Board approves UCTA contract terms: district to pay full teacher retirement and add step increases

The Union Public Schools Board of Education approved negotiated changes to certified and administrative salary schedules for 2025–26, including a one-step pay increase and employer-paid full teacher retirement contributions, superintendent Doctor Williams told the board.

The board’s approval formalizes terms the district and the Union Classroom Teachers Association negotiated in June. Associate superintendent Williams told the board the salary table reflects “a 1 step, plus full teachers retirement paid” going into the school year; the teacher bargaining unit approved the package by a 99% vote of those who cast ballots, the administration said.

The contract package includes multiple language changes summarized by district negotiators: an update to dress-code language allowing jeans but permitting administration to declare “no jeans” days during special visits and events; a $300 increase on salary steps 26 through 40; and recommended changes to the extra-duty schedule developed by the extra-duty committee chaired by Ms. Calvin. The board also approved a 2.4% increase to an administrative associates salary schedule.

Superintendent Doctor Federline and Board President Reyes thanked negotiating teams on both sides. Board members noted the long-standing goal of the district to restore full teacher retirement payments and framed the decision as an administrative priority for teacher retention.

The board voted to approve the negotiated package and updated administrative schedules. No specific funding source change was announced at the meeting; the recommendation was presented as the superintendent’s package for adoption.

The district will proceed to implement the salary schedule changes for the 2025–26 year and follow up as required by the negotiated agreement.