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Dist. 742, Teacher Reach Tentative Contract [AUDIO]
ST. CLOUD - The St. Cloud Area School District has reached a tentative contract with it's teachers union.
Superintendent Bruce Watkins says the teachers won't get a salary increase for this past year, but instead will get a one-time payment of $600,000, which will be divided among the teachers.
The contract calls for a one-percent pay raise for this coming school year. The teachers have not had a salary increase since 2009.
The teachers will start voting on the contract on Monday.
The two sides have been in negotiations for over a year.
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