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Dixon Unified board approves budget measures, layoffs resolutions and bargaining notices; signs MOU to recruit health and special‑education staff
Summary
The Dixon Unified School District board on April 17 approved a package of budget and labor measures — including a cash-advance resolution, formal “sunshine” bargaining notices, updated salary schedules, and final layoff resolutions for certificated and classified staff — and ratified a memorandum of understanding to boost pay for certain specialized educators.
The Dixon Unified School District Board of Trustees on April 17 approved a set of budget and labor actions aimed at addressing district finances and staffing needs, including steps to authorize short-term borrowing, notify bargaining units of formal proposals, post updated salary schedules and send final notices tied to planned reductions in staff.
Trustees voted unanimously to adopt the constitutional cash-advance resolution for the 2025–26 fiscal year, a routine step that lets the district request up to 85% of projected tax receipts in advance to guard against cash-flow shortfalls. Chief Business Official Joanne Uhola presented the resolution as a standard annual measure intended to ease timing-related revenue gaps.
The board also approved procedural items required for collective bargaining. The district and its two represented employee groups publicly presented initial bargaining proposals (commonly called “sunshine” proposals) for the 2025–2028 negotiations cycle: one for the Dixon Teachers Association and one for Service Employees International Union local representatives. Those proposals were accepted for the public record.
As part of the district’s budget adjustments, trustees approved final resolutions reducing or eliminating particular kinds of services for both certificated and classified employees. District staff said position titles and counts appear in the materials provided with the board report; specific personnel impacted were shared with trustees in earlier communications and remain HR-sensitive. The board moved and passed the layoff resolutions by roll-call vote.
The board approved the declaration of need for fully qualified educators (form CL-500), and it approved updated salary schedules for the 2023–25 period to allow posting for recruitment.
In a separate personnel-cost move, trustees adopted a jointly negotiated memorandum of understanding with the Dixon Teachers Association to revise salary schedules for psychologists, program specialists, special-education teachers, speech-language pathologists and nurses. District officials said the MOU aims to reduce the district’s reliance on outside contractors by increasing pay for those positions to improve recruitment and retention. The board approved the MOU by a unanimous vote.
Motions on these items were made and seconded at the meeting; roll-call votes recorded “aye” from trustees identified in the transcript as Robert, John, Jewel, Regina and the board president, and all items carried.
Board and district leaders said some personnel details are protected under HR procedures and could not be discussed publicly; they pointed trustees and members of the public to the board packet and to staff for follow-up questions.
