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Teachers press board for millage transparency and higher pay as bargaining starts
Summary
Teachers and union representatives told the board bargaining has begun and asked for detailed millage and fund-balance data, citing administrative growth and projected fund balance increases while instructional appropriations fell.
Teachers and their bargaining representatives told the Clay County School Board on Sept. 4 that they need detailed financial information to negotiate pay and that the district should consider using millage funds to keep teacher compensation competitive.
A speaker identifying herself as a representative of the teachers' bargaining group (CCA) said negotiations had started and that finance leaders had delayed promised follow-up meetings. She said CCA has requested millage expenditure details, fund-balance information and other budget data for months and expects those figures to be available after Sept. 11.
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