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Egyptian CUSD 5

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Current Contract
Period
Jul 2025 – Jun 2028
Expires in 697 days
Term
3.0 yr
Union
Egyptian Education Association, IEA/NEA
Affiliation
IEA/NEA
Unit
Teachers
Settlement History (9)
3.50%
Latest year-1 base increase (2024-25)
YearsUnitYear 1Year 2Year 3TermStatusSrc
2024-25–2025-26 Teachers 3.50% 3.50% — — AI
2023-24–2024-25 Teachers 2.74% 2.62% — — AI
2022-23–2023-24 Teachers 7.99% 7.61% — — AI
2021-22–2022-23 Teachers 0.30% 0.28% — — AI
2020-21–2021-22 Teachers 1.51% 1.43% — — AI
2019-20–2020-21 Teachers 1.53% 1.46% — — AI
2018-19–2019-20 Teachers 1.55% 1.48% — — AI
2016-17–2017-18 Teachers 0.63% 0.59% — — AI
2015-16–2016-17 Teachers 1.27% 1.20% — — AI
Salary Schedule — Certificated Employee Base Salary Schedule (2025-2026)

Range $38,792 – $84,836

StepBA or BS DegreeBA or BS+9%BA or BS+16 HrsBA or BS+16 Hrs+9%MA or MS DegreeMA or MS+9%MA or MS+16 HrsMA or MS+16 Hrs+9%
1$38,792$42,629$39,620$43,538$40,531$44,540$41,348$45,437
2$39,578$43,492$40,406$44,402$41,421$45,518$42,238$46,415
3$40,365$44,357$41,193$45,267$42,311$46,496$43,128$47,393
4$41,152$45,222$41,980$46,132$43,201$47,474$44,019$48,373
5$41,938$46,086$42,766$46,996$44,091$48,452$44,909$49,351
6$42,725$46,951$43,553$47,860$44,981$49,430$45,799$50,329
7$43,615$47,929$44,443$48,838$45,975$50,522$46,792$51,420
8$44,505$48,907$45,333$49,816$46,968$51,613$47,786$52,512
9$45,395$49,885$46,223$50,795$47,962$52,705$48,780$53,604
10$46,285$50,863$47,113$51,773$48,956$53,798$49,773$54,696
11$47,175$51,841$48,003$52,751$49,949$54,889$50,767$55,788
12$48,169$52,933$48,997$53,843$51,046$56,095$51,864$56,993
13$49,163$54,025$49,991$54,935$52,143$57,300$52,961$58,199
14$50,156$55,166$50,984$56,026$53,240$58,505$54,058$59,404
15$51,150$56,209$51,978$57,119$54,338$59,712$55,155$60,610
16$52,143$57,300$52,971$58,210$55,435$60,918$56,252$61,815
17$53,137$58,392$53,965$59,302$56,532$62,123$57,349$63,021
18$54,131$59,485$54,959$60,395$57,629$63,329$58,446$64,226
19$55,124$60,576$55,952$61,486$58,726$64,534$59,544$65,433
20$56,118$61,668$56,946$62,578$59,823$65,740$60,641$66,638
21$57,111$62,759$58,043$63,784$60,920$66,945$61,738$67,844
22$58,105$63,852$59,140$64,989$62,017$68,151$62,835$69,049
23$59,099$64,944$60,237$66,194$63,114$69,356$63,932$70,255
24$60,092$66,035$61,334$67,400$64,211$70,562$65,029$71,460
25$61,086$67,127$62,431$68,605$65,309$71,768$66,126$72,666
26$61,790$67,901$63,528$69,811$66,406$72,974$67,223$73,871
27$62,493$68,674$64,336$70,699$67,606$74,292$68,424$75,191
28$63,197$69,447$65,143$71,586$68,807$75,612$69,624$76,510
29$63,901$70,221$65,950$72,473$70,007$76,931$70,825$77,830
30$64,605$70,994$66,758$73,360$70,918$77,932$71,736$78,831
31$65,309$71,768$67,565$74,247$71,829$78,933$72,647$79,832
32$66,012$72,541$68,372$75,134$72,740$79,934$73,557$80,832
33$66,716$73,314$69,179$76,021$73,444$80,708$74,468$81,833
34$67,420$74,088$69,987$76,909$74,354$81,708$75,379$82,834
35$68,124$74,862$70,794$77,796$75,265$82,709$76,290$83,835
36$68,828$75,635$71,601$78,682$76,176$83,710$77,201$84,836
Salary Schedule — Certificated Employee Base Salary Schedule (2026-2027)

