Negotiations Updates
Negotiations Update - SRVUSD and srvea - ANNUAL REOPENERS, Session 2 - november 5, 2025
posted nov. 5, 2025Negotiations Update - SRVUSD and srvea - ANNUAL REOPENERS, Session 2 - november 5, 2025 ![]()
posted nov. 5, 2025
Negotiations Update - SRVUSD and srvea - ANNUAL REOPENERS, Session 2 - november 5, 2025
The District and SRVEA convened the second session of successor negotiations for the 2026–2029 Agreement. During this session, the parties discussed various topics and exchanged proposals. Below is a factual summary of the discussion points and links to any proposals exchanged between the parties.
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU): California Youth Behavioral Initiative (CYBHI), Local Educational Billing Option Program (LEA BOP), School-Based Medi-Cal Activities (SMAA)
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- The District shared discussion points with the SRVEA team about these programs, including areas of conceptual agreement with SRVEA’s proposal and several outstanding questions. The District has reached out to the agency administering the CYBHI program to clarify potential modifications to the grant’s scope and requirements.
- The District did not provide a written counter proposal to SRVEA today on this topic. Additional information is needed before a formal written response can be developed and presented to SRVEA.
SRVEA Proposals
SRVEA provided proposals to the District team on the following articles (the below are brief summaries and not inclusive of all aspects of the proposals provided):
- Article XXIII: Salary Growth for Professional Growth
- SRVEA provided a proposal to:
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- Clarify what confers/defines a master's degree
- Establish that increased salary payments to employees based on newly established units/master's degree that are not paid within 20 days are then paid with an interest payment for the time it takes to provide payment to the employee
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- SRVEA provided a proposal to:
- Article IV: Non-Discrimination
- SRVEA provided a proposal to:
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- Ensure educators are not subject to discipline or otherwise provided a negative consequence for engaging in lawful activities.
- Maintaining a safe, respectful, and inclusive workplace free from harassment, intimidation, and discrimination.
- Provide union members the right to determine and change the names, pronouns, and personal titles (e.g., Mr., Ms., Mx.) used to refer to them in their employment, except where a legal name is required by law.
- Ensure the educator’s safety, dignity, and continued ability to perform their professional duties free from hostility or fear.
- Annually review the implementation of this Article, and the parties may convene a joint workgroup to recommend policy or procedural improvements ensuring compliance, fairness, and workplace safety for all employees.
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- SRVEA provided a proposal to:
District Proposals
The District provided proposals to the SRVEA team on the following articles (the below are brief summaries and not inclusive of all aspects of the proposals provided):
- Article XXII: Health and Welfare Benefits
- The District provided a proposal to:
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- Maintain fully district-paid benefits
- Allow for a more competitive position in the process for securing the best cost and rate for employee benefits within the benefit market for premium renewals, and improve flexibility and cost controls within the premium renewal process.
- Provide at least two medical plan options for unit members
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- The District provided a proposal to:
- Article XVII: Job Shares
- The District provided a proposal to:
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- Promote equitable access to job share opportunities while maintaining organizational efficiency
- Assists with maintaining a smaller balance of temporary teachers, supporting movement toward probationary employment status, benefiting both employees and the District by having fewer teachers hired on “temporary contracts” and fewer teachers having to stay on “temporary contracts”
- Job-shares shall be approved on a year-to-year basis, for a maximum of three (3) years.
- To extend a job share beyond the three-year limit, the participating employee(s) must resign the portion of their full-time assignment equivalent to the leave portion of the full-time equivalent (FTE) position.
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- The District provided a proposal to:
Additional Information:
The District provided SRVEA with information related to the 2025 actuarial report regarding the rate adjustment for the Retiree Benefit Trust. For 2025, the Trust requires a .83% employee group contribution for SRVEA members. Historically, the district provides the actuarial report data in odd-numbered years to inform any necessary adjustments to contributions to the Retiree Benefit Trust.
No tentative agreements were reached in today’s session.
The next session of negotiations is scheduled for December 2, 2025.
Representatives in Attendance for Negotiations Today
San Ramon Valley Unified School District |
San Ramon Valley Education Association |
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View previous negotiation session summaries with each of our Union partners.
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California School
Employees Association (CSEA)
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Service Employees
International Union (SEIU)
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San Ramon Valley
Education Association (SRVEA)
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