Updates to the compensation plan include:
- A 1% midpoint pay increase
- Salary and stipend adjustments
- A $1,000 retention incentive for all staff
The 1% pay increases will have an impact of $702,300 on the operating budget.
Salary and stipend adjustments are being made for positions in special services programs, such as early childhood special education and life skills. Additionally, school psychologists are being reclassified into the same pay grade as speech language pathologists. These adjustments will increase the operating budget by $425,000.
“[School psychologist] is a hard-to-fill position, and we would like to put them on the same higher pay grade as speech language pathologist,” Sanchez said.
The $1,000 will be paid in two installments of $500 in November 2026 and February 2027. This will amount to a one-time impact of $1.26 million on the fund balance.