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Board approves adjustment to county superintendent salary schedule for 2026

Santa Cruz County Board of Education · November 24, 2025
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Summary

The compensation committee recommended and trustees unanimously approved an updated salary schedule for the county superintendent effective January 1, 2026, including a starting-salary increase and retroactive 2.5% step adjustments for prior years.

Trustee Williams presented the compensation-committee recommendation to adjust the county superintendent's salary schedule for 2026. Williams summarized the process (benchmarks against large districts and comparable COEs) and explained the proposed schedule would begin 01/01/2026 with retroactive 2.5% steps for prior years and inclusion of management benefit parity.

Trustees discussed whether future cost-of-living increases and management benefits would apply; staff confirmed that future cost-of-living and management-benefit adjustments would apply to the adopted schedule. The motion to approve the adjusted salary schedule was seconded and approved unanimously by voice/roll-call vote.