Understanding Personnel Salaries in
District Budgets
The Livingston Independent School District TOTAL budget
allocates 79% of its expenditures on salaries.
A small percentage (5-10%) is allocated to discretionary funds. The other percentage of the budget is left to
pay the bills: for example, electricity.
As you look at the percentages you realize the campus and department
budgets we analyzed earlier in this class were such a small portion of the
overall budget. It is yet to be
determined if our district will give a percentage raise this year as it did
last year to cover the increase in insurance.
Money is so tight it will be interesting to see the decisions that will
be made.
The positive impact of a salary increase is it raises
morale. However, the negative impact is
that a raise is a commitment to the budget for years to come. It is difficult to substantiate that decision
when unknown decisions of state legislatures affect the budget. Having a 5% raise across the board gives a
larger amount of money for those with a higher salary. That is why many times you see a variance in a
raise so that the amount of increase may have as equal affect as possible on
everyone’s salary.
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