JC Board of Education approves largest teacher base pay bump in 17 years
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
The Jefferson City Board of Education on Thursday night unanimously approved its operating budget for next school year.
The $172 million budget includes the largest base pay increase Jefferson City teachers have seen in 17 years. Certified staff will see an $1,800 increase to $43,300. The total raise for teachers with one step and $1,800 to the base is $2,529. This is the largest raise for certified staff in 17 years.
Meeting documents show that the estimated revenues for next school year’s budget are $153,928,640, but only 86% are from operating funds.
The remaining “16,375,755 comes in the debt service fund to pay off principal and interest of general obligation debt and $4,526,978 comes in the capital projects fund to make facility improvements and purchase equipment,” documents show.