Pay Raises Approved By Anne Arundel County School Board

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD – The board of education for Anne Arundel County Public Schools has approved a negotiated agreement with the Association of Educational Leaders regarding salaries and pay rates for fiscal year 2020. The AEL is the bargaining unit representing building administrators, coordinators and special assistants.

The two-year agreement with AEL provides the following, all of which would be funded in the operating budget as currently proposed by County Executive Steuart Pittman and now being considered by the County Council:

• One full step increase to all eligible Unit II employees.
• A 2 percent cost-of-living adjustment to all Unit II employees.
• A back step for all eligible Unit II employees who were in Unit II in the 2008-2009 school year, have not changed bargaining units or have changed units without an appropriate placement on the salary scale per a bargaining unit agreement, and have not reached the top of the salary scale.
• A back step for all eligible Unit II employees who were in Unit II in the 2009-2010 school year, have not changed bargaining units or have changed units without an appropriate placement on the salary scale per a bargaining unit agreement, and have not reached the top of the salary scale.

According to a statement from Anne Arundel County Public Schools, the agreement expires on June 30, 2021. It is contingent upon adequate funding being appropriated by the County Council in the FY2020 budget.