Negotiators for Hillsborough County School District and the Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association and the Hillsborough School Employees Federation have reached tentative agreements on contracts that include salary increases.
The agreements still must be ratified by employees and approved by the School Board.
Under the agreements, eligible teachers and other employees represented by HCTA would receive one level increase on the salary schedule plus a one-and-one-half percent cost-of-living increase.
Eligible employees represented by HSEF, which includes most instructional support employees such as bus drivers, student nutrition services workers and maintenance workers, would receive two level increases and forgo the cost-of-living increase.
Negotiators for the district and the unions characterized the settlements as perhaps the best in the state during these difficult economic times. Last year, neither bargaining group received a raise, though both received small cash payments intended to at least partially offset the state’s requirement that public employees pay 3% of their salary into their retirement fund.
In addition to the salary increases, there are no increases in any of the health insurance premiums, and the district continues to offer a fully paid health insurance option.
If the agreements are ratified by employees and approved by the School Board, they would be retroactive to July 1.