UTLA and LAUSD reach provisional agreement on distance learning The provisional agreement will be voted on by UTLA members. The dates and details of the ratification vote will be announced early next week. There will be a meeting of section chiefs throughout the city on Monday from 18:00.m to 19:30.m., with the link of the meeting coming later. The agreement contains language ensuring that working conditions continue to be safe (so far, no school nurses have tested positive due to voluntary participation) and that associated workload issues are addressed in a fair and equitable manner. If the preliminary agreement is also ratified by the school board — the board is expected to vote on Oct. 12 — all UTLA members will receive a 5% increase retroactive to July 1. Eligible members would also receive scholarships of up to $2,500 for the additional work required of them under the agreement and as reimbursement for technology costs incurred while working from home during the last school year. At its September 14 session, the UTLA House of Representatives approved the parallel agreement with LAUSD on health benefits. This agreement gives non-Medicare employees and retirees more choices when enrolling in health plans. UTLA members overwhelmingly approved the preliminary agreement reached with LAUSD in September. During three election days, from 30 September to 2 October, led by Integrity Voting Systems, 15,791 ballots were cast, of which 97% were in favour (15,344) and 3% in non (447). Upload proof of vaccination: If you are receiving one or more of your vaccine doses outside of lausD, be sure to download your vaccination record as soon as possible, but no later than October 15, 2021.
You can download each dose individually. If you have already received a dose and are waiting for your second dose, LAUSD recommends that you download your first dose as soon as possible. The results of the UTLA member survey show that educators in Los Angeles overwhelmingly believe that safety protocols negotiated by the union have protected schools from the spread of COVID-19. The UTLA member survey was conducted by email from May 19 to 19, with 25.81% of survey respondents agreeing that negotiated protocols have contributed to a safe physical reopening of schools. 87% say their schools or construction sites consistently implement safety protocols. With the support of parents and the community, UTLA educators negotiated the strongest COVID-19 safety protocols in the country and secured an agreement for staff and students to return only when vaccines were available, when AL was no longer at its highest level of infection, and when the necessary safety and health protocols were in place. These COVID-19 safety negotiations are responsible for the lowest number of infections among the largest school districts in the country. According to the online dashboard for New York Schools, there have been nearly 26,000 coronavirus cases in New York Since it reopened in September. According to the Chicago Dashboard, there have been about 1,700 cases in schools since they opened in March. LAUSD has had fewer than 300 cases since it reopened in April. Our fierce battle has helped quell the spread of COVID-19 and save lives, especially in our most vulnerable communities of colour. If ratified, the provisional agreement will expire at the end of the current school year.
Unless expressly stated in the new agreement, all provisions of the side letter for the physical reopening of schools for hybrid education would apply to the working conditions of the members of the side letter. Agreement on the provision of EWC services The work that our UNECE staff do with our youngest learners is fundamental and sets students on the path to continued success, and we are pleased to have reached an agreement last week offering voluntary personal early childhood education services. The agreement is similar to those we have reached for DIS VOLUNTARY services, student assessments, individual tuition, small group tutoring, adult education and certification courses, fitness for team sports, and nurses working in the COVID testing program. In addition to setting out the conditions for quarantine classes, the agreement-in-principle would pave the way for more in-person educators to be assigned to the district`s independent online curriculum. The program, which has seen enrollment at least 11 times this year because many families are unwilling to send their children to campus for personal learning in the midst of the pandemic, has struggled with staffing issues. .