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Board directs staff to avoid lowering bus drivers’ effective hourly pay for extracurricular trips
Summary
Board members agreed to pursue a policy change so no bus driver’s effective hourly rate is reduced when asked to perform extracurricular runs; staff will draft adjustments to appear in the May salary schedule and aim for a July implementation.
Board members discussed concerns raised by bus drivers that taking on extracurricular runs can dilute their effective hourly pay, and they directed staff to produce a policy fix.
"We're not going to create an increase but for those that... we would not pay them any less for doing the extracurricular runs," the Board President said, describing a change that would ensure drivers do not see an hourly pay reduction when assigned extra trips.
What was discussed: Staff explained how multi-part pay calculations (annualized pay divided into daily/hourly equivalents) can leave some drivers with a lower effective hourly rate when they take on additional runs. Board members and a driver representative described examples where a 6-hour contract versus a 7-hour contract yields different hourly outcomes for the same extracurricular trip.
Next steps: Finance staff said any pay adjustments would be included in the May salary schedule and take effect July 1 (the transcript includes a conflicting year reference; the July 1 effective date is the intended implementation). No formal vote occurred on the floor that night; staff will prepare the policy language and salary-schedule adjustments for a future agenda.
