Negotiations

Manatee Education Association and the Manatee County School Board Reach Tentative Agreement

MEA and the School Board negotiation teams reached a tentative agreement at 12:48 a.m. on October 14, 2014.

Teacher Contract Highlights

2% investment in the teacher salary schedule.
Salary step increases for all eligible teachers.
A minimum $544 salary increase for eligible teachers.
Conversion of the current salary schedule to a Grandfathered and Performance Pay Salary Schedule to meet requirements of Florida Statute 1012.22 (AKA SB 736).
Changes to teacher health insurance plan to reduce insurance cost and an opportunity to earn a wellness incentive.
Board contribution of $1.6 million to health insurance premium increases.
Board contribution of $5.9 million contribution to the health insurance reserve fund.
Scheduling flexibility provided for Senior High Schools to benefit teachers and students.
Total cost of settlement is $5,725,186 which includes health insurance changes.
Salary increases will be retroactive to July 1, 2014.

Paraprofessional Contract Highlights

2% investment in paraprofessional salary schedule.
A minimum $400 increase for eligible paraprofessionals.
Changes to paraprofessional health insurance plan to reduce insurance cost and an opportunity to earn a wellness incentive.
Board contribution of $1.6 million to health insurance premium increases.
Board contribution of $5.9 contribution to health insurance reserve fund.
Total cost of the settlement is $1,931,141 which includes health insurance changes.

Salary increases will be retroactive to July 1, 2014.

Agreements Reached

August 22, 2014

MEA and the School District of Manatee County have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the use of Sick/Personal Leave days for teachers during the 2014-2015 school year only. The effective date of this MOU will be Monday, August 25, 2014. Click here to read the MOU.

In addition, agreements were reached on the following:

in order to avoid a reduction in pay, bargaining unit members who were at the top of the salary schedule and received a $1750 supplement in 2013-2014 school year will continue to receive this supplement for the 2014-2015 school year.
to extend the Memorandum of Understanding on the Modified Instructional Week for 2014-2015.

Negotiations for 2014-2015 which include salary and benefits are on-going.

Questions can be directed to Pat Barber (747-5091 or association@manateeschools.net) or Dr. Diana Greene (708-8770 or greened@manateeschools.net).

Results of Ratification Voting on Teacher and Para Contracts 2013-2014

It's official. The Teacher and Paraprofessional Contracts have been ratified by both bargaining units (teachers and paras) as well as the School Board.

At the School Board meeting held Monday, September 9, 2013, Mr. Mills announced that teachers and paras will receive their raises along with their retro pay in their October 25, 2013 paychecks.

For more detailed information on the tentative agreements or the salary schedules, please click on any one of the links below.

Teacher contract tentative agreements 2013-2014

2013-2014 Teacher Salary Schedule

Paraprofessional contract tentative agreements 2013-2014

2013-2014 Teacher Aides and Teacher Assistants Salary Schedules

2013-2014 Parent Liaison and Administrative Parent Liaison Salary Schedule

If you have any questions, please contact MEA at 747-5091 or via email at association@manateeschools.net

Tentative Agreements Reached on Teacher and Paraprofessional Contracts

Teacher Settlement Highlights

August 13, 2013 - Manatee Education Association and the School District of Manatee County have collaboratively reached tentative agreement on the Teacher Contract for the 2012-13 and the 2013-14 school years.

This settlement restores 3 years of step movement to a salary schedule that was reduced by 1.75% and frozen in February 2012.
The funding for this settlement was designated by the Governor and the Legislature for the sole purpose of enhancing teacher pay.
Teachers eligible for a step were moved on the schedule.
The salary schedule is enhanced to ensure that everyone eligible for a three-step increase receives a minimum of $1750.
Teachers at the top of the salary schedule will receive $1750 as a one-time stipend eligible for retirement benefits.
The settlement merges the Annual Contract and Professional Services Contract salary schedules into one salary schedule.
This settlement corrects the placement of teachers previously given credit for experience on the salary schedule at the time of hiring.
A maximum of 8 years public school experience will be accepted for placement on the salary schedule effective with teachers hired for the 2013-2014 school year.
The cost without benefits is $6,346,254.
The parties reached a 3 year agreement through June 30, 2016, with reopeners for salary and fringe benefits.
This settlement incorporates all 2012-13 tentative agreements agreed to by the parties.

