Clark County teachers celebrate ruling in salary system dispute
Clark County teachers are celebrating a labor relations board ruling that will make it easier for them to earn pay raises through educational advancement.
“It’s great news, because I’m spending $20,000 plus on books and all the time to go through this program,” said Gayle Moore, a Title I facilitator who is enrolling in a doctorate program this fall. “It would mean that I would have enough contact units by the time I completed my program to earn two pay increases, so it makes a huge difference to me.”
The local Employee-Management Relations Board ruled Wednesday in favor of the Clark County teachers union on an unfair labor complaint filed over changes that the district made to the new salary formula known as the Professional Growth System.
The ruling means the district’s thousands of teachers will not face more stringent requirements in order to qualify for salary bumps. In particular, they will still be able to receive 8 “contact units” — of the 225 needed to receive a pay raise — for every approved college course. Special education teachers in self-contained classrooms will also be able to earn pay increases every two years, instead of three.
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