Moreno Valley board approves 3% total compensation package, ratifies MOUs and updates salary schedules

The Moreno Valley Unified School District Board of Education on Jan. 27 approved negotiated memoranda of understanding and management pay adjustments that together equal a 3% total compensation increase for represented employees and management.

The board voted to adopt bridge agreements with the district's educator groups after staff described the terms and an AB 1200 county review. Doctor Verde, chief negotiator, said the MVEA and other units agreed to combinations of ongoing salary increases and benefit adjustments. "The grand total for both units in total compensation is 3% in ongoing dollars," district staff said during the public hearing and review.

Trustee motions and roll‑call votes accompanied each item. The board approved the MOU between MVUSD and the Moreno Valley Educators Association and the tentative agreements for CSEA and CSCA; votes were recorded in the minutes as passed with the usual quorum (five trustees present, one absent). Following those approvals, trustees also voted to update the district's certificated, classified and management salary schedules to reflect the increases: for certificated staff a 1.45% schedule increase effective 07/01/2025 and a further 0.3% on 01/01/2026; for management and classified staff a 2.7% increase effective 07/01/2025 and 0.3% effective 01/01/2026.

The agreements include a one‑time off‑schedule payment of 1.5% for eligible employees in paid status on the dates specified in each agreement. Doctor Verde told the board the one‑time payments and any retroactive amounts would be issued no later than March 31, 2026. "These increases will be reflected in the updated management salary schedule," he said while reading contract amendments into the record.

The board also approved a specific update to certificated substitute daily rates to remain competitive in local labor markets and approved the detailed amendments to several cabinet employment agreements so district executives receive the same percentage adjustment as other management employees.

Trustees and members of the public raised questions during the hearings about how the percentages add up in the agenda language; district staff clarified that the combination of schedule adjustments, one‑time payments and timing differences yields the 3% total ongoing compensation the board approved.

The approvals mean the district will implement the updated salary schedules for budgeting, payroll and collective‑bargaining reporting. The board recorded each vote in the public minutes and the district will publish the revised schedules and updated employee agreements as part of its required public records.