Under the proposed three-year contract that would start in the 2017-18 school year, Bauman said teachers would advance a step on the salary schedule each year for the first two years – for the first time in the school district’s five-year history.
The proposed contract calls for re-opening salary negotiations in the 2019-20 school year.
The district also would increase its contribution to teachers’ health insurance. Currently, YCS pays $5,000 for an individual employee’s health insurance, $11,000 for a two-person plan and $13,000 for family coverage.
That leaves teachers with family coverage paying between $7,000 and $11,600 out of pocket each year for their health insurance, Bauman said, depending on which plan they select.
The proposed new contract would gradually increase the maximum amount the school district pays toward employee health insurance, saving those teachers with family coverage about $4,800 a year, Bauman said.
Teachers who do not receive health insurance through YCS would receive a $400 stipend.
In the 2017-18 school year, teachers would receive a $750 bonus and returning teachers would receive an additional one-time stipend of $600 due to the increase in the district’s student enrollment this fall.