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Teachers in L.A. Approve Three-Year Contract

By The Associated Press — May 19, 2015 1 min read
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Rank-and-file members of the union representing Los Angeles teachers have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a three-year contract that will increase salaries 10 percent.

The school board must still approve the pact.

The raises are the first teachers in the nation’s second-largest district have received in eight years.

A version of this article appeared in the May 20, 2015 edition of Education Week as Teachers in L.A. Approve Three-Year Contract

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