Understanding Personnel Salaries in District Budgets
Teacher salaries are the largest expense
in education budgets. When interviewing Devin McCraney, Director of Finance for
the Beaumont I.S.D, he stated that the total for personnel salaries is 83% of
the budget. I would think that this is true in every district for at least
80-85% is spent on personnel salaries.
If districts gave a 5%
pay raise across the board it would very well attract more people to leave
their current field and pursue teaching and would help retain qualified
teachers which is a positive aspect. The negative impact would be that giving a
5% across the board pay raise would not necessarily make teachers any more
effective. More districts are tying pay with academic success. In our district,
we were blessed to receive an increase in salary compared to last year when
there were salary freezes. For the past several years, the Board has given
incentive pay that could range from 1%-5% of your salary. The incentive pay is
based on staff attendance, student attendance, and test scores. Districts would
have to weigh the impact of giving across the board raises to their employees.
Teacher groups are always asking for this type of raise for teachers.
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