Negotiations Updates
Negotiations Update - SRVUSD and SRVEA - Session 7 - March 2, 2026
posted Mar. 3, 2026Negotiations Update - SRVUSD and SRVEA - Session 7 - March 2, 2026 ![]()
posted Mar. 3, 2026
Negotiations Update - SRVUSD and SRVEA - Session 7 - March 2, 2026
The District and SRVEA convened the seventh 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.
The parties discussed the following topics:
- Governor’s Proposed Discretionary Block Grant
- MOU: HS Common Bell Schedule Joint Committee
- Personal Learning Initiatives (PLIs)
- Leaves
- Medical Billing
District Proposals to SRVEA
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):
The District makes the following proposal to SRVEA dependent on the conditions outlined below, with an acknowledgment that allocating potential discretionary block grant revenue immediately upon receipt provides a one-time offset to reductions, but does not address the need for ongoing structural changes of our budget:
The San Ramon Valley Unified School District (“District”) and the San Ramon Valley Education Association (“Association”), collectively referred to herein as “the parties,” hereby agree to the following provisions for the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years:
1. The enactment of the Student Support and Professional Development Discretionary Block Grant included in the Governor’s January Budget Proposal for the 2026-27 school year, provided the grant is:
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- Fully discretionary revenue provided to the district.
- One-time funding above and beyond the LCFF calculation and not part of the LCFF funding formula.
- Totals at least $13.5 million dollars for the 2026-2027 year, to be apportioned in the 2026-2027 budget year.
- Permitted to be expended through June 30, 2029.
2. The District proposes:
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- Restoration of elementary counselor positions at .5 FTE per elementary site for the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years ($3,000,000 estimated cost).
- Restoration of 4th and 5th grade class sizes for the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years ($500,000 estimated costs).
- Restoration of 2 FTE for Social Worker positions of the prior reductions, resulting in 6.0 FTE in Social Worker staffing for the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years. 1 FTE for each high school (5.0 FTE) and 1 FTE for district wide Social Worker ($640,000 estimated costs).
- Restoration of three furlough days (6 total) for the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years ($5,543,000 estimated costs).
- The sum of estimated costs outlined above for these temporary restorations equates to approximately $9,683,000, which equates to approximately 72% of the 13.5 million dollars proposed in the block grant.
- Although not subject to negotiations, the District wants to provide notice to SRVEA that in addition to the above referenced temporary restorations, the District plans to invest approximately $700,000 of the block grant funds to purchase CKLA - ELA curriculum for 4th and 5th grade classes.
Evolving student needs, programmatic expansion and operational efficiencies support the development of one high school bell schedule for all SRVUSD high schools and alternative schools. A unified bell schedule is intended to:
- Expand student access across all four comprehensive high schools;
- Increase opportunities for shared courses across sites for both in-person and hybrid learning experiences;
- Facilitate concurrent enrollment opportunities, including students enrolled in the alternative education program; and
- Provide staff with opportunities to teach across sites.
The Parties further recognize and acknowledge that successful development and implementation of a common bell schedule requires a structured, collaborative labor-management process. Accordingly the Parties agree to establish a Joint Working Group to research, design and recommend common high school bell schedule models for implementation in the 2027-28 school year.
The Joint Working Group shall consist of seventeen (17) members in total, to ensure balanced and comprehensive input representation.
Nine (9) SRVEA members:
- Four (4) high school teachers (one from each comprehensive high school)
- One (1) alternative education teacher
- Four (4) high school counselors
Eight (8) Administrators:
- Five (5) high school administrators
- Three (3) district administrators
The Joint Working group shall:
- Research and analyze current bell schedules, instructional time requirements, contractual workday requirements and master schedules across all comprehensive high schools and alternative education programs;
- Develop 2-3 common bell schedules that achieve alignment across all four comprehensive high schools and support concurrent enrollment options for alternative education;
- Recommend one common bell schedule for comprehensive high schools and a schedule for alternative high school to SRVEA and District bargaining teams for formal review and discussion.
Proposed Timeline:
- By March 2026: Selection of Joint Working Group members
- April 2026 - September 2026: Joint Working Group convenes to research, draft and finalize 2-3 model bell schedules to begin no later than April 2026.
- By October 2026: Presentation of model bell schedules to SRVEA and District bargaining teams for formal review and discussion.
- By November 2026: Selection of high school bell model, including any necessary negotiations of impact and effects.
- November 2026- June 2026 Planning for implementation of the selected model.
- Start of the 2027-28 school year: Full implementation of the adopted common high school and alternative high school bell schedule.
- The District shall grant up to full-time release for the Association President and Vice-President from regular duties upon written request of the Association consistent with California Education Code section 44987.
- The Association President and Vice-President shall receive compensation, benefits and leave accruals as a regular full-time bargaining unit employee. When on a full-time release for Association Leave, the Association President and Vice President shall advance on the applicable salary schedule in the same manner and to the same extent as if actively employed in a full-time assignment.