Range $40,150 – $87,805

StepBA or BS DegreeBA or BS+9%BA or BS+16 HrsBA or BS+16 Hrs+9%MA or MS DegreeMA or MS+9%MA or MS+16 HrsMA or MS+16 Hrs+9%
1$40,150$44,121$41,007$45,063$41,950$48,099$42,795$47,027
2$40,963$45,014$41,820$45,956$42,871$47,111$43,716$48,040
3$41,778$45,910$42,635$46,852$43,792$48,123$44,637$49,052
4$42,592$46,804$43,449$47,746$44,713$49,135$45,560$50,066
5$43,406$47,699$44,263$48,641$45,634$50,147$46,481$51,078
6$44,220$48,593$45,077$49,535$46,555$51,159$47,402$52,090
7$45,142$49,607$45,999$50,548$47,584$52,290$48,430$53,220
8$46,984$51,631$47,841$52,573$49,641$54,551$50,487$55,480
9$47,905$52,643$48,762$53,585$50,669$55,680$51,515$55,610
10$47,005$52,643$48,762$53,585$50,669$55,680$51,515$56,610
11$48,826$53,655$49,683$54,597$51,697$56,810$52,544$57,741
12$49,855$54,786$50,712$55,727$52,833$58,058$53,679$58,988
13$50,884$55,916$51,741$56,858$53,968$59,305$54,815$60,236
14$51,911$57,045$52,768$57,987$55,103$60,553$55,950$61,484
15$52,940$58,176$53,797$59,118$56,240$61,802$57,085$62,731
16$53,968$59,305$54,825$60,247$57,375$63,049$58,221$63,979
17$54,997$60,436$55,854$61,378$58,511$64,298$59,356$65,225
18$56,026$61,567$56,883$62,509$59,646$65,545$60,492$66,475
19$57,053$62,696$57,910$63,637$60,781$66,792$61,628$67,723
20$58,082$63,826$58,939$64,768$61,917$68,041$62,763$68,970
21$59,110$64,956$60,075$66,016$63,052$69,288$63,899$70,219
22$60,139$66,087$61,210$67,264$64,188$70,536$65,034$71,466
23$61,167$67,216$62,345$68,511$65,323$71,784$66,170$72,714
24$62,195$68,346$63,481$69,759$66,458$73,031$67,305$73,962
25$63,224$69,477$64,616$71,007$67,595$74,280$68,440$75,209
26$63,953$70,278$65,751$72,254$68,730$75,527$69,576$76,457
27$64,680$71,077$66,588$73,174$69,972$76,892$70,819$77,823
28$65,409$71,878$67,423$74,091$71,215$78,258$72,061$79,188
29$66,138$72,679$68,258$75,009$72,457$79,623$73,304$80,554
30$66,866$73,479$69,095$75,929$73,400$80,659$74,247$81,590
31$67,595$74,280$69,930$76,846$74,343$81,696$75,190$82,626
32$68,322$75,079$70,765$77,764$75,286$82,732$76,131$83,660
33$69,051$75,880$71,600$78,681$76,015$83,533$77,074$84,697
34$69,780$76,681$72,437$79,601$76,956$84,567$78,017$85,733
35$70,508$77,481$73,272$80,519$77,899$85,603$78,960$86,769
36$71,237$78,282$74,107$81,436$78,842$86,640$79,903$87,805
Salary Schedule — Certificated Employee Base Salary Schedule (2027-2028)

