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The Bloomberg administration and the union representing New York City school principals and assistant principals reached a tentative agreement today that would increase pay by 23 percent over nearly seven years, with bonuses of up to $25,000 a year to top-rated principals who agree to spend three years in troubled schools. The agreement would end a four-year contract fight between the city and the union, known as the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators. The fight was unusually bitter even by the normally acid standards of New York City labor relations. The frustration of principals and assistant principals had threatened to undermine some of Mr. Bloomberg?s signature education initiatives, which call for increasing the authority of principals.