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 2008 -2009 reflect a 1% across-the-board increase for Board appointed staff. All of this increase will be automatically discontinued in the event the referendum is not continued before June 29, 2010.

There is also a 1% one time bonus to be paid no later than December 19, 2008, equal to each Board appointed staff members normal rate of pay for the 2008-2009 school year. Should the State of Florida not withhold any additional money from the district in the form of a statewide holdback, the 1% cash bonus would be added to the salary schedule in the form of an across-the-board increase. This increase will not apply to earnings from the 2008 summer school program.

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, 2008:

Instructional and Classified salary schedules
Non-Bargaining Unit Employees salary schedules
Vocational/Adult Part-Time salary schedules
(effective January 1, 2009)
Administrative salary schedules
Principal/Assistant Principal salary schedules