001didn't do at all. >> Okay. >> Um All right. Right, we'll call this public hearing on the tenative collective bargaining agreement between the Southwest School Corporation and the South the Sullivan SSEA at 803. All right. And in 2019, the general assembly enacted legislation, Senate Enrolled Act 390, uh that requires a school employer to conduct a public hearing to discuss a tenative collective bargaining agreement at least 72 hours before it's ratified by the school employer. Uh this statute require further requires that the school employer post notice of the time and location of the public hearing and the tenative collective bargain agreement on the school employers internet website for at least 72 hours prior to the public meeting. We have posted it on the website uh we did that uh on Monday. So we are with compliant
002with the 72 hours. Therefore, the board of trustees have posted this t tentative collective bargain agreement document on the school website as required by law. The tenative agreement contains the salary, wages, and wage related fringe benefits negotiated by the parties or the corporation teachers for the 2526 school year. The document will continue to be available for review by the public and the public will be permitted to provide public comment on the document at the ratification meeting scheduled for Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025. That will be held at the Southwest School Corporation boardroom at 6 p.m. All right. So, I will present the tenative agreement between the SSA and the Southwest School Corporation. It is a one-year agreement for the 2526 school year. Compensation will be on the base. Evaluation is $1,000. Academic needs is $250. Instructional
003leadership is $100. This is for attainment of the literacy endorsement. Steps A through Z will move one step. People at step AAA will receive a stipen of $1,250. New hires will not move a step due to lack of not completing an evaluation at the Southwest School Corporation. Health insurance. The board will absorb the 1% increase effective October 1st, 2025. On the ECA schedule, we will add the following positions. Assistant tennis coach for boys, $1,950. Assistant tennis coach for girls, $1,950. assistant wrestling coach for girls, $1,950. The SSEA ratified this on October 2nd, 2025. So, at this time, we'll open the public hearing for comment. Public comment. It appears we will have no public comment today. So here so does any board members present have any comments they would like to make? >> No. >> All
004right. So, >> we will uh close the public hearing at 8:06 a.m. And this is a reminder that the board will ratify this at the regularly scheduled meeting, which was moved due to fall break to October 22nd, 2025 at 6 p.m. here at the Southwest School Corporation central office boardroom. All right. Thank you. That closes today's hearing. Actually, thank you for coming.