We hope you are having a great summer. We are excited to announce that we reached a tentative agreement with the District for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years. We are grateful for all of your support and positive vibes. Below is a brief summary of the contract articles we completed during these negotiations.
Summary of Article VII, item A – Evaluation procedure:
● Allow unit members to receive another evaluation to improve in “areas of improvement” received in an annual evaluation and qualify for future promotions, summer work, and other job opportunities.
● Doubled the number of days from five (5) to ten (10) to provide a response to evaluations.
Summary of Article XI, item A – Salary and benefits:
● 2022-2023: 5% ongoing salary schedule increase, retroactive to July 1, 2022.
● Health and welfare benefits paid by the District for the 2022-2023 school year.
● 2023-2024: 7% ongoing salary schedule increase, retroactive to July 1, 2023.
● Health and welfare benefits with the current plan paid by the District for the 2023-2024 school year.
Summary of Article XI, item E – Professional Growth Incentive:
● Increase incentive from 20% to 25% with two additional one-time bonuses.
● Streamlined process on course approval.
● Simplified approval process.
Summary of Article XI, item H – Classroom supervision
● Minimum amount of minutes eligible for supervision decreased from 30 minutes to 15 minutes
● Rate per hour increased from $10 to $16
Summary of Article XII, Holidays
● Include Juneteenth (June 19th)
Summary of Article XV, item H – Bereavement Leave
● Increased amount of days for Bereavement leave from 3 days to 5 days.
● Removed the mileage requirement.
Summary of Article XVI – Safety
● Streamlined the process of how unit members report safety incidents to the district.
● Alignment to Educational Code and Board Policy to allow reasonable self-defense of unit members.
Summary of Article XVII, item B – Notice of Layoff
● Unit members shall be notified by March 15 of potential layoffs for the following school year.
Our Labor Relations Representative, Daniela Vega, will be submitting our Tentative Agreement through the 610 process. As soon as it is approved by the Field Office, we will reach out with an update and send you all the Tentative Agreement for ratification. We are tentatively scheduled to meet on August 16th from 8 am to 10 am. The District will be providing release time for all unit members to attend this meeting. Place and time will follow at a later date, along with the Tentative Agreement.
The CSEA Negotiations Team is proud of the agreement and is excited to share it with you. Thank you to all of the negotiators. We look forward to gathering as a union on August 16th.
Enjoy the rest of your summer. Have a great 2023-2024 school year.