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Board approves 2‑year agreement with classified staff, first‑year package ~3.5%
Summary
The board voted to ratify a two‑year agreement with the Scottsbluff Schools Classified Association, describing a proposed 3.5% total package increase in the first year (3% baseline plus items) and a 3% package for 2027–28, along with clarified service‑year language and PD stipend changes.
District staff presented the final negotiated agreement with the Scottsbluff Schools Classified Association covering the 2026–27 and 2027–28 school years. The presenter characterized the first‑year total package increase as 3.5% (including listed items) and said the second year would total 3.0%.
Details included clarified language on what counts as a service year (employees must be employed on Dec. 1 and finish the year for it to count), an increase in the professional‑development hourly stipend from $0.15 to $0.20 (effective for PD performed in 2026–27 and applied in 2027–28), and clarifications to long‑term disability and life‑insurance eligibility. A board member asked about mental‑health references and the presenter clarified that behavior and mental‑health 1 and 2 positions are classified paraprofessionals rather than licensed mental‑health practitioners. The board approved the agreement on a motion by Polk and second by Merrigan.
