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Teachers to Receive $2,000 One-Time Stipend and 1% to 1.33% Salary Increase in Tentative Contract Agreement Between BCPS and Broward Teachers Union
*Updated on Friday, December 17*
Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) and the Broward Teachers Union (BTU) are pleased to announce a tentative contract agreement for the District’s Education Professionals (EP) and Educational Support Professionals (ESP) bargaining units for the 2021/22 school year.
During the negotiations held on Thursday, December 16, the following terms were reached on behalf of BTU Education Professionals:
- $2,000 one-time stipend for all EP unit members
- Salary increases of 1.33% for Highly Effective teachers on the Pay for Performance salary schedule, 1.07% salary increase for teachers on the grandfathered salary schedule, and 1% for Effective teachers on the Pay for Performance salary schedule
- $1,000 bonus for instructional personnel who did not qualify for the $1,000 Disaster Relief Bonus provided by the state
- $500 supplement for multilingual itinerant support staff whose workload has substantially increased above their normal caseload due to providing services to students and families who would normally be serviced by a monolingual staff member
On Friday, December 17, the following terms were reached on behalf of BTU Education Support Professionals:
- $1,500 one-time stipend for all ESP members
- Increase of minimum hourly wage for Classroom Assistants from $11.51 to $13
- Increase of minimum hourly rate for Teacher Assistants from $13.27 to $15
Upon successful ratifications by the bargaining units and School Board approval, the District will work to provide the agreed upon salary increases and stipends as soon as possible.
Watch the news conference held on Friday, December 17, announcing the tentative contract agreements.
https://www.eduvision.tv/l?eAtyOgL (to download, click on the three dot icon along the bottom).
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