麻豆原创

Sacramento, CA 鈥� The following are answers to frequently asked questions about the current labor negotiations between the 麻豆原创 (麻豆原创) and the Sacramento City Teachers Association (SCTA).

Q. SCTA says that they are waiting on the District to resume negotiations. Did the district walk away from the bargaining table?

A. No, the district remains ready and willing to continue negotiations. The mediated negotiations process ended on the evening of Tuesday, March 22 and since then SCTA has not responded to the district鈥檚 repeated offers to continue good faith negotiations. See offers to continue negotiations dated March 22 and March 23.

Q. SEIU says that the District has refused to meet to negotiate with their union until March 30. Why is this?

A. March 30 is the date that SEIU requested to meet with the district鈥檚 negotiators. The district has agreed to meet with SEIU on this date, per SEIU鈥檚 request. 麻豆原创鈥檚 negotiators have communicated to SEIU that the district鈥檚 negotiation team is willing to meet with SEIU on any earlier date they prefer.

Q. Are 麻豆原创 schools closed during the strike?

A. No, 麻豆原创鈥檚 schools are open as work days and employees are expected to report for duty. During the strike 麻豆原创 schools are closed only for student instruction because there are not enough staff to provide safe supervision. Employees are still expected to be at work. Some student services will continue to be provided such as nutrition services, COVID testing and COVID vaccination clinics.

Q: How does compensation for teachers in 麻豆原创 compare to compensation for teachers at other districts in our area?

A: Total compensation for 麻豆原创 teachers is the highest in Sacramento County, and among the highest in the region and the state. Here are fast facts about compensation for 麻豆原创-represented employees. Additional detail about 麻豆原创 teacher compensation is provided in the tables below.

Q. Teachers say they are striking because 麻豆原创 has a staffing crisis and that many students do not have a regular teacher in the classroom. What is the district doing to resolve the staffing crisis?

A.  The district鈥檚 current offer to SCTA would help address the staffing crisis, with recruitment bonus incentives and increases in compensation to strengthen retention. We want to reach an agreement with SCTA, and urge SCTA to end the strike, so we can work together to address our district鈥檚 staffing problem.

Since 2017, the  district has taken meaningful steps to address understaffing by trying to hire staff earlier, proposing additional compensation, maintaining competitive benefits, compressing the salary schedule, and allowing unlimited years of experience credit for transfer teachers. This makes 麻豆原创 more competitive in the educational job market.

The district鈥檚 previous COVID-related proposals, which SCTA did not agree to, would work toward alleviating some staffing issues and toward compensating employees for their extra workload. These proposals included:

• Providing who volunteered to take on additional students in independent study;
• Providing and our existing secondary teachers who substituted during their prep period;
• Providing who took on COVID-related duties after regular work hours;
• Supporting students who were required to quarantine by providing simultaneous in-person and remote instruction for students in short-term independent study, with ; and
• Addressing staffing shortages by temporarily utilizing 28 District Training Specialists to .

The lack of agreement over these COVID-related issues has prevented staff from benefiting from extra pay for taking on extra work related to COVID. Without an agreement, the district cannot assign district training specialists who usually work at the district office to cover classes when there is a vacancy at a school site.

Q:   SCTA has said that the district has a lot of new state and federal money that should go to ongoing teacher compensation. Why does the district oppose this idea?

A: The district cannot make ongoing financial commitments with one-time money. The district has received COVID-relief funds from the state and federal governments in the form of one-time funding designed to address pressing student needs as a result of the pandemic. We cannot spend one-time money on ongoing financial commitments like salaries and benefits. That would be like committing to pay rent that is higher than your salary based on the fact that you received a one-time bonus.The 麻豆原创 Board has taken responsible and fiscally sound steps toward correcting district鈥檚 the longstanding structural budget imbalances. They have approved a policy to not use one-time funds for ongoing expenditures. They have also adopted a goal to maintain a prudent and fiscally sound reserve for contingencies.

Q. What proposals has the district offered to SCTA?

A. The district has offered a good faith proposal that gives SCTA-represented employees a reasonable raise, fully paid health coverage for all staff and their families, bonus payments, and additional paid days of professional development. You can read the proposal that the District presented to SCTA on Monday, March 21 here, and the following is an overview of the proposed compensation increases that the District has offered to SCTA.

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.

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