Ratification votes are scheduled next week for a tentative agreement that would allow the Los Angeles Unified School District to add three instructional days to its calendar each of the next two school years.
The tentative agreement with the district’s two largest unions, which was announced Friday,June 2, also continues the district’s three-week winter break for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years. There will be a voluntary three-day Winter Recess Academy during the first week of winter break to provide targeted instruction and enrichment, meals and supervision for students.
The first day of classes for the 2023-2024 school year will be Aug. 14, under the tentative agreement with United Teachers Los Angeles, which represents LAUSD’s teachers, and Service Employees International Union Local 99, which represents service workers.
Winter break will begin on Dec. 18, with the Winter Recess Academy taking place from Dec. 18 to 20. Classes will resume Jan. 8. The last day of school will be June 11, 2024.
Teachers will be paid for one additional day of teaching under the agreement, with the district converting two days teachers had to work when no students were on campus into instructional days, according to UTLA.
Teachers will have the option of choosing to work one extra day at the beginning of the year to set up and one extra day at the end of the year to put things away. They would be paid for those days, UTLA said.
The tentative agreement also resolves charges pending before the Public Employment Relations Board, with LAUSD dropping its unfair practice charges against UTLA and SEIU Local 99. LAUSD had argued the March strike was unlawful, while the unions had accused the district of unfair practices.
“It is in the interest of both UTLA and SEIU 99 members to try to reach an agreement on all of the issues within this school year,” a UTLA statement said, “especially since a victory at PERB would have only resulted in LAUSD being ordered to…
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