Bargaining teams for the School Board and SC/TA reached tentative agreement on these proposed changes to contract language and salary earlier this month.  The memberships of the Association are in the process of ratifying the proposed agreements now.

The proposed salary schedules for 2006-2007 reflect a 5.25% across-the-board increase for Board appointed staff, funded in part with voted referendum funds.  One half of this increase will be automatically removed from the salary schedules in the event the referendum is not continued beyond 2010.  The parties have also agreed to increase the pay component of School Improvement Activities from 2% to 3.25%.

#45-That the changes in language of both the Instructional Collective Bargaining Agreement and the Classified Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Sarasota Classified/Teachers Association, as displayed in the enclosure, and the following salary schedules, be approved as presented.  Language changes will be effective upon ratification of the contracts by the SC/TA membership and salary schedules for appointed staff will be effective July 1, 2006:

Instructional and Classified salary schedules
Non-Bargaining Unit Employees salary schedules
Vocational/Adult and Community Education Salary schedules (effective January 1, 2007)
Temporary/Substitute salary schedules (effective January 1, 2007)
Administrative salary schedules
Principal/Assistant Principal salary schedules
Associate Superintendent salary schedule