The tentative agreement requires ratification by the members of the bargaining unit and the Manatee County School Board prior to being implemented.

Paraprofessional Settlement Highlights

August 13, 2013 - Manatee Education Association and the School District of Manatee County have collaboratively reached tentative agreement on the Paraprofessional Contract for the 2012-13 and the 2013-14 school years.

In addition to saving 60 paraprofessional jobs, the Manatee Education Association and the School District of Manatee County reached agreement to provide a $381 raise for every paraprofessional.
The parties reached a 3-year agreement through June 30, 2016, with reopeners for salary and fringe benefits.
This settlement incorporates all 2012-13 tentative agreements agreed to by the parties.

The tentative agreement requires ratification by the members of the bargaining unit and the Manatee County School Board prior to being implemented.

MEA SECURES AGREEMENT FOR NON-RENEWED TEACHERS,
FIRST OF ITS KIND FOR MANATEE COUNTY SCHOOLS

June 4, 2013 - MEA and Manatee County Schools have signed an agreement outlining the rights of teachers who were non-renewed to return to work for the 2013-2014 school year as positions open. This agreement pertains to teachers who were rated no less than effective in any category on the final evaluation for 2012-2013. These rights will exist through the 10-day count for the 2013-2014 school year. For more details click on the following to read the Memorandum of Understanding.

MEA also received clarification from the district on the direction principals were given regarding non-renewals of teachers and paraprofessionals. MEA raised this issue with district management after receiving many calls from members saying not all first year annual contract teachers at their schools had been non-renewed. As a result, Dr. Diana Greene, Deputy Superintendent for Instruction, sent a memo to MEA and School Board members explaining what actually occurred with both teacher and paraprofessional non-renewals. For more information click on the following read that memo.

Legislative Body Impasse Hearing

On Wednesday night, February 15, 2012, the School Board convened as the legislative body to resolve issues at impasse (in dispute) between the School District of Manatee County and the Manatee Education Association for the 2011-2012 contract year. For information about the action taken by the School Board and to view MEA's presentation before the Board, please click on the link above.

Memorandum of Understanding - Work Year

This MOU is related to the first week of work for teachers.

mouworkyear.pdf

Memorandum of Understanding - Payment for No Sub

This MOU is a change in how payment is made if there is no substitute available.

moupaymentfornosub.pdf

Memorandum of Understanding - Professional Learning Wednesdays '19-'20

This MOU explains the working conditions for teachers and paraprofessionals in relation to the district's Professional Learning Wednesdays for the '19-'20 school year.

mouplw1920.pdf

2018-2019 Negotiations

Results of Voting on Tentative Agreements

February 8, 2019 - Please be advised the outcome of the ratification votes on the tentative agreements by the bargaining units is as follows:

Paraprofessional Bargaining Unit: Yes

Teacher Bargaining Unit: Yes

Kara Carney, Chair

Notice of

Teacher and Paraprofessional Ratification Voting

on Tentative Agreements 2018-2019

Voting will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, February 4, 2019

and will end at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, February 8, 2019.

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The ratification votes will take place by electronic ballot.

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Voting instructions will be sent by email to each member of the teacher and paraprofessional bargaining units. The tentative agreements will be posted at your school and here on the MEA website. Click on the following links to read the tentative agreements on the teachers' and paraprofessionals' contracts.

If you have any questions, please contact MEA at 747-5091 or via email at association@manateeschools.net.

January 16, 2019

Tentative agreements on the economic reopeners for the 2018-2019 teacher and paraprofessional contracts have been reached between the Manatee County School District and the Manatee Education Association. All other provisions of the 2017-2020 Collective Bargaining Agreements remain unchanged.

The tentative agreements include the following:

Teachers’ Salary Schedules*

3 level movements for teachers on the Grandfathered Salary Schedule
3 level movements for teachers rated Highly Effective on the Performance Salary Schedule
2 level movements for teachers rated Effective on the Performance Salary Schedule

Article XII, Section 12, Longevity

All teachers who have completed 16/25 years of experience in Manatee County Schools as of June 30, 2018 will receive longevity payments of $2,100 for those who have completed 16 years and $3,600 for those who have completed 25 years.

