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Minidoka County Joint School District holds special negotiations meeting on benefits and bargaining rules
Summary
Board and Minidoka County Education Association met May 14 to review benefits tables, insurance and salary projections, and to set negotiation standards and ground rules for 2025–2026.
The Minidoka County Joint School District #331 convened a special negotiations meeting on May 14, 2025 at the District Service Center in Rupert to discuss employee benefits, insurance costs and the framework for bargaining the 2025–2026 contract year. The posted agenda listed benefits, a review of the Interest-Based Bargaining (IBB) process, ground rules, interests, issues and, time permitting, salaries.
The meeting packet included detailed tables of insurance-eligible counts and multi-year salary projections, which the board used to frame bargaining priorities. A packet line labeled 'Grand Total Salary Costs' lists totals of $23,221,230.32 and $23,851,484.92 with a Grand Total FICA & PERSI Costs Difference of $630,254.59. The documents also record 446 eligible employees for insurance calculations. No formal motions or votes were recorded in the posted materials.
