To avert situations like the Portland Public Schools teachers' strike, pictured above, a state task force has been considering whether to recommend a statewide salary schedule for public school employees, but change is unlikely to come soon. Beth Nakamura
A state task force whose recommendations could have seeded a dramatic overhaul of how Oregon school districts bargain labor contracts with teachers is inching towards some consensus, after months of discussion.
But at least for now, the group’s findings look unlikely to imminently upend the state’s current system, which allows each school district to independently negotiate wages and benefits with its teachers and support staff without state limits or sideboards.
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