Board approves pay and benefits adjustments for PACE, APT and expands TK MOU

The Pomona Unified School District board approved compensation and benefits adjustments for administrators and negotiators and a memorandum of understanding for the transitional kindergarten (TK) program on June 25, 2025.

Resolution No. 37 (item 9.07) authorized a 2% off-schedule payment retroactive to July 1, 2024, and increased the annual health and welfare allotment by $1,200 for PACE administrative and classified management employees, bringing the total health and welfare allotment to $12,560, staff told trustees. The motion passed on a recorded vote of 5-0.

The board then approved the tentative agreement with Associated Pomona Teachers (APT) (item 9.08). Key elements described in the public presentation included a $1,200 increase in the health benefits allocation, elimination of three steps from the districts 28-step salary schedule for affected employees, and a 2% off-schedule payment for bargaining-unit members for the 2024-25 year; the board voted 5-0 to adopt the agreement. District staff said cash in lieu would be used to make the health-and-welfare increase retroactive for 2024-25.

Also approved was an MOU governing the districts TK expansion (item 9.09). The MOU aligns district practice with state regulations that move class-size ratios from 12:1 to 10:1 for TK and was described as the product of interest-based bargaining including teacher mentorship to build capacity. Trustees were told that TK classrooms will expand to about 60 sites for the coming school year; the board approved the MOU 5-0.

Board members and staff thanked negotiating teams, site teachers, and the union for their collaboration. No public speakers provided testimony in the public hearing opened for the APT tentative agreement. The items were presented as routine agenda actions and motioned and seconded before unanimous votes.