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Wausau School District officials say $1.3 million net reimbursement could fund a move to 3% staff pay target
Summary
District administrators told the board an unexpected roughly $1.3 million net increase—largely from higher special-education reimbursements—would allow the district to raise previously approved 1.5% salary authority toward a 3% CPI target; the board voted to accept administration's recommendation with recorded abstentions.
Administrators for the Wausau School District told the school board that recent state and federal funding changes produced an estimated $1.3 million net increase for the district and presented a proposal to use that money to increase staff salary authority.
Josh, the presenter, said the state’s biennial budget preserved a $325-per-student adjustment but did not increase the district’s state aid; higher special-education reimbursement rates, reduced title funds and greater open-enrollment costs together yield an estimated net increase of “about $1,300,000,” he said. “About $2,000,000 increase … the net change for the district is about $1,300,000,” Josh added.
The administration told the board that adding an…
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