NEWS RELEASE -- Tentative Agreement Reached Between SD Unified and Administrators Association Certificated

NEWS RELEASE from the San Diego Unified School District, August 3, 2012

TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN SAN DIEGO UNIFIED AND ADMINISTRATORS
ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATED UNIT ON 2012-13, 2013-14 CONTRACT REVISIONS

SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Unified School District and the Administrators
Association San Diego (AASD) certificated bargaining unit have reached a
tentative agreement on revisions to the 2012-13 and 2013-14 school year
contracts that will help the district cope with state budget reductions.

The certificated unit of the Administrators Association, which includes
principals and vice principals, have negotiated a tentative agreement that
includes restoring last year's furloughs and deferring cost of living
raises in the current contract that where planned for the 2012-13 school
year. The agreement contains concessions similar to those included in
earlier agreements reached with the San Diego Education Association and
the San Diego Unified School Police Officers Association. Non-represented
management staff will also make similar concessions.

The AASD tentative agreement also includes additional furlough days that
would kick in should state tax ballot propositions fail in November. The
district estimates that with the contingency furlough, administrators
would contribute a proportional share of approximately $4.5 million to
help resolve the estimated $40 million of mid-year cuts facing the
district should the November ballot measure fail.

The membership of Administrators Association must now ratify the revisions
and the Board of Education must also approve the agreement. The Board of
Education will schedule the tentative agreement for final approval at a
September Board meeting, following the AASD ratification vote to be held
in August.

"This agreement with our principals and vice principals once again
demonstrates that our district is taking the right actions that will
ensure that we maintain a balanced budget for the 2012/13 school year,"
said Dr. John Lee Evans, Board of Education President. "We thank the
members of the Administrators Association for making the same sacrifices
that our teaching staff has agreed to so that we can preserve excellent
educational opportunities for our students."

"Our principals have had to cope with the devastating effects of shrinking
budgets over the last five years that impact their school operations," he
said. "They are all working harder to keep our schools focus on students
even as they, like our teachers, accept two more years of reduced pay.
This is another example of how our school leaders in the Administrators
Association make a priority of doing what's best for the kids."

The Tentative Agreement, which must now be ratified by the Association
membership contains the following elements:

-- Deferral of raises contained in current contract;
-- Agreement to a set number of furlough days for the 2012-13 and 2013-14
fiscal years; with additional furlough days to be added based on mid-year
cuts (tracking with the SDEA schedule);
-- A 1% increase to top salary step if either state tax measure passes in
November;
-- No layoffs in 2012-13 only;
-- 13 retirement incentives per year, with any unused from 2012-13 rolling
over to 2013-14 and increasing up to a maximum of 18 in 2013-14 if there
are positions eliminated that year;
-- Settlement of the priority consideration grievance and agreement to a
contractual side letter outlining the process for future implementation as
outlined in the most recent HR iteration.

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CONTACT: Bernie Rhinerson, Chief of Staff, (619) 725-5567




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