emerging negotiation models in today’s economic climate
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Emerging Negotiation Models in Today’s Economic Climate. Allen Albus, Lake Forest School District 67 & 115 Barry Bolek, Township High School District 113 Jennifer Hermes, Lake Forest School District 67 & 115 Audrey Liddle , Zion-Benton Twp High School District 126. Agenda. Introductions - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Emerging Negotiation Models in Today’s Economic Climate
Allen Albus, Lake Forest School District 67 & 115Barry Bolek, Township High School District 113Jennifer Hermes, Lake Forest School District 67 & 115Audrey Liddle, Zion-Benton Twp High School District 126
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Agenda
Introductions Importance of Emerging Models In-Depth Case Studies Emerging Ideas Obstacles to Emerging Ideas Summary/Questions
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Case Study
Township High School District 113Deerfield and Highland Park High Schools
Barry A. BolekAssistant Superintendent for Finance
email: [email protected]
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Township High School District 113
District Demographics Negotiation Solution Impact of New Schedule
Existing Employees New Employees
Additional Changes in Contract
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• 20 step schedule • Top salary of $ 130,000• 60 teachers in the “pipeline” to retire over the
next 5 years
Township High School District 113
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Township High School District 113
Tier 1 EmployeesRetire age of 5513 years at top salary
Tier II EmployeesRetirement Age of 6727 years at top salary
System unable to sustain cost of current salary structure
Fundamental Issue
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• PMA developed a “toggle” schedule that could show savings with a second schedule
• Half steps for NEW hires = significant savings• Half Steps – Decreased step increment from
average of 2.6% to 1.2%
Township High School District 113
Solution
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Township High School District 113
Additional Changes in Contract•Tied retirement incentives to years in the District and not TRS•To be eligible for incentives, one MUST retire at the “First Non-Penalty” year•Percentage of family medical increase for employees
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Case Study
Zion-Benton Township High School District 126
Audrey LiddleBusiness Manager
email: [email protected]
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Zion Benton Twp High School District 126
•District Background•Timeline•Last Best & Final Offer•Final Resolution – New Contract Format
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ZBTHS – District 126
• Demographics• Board• Students• Salary Schedule• Longevity Schedule• Pension Contribution• Health Insurance Plan
• Delayed Start of Negotiations– Strategic Planning with
Board of Education
• Initial Board Goals• Documentation to
Union• SB7 – Impact– Mediation
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ZBTHS – District 126
• Board of Education Top Three Major Issues– Supervision Time Used
for RTI Interventions– Salary Schedule– Benefit Premium Sharing
• Basics of Board’s Last Best & Final Offer Given to Union on October 31, 2011.– Supervision– Salary – Benefit
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ZBTHS – District 126
• Strike Information / Timeline Under New SB7 Regulations
• Community Involvement in Strike Process
• Union Major Concern• Board Major Concern
• New Solution– General Concept– Issues to Resolve– Final Agreement– New Issues After
Ratification
• Future Benefits of New Solution
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Emerging Ideas
Deerfield Public Schools District 109
Greg HimebaughAssistant Superintendent for Business Services
email: [email protected]
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Deerfield Public Schools 109 FY 12 – Non-compounding 1 Time payment of
$2000
FY 13 & 14- Soft Freeze (Step of 3.75 – 4.0%)
FY 15 – Base of 1-2%, Plus Step (depending on other variables)
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Emerging Ideas
Addison Elementary School District 4
Marcy BoyanAssistant Superintendent for Business Services
email: [email protected]
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Addison Elementary School District 4
FY 11 – Hard Freeze
FY 12 - .25% of CPI, (1/4 of 1.5%)no Step, no Lane
FY 13 - .25% of CPI, (1/4 of 3%)no Step, no Lane
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Emerging Ideas
Adlai Stevenson High School District 125
Mark MicheliniAssistant Superintendent for Business
email: [email protected]
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Adlai Stevenson High School 125
FY 12 – Total increase equal to CPI (1.5%)used in their calculation• Achieved by decreasing the starting base salary to
preserve step
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Emerging Ideas
Wheaton Community Unit School District 200
Bill FarleyAssistant Superintendent of Business Operations
email: [email protected]
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Wheaton Community Unit 200
– FY 11 – Hard Freeze– FY 12 – 1% on Base, no Step
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Obstacles to Emerging Ideas
• Current Financial Condition of the District• Union Leadership• District Team
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Summary
• 5-6 years ago variation in settlements much smaller• What will influence settlements going forward?– Interest Earnings– New Construction– State Funding– Pension Obligations
• Takeaway– Ideas that you can apply to your district
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Emerging Negotiation Models in Today’s Economic Climate
Allen Albus [email protected] Bolek [email protected] Hermes [email protected] Liddle [email protected]