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    District Contracts

     
    The board would freeze most salaries at the 2009-10 level. Exceptions would be made for employees who are taking advantage of a previously negotiated retirement incentive or those who complete additional college hours and/or certifications. Those employees would move horizontally on the salary schedule according to the current contract.
     
    If the proposed freeze is accepted, the board would agree to the following:
     
    1)      Health insurance would stay the same even though the district's costs have increased 31 percent in the last two years, district officials said.
    a)      Employees with individual coverage would continue to pay no premium, and those with dependent coverage would continue paying $300 to $350 a month under the HMO plan, or $300 to $375 a month under the PPO plan.
     
    2)      Retirement incentives would remain intact.
     
    3)      In response to the union's request to change the employee sick bank, the board countered with a general pool for employees who have donated to bank, and a waiting period to use the benefit; and a maximum number of days each person may donate, and a maximum number of days each person may draw from the bank.
     
     
    4)      The district would continue to maintain four full-time nurses. With attrition, they may be replaced with registered nurses. The board has offered to increase registered nurses' salaries from $27,300 to $35,000.
     
    5)      Laptops. The board would make no-interest loans to teachers to buy personal laptops through a payroll deduction plan.
     
     
    6)      Employee access to schools. The board would increase employee access to buildings before and after school hours.
     
    7)      Other language items including length of the workday and layoff procedures would remain the same.