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  • Safety, energy efficiency and technology upgrades for ALL schools.
  • Modernization and repairs to aging schools.
  • Completion of our new high school to ease overcrowding.
 
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District – ACE Psychologists/Mental Health Support Providers Negotiations Update: September 2024

Late September Update (after meetings on Sept. 10 & 16)
After two negotiations meetings this month:

Article 5 -Staffing Ratios and Workload
ACE is in possession of the District's response to their latest proposal to Article 5. The ACE proposal now seeks a reduced number of additional FTEs.

Article 7 - Hours of Employment
ACE's current proposal to reduce duty days from 193 to 186, while maintaining the existing salary structure with a requested 3% increase (currently proposed in Article 9) is now with the District.

Article 9 - Salary
ACE has responded to the District's proposal for Appendix C (Salary Schedule) with a willingness to maintain the current 8-step salary schedule but with a proposal to increase the entire salary schedule by 3% (see above).

Tentative agreement has been reached between the District and ACE on Article 6 – Job Duties and Working Conditions.
 
No other articles are under negotiation.  Additional negotiating meetings have been scheduled Sept. 24 and Sept. 30. The District has also offered meeting dates into October to ACE.
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Early September Update
After two additional meetings in August, the District and ACE continue to negotiate three articles of the collective bargaining agreement. Below is a status of those articles:

Article 5 – Staffing Ratios and Workload
ACE is currently in possession of the District’s response to their proposal related to the remaining Article 5 addendum still under negotiations(Admin. Regulation No. 4000.5). ACE’s proposal to the District sought approximately 19 additional FTE increases to existing staffing ratios at the program-time and base-time level. Their proposal has an associated cost of $3.3 Million. As of August 23, in light of existing budget constraints facing California schools, the District delivered a counter proposal to ACE to maintain existing staffing ratios at the previously agreed to levels.
 
Article 7 – Hours of Employment
Article 7 is currently under consideration by ACE. The District’s current proposal is to, like with other duty day employees, define ACE members’ starting, ending and non-duty days based on the school year calendar.
 
Article 9 – Salary
ACE’s proposal for Appendix C to Article 9 (the Psychologist and Mental Health Support Providers Salary Schedule) is currently with the District. Article 9 language remains with ACE. ACE’s proposed revision to Appendix C would eliminate three steps from the existing salary schedule, resulting in a 19% salary increase for members currently on steps 1-5. Members currently on steps 6, 7, and 8 would move to step 5 of the proposed schedule, receiving salary increases of 14%, 8%, and 3%, respectively. The cost of the proposed salary schedule and its ensuing moves is about $975,000. 

Article 9 language proposed by the District that is currently under consideration by ACE would offer a repayment plan in the event an employee is overpaid.

Previous Negotiations Updates

Summer 2024 Update
After two additional negotiations meetings on June 4 and 5 between the District and ACE Psychologists and Mental Health Support Providers (ACE), no additional meetings are currently scheduled. The District has provided possible negotiations dates to take place in June, July and August and is awaiting a response from ACE.

Currently, the District is in possession of ACE-proposed language for Article 5 - Staffing Ratios/Workload (with one appendix, AR 4000.5 still under negotiation) and Article 9 - Salary. ACE is in possession of District-proposed language for Article 7 - Hours of Employment.  Tentative agreement has been reached over Article 6 - Job Duties/Working Conditions and no other articles are under negotiations.

May 2024 Update
The end of the school year is fast approaching, and all District employees play a critical role in making it a success!  This update provides information about the status of negotiations between the District and ACE Psychologists and Mental Health Support Providers (ACE).
 
CUSD and ACE have met three times to discuss contract articles reopened for negotiation. We have reached tentative agreement on Article 6 (Job Duties and Working Conditions). Discussions continue on Article 5 (Staffing Ratios and Workload), Article 7 (Hours of Employment), and Article 9 (Salary).
 
CUSD and ACE continued negotiations on Monday, May 13 and Tuesday, May 28. At this time, the three remaining articles under negotiation are with ACE. This includes Article 5 - Staffing Ratios/Workload, Article 7 - Hours of Employment, and Article 9 - Salary. Negotiation meetings have been scheduled for June 4 and 5.
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