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Stockton board rejects tentative SPPA contract after speech‑language pathologists and community raise equity concerns
Summary
After public comments from speech‑language pathologists and union leaders, the Stockton Unified board voted down a tentative agreement with SPPA on a 3–4 roll call, citing members’ concerns that recent rebenching and one‑time payments left SLPs excluded from a proposed retention bonus and COLA distribution.
The Stockton Unified School District Board of Trustees declined to ratify a tentative collective‑bargaining agreement with the Stockton Pupil Personnel Association (SPPA) on Tuesday after several speech‑language pathologists and union leaders urged the board to reject the deal.
During public comment, speech‑language pathologist Rachel Green told trustees, “We are asking the board to vote no on ratifying this TA because it fails to represent all SPPA members equally and it unfairly targets 1 subgroup within the unit.” Laurie Baker and others described a longstanding SLP shortage in…
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