Teachers and supporters protest in front of the Greer Education Center on East Flamingo Road before a Clark County School District meeting Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. The teachers union (CCEA) and CCSD are currently in contract negotiations.
Monday, Oct. 2, 2023 | 6:48 p.m.
The Clark County School District said today that it has revised its offer for teacher raises to 17.4% across the board over the next two years.
This shows a considerable increase from the 11% CCSD last publicized because it now includes an estimated contribution from Senate Bill 231, which the Legislature passed this spring just for teacher and support professional raises. (CCSD has consistently said that it plans to use SB 231 money as directed, with the bill’s June 2025 sunset date noted, though today’s announcement was the first time it had publicly attached a number to the dedicated funding.)
The district’s newly increased offer breaks out to 9% this year and 8.4% next year — or 3.3% in general fund dollars plus 5.1% in money from SB 231 for year two, CCSD said in a press release.
This still falls short of what CCSD says the Clark County Education Association is seeking — a demand that CCSD said grew from the union’s widely publicized 18% to nearly 20%.
“At the start of negotiations, CCEA’s demands were for a first-year salary increase of 10% and a second-year salary increase of 8% for a total of 18%,” the district said in its announcement. “Their most recent demand was for an 11.875% first-year salary increase and an 8% second-year salary increase, for a total increase of 19.875%.”
The 17.4% offer is only the across-the-board pay increase portion of the district’s proposed package and separate of any other compensation adjustments, such as differential pay for special education or “hard to fill” positions and potential placement on a CCSD-proposed new pay scale.
The new offer comes after CCSD declared impasse on Sept. 12 in its contract negotiations with the teachers union. District spokesman Tod Story said that this latest offer does not mean that the two sides are no longer at impasse or that the ensuing arbitration has been called off.
The parties are still able to attempt negotiations between calling an impasse and beginning arbitration; arbitration has not yet started, he said. Story said that the union made its 19.875% ask before the district called impasse, and CCSD directly presented CCEA with its 17.4% offer CCSD on Friday.
CCEA did not respond to a request for comment on today’s district announcement. Union leadership has not responded to repeated requests for comment on behalf of their members.
