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Board ratifies 2025‑26 tentative agreement with Mishawaka Education Association
Summary
The School City of Mishawaka board ratified a tentative agreement with the Mishawaka Education Association covering the 2025‑26 school year. The TA includes a new base salary, a literacy endorsement differential, shifts in insurance providers and retroactive pay effective Aug. 11, 2025.
The School City of Mishawaka Board of School Trustees on Nov. 5 ratified a tentative agreement with the Mishawaka Education Association (MEA) for the 2025‑26 school year.
Administration presented the agreement and said the contract includes a new base teaching salary of $48,000 (an increase of $500), a salary range extending to just over $81,000 and that the overall change represents roughly a 1.08% increase across the salary range. The TA also adds a $500 salary differential for initial attainment of the early‑literacy endorsement required under Indiana law for teachers who provide literacy instruction in pre‑K through fifth grade.
Insurance provisions described in the presentation include a 9% increase to health insurance premiums for both employee and employer contributions, the introduction of an optional high‑deductible health plan and a transition of medical coverage to Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield as both provider and third‑party administrator effective Jan. 1, 2026. Administration also said the district will transition dental coverage to MetLife, effective Jan. 1, 2026.
Administration told the board that salary increases under the agreement will be retroactive to Aug. 11, 2025 and that the adjusted pay amounts will be reflected in the Dec. 12 paychecks. Negotiators on the MEA side were thanked by administration: MEA co‑presidents Amy Foley and Jackie Miller and the association bargaining team were acknowledged for their work.
The board ratified the agreement by voice vote.
Speakers for this item were administration staff presenting the TA and named MEA representatives acknowledged in the presentation. The administration said the agreement covers required salary, benefits and related items and that a public meeting to discuss the TA had been held Oct. 8; the TA was posted on the district website Oct. 3.
Clarifying details and next steps: the new base salary and the $500 literacy differential are specified in the TA; health insurance premiums increase 9% and the district will move to Anthem and MetLife on Jan. 1, 2026. Changes are retroactive to Aug. 11, 2025 and will appear on employee paychecks on Dec. 12, 2025.
Provenance (transcript evidence): topicintro: 00:23:33 "Consistent with the requirements of Indiana Law, School City of Mishawaka engaged in negotiations with the Mishawaka Education Association, on a new agreement for the 2526 school year." topfinish: 00:27:03 "...it's recommended the board, ratify the 2526 collective bargaining agreement with the MEA as presented."
