The San Diego Unified School District and the Administrators
Association San Diego (AASD) certificated bargaining unit have reached a
tentative agreement on revisions to the 2012-13 and 2013-14 school year
contracts that will help the district cope with state budget
reductions.
The certificated unit of the Administrators
Association, which includes principals and vice principals, have
negotiated a tentative agreement that includes restoring last year's
furloughs and deferring cost of living raises in the current contract
that where planned for the 2012-13 school year. The agreement contains
concessions similar to those included in earlier agreements reached with
the San Diego Education Association and the San Diego Unified School
Police Officers Association. Non-represented management staff will also
make similar concessions.
The AASD tentative agreement also
includes additional furlough days that would kick in should state tax
ballot propositions fail in November. The district estimates that with
the contingency furlough, administrators would contribute a proportional
share of approximately $4.5 million to help resolve the estimated $40
million of mid-year cuts facing the district should the November ballot
measure fail.
The membership of Administrators Association
must now ratify the revisions and the Board of Education must also
approve the agreement. The Board of Education will schedule the
tentative agreement for final approval at a September Board meeting,
following the AASD ratification vote to be held in August.
"This
agreement with our principals and vice principals once again
demonstrates that our district is taking the right actions that will
ensure that we maintain a balanced budget for the 2012-13 school year,"
said Dr. John Lee Evans, Board of Education President. "We thank the
members of the Administrators Association for making the same sacrifices
that our teaching staff has agreed to so that we can preserve excellent
educational opportunities for our students.
"Our principals
have had to cope with the devastating effects of shrinking budgets over
the last five years that impact their school operations. They are all
working harder to keep our schools focus on students even as they, like
our teachers, accept two more years of reduced pay. This is another
example of how our school leaders in the Administrators Association make
a priority of doing what's best for the kids."
The Tentative Agreement, which must now be ratified by the Association membership contains the following elements:
- Deferral of raises contained in current contract;
- Agreement
to a set number of furlough days for the 2012-13 and 2013-14fiscal
years; with additional furlough days to be added based on mid-year cuts
(tracking with the SDEA schedule);
- A 1 percent increase to top salary step if either state tax measure passes in November;
- No layoffs in 2012-13 only;
- 13
retirement incentives per year, with any unused from 2012-13 rolling
over to 2013-14 and increasing up to a maximum of 18 in 2013-14 if there
are positions eliminated that year;
- Settlement of the priority
consideration grievance and agreement to a contractual side letter
outlining the process for future implementation as outlined in the most
recent Human Resources Department iteration.
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