- The Association President and Vice-President shall have the right to return to the same position, assignment and school they left prior to receiving Association Leave, provided the position still exists.
- Association President: The Association shall reimburse the District for all salary and benefit costs in an amount equal to the rate of the lowest paid temporary employee in the District as of the first day of school annually and all other health and welfare benefits and CalSTRS-related employer contributions consistent with California Education Code section 44987.
- Association Vice-President: The Association shall reimburse the District for all salary and benefit costs associated with the Vice-President release time, up to an amount equal to the salary and benefit rate of the current Vice-President and all other health and welfare benefits and CalSTRS-related employer contributions consistent with California Education Code section 44987.
Participation Timeline:
- Professional development will be offered during the remainder of the 2025-26 school year to all CYBHI providers that volunteer to participate.
- Staff members will be compensated at the non instructional hourly rate for any time worked outside of their regular work day.
- Participants may attend a maximum of three hours of professional development training. Trainings will be one hour in length, offered one time per month in March, April, and May and held outside of the regular work day. One three hour training will be held on June 9th.
- Before May 15, 2026, the District and SRVEA will solicit volunteers to engage in a comprehensive pilot for the 2026-2027 school year.
- No later than January 15, 2027, the District and SRVEA will review pilot data to determine adjustments for the 2027-2028 implementation year.
- In order to gather data and information regarding the effectiveness of the program, at least 60% eligible CYBHI providers will participate in this pilot.
- If 60% of CYBHI providers do not voluntarily participate, then SRVEA and the District will meet to determine which remaining staff will be assigned to participate, with a goal of obtaining a balanced sample of 60%.
- During the 2027-2028 school year, participation will be required for all Social Workers, Counselors, Student Support Counselors and School Psychologists.
- Individual providers own and retain exclusive control of their Type 1 NPIs.
- The District and any third-party billing administrator may use an employee’s NPI only for services actually rendered by that employee, within their licensed scope, and only for CYBHI billing purposes.
- No employee shall be required to provide, document, or bill for services outside their credentialed role or licensure.
- To support the successful transition to this new documentation process, participating unit members will be compensated a stipend in the amount of $1,650 during the 2026-27 and the 2027-28 school years.
- If any vendor-proposed directive constitutes a change in working conditions, the District shall notify SRVEA leadership to discuss potential, mutually agreeable solution(s).
- The District retains responsibility for:
- Program compliance
- Billing accuracy
- Supervision structures, and
- Defense and indemnification of employees acting within scope and District direction
- The parties will reconvene in April 2028 to evaluate the pilot and determine next steps of the program.
SRVEA Proposals to SRVUSD
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):
SRVEA Counter Proposal to District, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU): Governor’s Proposed Discretionary Block Grant 2026-27 & 2027-28
Restoration
- Restoration of elementary counselor positions at .5 FTE per elementary site for the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years ($3,000,000 estimated cost).
- Elementary counselors hired for the 2025-2026 school year and moving forward will be restored to their employment status prior to the 2025-2026 school year.
- Restoration of 4th and 5th grade class sizes for the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years ($500,000 estimated costs).
- Restoration of 4 FTE for Social Worker positions of the prior reductions, resulting in 4.0 FTE in Social Worker staffing for the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years. ($640,000 estimated costs).
- Social workers hired for the 2025-2026 school year and moving forward will be restored to their employment status prior to the 2025-2026 school year.
- In the event the Student Support and Professional Development Discretionary Block Grant is not funded or funded at the level to make all of the restorations above, the parties agree to the following:
- The District agrees that unrestricted revenue and savings generated by the SERP and the Revenue Enhancement Plan shall be prioritized for the restoration of all furlough days taken by SRVEA bargaining unit members, consistent with the intent of the Addendum Mediator's Recommended Settlement Agreement MOU,
- Return to the bargaining table to negotiate alternative funding for restoration of items a-c) above
- One-Time Repayment of Previously Imposed Furlough Day
- The District acknowledges that SRVEA bargaining unit members were required to take one furlough day during the budget reduction period for 2025-2026.
- The District agrees to provide a one-time repayment to eligible SRVEA bargaining unit members in the amount of 0.53% of the employee’s annual salary immediately upon ratification
- The parties agree any provisions in the negotiated collective bargaining agreement affected by the budget reductions will be fully restored on June 30, 2028.
Tentative Agreement
Tentative agreements reached in today’s session include the following:
- Article: Non-Discrimination
- Article: School Year Calendar
- Article: Salary Credit for Professional Growth
Next Steps
The next session of negotiations is scheduled for March 31, 2026.
Representatives in Attendance for this Negotiations Session
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California School
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If you would like to review additional information regarding the process, documents, resources, and iterations of the budget reduction plans, you may view those here:
