Centennial School District 28J

The Centennial and CEA bargaining teams met on May 19, 2025, for their eighth bargaining session. The parties made some progress towards a TA on the following Articles:

• Article 5 – Employee Rights 
• Article 6 – Personnel Files 
• Article 9 – Employee Evaluation 

The District made the following counter proposals:

• Article 13 – Instruction 
• Article 16 – Compensation
  • District counter proposal for cost of living increases:
    • July 1, 2025: 2.5% (0.5% higher than the District’s 3.17.25 proposal)
    • July 1, 2026: 2.25% (0.25% higher than the District’s 3.17.25 proposal)
    • July 1, 2027: 2.25% (0.25% higher than the District’s 3.17.25 proposal)
  • Increase the contract’s “kicker” wage increase language to increase potential State School Fund increase from 9.951B to 11.9B.
  • Add multi-language incentive in the amount of $2,000 per year for qualifying educators.

The Parties TA’d the following Articles:

• Article 7 – Complaint Procedure
• Article 19 – Paid Leaves of Absence

The District also presented a Salary Data PowerPoint, which corrected the errors in CEA’s prior market study data that was shared with the District on May 5. 

Next Session

The next sessions will take place on June 23, 24, and 25 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Centennial Middle School and is open to licensed and administrative staff.  

Keeping You Informed

Throughout the bargaining process, updates on negotiation sessions will be shared by email and posted on the Negotiations Webpage, which can be found in the Human Resources Department section of the district website.