Elizabethton School Board seeking over $1M in cuts to meet state-mandated minimum salary

Elizabethton School Board seeking over $1M in cuts to meet state-mandated minimum salary

ELIZABETHTON — Elizabethton Director of Schools Richard VanHuss told the city school board that the state’s mandate to raise the minimum teacher starting salary to $50,000 by the 2026-27 school year, combined with the lower amounts in the state funding…

State mandate on teacher pay already affecting city schools budget - Elizabethton Star

By Buzz Trexler Star Correspondent Elizabethton Board of Education members were told Thursday night the system faces more than $1 million in increased expenditures — largely due to a state mandate on minimum teacher pay — with only $85,000 in increased revenue as the 2025-2026 budget talks continue. Director of Schools Richard VanHuss reviewed a handout that showed despite an estimated $709,388 in cuts, the system would still need to find $260,7…

Snyder approves teacher pay raise

At the regularly scheduled meeting, the Snyder ISD Board of Trustees took a decisive step toward investing in the future of education by approving a significant adjustment to the teacher pay scale.