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Board ratifies student management specialist contract; approves multiple policy updates
Summary
The board ratified a new contract for student management specialists covering 2023–2025 with a first-year 5% and second-year 3% base-salary increase and a total package increase of 9.01%, and approved second readings of several district policies including family/medical leave and data-practices updates.
The board unanimously approved a negotiated contract for the student management specialist (SMS) group and completed second readings of a slate of policy updates.
Human Resources Executive Director Yvonne Schwartzland summarized the SMS contract terms, noting the agreement covers an effective period beginning July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025. She said the contract includes a 5% base-salary increase in the first year and a 3% increase in the second year, changes to employer contributions for group insurance and leave provisions, and a total package cost increase of 9.01, totaling $280,755. "This is the 1st contract for this group," Schwartzland said during the presentation.
General Counsel Amy Moore led a second-reading presentation on multiple policy updates to align district language with Minnesota School Boards Association and clarify processes, including policy 404 (family and medical leave), 420 (students and employees with communicable diseases), 427 (workload limits for certain special education teachers), and a series of financial and data policies (705, 706, 722, 730, 731) and an electronic-signature policy. Each policy was presented for a second reading and the board approved them by unanimous votes.
Board members thanked bargaining teams and staff; HR and payroll were instructed to implement the SMS contract upon ratification.
