Issue link: http://educator.cta.org/i/1544915
Bargaining Roundup Compiled by Julian Peeples Rocklin Teachers Professiotnal Association In January, RTPA reached agreement for the 2025–26 and 2026–27 academic years. This followed mediation and a fact- finding report process that had previously reached an impasse. What RTPA members won: • 2% on-schedule raise effective July 1, 2025 • 2% on-schedule raise effective Feb. 1, 2026 • $1,000 off-schedule payment • Equivalent to the cost of 1.2% salary to be added to the Health and Welfare Cap effective July 1, 2026 • .3% on-schedule raise effective July 1, 2026 • 1% on-schedule raise effective Feb. 1, 2027 • Annual stipend of $2,500 for BCLAD or bilingual certificate • Annual signing bonus of $5,000 for all fully credentialed (preliminar y and clear) Special Education educators • Limited reopeners for 2026– 27 include a TK/K MOU; prep time; MOU on elementary music; and evaluation • Reduced adjunct duty and committee work hours • Limited parameters and the number of in-person staff meetings, including the joint development of the staff meeting calendar • Established a joint safety task force to address safety concerns in classrooms Sierra College Faculty Association Earlier this year, SCFA members won a three-year agreement and the following victories: • 3.3% effective March 1, 2026 • One-time, off-schedule payment of $1,900 for FTF/LTT 's and 2.4689% for active status part-time faculty • Salary schedule restructure to the part-time faculty and full-time faculty overload salary schedule • Parity language to define the part-time teaching faculty workload at 75% of a full-time faculty workload. SCFA is committed to fighting for equal pay for equal work, for part-time faculty and full-time overload work. • An across-the-board increase to all salary schedules equal to the same percentage of COLA received by the district effective July 2, 2026 • Established a Part-Time Healthcare MOU for medical, dental and vision coverage reimbursement Laguna Beach Unified Faculty Association LaBUFA members rallied with their CSEA colleagues to fight back against a Laguna Beach School Board that is blaming educators for the district's mistakes and the school board's failure to lead. Following the discovery last summer that the district had made an error imple- menting a negotiated health benefit cap, the district unilaterally backstopped costs over the cap, and board members began blaming the LaBUFA and local CSEA presidents for the error and publicly demanding "the unions" cover the costs. LaBUFA president Scott Wittkop (pictured at a LaBUFA rally in tan cap) has been harassed by board supporters; the CSEA president is being investigated for a fabricated issue. LaBUFA members have responded by organizing and standing with each other and their supporters as they demand better from the district. In April, they mobi- lized! Four hundred teachers, classified staff and students held a "One District, One Community " rally outside of a school board meeting, garnering attention in the Los Angeles Times and Orange County Register. 47 S P R I N G 2 0 26 A