LAUSD News Release On Its Tentative Agreement With UTLA To End The Nine-Day Teachers Strike
LAUSD News Release On Its Tentative Agreement With UTLA To End The Nine-Day Teachers Strike
LAUSD News Release On Its Tentative Agreement With UTLA To End The Nine-Day Teachers Strike
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News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 22, 2019
CONTACT:
Shannon Haber, 213-241-6766
The Los Angeles Unified School District today announced that it has reached an
agreement with United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) on a new contract that provides a
6% salary increase for educators, reduces class sizes, adds a significant number of
librarians, counselors and nurses, and maintains the fiscal solvency of the school district.
Schools will be open tomorrow to welcome all of our students and educators back to the
classroom.
“Today marks a new chapter in public education for Los Angeles Unified,” said
Superintendent Austin Beutner. “Public education is the ultimate labor-management
collaborative and we are committed to working together to make sure every student gets
a great education.”
Under the terms of the new contract, Los Angeles Unified agreed to:
Los Angeles Unified and UTLA also agreed to work together through joint committees
that will provide recommendations on a number of important issues:
Charter co-location.
“Forty years of underinvestment in public education cannot be solved in just one week
or with just one contract,” Beutner continued. “Now that students and all educators are
heading back to the classroom, we must focus our attention to properly fund our schools
for the long term.”
“I want to thank everyone in Los Angeles Unified – staff, principals and all other
employees who worked so hard to keep our schools open and our students safe last
week. We welcome our all of our students and teachers back with open arms.”
Los Angeles Unified and UTLA have also agreed to work together through joint committees that
would provide recommendations on:
Charter co-location.
Pay equity across adult, early education, Regional Occupational Centers/Regional
Occupational Program.
English Learner Master Plan including American Sign Language.
Green space on campuses.
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