File #: 24-1069    Version: 1 Name: MOU Between the City and BTU
Type: Agreements/Contracts Status: Passed
File created: 10/29/2024 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 11/6/2024 Final action: 11/6/2024
Title: MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE BROWARD TEACHERS UNION LOCAL 1975 (BTU).
Sponsors: City Commission, Human Resources
Attachments: 1. 1. CBA - COPP & BTU DRAFT AS OF 10 17 24
Title
MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE BROWARD TEACHERS UNION LOCAL 1975 (BTU).

Summary Explanation and Background

SUMMARY EXPLANATION AND BACKGROUND:
- Covered Members - Full Time and Part Time Certified Educational Professionals (Teachers, Guidance Counselors, Media Specialist, Curriculum Specialists, etc.) (not including Principals, Assistant Principals, and other Administrative Professionals -such as Professional Staff in the Office of Innovative Learning). The term expires at the end of the 2024/2025 school year.

Term
The term of the agreement will be a one-year extension of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement with changes in compensation only.
Base Salary Merit Increase
Grandfathered Teachers - $2,320.00 per year
Pay For Performance Teachers -
Highly Effective - $2,900.00 per year
Effective - $2,175.00 per year
Needs Improvement/Unsatisfactory - No increase

Increase Minimum Salary
Increase from $49,000 per year to $52,000 per year (increase amount up to $55,000 per year for new hires with 14+ years of teaching experience).
Pay For Performance Teachers hired from July 2, 2023, until June 30, 2024 will receive a minimum of a $4,000 per year salary increase.

2022 SNGI Referendum Payments For 2024-25
The Secure the Next Generation Referendum (SNGI) was renewed on August 23, 2022, which secured funding to recruit and retain highly quality teachers and eligible staff, maintain and enhance school safety and maintain and enhance essential programs, such as mental health services. Furthermore, funding is eligible from FY2023-24 through FY2026-27.

This MOU provides compensation supplements for FY2024-25 (Year 2 of the allowable 4 years).
Supplemental payments in the amount of $550.00 for a new teacher up to $13,810.00 for a teacher with 25+ years of experience. Amounts are approximately 10.5% greater than 2023-24 school year.

2018 SNGI Referendum Retro Payments
The origina...

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