Schools
District 155 Board Approves New Contract with Teachers
New contract has been approved by the teachers union and Community High School District 155 Board of Education.
Community High School District 155 Board of Education on Tuesday night ratified a new three-year contract with the teachers union, the Northwest Herald reports. The contract is retroactive to July 1, 2013, and includes raises starting in the second year.
Step pay raises also will begin in the second year, and one increase to base salaries will occur in the third year, capped at 50 percent of the consumer price index. One big change, the district will decrease its contribution to the teachers retirement system from 96 percent in the first year to 50 percent in years two and three, the Northwest Herald reports.
The teachers union, the District 155 Education Association, approved the contract this past Thursday night by a vote of 268-114, according to a news release issued by union president Justin Hubly.
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