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Board reviews preliminary budget, approves personnel actions and moves to raise substitute and incentive pay
Summary
Board discussion covered a preliminary budget with projected enrollment growth and a 6% health‑insurance cost increase; the board approved several personnel items, discussed an attendance incentive for classified staff and recommended higher substitute pay and earlier long‑term pay eligibility.
Board members reviewed preliminary budget projections and a set of personnel and policy action items.
Administrators told the board the district's student count is expected to increase from 11,349 to 11,633 for the coming year and noted the district plans a 6% increase in health‑insurance costs. They said the state awarded $467,731 in gap funding tied to property‑tax valuation differences.
The board considered several personnel and compensation items. Administrators described a proposed attendance‑incentive program for classified staff and recommended increases to daily and long‑term substitute pay. The proposal would also shorten the long‑term substitute pay waiting period so that the long‑term rate begins on day one rather than after 10 days of service.
The transcript records the board approving multiple action items in succession; many motions were announced as "motion carries" and votes were recorded verbally with "All those in favor, please say I," followed by members saying "I." The transcript does not supply mover/second names or a full roll‑call tally for those votes. One personnel approval recorded in the transcript approved an instructor/assistant‑principal appointment and stated an effective date as spoken in the meeting: "May 226" (as transcribed).
Administrators also noted work on Career and Technical Education (CTE) pathways, including a military pathway, and that transportation negotiations related to CTE programming have begun. The transcript records the board's approval of the action items discussed; specific motion text, mover/second and detailed vote counts were not provided in the audio transcript.
