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Washington Unified board approves sunshine proposals to begin negotiations with CSEA and WSTA
Summary
The Washington Unified School District board approved 'sunshine' proposals opening successor contract negotiations with the California School Employees Association and the West Sacramento Teachers Association; staff said proposals identify the contract articles each side plans to open and the approvals start the public negotiation process.
The Washington Unified School District board voted in mid‑November to approve sunshine proposals that begin public successor contract negotiations with two bargaining partners: the California School Employees Association (CSEA), Riverview Chapter 168, and the West Sacramento Teachers Association (WSTA).
Assistant Superintendent Shay Borges told the board the public hearings and approvals make the district's priorities and the unions' proposed articles available to the community. For CSEA, Borges listed proposed openings to Article 10 (Organizational Security and Dues Deduction), Article 18 (Salary and Compensation), Article 19 (Unit Member Benefits) and Article 21 (Safety). For the teachers' association, the board heard WSTA propose opening Article 6 (Evaluation Procedures), Article 11 (Leaves), Article 14 (Duty Hours), Article 16 (Class Size), Article 17 (Compensation) and Article 18 (Unit Member Benefits); the district signaled alignment on several items and proposed Article 22 (Public Comments) and Article 19 (Early Childhood Education Programs) as additional discussion points.
Board members moved and seconded the two approvals in separate motions. The board recorded voice votes and the motions passed with ayes from members present. President Coffey and Vice President Pezzatti participated in the roll calls that preceded each voice vote.
Borges said the public hearings were intended to open the negotiation process to community scrutiny and allow residents to review the proposed changes to employee contracts. No members of the public spoke during the hearing on either proposal.
Next steps outlined by staff include negotiation sessions between the district and each bargaining unit; staff did not specify dates in the Board motion but said negotiations would proceed under the public process and that the district and labor partners had moved quickly to prepare proposals in roughly three weeks.
The board's approvals were procedural: they permit bargaining to begin and do not themselves change contract language or compensation. Any actual pay or benefit changes would require agreement in successor contracts and return to the board if they carry budgetary impact.
