Your Supplemental Pay Process Is Costing More Than You Think
Join a retired CBO and K-12 operations experts for a candid look at why extra duty pay consumes 80% of payroll's time and what leading districts are doing about it.
Supplemental pay and extra-duty timesheets account for a small share of the payroll budget, but they create an outsized burden on the teams responsible for processing them. Paper forms, missing signatures, late submissions, and manual data entry create a cycle of frustration, risk, and wasted time.
In this 45-minute panel discussion, Jenny Delgado (a retired Certified Chief Business Officer with 25+ years in public education) and Bethany Stoltz (Informed K12) share real-world experience from the districts they've worked with and the patterns they see across hundreds of K-12 organizations.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
Why supplemental pay is 2.5% of the budget but 80% of the work
The visibility gap that causes missed payments, audit risk, and budget surprises
Why basic digital tools (Google Forms, Excel) don't solve the underlying problem
How leading districts have reduced processing time from days to hours
Practical advice on change management and getting buy-in from site staff
What to look for in a system that works with your existing ERP
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