More than 2,000 members of the teachers union in Indian Prairie School District 204 are scheduled to vote April 11 on a tentative agreement reached with the district’s school board.
Should the Indian Prairie Education Association ratify the contract, the school board would ink the deal April 18.
Details of the tentative contract will be announced after the terms of the agreement are presented to union members, school officials said.
With more than 2,000 members, IPEA makes up nearly 70% of the district’s workforce that educates 27,400 students in 33 elementary, middle and high schools.
District 204’s last four-year agreement with the union was finalized in May 2018, with teachers receiving a 4.13% increase in year one, 3.5% in year two, and 3.43% and 3.46% in the third and fourth years.
That contract was ratified by 71% of the union membership.
In September, Naperville School District 203 reached a four-year contract with its teachers that included average annual raises of 3.6% in the first year and 2.9% in the second, longevity payments and a one-time $1,000 “appreciation” bonus.
The deal also expanded family leave time for the birth of adoption of a child — something the Naperville Unit Education Association fought for — and temporary increased sick days for COVID-19.
Contract negotiations in District 203 began in January 2021 and were so difficult that a federal mediator was brought in to help bring the two sides together. A union vote to authorize a strike was taken but ultimately the walkout was unnecessary.
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