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Jordan school board approves 2025–27 EMJ contract with 6.17% total package
Summary
The Jordan Public School District board approved a two-year contract with the EMJ bargaining unit covering 2025–27, including 1.75% increases in each year plus step increases, a $2,000 insurance contribution and a change to early learning staff pay schedules. The measure passed by roll call with two abstentions.
The Jordan Public School District Board of Education voted to approve the 2025–27 contract with the EMJ bargaining unit after Superintendent Evenson presented the agreement and recommended approval.
Superintendent Evenson said negotiators settled on 1.75% base increases in year one and 1.75% in year two, plus step increases, and negotiated a $2,000 insurance contribution for employees. He told the board, "Our hope was to keep total package, you know, around 6%. We came in at 6.17, total package." He also noted a change in how early learning services staff will be paid: moving from an hourly salary schedule to an annual salary schedule.
Board members who participated in the negotiating team and other trustees praised the process. One member said the negotiations were "tough" but respectful and said the result reflected compromise between the district and the teachers.
The board conducted a roll-call vote after brief discussion. The roll-call recorded five yes votes and two abstentions. Two members abstained because, as the chair noted during the vote, they had conflicts of interest related to significant others engaged with the contract.
The contract was introduced to the board by Superintendent Evenson, who noted some language updates and the district practice of returning ratified contracts for board approval. He said the district will implement the contract language after the formal approval process and will align next year’s budgeting to the settlements agreed.
What happens next: With board approval, district administration will finalize paperwork to implement the salary and insurance changes described in the contract and update the district budget projections for the coming fiscal year.
