Rantoul board agenda includes MOU to pay staff for summer classroom moves

Rantoul City Schools #137 placed on its April 17 agenda a proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with RCSEA to reimburse certified staff for time spent moving classrooms during a planned elementary-school reorganization. The agenda lists specific compensation structures and payment dates but does not show a final vote in the agenda text.

Under the MOU text included in the agenda, same-building classroom teachers would be eligible for up to 8 hours at $20 per hour in May and June and up to 8 hours at $20 per hour in August. Teachers moving to a different building would be eligible for up to 24 hours at $20 per hour in May/June and up to 8 hours at $20 per hour in August. Other certified staff (examples listed in the agenda: social workers, speech-language pathologists, specials, PreK staff) are listed as eligible for up to 8 hours at $20 per hour in May/June and up to 8 hours at $20 per hour in August. Time worked must be logged, approved by building principals, and submitted for processing; the agenda lists payment dates of June 30 and August 30, 2025.

The agenda also includes a retirement-credit clause: additional stipends may affect TRS (Teachers' Retirement System) creditable earnings and could require repayment if a 6% threshold is exceeded. The agenda text does not show whether the Board took action or amended the MOU; the item appears as a listed action for consideration at the meeting. RCSEA is named in the agenda but the full organization name or acronym expansion is not provided in the agenda text.

If the Board advances the MOU, next steps listed in the agenda would typically include formal Board action to approve the agreement and direction to payroll staff to process payments on the listed dates.