Board meeting highlights (Feb. 8, 2022)
The School Board of Orange County held its regularly-scheduled board meeting at 4:45 p.m. at the Ronald Blocker Educational Leadership Center. These are the highlights of the meeting:
School Board approved CTA contract for 2021-22 Salary Increases/Language Changes
The School Board and the Orange County Classroom Teachers Association (CTA) bargained and resolved disputed issues through the impasse process a contract that included a compensation package, health insurance plan design changes, and contract language changes. The compensation package provides:
• A cost of living increase of $100 for all instructional personnel, and provides state-mandated performance pay of an additional $400 for teachers rated as “Highly Effective” for 2020-21 and an additional $200 for teachers rated as “Effective” for 2020-21.
• Instructional personnel will also receive a one-time $2,500 supplement hired on or before Oct. 8, 2021, and remain working as of the day of payout.
• In addition, instructional personnel will receive a retention supplement for the 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years based on cumulative years of instructional employment in a benefited position as of the initial date of payout for each year of the three-year program.
• There are no premium increases associated with the plan design changes in health insurance coverage through the 2023-24 plan year and the board will cover the costs associated with continuing the 2020-21 plan design of the medical plan for 2021-22.
Additional details are included in the agenda found in board docs.
The contract is subject to ratification by the Bargaining Unit.
Proclamations adopted for recognition during the month of February 2022
Feb. 17 as National PTA Founders’ Day
Feb. 19-26 as National FFA Week
Feb. 21-25 as Public Schools Week
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