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Text of proposed contract
LETTER OF AGREEMENT
SACRAMENTO CITY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
AND
SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Sacramento city Teachers Association (hereinafter referred to as “Association”) and the Sacramento City Unified School District (hereinafter referred to as “District”) agree to the following:
Preamble
The overall purpose of this Letter of Agreement is to set forth certain understandings between the parties even though the Association believes there is no obligation to enter into negotiations. In order to provide fiscal stability to the District and to retain as many teachers as possible during this fiscal crisis, the parties are agreeing to make the changes set forth below.
1. SCTA unit members shall contribute the equivalent of three (3) days of salaries in each of the two years 2010-11 and 2011-12 only. It is estimated that this has a value between $2.1 million and $2.4 million of unrestricted dollars in each year. This contribution shall be made through monthly employee payroll deductions in a flat dollar amount of $95 per month for 10 months from each employee for each of the two years. The Parties will explore a pass through or donation mechanism. The savings the District derives from this contribution shall be applied to restoring K-3 class size reduction (CSR) with a goal of achieving a ratio of 1:25 for the two year period. With the restoration of K-3 CSR employees, preparation time shall be provided with existing staff at no additional cost to the District.
2. In the event that State or Federal legislation is passed to fund K-3 CSR, the parties shall meet to discuss the impact of the legislation.
3. Common Planning Time (CPT) Amendment. The Parties agree to amend the current contract language so that each K-12 teacher in the unit will be able to perform 20 hours of common planning time each year either before or after the regular school day. These hours shall be applied towards the hours required for professional development. Participation in additional common planning time shall be on a voluntary basis. CPT shall be planned by the site administrator in collaboration with the site staff. All savings from current funds used for CPT shall be used to restore bargaining unit positions including counseling positions.
4. Health Benefit Co-Pay changes and compensation shift. The Parties agree to amend the co-pays and program offerings in the following areas:
a) The Health Net prescription program will change to 5/15/35.
b) The Health Net out-of-area 65+ retiree program will be reduced to approximately the amount of contribution to the in-area program by replacing the current program with an agreed upon broker recommended offering. To support the transition to a lower cost program, such retirees in the out-of-area programs will have the Medicare Part B lowest level paid provided that the total costs per retiree is approximately the same as the in-area costs.
c) The Kaiser Prescription rebate program will end effective July 1, 2010. The savings, if sufficient, will be applied to the Kaiser plan to include chiropractic coverage first, then if funds remain to laser and multi-
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