Teachers in the Northern Lehigh School District received a four-year contract extension.

On a unanimous vote, the school board on Monday approved the successor Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Northern Lehigh School District and the Northern Lehigh Education Association for school years 2023-2024, 2024-2025, 2025-2026.

The agreement, between the district and the Northern Lehigh Education Association, is effective Aug. 1 through July 31, 2027.

The negotiating team for Northern Lehigh School District and the Northern Lehigh Education Association recently engaged in extensive contract negotiations and Fact-Finding for a successor Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Following a Fact-Finding Hearing and Fact-Finding Report issued on May 22, both the district and the association voted to approve the Fact-Finding Report.

Afterward, Superintendent Dr. Matthew J. Link thanked and complimented the teachers association and the school board for coming to an agreement on a four-year contact.

“That’s going to pave the way for a lot of great things to happen over the next four years here in the school district,” Link said. “That’s going to make the work that we do here much easier and much more productive over the next few years.”