SEEKONK — The School Committee last night delayed a vote on approving a teachers’ contract due to a “legal matter” the board said needs clarifying.

School officials refused to elaborate on the legal issues that stopped them from voting on not only a three-year contract with the Seekonk Educators Association but also collective bargaining agreements with the unions representing administrative secretaries, custodians, crossing guards, substitute custodians and substitute bus drivers.

Schools Supt. Emile Chevrette said he advised the school board to table the vote and wouldn’t say more. School Committee Chariwoman Marjorie Bradley also refused to elaborate.

Once approved, the teachers’ contract will be retroactive to June 30, when the existing agreement expired. Both sides reached a tentative agreement in July after negotiating since last December.

School officials have not released figures on the proposed salary and benefits increases, although Chevrette has said that the proposed contracts for all school system employees would total just over $2 million over three years. The Board of Selectmen, while disputing that figure, has warned that the contracts would be a “calamity” to the town’s finances.

Voters at the fall Town Meeting will ultimately have the say in approving any pay raises contained in the contracts. The school district’s budget for this fiscal year does not include money for pay increases.

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