TAMPA, Fla. -- Although there appears to be no immediate agreement in sight, the Hillsborough Classroom Teachers’ Association will once again resume contract negotiations with the school district Monday afternoon.
This comes a day before the school board’s workshop on the 2018-19 budget.
The two sides are at odds over raises the district promised to roughly 5,000 of its teachers, who’ve waited three years for $4,000 pay increases.
Two weeks ago, the teachers’ union and the district went before a special magistrate, who heard arguments from both parties. At those two-day hearings, the teachers' union questioned district spending patterns, while the district argued it simply cannot afford the $53 million raises.
The pay raises could also impact the district’s finances to the point of severely damage its bond rating, officials said.
A negative rating could make it more expensive for the district to secure loans when it needs to borrow money in the future.
Negotiations will take place at 3 p.m. at the Instructional Services Center on 40th St. in Tampa.
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