The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education unanimously gave final approval Tuesday of a new contract with teachers.
The three-year contract increases salaries by roughly 10.4 percent, according to United Teachers Los Angeles, the union that represents the district’s teachers.
The contract includes a 4 percent raise retroactive to July 1, 2014, and another 2 percent retroactive to Jan. 1 of this year. It also includes another 2 percent raise effective July 1, and another 1 percent effective Jan. 1, according to UTLA.
Agreement on the contract was reached on April 17.
The collective bargaining agreement was approved by 97.4 percent of UTLA members of casting ballots, according to results released Friday by the union.
— City News Service