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Glendora Unified approves AB 1200 filing, ratifies teachers'9 tentative agreement and certifies first interim budget
Summary
The board approved an AB 1200 disclosure showing the district can fund a negotiated package costing $1,123,000, ratified a tentative agreement with the teachers association that includes a one-time off-schedule payment and stipend increases, and certified the 2024-25 first interim budget as "positive."
The Glendora Unified School District board on Dec. 9 approved a series of interrelated budget and labor items that the district says preserve fiscal stability while recognizing teachers'9 contributions.
Staff presented an AB 1200 public-disclosure filing required by the county when districts consider changes to employee compensation. The filing verified the district can fund the negotiated agreement at a total cost of $1,123,000 using a one-time arts, music and structural materials block grant that expires in 2026; trustees approved the AB 1200 filing by voice vote.
Representatives of the district and the Glendora Teachers Association announced a tentative agreement reached through negotiations. Key terms described by negotiators included a 2% off-schedule, one-time payment to help offset health costs; an increase to the special-education stipend from 5% to 7.5% retroactive to July 1, 2024; additional special-education caseload compensation effective Jan. 1, 2025; an increase in class-size overload pay from $150 to $200 starting Jan. 1, 2025; and contract language revisions in bereavement, catastrophic leave, reduced workload, and PE/elective class sizes. The board noted the agreement will be funded with the one-time block grant to avoid encroachment on the general fund and approved the implementation of the tentative agreement by voice vote.
Directly after the labor and AB 1200 items, the district presented its 2024-25 first interim budget report, an annual fiscal update that revises revenue and expenditure projections and assesses multi-year fiscal health. Presenters said the district'9s funded ADA (average daily attendance) for 2024-25 is based on a three-year prior average and reported a small enrollment gain of 21 students this year. Staff noted changes to revenue recognition that increased the first-interim revenue projection (including a roughly $3.5 million STRS on-behalf entry the district must book) and added one-time grants: a wellness coach grant of about $950,000 and a $600,000 contribution from the city for the aquatic center.
To create one-time savings in the unrestricted general fund, staff said they reclassified some salaries to restricted funds where allowed by grant terms; presenters cautioned these moves are one-time actions and discussed the district'9s multi-year assumptions, including county-projected COLA estimates and rising pension and insurance costs. Staff projected ending unrestricted general fund balances of about $14.8 million for 2024-25, $12.0 million for 2025-26 and $8.2 million for 2026-27 under current assumptions and recommended a positive certification, indicating the district can meet its obligations for the current year and two subsequent years. Trustees questioned the sources of some projections and how reclassified funds will affect future budgets; staff agreed to follow up as needed.
The board voted to certify the first interim report as "positive," approved the consent calendar covering about $11.7 million in activity, and adjourned at 8:57 p.m.
What it means: The district used one-time grants to cover near-term compensation increases and preserve the general fund; trustees emphasized monitoring future enrollment, COLA, and pension costs that could affect later years.
