District proposes 3.5% teacher raise as Salem-Keizer teacher union seeks 15%

Salem-Keizer School District leaders have proposed a 3.5% pay raise for the district’s 2,000 teachers as bargaining with the teacher union enters its sixth month.

The proposal would give licensed employees a 3.5% raise this year and next year and would cost $20 million over two years. That’s an increase from an initial proposed raise of 2.5% annually, but falls far short of the Salem-Keizer Education Association’s ask for a 15% raise next year.

Negotiations…