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Uinta County School District approves meet-and-confer package that raises certified pay and covers health-insurance increase
Summary
The district and the Uinta Education Association reached a meet-and-confer agreement that shifts most new revenue to staff compensation and insurance; board members approved ratification at the meeting.
Uinta County School District No. 1 ratified a meet-and-confer agreement that the district says directs the bulk of new funding into staff salaries and health insurance, Superintendent Ryan Thomas told the board.
The agreement, Thomas said, includes a new certified salary schedule that he said puts top-step certified pay “over $100,000” in Uinta County; it also funds a large portion of an insurance renewal. Thomas told the board the total package of negotiated increases and related costs is $1,795,000 and that the district’s health-insurance portion rose by “just over $700,000.”
Why it matters: District officials said they received about $1.6 million in new revenue this year and argued the new package prioritizes employees…
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