Cobb school superintendent Chris Ragsdale said Thursday that he is proposing a pay raise for all Cobb County School District employees.
During remarks at a Cobb Board of Education work session, he said employees will be getting pay raises between 4 and 8.5 percent.
The district staff on Thursday presented a proposed fiscal year 2022 budget of $1.5 billion, with tentative approval scheduled by the board Thursday night.
“In a time that not only do they need it, but also for morale,” Ragsdale said in his remarks about the proposed pay raise.
All employees—around 18,000 in all—will get a baseline 4 percent raise, with those eligible for STEP increases receiving more, depending on their status and length of service.
He said the funding would not come from “one-time money”—a reference to $182 million in new federal CARES Act funding that is coming to the Cobb school district.
“We are confident that this is going to be financially sustainable moving forward,” Ragsdale said.
Brad Johnson, the district’s Chief Financial Officer, said more budget details will be released Friday on the district’s website.
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