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Committee presses district on raises and how cuts would be made if funding falls
Summary
Committee members probed whether employees receive annual raises and what programs would be cut if state funding declines; staff said steps are built into salary tables and reductions would first use attrition or furlough days before cutting programs.
Committee member Jacen Jespersen asked whether employees receive raises every year; district staff replied that steps are built into the salary tables. Jespersen expressed concern that reductions could fall on elective programs and said he would prefer freezes to preserve programs.
Superintendent Glen Szymoniak told the committee that in most cases the district would address budget shortfalls through natural attrition and, in severe scenarios, through furlough days before eliminating programs. The exchange framed how the district plans to protect instructional programs while managing fiscal uncertainty.
