Seattle Public Schools and Teachers Union Ratify Three-Year Contract with Salary Increases and Expanded Student Support

Seattle Public Schools and the Seattle Education Association officially ratified a three-year collective bargaining agreement, guaranteeing educators an 8.8% base salary raise over three years, in addition to standard annual step and seniority raises. The contract also includes significant investments in special education, mental health, counseling, and multilingual services, creating new positions and reducing instructional assistant workload ratios.