Correction: A previous version of this story cited an incorrect report that the contract will cost $4 million over three years. In reality, the contract will cost $5.6 million over three years.
The new teachers’ contract in the Neshaminy School District will give union members a pay increase and increases how much they will have to pay for health insurance.
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The three-year deal that is retroactive to July will cost the district about $5.6 million over its life, Superintendent Dr. Joseph Jones said.
A copy of the third-party fact-finder’s report approved by the Neshaminy Federation of Teachers (NFT) and school board reveals the the 600-plus union members will received a .25 percent pay increase plus step movement this year, .50 percent raise plus step movement next year and step movement only in the final year of the contract.
NFT members will see health care premiums increase from 16 percent year to 17 percent and to 18 percent in the third and final year of the contract.
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According to the fact-finder’s report, vertical and horizontal step movement will be open for those teachers who are eligible. As teachers add education, they will have to submit proof of earning credits by October 15 of each year to receive step movement.
The rate for tuition reimbursement will increase $10 per each year of the contract starting $300 per credit this year.
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The fact-finder report includes a number of language changes increasing the time teachers have to file a grievance from 20 working days to 30 and increase the amount of personal days to three in the last year of the contract.
The details of the fact-finder’s report, which will become the contract after formatting changes are completed, were not released after the school board approved the report Wednesday. The school district put the full report online Thursday morning.
Several school board members said they felt the contract was fair. School Board President Scott Congdon said he wished the two sides would have talked more before calling in a third-party fact-finder.
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“Now we can move forward together for the good of our students, the district and the community,” NFT President President Tara Huber said in a statement Wednesday night.
The last NFT contract expired on June 30.
