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ISD 191 board ratifies multiple bargaining agreements and approves more than $50,000 in community donations

Independent School District 191 Board of Education · January 10, 2026
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Summary

The board ratified 2025–27 collective bargaining agreements with the Burnsville Education Association and other units (EA, Clerical, IT specialists), citing multi-million-dollar two-year packages, and adopted a donations resolution recognizing over $50,000 raised for the Brain Power in a Backpack program.

The ISD 191 Board of Education approved a series of negotiated agreements covering multiple bargaining units and adopted a resolution accepting community donations to district programs.

Stacey Sovine, executive director of administrative services, summarized bargaining outcomes. The proposed 2025–27 agreement with the Burnsville Education Association (BEA) followed 13 negotiating sessions and a tentative agreement ratified by the BEA; Sovine said the two-year package totals $8,440,000 with a 7.39% increase cited by MSBA and an average salary-and-benefits increase per employee of just over $6,000 annually. The board approved this ratification by voice vote.

The board also approved agreements with the Burnsville Association of Educational Assistants (EA), which Sovine said had a two-year package of about $1,370,000 (MSBA 9.89%), the Association of Clerical Employees (two-year package about $367,000; MSBA 6.55%), and the Information Technology Specialists unit (package about $101,000). The EA agreement included changes tied to the Minnesota Paid Leave Act and adjustments to insurance family contribution percentages to 80% in 2026, with a phased step increase the second year to offset costs, per Sovine's remarks. Each agreement was presented as ratified by the units and was approved unanimously by the board.

Superintendent Latonya Daniels presented a resolution to accept donations under board policy 706 and Minnesota statutes (123B and 465.03). Daniels told the board that the Brain Power in a Backpack program had received over $50,000 in donations recently and that the district’s food and nutrition services program also received contributions. The board took a roll call vote on the donation resolution; the acting clerk recorded ayes from the directors present and the resolution was declared adopted.

All labor agreements and the donations resolution were approved during the meeting without recorded opposition in the minutes.