MOUs, Sideletters, Grievance Settlements, and Other Agreements (SDUSD)
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and sidletters are documents bargained during the term of a contract that carry the same weight as the contract itself, and are enforceable via the contractual grievance procedure. Below is a bank of MOUs, sideletters, important grievance settlements, and other agreements between SDEA and SDUSD.
Long-standing MOU’s
2023 – 2024 School Year MOU’s and Other Agreements
- Universal TK Qualifications with revised affidavit (1/17/2024; revised 2/8/2024)
- SDEA MOU – Payment for Early Notification of Retirement (12/4/2023)
- 2023-2024 Temporary Rate Increase for Visiting Teachers and Resident Visiting Teacher Program (6/30/23)
- SDEA MOU 2023 – 2024 ECSE Agreement (6/25/23)
2022 – 2023 MOU’s and Sideletters Reached During Full Contract Reopener Negotiations
- SDEA MOU – 2022 – 2023 Virtual Academy Agreement (11/10/2022)
- SDEA Sideletter – 2022 – 2023 Evaluation Process and E3 Pilot (9/7/2022)
- SDEA MOU Amended 2022 – 2023 ECSE Agreement (9/1/2022)
- SDEA Sideletter- Temporary Rate Increase for Visiting Teachers in the 2022-2023 School Year (7/18/2022)
- SDEA Sideletter – High School Athletic Directors’ Compensation and Preparation Time (6/15/2022)
- SDEA Bargaining Unit Bonus and Hiring and Transfer Incentive for SpEd and Nurse Assignment (6/9/2022)
Older MOU’s, Sideletters, and Agreements
- Side Letter – New Employee Orientation (12/7/2022)
- SDEA-SDUSD Joint Memo on UTK PD (11/17/2022)
- Amended ECSE Agreement (9/1/2022)
- Commingled TK Agreement (11/18/2021)
- Amended ECSE Program Impacts and Effects Agreement (7/16/2021)
- Commingled TK – Side Letter – Transfers (8/28/2020)
- SDEA MOU – VAPA VT Agreement (10/17/2019)
- Sideletter – ADDED AUTHORIZATIONS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION (8/22/2019)
- Sideletter – SDEA Operated Professional Development and Workshop Presenters
- Sideletter – E3 Evaluation Pilot – (4/18/2018)
- SDEA Supplemental Early Retirement Program (SERP) (2/16/2017)
- Sideletter – Use of Visiting Teachers to Conduct ELPAC Testing (7/30/2018)
- Visiting Teacher Mandatory Training MOU (1/20/2016)
- Catastrophic Leave Bank MOU (1/8/2016)
- Sideletter – Transitional Kindergarten Teacher Qualifications and Affidavit (10/22/2015)
Grievance Settlements and Agreements
- 2022 – 2023 SpEd Caseload Overage Grievance Settlement (8/30/2023)
- 2021 Summer School Hours Grievance Settlement (1/13/2023)
- 2021 – 2022 Secondary Class Size Grievance Settlement (4/27/2022)
- 2021 – 2022 SpEd Caseload Grievance Settlement (4/21/2022)
- 2020 – 2021 Education Specialist Caseload Overage Grievance Stipends Agreement (4/27/2021)
- Grading Policy Settlement Agreement (11/30/2020)
- 2019 – 2020 Education Specialist Caseload Overage Grievance Stipends Agreement (3/25/2020)
- 2014 Elementary Class Size Grievance Settlement
- 2013 Secondary Class Size Grievance Settlement
Members with questions about these documents should contact the site AR. If you believe your rights have been violated, work with your AR to initiate the grievance process at your site.
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