Consider and Approve Revised Student Transportation Driver Compensation Rates (Action Required) Description: Currently, hourly employees who drive student transportation routes remain clocked in at their regular hourly rate while driving. Any hours worked beyond 40 in the workweek are paid at the applicable overtime rate. This does not provide a clear additional incentive for employees to take on

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16. Consider and Approve Revised Student Transportation Driver Compensation Rates (Action Required) Description: Currently, hourly employees who drive student transportation routes remain clocked in at their regular hourly rate while driving. Any hours worked beyond 40 in the workweek are paid at the applicable overtime rate. This does not provide a clear additional incentive for employees to take on transportation duties. In addition, custodial employees are regularly scheduled to work approximately 45 hours per week whether or not they drive a route, so route driving does not necessarily create additional overtime hours. The proposed change would establish separate transportation rates of $18 per hour for non-CDL transportation assignments and $22 per hour for assignments requiring a CDL when an hourly employee performs student transportation duties outside the normal duties of the employee’s primary position. Employees would record transportation time separately from their regular assignment and receive the applicable transportation rate for the time spent performing those duties. All hours worked would continue to be tracked, and overtime would be calculated and paid as required by law. Fiscal Implication: For an hourly employee earning $14 per hour who works 45 hours per week and drives approximately five hours per week for 170 route days, the proposed rates would increase annual compensation by approximately $718 for non-CDL transportation duties or $1,436 for CDL-required transportation duties, including estimated overtime impact.

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.9/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.