(KAIR)--The Atchison USD 409 Board of Education has ratified a negotiated agreement with the Atchison National Education Association for 2020-22.

Superintendent Renee Scott said the Board approved the two-year contract during a special meeting Friday evening.

Under the contract, Scott said teachers will see an average salary increase of 2.97 percent. The base salary will increase $1,000 to $40,000.

She said the contract includes a clause that allows it to be re-opened and renegotiated after the first year if funding is significantly cut or increased.

In other business, the Board approved the 2020-21 budget as published following a hearing drawing no public comment.

The budget calls for net expenditures of nearly $31 million and contains a slight mill levy decrease.

The budget contains an estimated tax rate of 53.779 mills, which is to just more than $5 million in tax revenue.