(KLZA)-- The Falls City Board of Education approved a five percent wage increase for classified employees for the 2024-25 school year when they met Monday evening.

The Board also voted to increase the daily rate for substitute teachers to $175 per day, an increase of $5 per day.

In other action items the Board approved a new PreK-5 School Guidance Curriculum program for the upcoming school year and a resolution on faculty and staff training requirements.

The Transportation report for the 2023-24 school year was presented. District 56 buses traveled 86,568 miles on rural bus routes during the school year, down from 95,828 miles the previous year.

On average 232 students were transported on a daily basis to and from school.