Lebanon Community School Corp presents tentative one‑year teacher contract with average 6.1% raise

Dr. Milliman presented a tentative one‑year teacher master contract to the Lebanon Community School Corp board, saying the deal would produce an average 6.1% increase in teacher pay and was being shared with the board for review.

The superintendent said the raise is reflected by a $960 addition to the district salary table and by advancing teachers one step on that table to reach the stated average increase. The district is proposing a one‑year contract this cycle; the previous two ratifications had been two‑year contracts. The proposal also adds a quarterly stipend for teachers who maintain perfect attendance and makes several clarifying edits to contract language.

The administration described other contract edits as primarily cleanup and clarification. Changes noted included clarified definitions of immediate family in the bereavement policy, revised language about the limited remaining “miscellaneous” days for some long‑tenured teachers (a category the superintendent said was phased out around 2012–2013), and clarified eligibility language for the 403(b) employer retirement match. No board vote on ratification was recorded; the superintendent distributed a full draft of the tentative agreement for board review and opened the item for public comment.

A member of the public who spoke during the public‑comment period praised the proposed raise and noted other districts may be awarding smaller increases; Dr. Milliman said the district appeared to be “in the higher end” of regional percentage increases he has seen. The superintendent also thanked the Lebanon Community Teachers Association bargaining team, naming Mr. Van Tillberg (representing the bargaining team) and Susie Boyette (president, LCTA) for productive negotiations.

The tentative agreement remains at the review stage in the meeting record; the transcript does not show a board ratification vote or final adoption during this session. The administration said the public had the opportunity to comment and that further action would follow the board’s review.

The board agenda and the superintendent’s remarks linked the compensation changes to retention and recruitment pressures, but no additional fiscal breakdown (for example, total dollar cost of the raise across the payroll) was provided in the meeting record.