*applies to teachers who have worked 99 days or more in the previous work year

Paraprofessionals’ Salary Schedules* (teacher aides, teacher assistants, lab managers, behavior techs, etc.)

2 steps on the salary schedule for all eligible paraprofessionals
Paraprofessionals at the top of the salary schedule will receive the equivalent of a 2 step increase

*applies to paras who have worked 99 days or more in the previous work year

All salary schedule adjustments are retro-active to July 1, 2018.

Health Insurance for Teachers and Paraprofessionals

No change to premiums or benefits

These tentative agreements will be sent out by the Manatee Education Association to all teachers and paraprofessionals for a ratification vote. Details for ratification will be discussed with Building Reps at the January 28^th Rep Council Meeting.

bargaining_011519.pdf

January 7, 2019

Although MEA's bargaining team was prepared to negotiate, today's bargaining session was postponed by the district's bargaining representatives. Citing a delay in receiving the third calculation from the Florida Department of Education (DOE) as the primary reason for not meeting to bargain, management said they were unable to offer a counter proposal until they had that information.

MEA is ready to return to negotiations as soon as a new date is agreed upon.

Minutes from previous sessions can be found below. Further information will be provided as it becomes available.

December 11, 2018

The MEA and management bargaining teams will be returning to the bargaining table on Monday, January 7, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. at the SSC.

Unfortunately, the district has been reluctant to respond to MEA's last proposal until they are able to balance the ledger and have received the 3rd FEFP calculation from DOE. They believe having both pieces of information will allow them to provide a counter proposal to our last proposal on January 7th.

Minutes from previous bargaining sessions are posted below.

November 4, 2018

The last scheduled bargaining session was postponed at the request of management's bargaining team. The reasons given for this request were a need for further review of MEA's proposals as well as time to gather financial data.

A new date has yet to be scheduled.

bargaining_100118.pdf

October 1, 2018

Management and MEA’s bargaining teams met for the third bargaining session and put opening salary proposals on the table.

For paraprofessionals, management proposed a total 1% increase to the paraprofessional bargaining unit. For teachers, management proposed one level movement for effective and two level movement for highly effective for those on the performance pay schedule as well as two level movement for those on the grandfathered schedule.

One of MEA’s long term goals has been to get paraprofessionals caught up on their steps. To that end, MEA proposed moving paraprofessionals three steps on the salary schedule. The MEA teacher proposal was to move teachers on the performance pay schedule rated highly effective four levels, those rated effective three levels and to move those on the grandfathered schedule four levels.

Teachers rated less than effective are ineligible for level movement according to Florida law.

The next bargaining session is scheduled for Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.

September 19, 2018

MEA continued questioning the district’s budget priorities. There was a productive exchange of questions and answers by the chief financial officer Heather Jenkins. MEA chief negotiator Bruce Proud reviewed the complications created by the past negotiations, the law related to performance pay and the impact on negotiations. Also discussed were parts of the teachers and paraprofessionals salary schedules. MEA laid out priorities for salaries for teachers and paraprofessionals. The details will be provided in the bargaining notes. The next bargaining session is scheduled for Monday, October 1, 2018.

bargaining_091918.pdf

September 18, 2018 - The MEA and District management bargaining teams met on the evening of Tuesday, September 18, 2018.

Management gave a budget presentation explaining their allocations from the legislature and responded to MEA’s questions for clarification. No proposals were exchanged. Budget review and questioning will resume again on Wednesday, September 19, 2018.

The following are the bargaining team members:

For MEA - Bruce Proud, Pat Barber, Dawn Walker, Cory Bernaert (Freedom), Linda Bryan-Beachler (Freedom), Kara Carney (Rogers Garden Bullock), Melissa Cohen (King), Helen King (Bayshore Elementary), Brian Kirchberg (Braden River HS), Melanie Newhall (Kinnan), and Marlyce Stringer (Tillman).

For Management – Bill Vogel, Scott Boice (Nolan), Sarah Brown (SSC), Willie Clark (SSC), Annette Codelia (SSC), Jacob Davis (SSC), Sharon Scarbrough (BRHS), Lesli Strickland (SSC), Heather Jenkins (SSC), Tammy Taylor (SSC), and Doug Wagner (SSC).

bargaining_091818.pdf

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