The District 128 Board of Education on Aug. 25 approved a memorandum of agreement with the Educational Support Professional (ESP) union to formalize job categories and approved contract amendments for 10- and 12-month administrators that reflect benefits negotiated in the teacher collective bargaining agreement.
The nut graf: board members said the MOA puts agreed job categories into the ESP contract and that administrator amendments align certain salary and health-benefit provisions to the terms recently approved in the teacher bargaining agreement.
Brian Kelly told the board the ESP job categories had been reviewed twice at the PNP committee and that the MOA places the agreed positions into the collective-bargaining agreement; the board noted the district is entering the second year of a three-year bargaining agreement with the ESPs. The administrator contract amendments were presented as consistent with benefits extended historically after teacher agreements; the board approved amendments for both 10- and 12-month administrators.
Action details: the board approved the MOA and the administrator contract amendments by roll call. The MOA and contract amendments were reviewed earlier in committee; no dollar figures or detailed salary schedules were read into the record during the public meeting aside from the general description that some administrative pay and benefits are tied to the negotiated agreement.
Why it matters: the MOA codifies job descriptions for ESPs and ensures administrators' contracts reflect negotiated benefit changes; both actions affect employment terms and district labor relations.
Ending: Board members passed the agreements and asked staff to finalize contract language and implement the changes consistent with the collective bargaining timelines.