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Board ratifies tentative teacher agreement with 9.75% salary-schedule increase
Summary
The Orange Unified School District board ratified a tentative agreement with the Orange Unified Education Association that increases the certificated salary schedule by 9.75%; trustees said county office stress tests covering the settlement were completed and the board approved the settlement (vote recorded with six yes and one abstention).
The board ratified a tentative settlement with the certificated bargaining unit (the Orange Unified Education Association) at the June 13 meeting. Negotiators said the county office reviewed the cost this year and the next two years; internally the district also conducts a five-year projection. The certificated salary schedule was increased by 9.75 percent, and equivalent compensation terms for district leadership employees were also included.
Board discussion included caution about long-term affordability and praise for giving employees a competitive raise. One trustee asked whether the settlement would require structural cuts in future years; staff said the district had run stress tests and county review and that the agreement was included in the stress-test scenarios. The motion to ratify was approved with a reported 6 yes and 1 abstention.
What happens next: the district will implement the compensation terms and include the settlement costs in its multi-year budget and upcoming formal budget adoption steps. Staff said they had returned the stress-test materials to the county and had adjusted the five-year projection assumptions during negotiations.
