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| Sunday, August 26, 2007 1:05 AM CDT | () comments

Compiled by Sheena Dooley

BENEFITS BY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Davenport

Medical: Teachers can either sign up for single or family medical benefits. The district pays the entire premium for those on the single plan. Employees on the family medical plan pay $25 a month. Yearly deductibles are $500 and $1,000 for single and family plans, respectively.

Employees also receive extensive prescription drug coverage.

Dental: Davenport provides dental coverage for all employees.

Vision: Davenport provides vision coverage for all employees but only fully pays for single plans. Those on a family plan pay $18 a month.

Life insurance: Teachers are covered under a $20,000 policy.

Retirement: Teachers pay 3.9 percent of their yearly salary into the Iowa Public Employees Retirement System. The district kicks in an additional 6.05 percent.

Bettendorf

Medical: Teachers can either sign up for single or family medical benefits. The district covers the entire premium for those on the single plan. Employees on the family medical plan pay $111 a month. Yearly deductibles are $250 and $500 for single and family plans, respectively.

Employees also receive extensive prescription drug coverage.

Dental: Bettendorf provides dental coverage for all employees but fully pays only for single plans. Those who want family coverage must pay the difference between the single and family plan cost.

Vision: Not covered by the district.

Life insurance: Teachers are covered under a $35,000 policy.

Retirement: Teachers pay 3.7 percent of their yearly salary into the Iowa Public Employees Retirement System. The district kicks in an additional 5.75 percent.

Pleasant Valley

Medical: Teachers can either sign up for single or family medical benefits. The district covers the entire premium for those on a single plan. Employees on the family medical plan pay $67.50 a month. Yearly deductibles are $300 and $600 for single and family plans, respectively.

Employees also receive extensive prescription drug coverage.

Dental: Pleasant Valley provides dental coverage for all teachers. Single dental plans are completely covered by the district, while those on a family plan pay $7.06 — or 10 percent of the premium — a month.

Vision: Not covered by the district.

Life insurance: Teachers are covered under a $25,000 policy.

Retirement: Teachers pay 3.7 percent of their yearly salary into the Iowa Public Employees Retirement System. The district kicks in an additional 5.75 percent.

North Scott

Medical: Teachers can either sign up for single or family medical benefits. The district fully covers the premium for those on the single plan. Employees on the family plan pay $89.65 — or 10 percent of the premium — a month.

Employees also receive extensive prescription drug coverage.

Dental: North Scott provides dental coverage for all teachers. Single dental plans are completely covered by the district, while those on a family plan pay $14.95 — or 10 percent of the premium — a month.

Vision: The district pays the full premium for vision coverage for all employees.

Life insurance: Teachers are covered under a $30,000 policy.

Retirement: Teachers pay 3.7 percent of their yearly salary into the Iowa Public Employees Retirement System. The district then kicks in an additional 5.75 percent.

Moline-Coal Valley

Medical: Teachers pay a portion of the monthly premium for both single and family plans. Those on the single plan pay $35 — or 8 percent of the premium — a month. Teachers on the family plan pay $142 — or 12 percent of the premium — a month.

Employees also receive extensive prescription drug coverage.

Dental: The district provides dental insurance at no cost to the teacher.

Vision: Not covered by the district.

Life insurance: Teachers are covered under a $50,000 policy.

Retirement: The district pays the entire employee contribution into the Teachers Retirement System in Illinois, which is 9.4 percent of the annual salary.

Rock Island-Milan

Medical: Teachers pay a portion of the monthly premium for both single and family plans. Those on the single plan pay $87 a month, while teachers on the family plan pay $250 a month.

Employees also receive extensive prescription drug coverage.

Dental: Not covered by the district.

Vision: Vision coverage is included under the medical plan, and the cost to teachers is added into the medical insurance costs.

Life insurance: Not offered by the district.

Retirement: Under law, teachers must pay 9.4 percent of their annual salary to the Teachers Retirement System in Illinois. Rock Island covers 9 percent of that contribution for them.

