October 10, 2019
The Pittsburg Unified School District (District) is very pleased to announce that after many months of bargaining and mediation, the District and Pittsburg Education Association (PEA) reached a tentative agreement (TA) for a 2018-2019 Reopener Contract. The TA was reached during a mediation session on Wednesday, October 9, 2019.
The PUSD Administration and bargaining team would like to thank everyone that made this TA possible, including the State Appointed mediator, parents, teachers and District employees for their patience. We would also like to thank PEA and CTA representatives for the collaborative efforts in reaching this successful agreement. The TA still requires ratification by both parties.
The following is a summary of the articles addressed by the TA:
Article 6 – Hours of Employment
- Language and hourly rate was established for specific meetings scheduled outside of the workday
- New language added for kindergarten and elementary teacher prep time
Article 11 – Safety Conditions
- Active shooter training will be provided for all PEA members
- Hard and soft copies of emergency operation plans will be given to all PEA members
- PEA members will be trained on assigned duties of emergency operation plans within 30 workdays of school year
- Administration responses to referrals will be given to PEA members within 48 hours of the referral
- Training and access to electronic student data will be given within first 30 days of school year
Article 12 – Adult Ed Employee Benefits
- Life Insurance will be provided to adult education teachers who teach 15 to 19.5 hours per week
Article 13 – Salary
- 2.25% increase, retroactive July 1, 2018
- 0.5% increase, retroactive January 1, 2019
- Salary increases are applied to all rates and schedules
- $3,000 Transfer Bonus to qualified teachers that transfer to math, science, reading specialist, special education, dual immersion, and speech pathology positions.
- Restructured salary schedule for psychologists, speech pathologists, and behaviorists includes increase in pay rate and revised step and column
- Preschool Salary – 5% on-schedule increase, retroactive to July 1, 2018 with 30 minutes added to workday
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between PEA, California Teachers Association (CTA) and District for a “Student Discipline Committee”
- A Student Discipline Committee will be established to create protocols and make recommendations regarding progressive discipline
- Committee will be chaired by a PEA member and District member
- Communication from the Committee must be reported in writing by April 1, 2020
- This MOU sunsets on June 30, 2020
