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Board accepts licensed staff collective bargaining agreement with multi-year COLA
Summary
The Philomath SD 17J board moved to accept a ratified collective bargaining agreement with licensed staff; members noted a 4.5% cost-of-living increase this year and 4% next year and discussed long-term affordability concerns. The motion was approved on the record; the transcript does not include a specific numeric roll-call tally.
The Philomath SD 17J board accepted a collective bargaining agreement negotiated with its licensed staff union and presented as part of the meeting's action items.
The chair introduced the ratified agreement and told the board that the licensed-employee union (PEA) had already ratified the contract during in-service week. After noting that board members had discussed the agreement in executive session, the chair moved to accept the collective bargaining agreement.
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