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River Valley board approves 2026-27 wage, benefits and activity-pay packages
Summary
Board approved 2026-27 compensation measures including a 2.63% CPI-limited base wage for teachers plus a 0.37% supplemental to reach an intended 3% increase where allowed, modest substitute and base-salary increases, Delta Dental renewal with a 10% rate increase, and higher event-worker pay for activities.
The River Valley School Board approved several budget and compensation items for 2026-27, including base wage adjustments, insurance renewals, and revisions to activity and athletic pay schedules.
Brian (administration) told the board that state law limits the teacher base increase to the CPI and reported the committee recommendation: "the recommendation was for a 2.63% base wage increase and a 0.37% supplemental wage increase for teachers," which the board approved. The board had earlier discussed a 3% figure and approved separating that total into a CPI-limited base increase and a supplemental portion to comply with statutory limits.
The board also approved modest increases to substitute pay, a 2% base wage increase for other staff categories, and maintenance of the current salary cap for teachers. On insurance, the board approved renewal of Delta Dental at a reported 10% increase while vision premiums stayed unchanged; administration characterized the payroll impact as minimal for employees.
On activities and athletics, the board approved a 2.63% increase to the salary schedules and discussed raising event-worker and manager pay (administration recommended raising event worker pay from $50 to $80 and varsity football event managers to $100 to reflect longer shifts). The board approved the schedule changes and asked administration to post details on the portal.
All motions on wages, insurance renewals, and activity pay were approved by voice vote during the meeting; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript for these specific motions.
The board did not vote on overarching budget appropriation at this meeting; these actions were presented as committee recommendations for the 2026-27 budget.
