Bargaining Update 5/23/24

Dear Esteemed Colleagues,

Your bargaining team met Tuesday, May 21st with District Administration. Progress was made including reaching a TA on Article 10:  Transfers and Reassignments. Some highlights of that article include increasing release time and/or OT pay for change in assignments. We also established criteria for involuntary transfers, including seniority date and special skills.

We made some progress on hours of employment and evaluations. ISP and shared decision making are going to require more conversations. ETA did counter Article 15: Wages, Health, and Welfare and is now awaiting a counter proposal from the district.

Article XV: Wages, Health, and Welfare:  ETA and EESD Proposals as of 5/21/24

ETA Latest Proposal: 5/21/2024	EESD Latest Proposal: 4/30/2024
2024-2025: 5% Proposed reopening Article 15 for the years 2025-26 and 2026-27	2024-2025: 3%2025-2026: 0%2026-2027: 0%*Additionally, for each subsequent aforementioned school year, if the unaudited actual ending fund balance on the unrestricted general fund budget increases from its FY 2023-24 projected ending amounts by more than 10%, the district agrees to reopen negotiations to discuss an off-schedule, one-time salary increase for the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 school years.For all other proposed articles and sub-articles requiring additional funding, the district’s counter offer is to remain status quo.*proposed to reopen Article 15 plus two (2) other articles for negotiations in the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 school years.
Introduce payroll accountability language	Status quo
Increase in the monthly mileage reimbursements for nurses and adaptive PE specialists (from $85 per month to $95 per month)	District agreed
Additional music teachers Increased funding for performances:  from $100 stipend per performance to $200 and not to exceed $1200 per middle school (was $400)	No agreement on additional music teachersDistrict agreed to increasing stipend and to increase the number of performances.
Longevity increases:  $1,000 for completion of 12 and 16 years, $1,500 for completion of 20 years, and $3,500 for completion of 24 years.  Additional step:  completion of 28 years $4,500	$100 more per longevity stepNo agreement on adding another step
Annual stipend increases for Masters, Doctorate, SpEd	Status quo
Additional stipend for Licensed Clinical Social Worker	Status quo
Increases to the Psychologist salary schedule	Status quo

Your engagement continues to be vital during these negotiations.  As always, our ability to move the District Administration and School Board to a fair and fiscally responsible compensation package depends on all of us.  Be sure you are attending meetings with your rep and participating in ETA actions.  

If you have any questions, please check in with your rep or email etanegotiators@gmail.com from your personal email. 

As always, it is an honor to work with you.

In solidarity,

Suzanne, Tami, Melody, Susana, Shirley, Julie, and Chaz (CTA support staff)