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New District Proposal (Feb. 2, 2010)

Fran Zumwalt

Feb 03 |12:49 PM

Last Updated on Sunday, 21 February 2010 08:17

GEA received from the District a new compensation and benefit proposal on February 2, 2010.

This proposal reveals:

The district has prioritized maintaining reserves and programs rather protecting teachers, counselors, school psychologists, librarians and speech pathologists from the impact of State budget cuts.
The district should - and must be pressured to - set different budget priorities to protect employees.

GEA will continue to bargain with the District, with the goal of reaching a FAIR and REASONABLE contract settlement.

To stay informed, check this web site for the latest updates.

Update January 28, 2010

Fran Zumwalt

Jan 28 | 3:30 PM

No agreement was reached at the Tuesday, January 26, 2010, bargaining session.

The GEA Bargaining Team and the district will negotiate next on Tuesday, February 2, 2010.

More updates will follow -- stay informed by checking GEA-Action.org regularly.

Update - January 25, 2010

administrator

Jan 25 | 7:38 PM

The GEA Bargaining Team will meet with district negotiators on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 and in February. The District has proposed a compensation plan for GEA members that includes two (2) furlough days in 2009-2010. GEA believes the district can afford to maintain the current salary schedule and 185 work day schedule without furlough days.

Please read the January 22, 2010, Advocate for futher details on the district's ending balances from the district's "Interim Report."

GEA continues to bargain for your best interests. Check this web site for future updates.

Update - January 14, 2009

administrator

Jan 14 | 8:18 AM

Last Updated on Thursday, 14 January 2010 08:28

The GEA Bargaining Team will meet with district negotiators on Friday, January 15, 2010 and Tuesday, January 19, 2010.

The District has proposed a compensation plan for GEA members that includes two (2) furlough days in 2009-2010, two (2) furlough days in 2010-2011, and a 2.9 percent reduction to the salary schedule in 2010-2011.

GEA believes the district can afford to maintain the current salary schedule and 185 work day schedule without furlough days.

Please view the two video reports (to the right) which include data on unnecessary past layoffs and the district's misplaced budget priorities.

GEA continues to bargain for your best interests. Check this web site for future updates.

Test Scores and Evaluation

administrator

Jan 12 | 3:56 PM

Recent California legislation allows local school districts to use student test scores in teacher evaluations but only if school districts bargain such agreements with Teacher associations. The Grossmont Education Association currently has contract language that very clearly defines the process for evaluating teachers. The GEA contract - evaluation article is available at the following web address:

http://ectu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=133&Itemid=567

Two articles may be of interest to you at the following web sites as you learn more about RTTT federal school grants and high stakes testing in relation to determining student learning and predicting college or university success:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/stories/2010/jan/09/some-districts-spurn-education-initiative/

http://www.fairtest.org/files/optrept.pdf

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PLEASE NOTE: The District declared impasse BEFORE GEA had an opportunity to respond to this offer.

District Compensation Proposal for GEA

February 2, 2010

This proposal shall serve to modify the District’s October 22, 2009 proposal. The modifications are necessary based upon, among other things, the Governor’s January Budget proposal which included additional reductions in revenue for K-12 Education.

Effective with the 2009-2010 school year, reduce the work year for all unit members by two days with a corresponding reduction in annual base pay. Effective with the 2010-2011 school year, reduce the work year for all unit members by an additional three days, for a total of five (5) days with a corresponding reduction in annual base pay.
Reduce the salary schedule by 5% effective July 1, 2010.
Restructure health benefits for the 2011 Benefit year and beyond by, among other things, finding a replacement for PacifiCare and implement a maximum District contribution at each “tier” of coverage (e.g. employee, employee plus spouse, employee plus children and employee plus family) based upon 2010 District premium contributions for the lowest cost HMO plan. Further, co-pays and deductibles would be raised significantly for each health insurance plan.
Modify health benefits for retirees. The District proposes to “unbundle” retiree premiums and “cap” the District contribution for retiree premiums at the same rate as active unit members, effective July 1, 2010.
Restructure Article 10 to eliminate release periods for department chairpersons.

The District reserves the right to seek further compensation reductions in 2009-2010, 2010-2011 and 2011-2012, commensurate with and in proportion to any reductions in State Revenue beyond the current projections for 2009-2010, 2010-2011 and 2011-2012.

The District is open to discussing restoration language based upon increases in state funding. It is anticipated that the aforementioned reductions will last through 2011-2012.

The overriding goal of the District is to avoid layoffs in the 2010-2011 school year.

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