East Moline

Medical: Teachers pay a portion of the monthly premium for both single and family plans. Those on the single plan pay $88.36 — or 25 percent of the premium — a month. Teachers on the family plan pay $450 — or 50 percent of the premium — a month.

Employees also receive extensive prescription drug coverage.

Dental: Not covered by the district.

Vision: Not covered by the district.

Life insurance: Teachers are covered under a $7,500 policy.

Retirement: Under law, teachers must pay 9.4 percent of their annual salary to the Teachers Retirement System in Illinois. East Moline does not cover any of that cost.

United Township High School

Medical: Teachers pay a portion of the monthly premium for both single and family plans. Those on the single plan pay $81 dollars a month, while teachers on the family plan pay $440 a month.

Employees also receive extensive prescription drug coverage.

Dental: Not covered by the district.

Vision: The district provides limited vision coverage at no cost to teachers.

Life insurance: Teachers are covered under a $25,000 policy.

Retirement: Under law, teachers must pay 9.4 percent of their annual salary to the Teachers Retirement System in Illinois. United Township covers that cost, with teachers paying nothing.

TIME IN THE CLASSROOM BY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Davenport

Number of days in a teacher work year: 185

Length of work day: 7 hours and 40 minutes

Days off: Teachers get one personal day, 15 sick days for teachers hired prior to the 2006-07 school year, three emergency leave days and five bereavement days for deaths in the immediate family. Teachers receive five additional bereavement days for the death of spouse or child.

Bettendorf

Number of days in a teacher work year: 189

Length of work day: 8 hours

Days off: Teachers get two personal days; 15 sick days; five emergency leave days for serious, critical and non-critical family illness; and seven bereavement days for deaths in the immediate family.

Pleasant Valley

Number of days in a teacher work year: 187

Length of work day: 8 hours

Days off: Teachers get two personal days, 15 sick days, 10 days for a serious illness or death in the family, and five days for non-critical illness in the immediate family.

North Scott

Number of days in a teacher work year: 192

Length of work day: 8 hours

Days off: Teachers get two personal days, 15 sick days and up to 10 bereavement days for a death in the family.

Rock Island-Milan

Number of days in a teacher work year: 180

Length of work day: 7 hours and 40 minutes

Days off: Teachers get two personal days, 15 sick days, five days for a critical illness in the immediate family and five days for a death in the immediate family.

Moline-Coal Valley

Number of days in a teacher work year: 180

Length of work day: 7 hours

Days off: Teachers get three personal days, 12 sick days and up to five bereavement days for a death in the family.

East Moline

Number of days in a teacher work year: 180

Length of work day: Work days on Monday and Friday are 7 hours and 30 minutes. Tuesday through Thursday teachers are required to work 7 hours and 45 minutes.

Paid days off: Teachers get two personal days, 15 sick days and five bereavement days for a death in the family.

United Township High School

Number of days in a teacher work year: 180

Length of work day: 8 hours

Paid days off: Teachers get two personal days and 15 sick days, which they can also use for bereavement time.

Percent of general/educational fund spent on teacher salaries and benefitsSchool districts in the Quad-Cities pay for teacher salaries and benefits out of a general fund that is supported by revenue from the state and federal government and local property taxes. The amount of money districts receive for the fund, which also pays for academic programs and supplies, depends heavily on the number of students they serve.

Below is the percent of the general fund that districts spend on teacher salaries and benefits. Numbers for the East Moline School District were not available.

Moline-Coal Valley: 61 percent

Pleasant Valley: 55 percent

Davenport: 55 percent

Rock Island-Milan: 54 percent

North Scott: 52 percent

Bettendorf: 51 percent

United Township: 42 percent

Hourly average teacher salary by district

The Quad-City Times used teacher salaries for each local district to calculate the average wage for full-time teachers. The average hourly earnings are based on the average salary and the number of days and hours teachers are required to work under contract.

Moline-Coal Valley School District $45.85

East Moline School District $41.70

Rock Island-Milan School District $39.45

United Township High School District $36.29

Davenport School District $32.53

Pleasant Valley School District $31.90

Bettendorf School District $30.23

North Scott School District $29.38