Statement from the Sacramento City Unified School Board on Need to Address Substitute Teacher Shortage
The following statement was issued today by the Sacramento City Unified School District Board:
鈥淭he 麻豆原创 has a serious teacher shortage, which is made even more challenging by statewide a shortage of substitute teachers.
鈥淥ne step the District is trying to take to address this challenge is to increase pay for substitute teachers with the intention of attracting more substitutes to teach at Sac City Unified. The District cannot implement this plan unilaterally 鈥� it requires agreement from the Sacramento City Teachers Association (SCTA).
鈥淭he District sent its to SCTA on September 16, 2021. We were encouraged when SCTA sent the District an email on October 26 stating agreement with the District鈥檚 plan to increase substitute teacher pay. The District responded within hours by sending SCTA a signed version of the MOU to memorialize this agreement. Since then, and despite a negotiations meeting on this topic this week, 15 days have passed without any agreement from SCTA on this MOU.
鈥淪ac City Unified cannot implement this plan and start the increased pay for substitute teachers without SCTA officially signing the MOU. Doing so would create ambiguity and expose the District to legal risk.
鈥淓ach day that passes without a signed MOU is a day that Sac City Unified cannot increase pay for substitute teachers, which is an important step in addressing our District鈥檚 teacher shortage.
鈥淲e urge SCTA to sign the MOU immediately so that Sac City Unified can begin to offer increased pay to substitute teachers. We also strongly encourage swift action to reach agreement on the District鈥檚 additional proposals to address the teacher shortage.鈥�
For more information about these proposals and negotiations between Sac City Unified and our labor partners, please see a November 5 update on the District鈥檚 Labor Negotiations webpage: /negotiations-updates.