A racially charged comment by the head of the Clark County teachers union is fanning the flames of a growing controversy over inequitable pay for veteran teachers in the new teacher contract.
Details of the race-based remark are contained in a complaint obtained by 13 Investigates.
The document was filed this past Fall with a state labor relations board during the teacher contract battle.
The records filed with the State of Nevada Government Employee-Management Relations Board show CCSD wanted to place all teachers on the proposed new salary schedule based on their years of service and education, which meant a one-time adjustment–called a look-back–for veteran teachers.
The recently approved contract does provide significant across-the-board raises for all teachers, but it does not align veteran teacher pay with new hires who have the same education and experience.
13 Investigates spoke to Superintendent Dr. Jesus Jara about that discrepancy last month.
“We had an opportunity to do right by our veterans,” said Jara. “And our first proposal that we provided to our teachers’ union was to really go back and do a look-back and address all these inequities. That’s not what happened.”