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Portland Board ratifies MOU with teachers’ union to allow extended-responsibility pay for current year
Summary
The Portland School Board voted 6-0 to ratify a memorandum of understanding with the Portland Association of Teachers that implements extended-responsibility pay for work outside the school day for the current academic year; the agreement was signed Sept. 5 and is one of roughly 15 open bargaining issues.
Portland School Board Chair Wong and the board voted to ratify a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Portland Association of Teachers that implements extended-responsibility pay for work outside the school day for the 2025–26 academic year.
The MOU, signed Sept. 5, 2025, was presented to the board for ratification at a special public meeting Sept. 18, and the board approved resolution 7177 by a vote of 6 to 0.
Dr. Armstrong told the board that the agreement is part of a broader set of negotiations with PAT and said, “we have reached tentative agreement, and we were scheduled to vote on, September 30 as an amendment to the collective bargaining agreement that…
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