No progress in Dallas School District negotiations
DEA President
"They had no answers," he said. "Vito (DeLuca, attorney for the
The questions Cherinka emailed to board members and the district's business manager pertained to switching to a different PPO, also known as a
A PPO is a health care plan where clients have access to a network of preferred providers. By choosing an in-network physician, health care expenses are typically less than using an out-of-network provider.
"The information he requested was not something stored in a file that could be printed out," school district attorney
On
All the contract proposals are available for public review at www.dsdhs.com.
"They give us the same offer over and over," DeLuca said. "We couldn't afford it two, three months ago and we can't afford it now."
Cherinka, meanwhile, is waiting for the district's response to his previous questions at a planned
"I would like to see a counterproposal and hash it out, " Cherinka said. "I would like to get answers."
The board is working on a new offer, but it may not be ready by the
"We asked our (health care) broker for plan design changes to fit our budget," DeLuca said, noting health expenses are expected to increase by 7 percent and prescription drug coverage by 11 percent.
A new district proposal may contain a reduction in the teachers' salary matrix because the district has been footing the bill for the union's "very rich HMO plan," DeLuca said.
"The money has to come from somewhere," he explained.
Teachers did go on a 22-day strike in
In the 2017-18 school year, teachers went on strike seven days in September and returned voluntarily.
The union now has a pending strike date of
According to state law, teacher unions can strike twice in a school year as long as the first strike ends in time to complete 180 school days by
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