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District and teachers set negotiation standards and ground rules for 2025–2026 bargaining
Summary
The packet documents standards (legal, affordable, student-focused) and ground rules including public meetings, caucus procedures, consensus decision method, and joint public releases to govern bargaining behavior.
The negotiation packet lays out a standards checklist for 2025–2026 that includes criteria such as 'Legal', 'Affordable', 'Practical', 'Fiscally Sound', 'Measureable' and 'Is it in the best interest of students?'. These standards are intended to be used by both district and Minidoka County Education Association negotiating teams when evaluating proposals.
A separate Ground Rules Agreement included in the packet spells out meeting logistics and behavioral norms: all meetings will be open to the public; teams may call caucuses by mutual agreement; budget requests by MCEA must be submitted with five work days' notice; members are to assume positive intentions and avoid interrupting the speaker. The packet specifies that decisions will be made by consensus using a thumbs-up/sideways/down method and that any public release of information must be jointly approved.
