Negotiations Updates
Negotiations Update, annual reopeners - SRVUSD and csea - april 2, 2025
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Negotiations Update, annual reopeners - SRVUSD and csea - april 2, 2025
On April 2, 2025, the San Ramon Valley Unified School District (SRVUSD) and the California School Employees Association (CSEA) negotiations teams held their first session for annual reopener negotiations. While the District and CSEA have already reached agreement on necessary budget reductions, this session focused on the annual negotiation of contract articles identified by both parties.
The parties discussed the following topics:
- Holidays
- Leaves
- Transfers, Promotions, Demotions and Reinstatements
- Evaluation Procedures
- Working out-of-class/Reclassification
CSEA Proposals Provided - April 2, 2025
CSEA provided the following initial proposals to the District. Highlights of each proposal is summarized below:
Floating Holiday:
- Eliminate 1 floating holiday per school year. This proposal aligns with the leaves proposal below.
Personal Business Leave:
- A permanent employee may take 2 days of paid leave per school year in increments of not less than 1 hour.
Notification Process:
- After a job posting closes, all applicants will receive an email from Human Resources.
- Within two weeks of the closing date, applicants will be notified of the status of their application.
- The District will respond to all applicants to ensure each is informed of their application status.
- A joint committee was established during the 2024-25 school year to revise the Classified Employee Performance and Review form. The goal was to better align the evaluation process with District priorities and provide more meaningful feedback. The parties reviewed the committee’s recommended revisions.
- If an employee is on extended medical leave, their evaluation will be deferred until they return and have sufficient time to reacclimate to their role.
- Evaluations shall not be based on hearsay or incidents not brought to the employee’s attention within twenty workdays of the occurrence.
- Employees who believe their evaluation contains vindictive, discriminatory, or clearly inaccurate content may request a review by the Superintendent or their designee, who may mandate a revised evaluation.
- Any rating below “satisfactory” must be accompanied by written reasons, detailed recommendations for improvement, and support measures.
Reclassification:
- In cases where the District and Association leadership do not agree on a reclassification request, the packet will be forwarded to a Review Panel.
- The panel will issue a recommendation for approval or denial, with a written explanation.
- The recommendation will then be shared with both the Association and the District, who will make a joint recommendation to the Board of Education for final action.
Next Steps
The next negotiations session is tentatively scheduled for Monday, April 21, 2025. At that meeting, the District will present counter proposals in response to CSEA's initial proposals.
Representatives in Attendance for Negotiations Today
San Ramon Valley Unified School District |
California School Employees Association |
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View previous negotiation session summaries with each of our Union partners.
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Service Employees International Union(SEIU) |
San Ramon Valley Education Association(SRVEA) |
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If you would like to review additional information regarding the process, documents, resources, and iterations of the budget reduction plans, you may view those here:
