The Millions of Reasons Why SDUSD Layoffs Are Unnecessary

Educators strongly oppose the San Diego Unified School District's (SDUSD) plan to lay off teachers. While there is a need for some staffing adjustments, due to declining enrollment, these…

Letters in Solidarity: Let’s Finish What We Started

Last year, SDEA members won big improvements to our contract. This happened because of our solidarity. When we stand together, we win. We are not done winning. This year’s reopener is another…

SDEA Endorsements Primary Election Round Up

Election results are unofficial and will be certified on or before April 4th. However, these are the results for the SDEA endorsed candidates as of election day. Any changes to these presumed…

Letters in Solidarity: Bargaining to Address the Needs of the Whole Child

Big shout out to our SDEA school counselor colleagues who we honor during National School Counseling Week! Let’s uplift our school counselors who provide students with invaluable academic,…

Know Your Rights! Excessing

What is excessing? "Excessing" is a type of involuntary transfer to achieve a reduction of staff due to declining enrollment or loss of funding at the site or in a program.  It is also…

Supporting Students with IEPs in the General Education Classroom

Section 29.7 in the contract speaks to supporting students with IEPs in the general education classroom. The contract requires the District to notify the affected unit member(s) prior to assigning…

Sick Leave Explainer

11/14/2023 Sick Leave Rights for Union Members 101  As SDEA members, we have protections beyond just having access to regular sick leave. This brief summary will help us understand our…

Catastrophic Leave Bank Explainer

10/31/2023 In year’s past, SDEA union members had the foresight to win the right to a Catastrophic Leave Bank (CLB) in our contract. The purpose of the CLB is to create a bank of donated sick and…

New Leaves Notification Deadline – January 1st

In the last round of bargaining, SDEA and SDUSD's bargaining teams agreed to some changes in Article 10, Leaves, in the union contract, which impact the dates by which SDEA bargaining unit…

Jury Duty

"I got summoned for jury duty! Now what?" If you're summoned to appear for jury duty on a workday, you can report for duty, or postpone duty to non-workdays.  The union contract has a rule to…

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