Range $41,555 – $90,879

StepBA or BS DegreeBA or BS+9%BA or BS+16 HrsBA or BS+16 Hrs+9%MA or MS DegreeMA or MS+9%MA or MS+16 HrsMA or MS+16 Hrs+9%
1$41,555$45,665$42,442$46,640$43,418$47,712$44,293$48,674
2$42,397$46,590$43,284$47,565$44,371$48,759$45,246$49,721
3$43,240$47,516$44,127$48,491$45,325$49,808$46,199$50,768
4$44,083$48,443$44,970$49,418$46,278$50,855$47,155$51,819
5$44,925$49,368$45,812$50,343$47,231$51,902$48,108$52,866
6$45,768$50,295$46,655$51,269$48,184$52,949$49,061$53,913
7$46,722$51,343$47,609$52,318$49,249$54,120$50,125$55,082
8$47,675$52,390$48,562$53,365$50,313$55,280$51,190$56,253
9$48,628$53,437$49,515$54,412$51,370$56,459$52,254$57,422
10$49,582$54,486$50,469$55,460$52,442$57,629$53,318$58,591
11$50,535$55,533$51,422$56,508$53,506$58,798$54,383$59,762
12$51,600$56,703$52,487$57,678$54,682$60,090$55,558$61,053
13$52,665$57,874$53,552$58,848$55,857$61,381$56,734$62,345
14$53,728$59,042$54,615$60,016$57,032$62,673$57,908$63,635
15$54,793$60,212$55,680$61,187$58,208$63,965$59,083$64,926
16$55,857$61,381$56,744$62,356$59,383$65,256$60,259$66,219
17$56,922$62,552$57,809$63,526$60,559$66,548$61,433$67,509
18$57,987$63,722$58,874$64,697$61,734$67,840$62,609$68,801
19$59,050$64,890$59,937$65,865$62,908$69,130$63,785$70,093
20$60,115$66,060$61,002$67,035$64,084$70,422$64,960$71,385
21$61,179$67,230$62,178$68,327$65,259$71,713$66,135$72,676
22$62,244$68,400$63,352$69,618$66,435$73,005$67,310$73,967
23$63,308$69,569$64,527$70,909$67,609$74,296$68,486$75,259
24$64,372$70,738$65,703$72,201$68,784$75,587$69,661$76,551
25$65,437$71,909$66,878$73,492$69,961$76,880$70,835$77,841
26$66,191$72,737$68,052$74,782$71,136$78,171$72,011$79,133
27$66,944$73,565$68,919$75,735$72,421$79,584$73,298$80,547
28$67,698$74,393$69,783$76,685$73,708$80,998$74,583$81,959
29$68,453$75,223$70,647$77,634$74,993$82,410$75,870$83,374
30$69,206$76,051$71,513$78,586$75,969$83,482$76,846$84,446
31$69,961$76,880$72,378$79,536$76,945$84,555$77,822$85,519
32$70,713$77,707$73,242$80,486$77,921$85,627$78,796$86,589
33$71,468$78,536$74,106$81,435$78,676$86,457$79,772$87,662
34$72,222$79,365$74,972$82,387$79,649$87,526$80,748$88,734
35$72,976$80,193$75,837$83,337$80,625$88,599$81,724$89,807
36$73,730$81,022$76,701$84,287$81,601$89,671$82,700$90,879
Key Clauses & Provisions (25)
Grievance
Arbitration Binding — Final and binding arbitration available through American Arbitration Association
If the Association is not satisfied with the disposition of the grievance at Step III, the Association may submit the grievance to final and binding arbitration through the American Arbitration Association.
Compensation
Ba Max Salary — BA or BS Degree, Step 36, 2025-2026
BA or BS Degree Column A, Step 36: $68,828
Compensation
Ba Min Salary — BA or BS Degree, Step 1, 2025-2026
BA or BS Degree Column A, Step 1: $38,792
Compensation
Base Salary Increase Yr1 — 3.5% on each cell, step for those eligible for step
2025-2026: 3.5% on each cell, step for those eligible for step.
Compensation
Base Salary Increase Yr2 — 3.5% on each cell, step for those eligible for step
2026-2027: 3.5% on each cell, step for those eligible for step.
Compensation
Base Salary Increase Yr3 — 3.5% on each cell, step for those eligible for step
2027-2028: 3.5% on each cell, step for those eligible for step.
Leave
Bereavement Days — Up to two (2) days of paid bereavement leave per school year for death of relatives and friends
Full-time employees shall be granted up to two (2) days of paid bereavement leave per school year that may be used in the event of the death of relatives and friends of the employee.
Workday
Contract Days Teacher — Work year shall not exceed a total of one hundred and eighty (180) days
