LAUSD’s Latest Proposals Come Up Way Short — We Turn Up the Pressure on March 18

This afternoon, just 48 hours before the March 18 rally, LAUSD posted a new proposal online as a revised formal proposal.  

“Once again, LAUSD comes up short — far short of the 17% average salary increase educators are fighting for,” UTLA President Cecily Myart Cruz says. “LAUSD’s latest salary proposal is not enough to fix broken salary schedules. It’s not enough to attract educators to LAUSD, and it’s nowhere near enough to address the financial struggles educators are facing.”   

In presenting the new offer online, the district pointed to healthcare to try to justify a lower salary raise than we deserve. One: Keeping ourselves and our families safe and healthy should not be used as a bargaining chip. Two: Even with healthcare added in, LAUSD average compensation is still at the bottom of comparable districts. 

LAUSD also dated the proposal March 11, even though they did not make a formal proposal in mediation that day.

Here is what is new in LAUSD’s proposal. 

SALARY

LAUSD Salary Proposal Option 1

  • 2025-2026:  3% lump sum bonus broken up in two chunks 
  • 2026-2027:  The equivalent of an 8% increase in cost of salary to the entire unit applied to wage scale adjustments (Note: In this option, an increase in overall cost does not equal the same percentage increase in salary per person. 8% is actually the cost cap, and a significant number of UTLA members would have to get much less, as low as 2.5 percent.)
  • Wage re-opener ONLY if the RESERVE BALANCE INCREASES at the end of 2026-2027 
  • Wage re-opener in 2027-2028 

LAUSD Salary Proposal Option 2

  • 2025-2026: 4% 
  • 2026-2027: 4% 
  • Wage re-opener ONLY if the RESERVE BALANCE INCREASES  at the end of 2026-2027 
  • Wage re-opener in 2027-2028 

PARENTAL LEAVE: LAUSD agrees to provide four weeks of fully paid parental leave. 

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST ONSITE OBLIGATION: LAUSD proposes to provide School Psychologists assigned to school sites the same onsite obligation as coordinators. 

SUBCONTRACTING: LAUSD’s response to UTLA’s proposal to prevent subcontracting of work done by members of the bargaining unit fails to provide protection necessary. 

Read LAUSD’s latest proposals and UTLA’s latest proposals.

LAUSD’s new proposals say nothing on key UTLA demands for more PSAs, PSWs, and school psychologists, more arts and physical education, support for Special Education and Inclusion, and penalties for class-size and caseload violations.  

LAUSD has the money to commit $10 billion to outside contractors in multi-year private contracts from 2022 to 2025 and started the school year with $5.03 billion in reserves. We know the district has the money to go farther — it’s just a matter of priorities. 

The UTLA Bargaining Team is ready to meet with LAUSD if they want to make a serious proposal.

Bottom line: The district is scrambling because they see us gearing up for a huge turnout alongside SEIU 99 and AALA on March 18. They know we are coming together and getting strike ready. Now’s the time to keep up the pressure.


Join the March 18 Fight for LA Rally and sign your commitment to strike if necessary.