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Board workshop: district reports cuts to supplemental pay after tighter controls; staff seeks 15% reduction
Summary
Board staff told a workshop the district has tightened controls on supplemental pay and other non‑primary wages, cutting half‑year supplement spending by about 34% and proposing a 15% recurring reduction target while reviewing $8.4 million in superintendent‑flagged items.
At a School Board workshop, district budget staff laid out a mid‑year review of "supplements"—payments outside employees’ primary salary such as workshop stipends, extra teaching periods, and program incentives—and identified $24.9 million in such pay types across the general fund.
Budget staff told the board the district has already seen a substantial year‑to‑date drop in supplements compared with last year and presented steps to continue reductions. "We believe based on some of the things we have done that we can reduce by 15 percent," staff said. The presentation noted many supplements are included in bargaining agreements and that any change to contractually required payments would require negotiations.
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