OEA Negotiations Update - Nov 3, 2017

Orcutt Educators Association 2017-18 proposals side-by-side with OUSD proposals. The District offered its proposals as a package deal; none of the individual proposals from the District can be accepted on its own.  As of November 3, 2017, OEA has rejected the District’s package proposal. Our next bargaining sessions are scheduled for November 13^th & 30^th. (An earlier version of this chart had an error in the description of the OEA Early Retirement Proposal.)

Issue	OUSD	OEA
Compensation	½ % on-schedule increase in exchange for loss of 6 report card release days for TK-6 teachers; off-schedule, one-time payment of $640 to all full-time members	Salary Schedule adjustment that costs about 1.6% on-schedule and about 1% off-schedule
Special Education	No proposal	Compensation for IEP meetings outside of the contractual work day.
Health and Welfare Benefits	No proposal	Continued 100% of 90-D for singles, 80% for two-party and family; reimbursement of $ difference for members who switched to a less costly plan
Class size	Increase TK-3 class size site average from 27 to 29 students	Current 3-year MOU in place that keeps average at 27
Child Bonding Leave	A new contract section that complies with new state law.	Counterproposal in process
Stipends	New stipends rejected; connecting stipends to salary schedule rejected.	Connect stipends to salary schedule and add stipends for Math Bowl, Battle of the Books, Flag Football and Elementary Student Council Advisor.
Early Retirement (offered by OUSD ONLY if all other proposals are accepted).	$20,000 OR an additional year of Health and Welfare Benefits (total of 6) IF there are at least 15 eligible retirements announced by Feb. 1, 2018	If 11 eligible retirements: $25,000 payment; 8 eligible retirements: $20,000 or one year of health and welfare benefits; five eligible retirements: six additional months of health, dental and vision coverage. (None of these would require additional days of work.)
Salary Schedule Appendix B2, paragraph 5	Increase the number of years of outside experience from 5 to 10 years for new hires only	No Proposal thus far.

OEA Bargaining Update – Feb. 2, 2017

First, I want to thank all of you who were able to come to the General Membership meeting Wednesday. Since I know that not everyone could attend, and to reinforce what we talked about, I am providing this written bargaining update.

 Let me share where we are on specific proposals:

	OEA Position	District Position
Salary	7% for the 2016-17 school year or a total of 13% for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 school years.	1% increase for the 2016-17 school year
Health and Welfare Benefits	Current MOU increasing District contribution included permanently in the contract	MOU for 2016-17 only – no proposal for continuing contribution over 2015-16 level
Initial Placement on the salary schedule	No proposal from OEA	Up to 15 years of outside experience granted TO NEW HIRES ONLY
Binding Arbitration	Add a Binding Arbitration step to the grievance procedure	The District has rejected binding arbitration, stating: “The Board of Trustees have shown they are a fair arbiter of dispute over the contract.”
TK-6 Release Days (currently 2 per trimester)	Add PE and Music teachers to those who may use this time; reduce the number of total days to 5 (no more than two per trimester); increase the number of teacher-directed PLC sessions from one-per-month to two-per-month (every other session)	Add PE and Music teachers to those who may use this time; reduce the number of total days to 1 per trimester (3 per year)
Organizational Rights	Current Contract Langauge	Completely eliminate OEA President Release time
Working days and hours	Discussions ongoing regarding IEP time and zero period assignments/working during your prep	Discussions ongoing regarding IEP time and zero period assignments/working during your prep

At the presentation, we also showed members that the percentage of the district budget dedicated to teacher’s salaries and to all employee health and welfare benefits continues to drop, as it has since 2012-13.

We continue to ask that you:

·       Go to Dr. Blow’s Office Hours, Mondays 4-5 p.m.

·       Come to the School Board Meeting Feb. 15, 7:15 p.m., at the District Office

·       Fill out your survey

The next Bargaining Sessions are Feb. 22 and March 14.