District 196 Teachers, Nurses Ratify 2-Year Contract

The Dakota County United Educators, representing the 2,100 teachers and nurses of the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district, has ratified a two-year contract that will go to the school board for a vote on Monday, according to a news release.

The contract, which would be effective July 1 of this year through June 30, 2013, would allow the employees to move up on the pay scale based on education or years of work in both of the contract years, and would include a 1-percent pay increase to the top level of the salary schedule in the second year, the release says.

The cost of the health insurance program that covers teachers and nurses is slated to increase by 4.1 percent during the two years of the contract, the release says; the employees will pay the same percentage of their premiums as during the previous contract.

Under the contract's parameters, a first-year teacher would earn $36,592. A teacher at the top of a schedule with a master's degree would earn $66,395 and an additional $6,993 in longevity money in the second year of the contract.

Superintendent Jane Berenz said in the release that the terms fit the district's budget but also keep the district competitive.

Check back with Apple Valley Patch for more information on the contract.

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