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Pasco School Board approves employee contract agreement

 
Published May 4, 2017

LAND O'LAKES — Without comment, the Pasco County School Board gave unanimous approval Tuesday to an employee contract agreement for the school year that's about to end.

The board authorized a retroactive 3 percent raise for teachers and school-related personnel who have been with the district since the start of the school year. The board also agreed to increase the pay of non-bargaining employees who received 2.65 percent raises in December.

The increase is higher than what the board originally offered, but "does not increase the dollar amount" being paid out, assistant superintendent Kevin Shibley said. That's because the district saved money on salaries of staffers who left after the budget year began.

The contract deal next goes to employees for a vote. United School Employees of Pasco president Kenny Blankenship said the goal was to have the ratification wrapped up by May 18.