Teachers Ratify 2-Year Pact With Burbank Schools
The Burbank Teachers Assn. ratified a two-year contract with the school district Thursday, ending a nine-month salary dispute that had fostered threats of a strike.
The 550 teachers in the district voted to accept the contract during a day of balloting at their respective schools, and the Burbank School Board unanimously approved the contract in a special session Thursday night.
Under terms of the agreement, teachers will receive a 1% salary increase, retroactive to July 1, 1985. Also, each step of the teachers’ wage scale will be raised by 4%, retroactive to Feb. 3 of this year.
In the second year of the contract, teachers will receive a percentage increase based on 80% of the cost-of-living adjustment.
The district also agreed to use 55% of all state lottery funds received this year and next for teachers’ bonuses.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
