Board approves UA tentative agreement; splits and postpones vote on raises for unrepresented managers

The San Francisco Board of Education approved a tentative agreement with the United Administrators of San Francisco (UA) during Tuesday’s meeting, but debate over attached raises for unrepresented management dominated the discussion.

Staff presented the UA tentative agreement and the AB 1200 financial disclosure showing multi‑year salary adjustments for UA members. Several commissioners, led by Commissioner Alexander, objected to an attached ‘‘me‑too’’ component that would raise the district’s unrepresented management salary schedule by the same percentages granted to UA. They argued the agenda language and attachments did not clearly call out raises for non‑represented managers and that board policy changes made in 2023 had intended to decouple automatic raises for unrepresented staff.

General counsel and staff responded that the AB 1200 disclosure lawfully grouped the financial figures and that the calculations had to be presented for transparency. Commissioners moved to split the vote so the UA tentative agreement and the unrepresented management increases would be considered separately. The board approved the UA tentative agreement in a separate roll call (7–0). The subsequent proposal to approve the unrepresented management raises prompted extended debate about transparency, timing, and whether the board had adequate notice. Several commissioners said they were unprepared to authorize a multi‑million‑dollar increase for roughly 160.4 FTE (totaling about $2.2 million annually on staff estimates) without additional analysis and public notice.

The board ultimately postponed/withdrew the separate action on unrepresented management raises to a future meeting and asked staff to provide further analysis, including options to separate or reclassify affected salary tables. Staff noted the raises are presented as budget‑neutral, meaning distribution would be managed within the unrepresented group and adjustments reflected in SACS reporting if adopted.

The split vote process allowed the UA agreement to be implemented while preserving time for additional review of the management raises. Staff also said the AB 1200 financial detail would be reflected in the December fiscal reports.

What happens next: the UA salary adjustments will be implemented per the agreement; staff will return with a clearer breakdown and rationale for any proposed unrepresented management increases and policy recommendations for future notice and transparency.