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Danville board adopts 2025–26 operating and CIP budgets with pay increases for staff
Summary
The Danville City Public Schools board approved the superintendent’s 2025–26 operating and capital improvement budgets, including an 8% teacher raise, a 4% increase for other employees, and timing for a $1,000 bonus tied to state allocations. The vote finalized spending priorities and CIP projects.
The Danville City Public Schools Board voted June 18 to adopt the superintendent’s proposed 2025–26 operating budget and capital improvement program, approving salary and safety investments districts officials said are aligned with the district’s strategic plan.
Miss Gilles, presenting the budget on behalf of the superintendent’s office, told the board the state’s final budget required slight adjustments to the district’s request and that the largest share of the proposed spending remains salaries and benefits, which account for about 78% of the budget. She outlined priorities that include smaller class sizes, literacy and math coaching, expanded career-pathway courses, safety enhancements such as additional metal detectors and cameras at high schools, and added bus aids to support student transportation.
Gilles also described compensation proposals included in the adopted budget: "We are including a teacher salary increase of 8%, which includes the step increase, and a 4% salary increase, which includes a step increase, for our non-teaching employees," she said. On a $1,000 bonus that had been discussed earlier in the year, Gilles explained that "the $1,000 bonus was initially included in this budget. However, the state decided to include that in this year's money," and that the district will distribute portions on June 30 and the remainder in July, depending on the allocation for SOQ-funded positions.
Board members asked for clarifications about the pay plan and where supplemental pay appears in the materials. Gilles pointed the board to packet pages that list supplements by program and position so trustees can locate athletic, academic and miscellaneous supplemental pay, and she explained the proposed general-fund and total-proposed differences reflect splits for June and July payroll accounting.
In addition to pay changes, the budget document included a CIP cash-flow schedule for fiscal years 2021–26 and identified ongoing projects at George Washington, Langston and Arnette Hills and improvements at Bonner, Schoolfield, Westwood, Gibson, Park Avenue and other schools. Gilles said the district had leveraged state grants and voter-approved bonds to help fund capital work.
After brief discussion, a motion was made and seconded to adopt the operating and CIP budgets as presented. The clerk called the roll and the board recorded the votes to approve the superintendent’s request.
The adopted budget will move into implementation and the district said it will begin training for administrators and communicate updates to families before the start of the school year.
