Huntsville board approves new salary schedules, raises mileage to 52¢
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The Huntsville School District board approved reorganized salary schedules for teachers, classified staff and administrators, with an estimated recurring cost of roughly $87,000 for teacher changes plus additional costs for classified and administrative pay; the mileage reimbursement was amended from 50¢ to 52¢ per mile.
The Huntsville School District board on the evening’s agenda approved revised pay schedules for teachers, classified employees and administrators and amended the district mileage reimbursement to 52¢ per mile.
Administrators presented a simplified teacher salary schedule that collapses multiple "plus" lanes into four clear education lanes — bachelor’s, master’s, specialist and doctorate — and restores step increases earlier in a teacher’s career. The district said the change is intended to make pay placement easy for prospective hires and to be broadly comparable to similarly sized neighboring districts. The presentation estimated an additional recurring cost for the teacher schedule of about $87,000, assuming no turnover.
Board materials also outlined a reworked classified salary schedule that places positions into short, medium, long and extra-long bus-route categories (short <30 miles; medium 30–64 miles; long 65–84; extra long 85+), a $500 difference between those route tiers and a new stipend for a braille support specialist. Classified changes were estimated at roughly $45,942 for the coming year. Administrative schedule adjustments and a $3,000 phased increase for large adjustments were also presented; administrators estimated the administrative change would cost about $25,008.42 with additional coaching costs of about $8,001.88.
During discussion, board members emphasized the need to avoid pay reductions for current staff and described grandfathering language in the proposal that preserves current salaries where a placement would otherwise be lower than an employee’s existing pay. The plan includes phased increases for employees whose placement would otherwise represent a large jump to limit internal inequity. The board also discussed comparability to regional districts and how the schedules respond to earlier confusing presentation of levels.
A board member moved to amend mileage reimbursement from 50¢ to 52¢ per mile and the motion was seconded and adopted. The board then approved the teacher schedule as presented with the mileage amendment and subsequently approved the classified and administrative schedules. The transcript records vocal assent to each motion; no formal roll-call tally appears in the record.