In Response to State Superintendent of Public Instruction, SCUSD Reaffirms Commitment to Resume Negotiations and Reiterates Request that SCTA Provide Counterproposal

Press release

麻豆视频, CA 鈥� The 麻豆视频 City Unified School District today reaffirmed its willingness to continue negotiations with SCTA and encouraged SCTA to provide a counter proposal to the offer that the District made on Monday March 21, and enhanced on Tuesday, March 22.

In a response to an offer made by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond to convene representatives from Sac City Unified, the 麻豆视频 City Teachers Association (鈥淪CTA鈥�), the Service Employees International Union (鈥淪EIU鈥�), bargaining team representatives, the 麻豆视频 County Office of Education (鈥淪COE鈥�), the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (鈥淔CMAT鈥�), and representatives from the 麻豆视频 Board of Supervisors this afternoon, SCUSD Superintendent Jorge A. Aguilar issued the following statement:

鈥淲e appreciate State Superintendent Thurmond鈥檚 concern for our students and our district, and his desire to help our District and SCTA forge a path forward that will benefit our students and community. After three days of our students being out of our schools, the district wants nothing more than to get our students back to school as quickly as possible and end the SCTA/SEIU strike.

鈥淏ecause this is a local issue, we do not want to circumvent the appropriate process for reaching agreement with our local labor partners. That process calls for the District to meet with SCTA to resolve these issues and bring an end to the strike. We urge SCTA to present a counterproposal to the District鈥檚 last proposal so that we can give it due consideration and provide a response. Our community is also wanting to understand what it will take to end this strike. With a counterproposal, the district鈥檚 negotiators are prepared to meet around the clock with SCTA so that we can bring our students on Monday. We reached out to SCTA again earlier today to request a response to the District鈥檚 last proposal.鈥�

鈥淚 hope that all community leaders who share our desire to reach a negotiated agreement will encourage SCTA to present a counter to the District鈥檚 last proposal so that the district can give it due consideration and provide a response through the appropriate collective bargaining process which needs to resume as soon as possible.  That is our commitment to our community.鈥�

Here is an overview of the district鈥檚 proposal to SCTA:

ACHIEVING SHARED GOALS IN SERVICE OF OUR STUDENTS In negotiations with SCTA, the district is offering: On top of already providing the highest compensation in the region, the District is offering to pay: 100% of health care coverage for ALL SCTA-represented employees AND their families, AND a raise, AND a one-time bonus , AND additional paid professional development days. 鈥� 100% PAY INCREASE ONE TIME BONUSES MORE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PAID COVERAGE Ongoing 2% salary increase 鈥� Increase starts 2021-22 school year 鈥� Builds on compensation that is already the highest in the region Premium health care coverage through Kaiser for all employees and all immediate family members Option to chose other plans - district will pay up to Kaiser level . Most generous health benefit in the region $250 per month in-lieu of coverage for employees that already have health coverage 2% One-time stipend for 2021-2022 鈥� 1% One-time stipend for 2020-2021 鈥� 1% One-time stipend for 2019-2020 $2,000 Signing Bonus for new employees 鈥� 3 paid days for professional learning 鈥� Increases salary additional 1.65% for 2022-23 麻豆视频 City UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

You can read the proposal passed to SCTA on Monday, March 21 here. On Tuesday, March 22, the district presented an enhanced proposal that includes all of the employee compensation increases offered to SCTA described above, plus a proposal to pay for one year 80 percent (80%) of the cost difference between the cost of a Kaiser health plan and the cost of a HealthNet plan for those employees currently enrolled in HealthNet that choose to continue HealthNet coverage. You can read the District鈥檚 enhanced proposal to SCTA here.

Here is how it would work.

SCUSD UPDATED PROPOSAL TO SCTA ON HEALTH BENEFITS H鈥� Health Net KAISER PERMANENTER Total Cost of Health Net Plan For one year the district will pay 80% of the cost difference Total Cost of Kaiser Plan District will cover 100% of cost for staff and their families - - + - Zero out of pocket cost for Kaiser Plan District will pay up to Kaiser level H鈥� Health Net 麻豆视频 City UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 麻豆视频 City UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT KAISER PERMANENTE

Since the mediated negotiations process ended on the evening of Tuesday, March 22, SCTA has not responded to the district鈥檚 repeated offers to continue good faith negotiations. See the District鈥檚 offers to continue negotiations dated March 22 and March 23.

As related to negotiations between the District and SEIU, the District鈥檚 negotiations team has agreed to meet with SEIU on March 30, a date that SEIU offered. The District also offered to meet sooner, but SEIU has not offered an earlier date. The District is not at impasse with SEIU and intends to continue to work through successor contract negotiations with the SEIU negotiations team and looks forward to resuming those negotiations as soon as possible. The issues that the District is working through with SCTA and SEIU through our respective negotiations processes are distinct and we will not engage in joint bargaining with two bargaining groups. 

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