AN ANALYSIS OF THE 2012-13 JOBS AND SERVICES RESTORATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN LAUSD AND UTLA By Dr. John Fernandez - Perdaily.com

AN ANALYSIS OF THE 2012-13 JOBS AND SERVICES RESTORATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN LAUSD AND UTLA By Dr. John Fernandez - Perdaily.com:

AGREEMENT BETWEEN LAUSD AND UTLA By Dr. John Fernandez

by Leonard Isenberg

Not only is the Agreement misleading, tentative, and conditional, the Agreement fails to support the claim that 4,149 jobs will be restored and does not give an exact number of all pending Reduction in Forces (RIFS) and job loses that will take place after June 30, 2012. For instance on page 4 of the Agreement, Section 5a, the subheading states: "TotalEstimated FTE Position Restorations is 4,149." Thus, the 4,149 is an estimate and not an absolute number.

However, in UTLA's official Summary of the 2012-13 Jobs & Services Restoration Agreement, under subheading "RESTORATION OF JOBS", it states:  "Under this agreement, 4,149 full-time equivalent positions will be restored." This statement by UTLA is totally false and misleading.

These are the following Program Restorations and their corresponding FTE positions taken from the Agreement:

Restore K-3 Class Size to current Level--1,583

Restore Grades 4-6 Class Size to