Township High School District 214 employee salaries, 2010-2011
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Township High School District 214 employee salaries are public record under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act.
Salaries
In 2010 District 214 Superintendent Dave Schuler signed a five-year contract with a base salary of $198,408. Every following year of the contract, Schuler would be given a raise of either 2 percent or the percentage change of the Consumer Price Index, whichever was greater.[1] He also receives a $600 per month car allowance.
According to www.TeacherSalaryInfo.com, the district spent $116,855,000 on teacher salaries in 2011. The average salary, according to the site, was $54,924.[2]
According to TeacherSalaryInfo.com, salary expenses were broken down as follows:[3]
- Teacher salary expenses on regular education: $45,952,000
- Teacher salary expenses on special education: $9,527,000
- Teacher salary expenses on vocational education: $5,440,000
Benefits
According to TeacherSalaryInfo.com, the district spent $34,210,000 on teacher benefits in 2011.[4]
The Board of Education will pay 9.4 percent of the Teacher Retirement System member contribution and the insurance contribution for all certified administrative compensation that is recognized by the Teacher Retirement System as creditable earnings.[5]
The Board of Education will provide an allowance of $7,452 for the 2010-11 fiscal year for each administrator to be used toward the purchase of employee medical/dental coverage and dependent medical/dental coverage as detailed in the Township High School District 214 Insurance Booklet. Any unused portion of this $7,452 fringe benefit allowance shall be paid to the administrator as salary during 2010-11, prorated over each regular pay period. The allowance will be reviewed in the 2010-11 school year to determine the amount of allowance to be provided in 2011-12.[6]
The 2010-11 health insurance premium for medical, dental and prescriptions was: $7,968 for PPO single coverage and $18,012 for PPO family coverage; HMO premium was $6,180 for single coverage and $17,028 for family coverage.[7]
Salary records project
In 2011, Sunshine Review chose 152 local governments as the focus of research on public employee salaries. The editors of Sunshine Review selected eight states with relevant political contexts (listed alphabetically):
1. California
2. Florida
3. Illinois
4. Michigan
5. New Jersey
6. Pennsylvania
7. Texas
8. Wisconsin
Within these states, the editors of Sunshine Review focused on the most populous cities, counties and school districts, as well as the emergency services entities within these governments. The purpose of this selection method was to develop articles on governments affecting the most citizens.
The salary information garnered from these states were a combination of existing online resources and state Freedom of Information Act requests sent out to the governments.
A study published by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia said the city of Philadelphia faced challenges owing to the cost of public employee pensions.[8] The report claimed the amount that Philadelphia paid to pension recipients limited the city’s ability to use its budget effectively.
The report said there were more individuals receiving pension benefits—33,907 claimants in 2006—than workers in the city—28,701.[8] The authors recommended three steps towards addressing the problem of high costs in pensions: improved data collection, expanded transparency initiatives, and reductions to the city's overall budget.[8]
Salary schedules can be published as ranges, not as specific compensation figures, and may leave out compensation received through health and retirement benefits, as well as benefits such as commuter allowances and cell phone reimbursements. This project aimed to close the gap and provide a more accurate picture of public employee salaries for the sake of public education and transparency.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Daily Herald, Dist. 214 gives Schuler new 5-year contract, Feb. 20, 2010
- ↑ TeacherSalaryInfo, Average Teacher Salary in Township High School District 214
- ↑ TeacherSalaryInfo, Average Teacher Salary in Township High School District 214
- ↑ TeacherSalaryInfo, Average Teacher Salary in Township High School District 214
- ↑ District 214, 2010-11 Administrative Compensation and Benefit Package, Sept. 2010 (dead link)
- ↑ District 214, 2010-11 Administrative Compensation and Benefit Package, Sept. 2010 (dead link)
- ↑ District 214, 2010-11 Administrative Compensation and Benefit Package, Sept. 2010 (dead link)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 '’Philadelphia’s Quiet Crisis: The Rising Cost of Employee Benefits, Pew Charitable Trusts and the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia, January 23, 2008
