Los Angeles teachers are set to recieve a pay increase after reaching a tentative agreement with the school district.
The expanded 85-member United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) bargaining team reached a tentative agreement with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) for a new three-year contract from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2025.Â
After 11 months at the bargaining table and failed efforts to reach an agreement that resulted in district-wide school closures, the UTLA and the LAUSD reached a tentative agreement for the years 2022-2025 that provides a 21% wage increase.Â
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Furthermore, the 2022-2025 agreement included an overall class size reduction by two students; increased support for the Black Student Achievement Program (BSAP) and Community Schools; appointment of a college counselor to every high school with at least 900 students; and increased school psychologist services into the contract.Â
Additionally, the agreement contains improvements to teacher working conditions, a boosted pay for substitutes, support for immigrant students and families, and “enforceable class size caps for special education.”Â
The agreement still has to get approved by UTLA members. The UTLA board recommended that its members vote yes on approving the tentative agreement. According to UTLA’s new release, “approximately 35,000 teachers, nurses, counselors, and educational staff will be eligible to vote on the agreement in ratification votes to be scheduled in the coming weeks.”
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“With this tentative agreement, LAUSD now has an opportunity to become one of the most successful school districts in the country. We held the line during bargaining on a number of initiatives because educators are the experts on what has the ability to transform LAUSD into a more equitable environment…
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