A three-year contract was approved by Denver’s teachers, union officials announced Tuesday night after counting the 1,877 ballots cast by members.
More than 77 percent of teachers who voted approved the deal that had been ratified by Denver’s school board last week, putting an end to a months-long labor strife that brought national attention and was fraught with threats of a strike.
Of those who voted, 1,454 teachers approved the contract, which allows for changes to the nationally recognized Professional Compensation System for Teachers, or ProComp.
All teachers will get a 3 percent raise this year, and over the next two years they will get cost-of-living raises plus 0.25 percent. ProComp teachers will get, on average, raises of 15 percent, the largest in state history, district officials said. The increases will bring teachers’ average beginning salary to $42,000. Jeremy P. Meyer, The Denver Post
