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District and LCTA reach tentative agreement: 3.037% pay increase, sick-leave buyback and trial benefits
Summary
The district and the Leon County Teachers Association reached a tentative bargaining outcome that includes a 3.037% across‑the‑board raise for teachers with more than one year’s service, a $500,000 sick‑leave buyback pilot, employee childcare and a parental‑leave trial.
Brett Shively told the board the district reached a tentative agreement with the Leon County Teachers Association that includes compensation and multiple trial Memoranda of Understanding.
“The union did agree to a compensation package that provides for a 3.037 percent increase across the board for teachers who have been employed with us for more than a year,” Shively said. He said the board will see revised salary schedules that expand pay increments between steps and that pay will be retroactive to the start of the school year with payment beginning in March.
Shively described three trial programs: a $500,000 sick‑leave buyback program covering 2024–25 and 2025–26 to test uptake and cost; a one‑year employee before‑and‑after‑school childcare benefit paid by the district but provided free to qualifying employees; and a parental‑leave pilot giving up to five days of leave to employees for 2025–26.
Shively said language changes were made to contract articles and an updated clean and tracked‑changes package would be provided to the board after staff finish assembling documents; he expected the updated package the next day. Board members asked procedural questions about timing and who would ratify; no formal vote or ratification occurred during the meeting.
The board did not take final action; Shively said the package would be brought forward for signature after documents are prepared.
