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United Teachers Los Angeles is a union of professionals representing 48,000 public school teachers and health and human services professionals in the Los Angeles area.
 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH
Join UTLA actions all across the city to stand together for our schools!
Our schools are under attack on numerous fronts. Now more than ever, we must
work together for successful schools. We must build a movement for increased
funding and local control of our schools and against budget cuts and outside
takeovers.
Details of citywide actions
OTHER UPCOMING ACTIONS
- February 23: School Board Vote on School Choice Plans (details
coming)
- March 4: Statewide
Action
School choice advisory voting completed
Counting and tallying of votes
on Saturday and Monday. Posting of results coming soon.
UTLA media campaign builds
support for local school plans
During the buildup to the parent advisory vote (Feb.2nd and 6th)
and the School Board vote (Feb 23rd) on the school choice proposals,
UTLA is running a
series
of
print
and radio ads to
encourage support for the teacher plans. (Read More...)
UTLA responds to Cortines plan to restructure Fremont HS
- See Fremont Information
SCHOOL CHOICE
WEB PAGE
UTLA has successfully worked with parents and teachers to
submit proposals tailored towards the specific needs of each school,
and is now focusing on the School Choice
Advisory Vote on
Feb 2nd and 6th, and other upcoming actions. At the same time, UTLA
continues to strongly
oppose the school choice motion, has filed one lawsuit, and is working
with civil
rights
organizations
and district unions to investigate other legal options to fight this
motion.
- Proposal
downloads (from LAUSD site)
- UTLA
fighting for a fair process for parent advisory vote
- UTLA files lawsuit on school giveaways
- Resources/handouts from Jan. 9 and Jan.
24th UTLA meetings
Click here to see other School Choice
Resources: Latest
News, UTLA assistance to schools, information for parents,
media coverage, flyers & handouts, Q&A,
Reform Models, LAUSD updates, and more. |
LATEST BARGAINING NEWS
- Details of Initial Bargaining Proposal
(proposal
text, UTLA response, recent actions, etc)
UTLA has NOT agreed to furlough days
A January 27 memo, titled "Implementation of Furlough Days" from LAUSD has created confusion about whether UTLA members have accepted furlough days. UTLA is in talks with LAUSD on the fiscal crisis and our contract, but our negotiation team has NOT agreed to any furlough days, and if they were to, it would have to be approved by a vote of the UTLA membership. The employees that the Morris memo refers to are union members of SEIU Local 99 and CSEA only (who have already agreed to four furlough days for 2009-10) and “district-represented” employees (those not represented by a union).
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OTHER UTLA NEWS
Cortines
announces no mid-year renorming for the time being
- Read memo by UTLA VP Solkovits and LAUSD Superintendent Cortines (12/22/09)
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INNOVATION & REFORM
- See School Reform web page
- Innovation Division
- Belmont Zone of Choice (Pilot Schools)
- Expanded School Based Management (ESBMM)
- Family of Schools Program
MORE INNOVATION & SCHOOL REFORM...
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RIF UPDATES
- RIF Information (Updates, Q&As,
Displacement Info, Unemployment Benefits, etc.)
- UTLA and LAUSD reach agreement regarding the substitute side letter and the RIF grievance/arbitration
(11/19/09)
- Read sideletter agreement
(11/19/09)
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RELATED EDUCATION NEWS
LAUSD AUDIT FINDS SERIOUS BUDGET DISCREPANCIES
- See audit report
- See media coverage
OTHER NEWS
- Daily News: "Report: charter schools too segregated" -Connie Llans (2/4/10)
- LA Times: "Charter schools growth promoting segregation, study says" - Howard Blume (2/5/10)
- LA Times: "LAUSD board meets to discuss fate of elementary school arts education"- (1/19/10)
- USA Today: "26,500 school cafeterias lack required inspections" - Peter Eisler & Blake Morrison (12/16/09)
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Every Tuesday is Red T-shirt Day
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