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Board raises substitute and paraprofessional pay to address staffing shortages
Summary
To improve classroom coverage and recruitment, the Lincoln County School Board approved higher substitute pay and aligned paraprofessional salaries with new Pre-K state scales, estimating about $100,000 in recurring local cost and using grant offsets where available.
The Lincoln County School Board voted to increase pay for substitute teachers, substitute bus drivers and paraprofessionals to ease chronic staffing shortages. Chair (S1) said the change responds to repeated unfilled substitute assignments and high reliance on a small pool of substitutes.
The approved substitute pay scale creates tiers (higher pay for certified teachers and those with college degrees and an updated rate for other substitutes); the board also agreed to raise substitute pay for custodians and bus drivers and accepted a proposed $10 per-day minimum for custodial substitutes. Members discussed historical substitute usage (about 1,600 substitute days last year) and an estimated total fiscal impact of roughly $50,000–$60,000 for substitutes districtwide. The board additionally approved aligning district paraprofessional salaries with state-mandated Pre-K assistant increases, which the district estimated could raise local payroll costs by about $100,000 annually after grant offsets.
Board members said the increases are intended to improve recruitment and retention; the motion to approve the new pay schedules passed with the recommended adjustments (motion; second; all in favor).
Next steps: staff will implement the new pay scales in payroll and report the first-quarter cost impacts to the board.
