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District staff propose 3.3% combined raise amid $12.9M gap; charter enrollment projections cited as risk
Summary
Superintendent and finance staff presented budget highlights including a proposed 1.7% COLA (average) plus step increases (~3.3% combined), medical insurance cost-sharing, nine new positions for growing needs, and a $12.9 million projected deficit driven partly by projected charter-school enrollment assumptions.
District finance staff presented a preliminary budget that proposes a roughly 1.7% cost-of-living increase and average step movement that together equal about a 3.3% average compensation increase for staff, and laid out key assumptions and risks.
Key points - Pay proposal: a 1.7% COLA with average step movement yields roughly a 3.3% average increase in total pay expense across the payroll. - Insurance: the budget covers roughly half of a projected TISA (medical) increase; staff characterized this as a large ongoing cost…
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