After weeks of negotiation, the Minneapolis Federation of Educators (MFE) and Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) reached a tentative settlement agreement on Monday. Both parties have been in negotiations since April. MFE held a strike authorization vote from Oct. 23-27, and filed its intent to strike three days later, making Nov. 11 the latest they could strike.
The deal gives teachers 2% pay hikes in each of the two years of the contract and boosts pay for adult educators and education support professionals. The union’s original ask was a 7% hike in the first year and 6% in 2026-27. It also addresses a key issue raised by teachers and parents — growing class sizes — by instituting new caps and making them more enforceable.
Going into negotiations, the school district said it was facing a $25 million budget shortfall for next school year. Minneapolis Schools Superintendent Lisa Sayles-Adams joined union officials at a Monday morning news conference to laud the new contract, but did not spell out the impact on the district’s budget…