LEUSD Restores Furlough Days

Negotiating teams from the Lake Elsinore Teachers Association, California School Employees Association #598, and the district have agreed to restore six furlough days that were previously approved to help balance the , according to a district news release.

Passage of an approved state budget has enabled the district to restore on good faith, based upon restoration contingency language the district included in the FY11-12 budget, according to the news release.

Last month, LEUSD’s Governing Board based on labor agreements calling for six furlough days in lieu of any teacher layoffs, and limiting “reduction in force” impacts to classified employees.

This week, the teams agreed to implement furlough day restoration provisions subject to triggers that have been built into California’s FY 2011-12 budget, according to the news release.

Restoration of furlough pay will be effective in July or August, depending on work year. The restoration agreement calls for the following school calendar and workday changes:

· May 24 and 25 will be calendared as student attendance days

· May 29th is calendared as a teacher workday

· May 30, 31 and June 1 are calendared as professional development days

Restoration of furlough days is not guaranteed. LEUSD’s budget provides contingency language for adding back three furlough days on May 30, 31, and June 1, spreading the pay adjustment between January 31, 2012 and June 30, 2012, as budget and economic indicators warrant, the release stated.

While LETA and LEUSD have signed off on the restoration agreement, the agreement with CSEA #598 must receive final approval from CSEA and ratification by unit members.