Anoka-Hennepin School District Teacher Contract Approved
Teachers and administrators in Minnesota’s largest school district will now have another two years of labor peace.
The Anoka-Hennepin School Board officially approved a new contract with the teachers’ union, Anoka-Hennepin Education Minnesota (AHEM), during it’s Feb. 26 meeting.
Anoka-Hennepin teachers rallied for a new contract outside of the district offices in December.
Key provisions of the new, two-year labor agreement include:
- A salary schedule improvement of 5 percent the first year of the contract and 3 precent the second year of the contract.
- A one-time payment of $750 per teacher in the first contract year.
- Establishing a $50,000 starting salary for teachers in the second year of the contract.
- Increasing insurance contributions to 5 percent in the first year and 5 percent single/10 percent family in the second year.
- Increasing 403B district match contribution to up to $2,000 per member annually.
- Adding Early Childhood Family Education teachers to the K-12 teacher schedule (hourly rate based on an 8-hour work day).
- Adjustments to the miscellaneous hourly rate, extra services agreements, and stipends, increasing 4 percent in the first year and 2 percent in the second year.
The district and AHEM negotiated for more than three months to reach the deal, which runs through the 2024-2025 school year.
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