You
asked for the statewide average percentage salary increases granted to teachers
in binding arbitration awards in the past several years. You also asked if the
increases include cost of living adjustments or other automatic increases.
Table
1 below shows the (1) average annual salary increases statewide under teacher
binding arbitration awards issued from 1999 through February 2003 and (2) the
number of salary awards contributing to the average for the particular year.
The percentages given are those listed in the binding arbitration awards for
overall salary increases, including cost of living adjustments. Since most
awards cover multiple years, the table shows increases taking effect through
2005-06.
The
awards cover teacher contracts in a total of 20 school districts.
TABLE 1: STATEWIDE AVERAGE ANNUAL TEACHER SALARY INCREASES
AWARDED IN ARBITRATION
1999-2003
School Year
Average % Increase
Number of Awards
2000-01
3. 48
4
2001-02
4. 02
6
2002-03
3. 57
14
2003-04
3. 08
14
2004-05
2. 92
9
2005-06
3. 50
2
Sources:
Teacher binding arbitration decisions; Connecticut Association of Boards of
Education (CABE)
This report can be found on the following website:http://www.cga.state.ct.us/2003/olrdata/ed/rpt/2003-R-0270.htm