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Teachers union says renewed dual-enrollment 'cap' agreement may violate policy; board tables item
Summary
Marysville teachers union urged the board to delay approving a renewed dual-enrollment 'cap' agreement with Yuba College, arguing it includes courses already offered by the district and that impacts must be bargained; the board voted to table the item and directed the superintendent to investigate impacts and effects.
Angela Siegel, president of the Marysville Unified Teachers Association, urged the Marysville Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees on April 8 to delay approval of a renewed cap (dual-enrollment) agreement with Yuba College, saying the contract lists college courses that overlap classes the district already offers and therefore may violate board policy.
"We are not against dual enrollment. We want our students to have those opportunities," Siegel told the board. "But we would like to make sure that it coincides with board policy so that we don't end up approving an agreement that actually violates a board policy."
Siegel said she had read the agreement and identified specific courses — including U.S. history, English and biology — that she said appear in the cap agreement and at the district’s high schools. She warned the board that implementing the renewal without a negotiated impacts-and-effects agreement with the union risks repeating problems from the district’s prior middle college rollout and could lead to unfair labor practice claims.
Acting Superintendent Jordan Reeves responded to trustees’ questions by distinguishing college courses taken through dual enrollment from standard high-school courses, saying dual-enrollment classes count for both high-school and college credit and are not strictly equivalent in curriculum or college stature. Reeves said the district would need to examine whether particular offerings run afoul of board policy.
Marysville High School Principal Alicia Wright told trustees that dual-enrollment can give students a pathway to an AA degree and said district scheduling could be adjusted so sections and staffing are based on total enrollment, rather than automatically reducing teacher positions when students take college courses.
Trustee Chong Yang moved to table consent item 15.4, the cap agreement, and directed Superintendent Reeves to investigate impacts and effects and return with an agreement; the motion carried, with one trustee recorded in opposition to tabling. No final action on the cap agreement was taken.
The board’s direction requires staff to report back with clarifications about course equivalency, any fiscal (FTE) impacts cited by staff and whether a current side letter or bargaining history affects the renewal. The district listed the item as a renewal of a prior contract that dates to 2021.
What’s next: The superintendent will investigate the concerns raised, including the cap agreement’s course list and the question of whether implementation requires prior bargaining with the teachers union. The board did not adopt the agreement at this meeting.
