EFFECTS IF COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS ON TEACHER SALARIES AND BENEFITS IN NORTH DAKOTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

DENNIS C. ZUELKE, RICHARD L. HILL, AND JOHN P. FRANZOIA

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DOI: 10.2190/XAB3-5CP0-X95M-8DGW

Abstract

Nineteen independent variables, including five collective negotiations indicators, were analyzed through descriptive and probability statistical techniques to determine the relationship between collective negotiations and teacher salaries and benefits in North Dakota in 1982-83. Ninety-two of the 100 largest school districts, all bargaining districts, comprised the sample for this study. Findings indicated that the bargaining districts comprised the sample for this study. Findings indicated that the five indicators of collective negotiations, including number of sections negotiated in the master contract, generally had minimal statistical relationships with various measures of salaries and benefits. Other independent variables were found to have rather strong significant relationships with salaries and benefits. Those variables included salaries paid to teachers in neighboring school districts, urbanized population in the district, per capita income in the district, local property tax levy for schools and percent of new teachers in the district. These findings suggest that factors other than collective negotiations are more likely to determine upward of downward adjustments in teacher salaries and fringe benefits in North Dakota.

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