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Lincoln Parish School Board ratifies 2½-year contract for new superintendent, approves routine budget and personnel items
Summary
The Lincoln Parish School Board approved a two-and-a-half-year contract for its incoming superintendent and passed several routine administrative items, including the sales-and-tax commission budget, banking-authorized signatures, job descriptions, an employee pay schedule and naming the official journal.
The Lincoln Parish School Board voted to ratify a two-and-a-half-year contract for its incoming superintendent and approved a slate of routine budget and personnel items during a regular meeting. The board also approved the sales and tax commission budget, authorized signatures for district banking, adopted updated job descriptions and set the employee salary schedule.
A presenter explaining the contract said state law limits the length of superintendent contracts in election years. "It says that when a school board is in an election year ... the maximum contract they can give is 2 years beyond their term," the Presenter said, citing the statute in the record as "17 code 54." The presenter said the negotiated contract before the board extends two-and-a-half years because of the timing of board terms and noted other provisions were brought in line with comparable districts.
Board members asked for details about pay and incentives. The Presenter stated that the contract sets a base salary of $175,000 and that incentive pay tied to a new accountability system was omitted "until we get some history with this new accountability system." The Presenter said incentives could be reconsidered in the next contract cycle after scores under the revised system are available.
Chair and members moved to approve the contract after brief discussion. The board approved the motion by voice vote with no opposition recorded.
Other routine items approved included a resolution designating authorized signatures for district banking; approval of Policy GBB language and updated job descriptions to be maintained by the superintendent; adoption of the employee pay schedule (the superintendent is excluded from that salary structure because the superintendent is employed on contract); and naming the Daily Leader as the district's official journal for fiscal year 2627. Each of those items was moved, seconded and accepted by voice vote.
On budget matters, staff described a requested revision to the 2526 budget that would reclassify maintenance funds, restricted grant programs and special revenue funds to reflect increased use of online services and other purchase services. Administrative reports on personnel actions and a May sales-tax update (collections reported up 3.8% year over year) and an April health-plan contribution total (stated as 1,470,000) were presented to the board.
The meeting included a final report and recognitions highlighting local students honored at the state level (Kaitlyn Stewart and Melissa Lee were named among students of the year) and reflections on multi-decade service by a long-serving district employee. With no further business, the board moved to adjourn; a member who wished to raise a non-agenda concern agreed to speak with board members after adjournment.
Votes at a glance: the sales-and-tax commission budget (approved, voice vote); ratification of the incoming superintendent's contract (approved, voice vote); resolution for authorized banking signatures (approved, voice vote); approval of updated job descriptions under Policy GBB (approved, voice vote); adoption of the employee salary schedule (approved, voice vote); naming the Daily Leader as the official journal for fiscal year 2627 (approved, voice vote).
