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Budget committee recommends negotiated teachers’ contract with leave and stipend changes

Brentwood Municipal Budget Committee · January 13, 2026
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Summary

The committee recommended the negotiated collective bargaining agreement for Swayze teachers, which replaces a proposed pay column with an annual stipend for advanced graduate study, adjusts bereavement and parental leave language, and alters retirement payout calculations.

The Brentwood Municipal Budget Committee voted to recommend the negotiated collective bargaining agreement for Swayze teachers (Article 2) at its Jan. 12 meeting.

Negotiators told the committee they worked to balance teacher requests with fiscal constraints. Rather than add a full new pay column for advanced graduate studies (CAGS) — which would have raised long-term salary costs…

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