Employees of several Clark County School District bargaining groups will receive a one-time 3 percent bonus based on their salaries after tentative contract agreements were reached between district and union leaders, officials announced Thursday afternoon.

The tentative agreements settle employee compensation for the 2018-2019 school year for the unions representing support staff members, administrators and professional-technical employees, and police administrators. Here are the terms of each agreement:

• Education Support Employees Association (ESEA): The agreement settles compensation for the current school year and provides support staff members with a one-time 3 percent bonus payment. The total cost to the district is about $11 million.
• Clark County Association of School Administrators and Professional-Technical Employees (CCASAPE): This agreement covers compensation for the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 school years, in addition to providing administrators with a one-time 3 percent payment. The total cost to the district is about $4.1 million.
• Police Administrator Association of the Clark County School District (PAA): The agreement settles compensation for four school years, starting with the 2015-2016 academic year through the current one. School police administrators would receive retroactive pay for the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 school years to align with increases awarded to other school district administrators. They would also receive a one-time 3 percent bonus payment. The total cost to the district is about $390,000.

If the employees of those three groups ratify the agreements, the district could be shelling out close to $15.5 million.

“Due to the central office hiring freeze, as well as other unfilled open positions and operational efficiencies, our ending fund balance from the last school year came in about $8.7 million higher than expected,” the district’s chief communications officer, Kirsten Searer, said in a statement. “The District will continue to utilize the central office hiring freeze, as well as look to identify additional operational efficiencies, to cover the remaining balance.”

The announcement comes after the recent ratification of a three-year contract for Clark County teachers.

Superintendent Jesus Jara, who started in June and has made relations with employee groups a top priority, hailed it as another step forward for all the parties.

“Today’s announcement ensures that we can move toward the legislative session as one team, with one goal -- and that is to make CCSD the number one choice for students,” he said in a statement.

The president of the support staff association also lauded the tentative agreement. Support staff have been increasingly vocal at Clark County School Board of Trustees meetings, where they have expressed dismay about their treatment within the district, especially during recent budget deficits.

“Education support professionals are a critical part of what makes public education work for every student,” President Virginia Mills said in a statement. “This agreement between CCSD and ESEA is more than just a much-needed bump in members’ paychecks, it represents an acknowledgment of the role support professionals play in student success.”