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MNEA
and the Board’s bargaining team have tentatively agreed to changes to the
2008-2009 contract. Highlights of the agreement include (1) a
provision to double the current stipend for National Board Certified
teachers to $4,000, (2) recognition for all creditable service on the
teacher salary scale starting July1, 2008, (3) more inclusive
anti-discrimination language, and (4) agreement on the state-mandated
differentiated pay plan. MNEA
ratification ballots were placed in school mail on Friday, May 16, 2008, and are due back at the MNEA Headquarters by 5:00
p.m.
on May 30, 2008. The Board of Education is expected to
ratify the agreement at its regularly scheduled June 10 meeting. The text of the exact agreement is posted
at http://www.mnea.com/Agreements/index.htm.
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