School Board member floats proposal for bigger wage bump for Madison teachers
A series of budget amendments from a new School Board member would further hike a proposed wage increase for teachers and other employees of the Madison schools.
During an Operations Work Group meeting Monday, Madison School Board members weighed in on Cris Carusi’s plan to increase the base wage for district employees by the highest amount allowable under state law — 2.44% — in the 2019-20 school year.
District staff and some board members, though, expressed skepticism about whether cuts to administration and new “strategic equity investments” would be enough to help cover the salary increase. Carusi’s plan also assumes the state will come through with additional education funding.
“There isn’t fat left in these lines,” Kelly Ruppel, the district’s chief financial officer, said of the administration’s proposed budget.
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