The Kern Community College District and faculty negotiating teams have reached a tentative agreement that will give teachers a 22.48 percent salary increase during the next three years.
Teachers’ pay will increase by 5.33 percent in January, 7.33 percent in July and 8.34 percent in July 2004, according to an e-mail sent to teachers from Steve Eso, president of the Bakersfield College faculty union.
The tentative agreement is expected to be ratified by teachers in early December and the district Board of Trustees.
Teachers also can expect a retroactive paycheck for the 2002 fall semester by the end of this year, according to Eso.
District Chancellor Dr. Walter Packard described the negotiation process as lengthy, challenging, healthy and productive in an e-mail to the college.