Taxpayers entitled to details
We'll repeat a point we've made numerous times regarding negotiated teacher contract settlements: why the secrecy? Aren't taxpayers – who pay for the fruits of the contracts – entitled to know the details?
The Champaign Federation of Teachers and the school board last week approved a new three-year contract that will give teachers average ____ percent raises, ____ in health care support and ____ in other benefits. The settlement is expected to cost the school district ____ over the next three years.
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