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Weber School District reaches MOU with WEA to align educator leave policy ahead of school year
Summary
The Weber School District reported it reached a memorandum of understanding with the Weber Education Association to align provisions in the negotiated agreement with the district’s updated Policy 7700 on medical and parental leave.
The Weber School District reported that negotiators reached a memorandum of understanding with the Weber Education Association to reconcile a new district policy on medical and parental leave with the parties' collective bargaining agreement.
A district human-resources representative told the board the parties agreed that language in the MOU will “supersede the language in the agreement in section 4 under educator benefits, specifically around the short term disability changes that we made,” and that the MOU is intended to avoid contradictions between the negotiated agreement and the district’s updated Policy 7700. The HR representative said the MOU was proposed to take effect Aug. 7 and would conclude negotiations with the WEA for the 2025–26 school year.
The HR representative said negotiations with other employee groups — WESP and WAW — are ongoing and are expected to be presented to the board in September, with the district’s goal of concluding all three groups’ negotiations by Sept. 30. No vote or formal board action on the MOU was recorded in the study-session transcript.
Board members asked clarifying questions during the presentation. A board member asked whether the MOU was the same as Policy 7700; staff confirmed the MOU language will supersede the negotiated agreement for the specified educator-benefits section. The HR representative also noted the changes relate to eligibility clarifications so that eligible employees would receive parental leave under the revised policy language.
The district’s presentation did not include the full text of the MOU in the study-session materials shown on the record and no final signed agreement was read into the minutes during the session. The transcript does not show a formal motion to adopt the MOU or a recorded vote.
The HR representative said the district will reengage negotiations for the 2026–27 school year in the spring. Questions about implementation timelines, employee notification, or any changes to payroll procedures tied to these leave changes were not resolved in the recorded discussion.
Speakers quoted or paraphrased in this account are drawn from the study-session transcript.
