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Penn Manor announces tentative three‑year teacher contract; board to place tentative agreement on voting agenda
Summary
Superintendent Philip Gale told the board the district reached a tentative three‑year agreement with the Penn Manor Education Association, averaging 4.4% salary increases per year; the board voted to place the tentative contract on the voting agenda.
Superintendent Philip P.B. Gale told the board on May 5 that district negotiators reached a tentative three‑year collective bargaining agreement with the Penn Manor Education Association. The agreement would run from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029, and includes an average annual teacher‑salary increase of about 4.4 percent, Gale said.
Gale said the negotiations were collaborative and produced consensus language on health‑care contributions, credit reimbursement and salary‑step adjustments that helped the parties arrive at the overall cost. The association ratified the tentative agreement and its leaders were preparing to place it before their board for approval.
A motion to place the tentative collective bargaining agreement on the board’s voting agenda was moved and seconded; the board voted to put the agreement on the agenda (transcript record: 7 in favor, 1 opposed). One director requested more time for public digest and asked whether the item could be delayed until the May 19 meeting; administrators cited Sunshine Law requirements for posting voting items on the agenda.
Next steps: the tentative agreement will appear on the board’s voting agenda; if the board approves the contract and the association ratifies it, the new three‑year contract would take effect July 1, 2026.
