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Banning Unified approves tentative successor agreement with teachers union; union urges action on SPED and grievance process
Summary
The board approved a tentative successor contract with the Banning Teachers Association for 2025–2028. The BTA, via emailed remarks, thanked the board for closing negotiations but urged meaningful changes to special education supports, a camera policy and diapering procedures, and warned that status-quo plans have led to burnout among SPED and general education teachers.
The Banning Unified School District board voted to approve tentative agreements and a memorandum of understanding reached as part of successor bargaining with the Banning Teachers Association covering the 2025–2028 school years.
BTA president Anthony Garcia was not present but emailed comments that staff read into the record. In the message, Garcia thanked the board "for their help in closing out negotiations on a new contract" but urged the district to engage in meaningful discussion about special education, a camera policy and diapering. The message said a reluctance to put agreements in writing has strained labor relations and warned that "status quo has led many SPED and general education teachers to become burnt out." Garcia called the grievance process a mechanism to resolve disputes without outside agencies and said the union remains skeptical that a plan that preserves the status quo will change conditions for teachers.
The board approved the tentative agreements by roll-call motion 4–0. Trustees did not take additional substantive action at the meeting beyond approving the agreements; the union's email requested further dialogue on SPED and other working conditions in the fall.
Next steps: the board approved the agreement; implementation and specific details will follow per the memorandum of understanding and standard contract processes.
