dlyon  Jan 7 2005 - 8:31am  Local News   

By TRACI DUTCHER
Chronicle Correspondent
CHAPLIN — The Chaplin board of education and the Chaplin Education Association have reached a settlement on a new contract for teachers.
The new, three-year contract for teachers at Chaplin Elementary School was signed in December.
The contract includes wage increases for the next three years, with a 2.5 percent increase for 2005-06 and an increase of 2.48 percent for both 2006-07 and 2007-08.
The new contract also takes into account higher costs for insurance.
“Insurance premium cost-sharing has increased along with co-pay amounts,” said Lisa Rose, chairman of the Chaplin board of education. “Insurance premium cost-sharing will increase one percent each year over the three-year contract.”
Currently, insurance premium cost sharing has teachers paying 10 percent.
Next year, however, it will be 11 percent, followed by 12 percent and 13 percent medical insurance copays in the succeeding years.
This contract also has an indemnity plan for current employees, but future employees will not be able to take advantage of it.