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Smith-Green board votes to keep trustee stipend at $2,000, rejects proposed increase
Summary
Board members voted by voice to deny a proposal to raise the annual trustee stipend to $4,400, keeping the existing $2,000 salary in place; the proposal had been framed as up to 10% of the lowest starting teacher salary.
At the Jan. 6 meeting, the board reviewed a proposal that would have set annual compensation for trustees at $4,400 (described in the agenda as not to exceed 10% of the lowest starting teacher salary). The board discussed current practice and comparisons to the existing stipend of $2,000.
A board member moved "to deny the approval of the raise for the board and continue to keep it where it is." The motion was seconded and approved by voice vote; the transcript records "All those in favor. Aye," but does not include a roll-call tally or recorded recorded no/abstain votes. The board then confirmed the compensation would remain at the current level.
The discussion referenced the statutory limit described in the agenda language; no additional compensation changes were adopted at the meeting.
