered in April.
The St. Joseph School District presented a set of targeted salary-schedule adjustments designed to bring pay for the lowest steps up to Missouris newly increased $15 hourly minimum.
An unnamed district administrator told the board the proposal adjusts only steps in range 1 that were below $15, increasing steps 1, 2 and 3 to $15. The change also adds a new support-staff classification, a technology apprentice, for high-school students working in the district.
“We will adjust those when we get to April for all the salary schedules,” the presenter said, describing the current plan as a short-term patch to meet the state law. The presenter estimated the cost for the remainder of the school year at about $2,000 and said five employees are affected.
The presenter told the board that under House Bill 567 public employers are now subject to the state minimum-wage increase and that the district previously relied on federal minimum-wage rules for those positions.
Board members asked whether the April review would add another increase or leave step 1 at $15 for the year. The presenter said the districts salary and benefits committee will meet and that step 1 would probably remain at $15 given current finances.
No formal vote on the salary schedule change is recorded in the transcript of this meeting; the presenter said a wider set of schedule changes is expected in April and that the board will be kept informed.