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Compensation reported presented to U-46 board

By Seth Hancock
  On average, School District U-46 employees made $101,032 in salaries and benefits and took 12 sick days in Fiscal Year 2022, according to the salaries and benefits report generated by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
  The 69-page report was presented to the Board of Education at its meeting on Monday, Sept. 11.
  Superintendent Suzanne Johnson said the district reports numbers to the ISBE which in turn generates the report.
  “Each school board shall report to the State Board of Education, on or before October 1 of each year, the base salary and benefits of the district superintendent and all administrators and teachers employed by the school district,” the Public Act requiring the report states. “For the purposes of this Section, ‘benefits’ includes without limitation vacation days, sick days, bonuses, annuities, and retirement enhancements.”
  The Public Act continues: “Prior to this annual reporting to the State Board of Education, the information must be presented at a regular school board meeting, subject to applicable notice requirements, and then posted on the [internet] website of the school district, if any.”
  The salaries and benefits in the report represents about 55 percent of the $465.5 million budgeted for salaries and benefits in FY2023. Certain staff and certain income expenditures, like stipends, are excluded from the report.
  The salaries listed in the report totaled $201.3 million. Total compensation was $255.5 million with benefits included: other benefits ($32.4 million), retirement enhancements ($19.9 million), annuities ($1.7 million) and bonuses ($172,000).
  There were 2,529 full-time employees included in the report who took 30,240 sick days, for the average of 12, and 2,075 vacation days were taken. The district’s teachers’ contract allows for 12 sick days per year.