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Lakeland trustees review 2024–25 negotiated agreement, ask staff to prepare levy and no-levy scenarios
Summary
Board members discussed preparing two versions of the 2024–25 negotiated agreement — one conditioned on a levy passage and one for a levy failure — and pressed staff for clearer boundaries and budget numbers amid an ongoing state funding uncertainty.
Lakeland School District trustees spent the work session reviewing the 2024–25 negotiated agreement and asked staff to prepare two contingency versions — one that assumes a successful local levy and another that assumes the levy fails.
The board said the dual-track approach is intended to give negotiators clear boundaries so budget and bargaining decisions can be made quickly if the district faces a shortfall. “I do think that it is kind of problematic if we don't have some boundaries,” a Board member said during the discussion. The board repeatedly referenced uncertainty from the state budget process as a reason to plan both outcomes.
Why it matters: The negotiated agreement governs salary and benefits for certified staff and is the principal…
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