The work year shall not exceed a total of one hundred and eighty (180) days, unless the teacher is issued an extended contract.
Grievance
Grievance Steps — Four-step grievance procedure: supervisor, superintendent, board, arbitration
Step I with supervisor; Step II with Superintendent; Step III with Board of Education; Step IV with arbitration through American Arbitration Association.
Insurance
Health Single Premium — Employer pays up to $750/month retroactive to April 2025 and 2025-2026 school year toward single premium health insurance
Employer shall pay up to a maximum of $750 per month retroactive to April 2025 and in the 2025-2026 contract year toward the employee's single premium health insurance.
Workday
Instructional Minutes Day — Teachers will be scheduled to work 7 hours and 35 minutes for each contractual workday
Teachers will be scheduled to work 7 hours and 35 minutes for each contractual workday, except that fall parent teacher conferences will be scheduled at three (3) hours per day for two (2) days.
Compensation
Ma Max Salary — MA or MS Degree, Step 36, 2025-2026
MA or MS Degree Column C, Step 36: $76,176
Compensation
Ma Min Salary — MA or MS Degree, Step 1, 2025-2026
MA or MS Degree Column C, Step 1: $40,531
Other
No Strike Provision — Association agrees not to strike during term of agreement
The Association agrees that during the term of this Agreement that it or its individual members will not in whole or part refuse to render complete service to the School District.
Compensation
Off Schedule Bonus Yr1 — Yearbook (Elementary)
Yearbook (Elementary) 2.5% $969.80
Compensation
Off Schedule Bonus Yr2 — Band Director
Band Director 4.0% $1,606.00
Compensation
Off Schedule Bonus Yr3 — Band Director
Band Director 4.0% $1,662.20
Leave
Personal Days Annual — Three (3) personal leave days per school year; unused credited to sick leave
Full-time teachers will be granted three (3) personal leave days per school year. Any unused personal days in a school year will be credited to the employee's cumulative sick leave.
Retirement
Retirement Pickup Pct — Board contributes 9.0% (cost factor 1.098901) of creditable earnings to TRS, 2025-2028
Board will contribute 9.0% (cost factor 1.098901) of each teacher's creditable earnings to TRS, with remaining required TRS contribution deducted from teacher's payroll.
Retirement
Retirement System — TRS (Teachers Retirement System)
Pursuant to TRS rules/procedures, the District will report to TRS the total number of unused sick leave days accumulated by the employee on his/her last day of employment.
Rif
Rif Recall Years — One year recall period for reduction in force
Following a reduction in force, should a teacher resign and a vacancy occur, or should the Board decide to increase the number of teachers creating a new or vacant position during a period of one (1) year from August 1, the Board shall offer positions of reemployment.
Compensation
Salary Lanes Count — 8 salary lanes: BA, BA+9%, BA+16hrs, MA, MA+9%, MA+16hrs, and two additional columns
Columns: BA or BS Degree A, B (BA+9%), BA+16hrs, MA or MS Degree C, D (MA+9%), MA+16hrs
Compensation
Salary Steps Count — 36 steps on salary schedule
Salary schedule contains 36 years of experience steps from Year 1 to Year 36.
Leave
Sick Days Annual — Full-time employees given sick leave days per year; accumulate up to 340 days
Unused sick days are allowed to accumulate to 340 days. Any additional days that a person has earned due to conversion from the available personal days given each year will be added to the total number of sick days.
Leave
Sick Leave Max Days — Unused sick days allowed to accumulate to 340 days maximum
Unused sick days are allowed to accumulate to 340 days.
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