During today’s bargaining session, the teams reviewed several MOUs and contract updates. Much of the discussion focused on potential revisions to Article 10 related to Special Education, including clarifying language around inclusion, co-teaching, class size guidance, and how IEP requirements interact with staffing and scheduling. The teams also discussed updates to the Elementary Collaboration MOU, including a proposal to spread required early release assessment days for K-3

Delta Dental and VSP are largely universal, so we focused on health care.  Tony Ruiz, 9 - 12 DAL, who has been representing FCEA at the Employee Benefits Committee for 12+  years was drafted to help investigate our neighbor’s benefits booklets and compile the data below.  Unless noted, all data was for the 2025-26 school year. Caveats: Numbers are based on each district’s plan with the lowest premiums only - most offer additional options.   Actual make up of “plan design” was

Here is a summary of the  February 11, 2026, FCEA meeting , covering everything from summer school to disciplinary policies and concludes with the district's opener for 2026-27 compensation. Summer School Side letter: The district has asked to refine the already signed Summer School MOU  to include PE teachers for the elementary program and clarify the use of APEX for current seniors in high school needing to graduate. On the athletics side,  stipends  will now be tied to stu

School funding is very complicated.  For the purpose of bargaining, our primary source of available dollars is from the general fund and is based on LCFF funding.  This is a little over simplified, but if you take our average daily attendance rate times the cost of living times the number of students, by grade level, with extra money for unduplicated pupils ... -the list and calculations continue.  Here is a slide from Sean Martin’s 1st Interim Budget presentation from the De

This is the first blog related to bargaining items that are intended to provide members with data about how FCUSD compares to neighbors. The next article will be about school financing and show how we compare to our neighbors in some crucial metrics. You’ve heard the parable about the tortoise and the hare.  It also applies to compound interest.  Over the years the FCEA Bargaining Team at the direction of the Executive Board based on member surveys has focused on increasing

This month’s meeting focused on cleaning up contract language and compensation regarding Psych and SLP leads, updates to the pilot evaluation process as well as TK staffing, half day subs and PRISM training for secondary. Job Descriptions for the School Psychologist Lead  and Speech Language Pathologist Lead  were completed.  These roles, comparable to secondary division leads, and are scheduled for Board review on November 6th.  Each position will have an 8% salary stipend a

Update on TA related dates: October 30th - This will be the first of the 1-time payments, if you take health benefits October 31st - New...

The meeting covered various topics, including job descriptions, MOUs, and updates: Job Descriptions: Adjustments made to Program...

The following slides overview the details pertaining to the TA. This was shared at Rep. Council Tuesday night (August 26, 2025). The...

Your Voice at the Table: Comprehensive Bargaining Update Your Bargaining Team has been hard at work, engaged in intensive negotiations...

May 29, 2025 MOUs from May Meeting Posted, Pending Approval  The final group of Memorandums of Understanding ( MOUs ) from the May...

1. Non contract/TA related:  Many MOUs agreed too.  A full list will be posted on our webpage when they go to the board.  Here are some...

At your April Staff meetin, principals were asked to share the last informational video for the new evaluation process that outlines our...

Presentation The district’s lawyer gave a presentation about Certificated Discipline that overviewed EdCode requirements regarding just...

March 19, 2025   12:00 - 3:30 FCUSD and FCEA bargaining teams met Wednesday March 19th in the afternoon.  There were two topics of...

Note: There was minimal interactions regarding compensation today. Teams meet next week on March 19th where the district is expected to...

FCEA's bargaining team presented our response to the district offer. The powerpoint is included below. You will see FCUSD's offer on...

Our meeting today was very productive.  New MOUs were signed for: [job descriptions and MOU] Elementary Dept. Chair(s) and… 240 minute...

ESS (Educational Support Services) gave a presentation about providing substitute workers for CSEA (classified) employees.  The district...

Joint meeting of all three bargaining teams [FCEA, CSEA, FCLA] and the Benefits Committee The purpose of this meeting was to update all...