(Reuters) – The Minneapolis public school district said early on Friday it had reached a tentative deal with the city’s teachers union to end a strike that has kept some 30,000 students out of classes for more than two weeks.
If the full union votes to approve the agreement, students and staff will return to school on Monday, the district said in an announcement posted online around 4 a.m. local time.
The city’s 4,500 teachers and support staff walked out on March 8 after failing to reach a new contract with the district. The two sides were divided on issues including teacher aide salaries, mental health support for students and class sizes.
Details of the new agreement were not immediately available. A news conference has been scheduled for 9 a.m., according to local news reports.
A teachers’ strike in Sacramento, California, was set to enter a third day on Friday, after talks failed to yield a contract last week.
(Reporting by Joseph Ax; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
