The salary schedules in effect at the end of the 2009-2010 school year (teachers, paras, and substitutes) remain in effect until a successor contract is negotiated. As part of our collective bargaining package, we ARE seeking a cost-of-living salary increase for all members of the BTU retroactive to 9/1/10. In the meantime, salary adjustments that have been negotiated in the past (steps, lanes, and career awards) continue. So if you are due a salary increase this year based on salary step advancement, for example, you will find the increase reflected in your first paycheck for 2010-2011.