The Danville District 118 School Board and Danville Education Association have ratified a new three year contract agreement. It was approved following a marathon bargaining session of more than 12 hours on Saturday and unusual Sunday ratification votes by both members of the DEA and the school board.
Both sides were attempting to beat the expected signing of legislation by Governor Bruce Rauner today (Monday) which would have required the Danville district to pay tens of thousands of dollars more into the state’s teacher retirement system if the school board approved pay hikes of more than 3-percent.
Superintendent Alicia Geddis says the school district was notified about the pending legislation on Thursday…
Daniel Hile, Chief Negotiator for the Danville Education Association (shown here), says the Illinois Education Association opposes the new 3 percent rule….
Danville School Board President Bill Dobbles says the new contract includes average pay hikes of 5-percent the first year, 4-percent the second year and another 4-percent the third year. Also included is additional money to help with family coverage for insurance.
Some other Vermilion County school boards and teacher groups also acted on new contract agreements over the weekend in order to beat Monday’s expected signing of the new legislation by Governor Rauner.
