Collective Bargaining Updates

2025-2026 Negotiation session

9-18-2024

St. Johns County School District – presented  Two Votes One Decision Presentation V8 with Notes (9-5-24)

MOU – Referendum for the one-mil –   MOU-Referendum 2024-2025

• This will be for the 2024-2025 school year.
• Implemented July 1, 2025.
• Recruit and retain high-quality teachers and staff by paying competitive compensation.
• Continue to invest in school safety and student welfare, including school nurses and special education.
• Preserve and enhance educational programs, including science, technology, art, music and athletics.
• Total Value of One Mill = $58,662,558 –  Copy of Overall Funding Scenario
•  Less Charter Schools $1,859.186
• Net available = $56,803,372
• Percentage of allocated for employee salaries = 85% = $48,282,866.
• FRS/FICA taxes will be set aside = $8,471,800.
• Net total available for compensation = $39,811,092.

Next bargaining session will be November 19, 2024, if the referendum passes on November 5, 2024.

Negotiation Session 4-3-2024

Key take away points:

SJCSD presented the following:

• Appendix F- Safe Operator Plan – no changes were made.
• Appendix E – Field Trip Procedures – changes:
  • removal of an amount for two hours of compensation to a flat rate.
  • Field Trip Committee clarification that the committee will consist of 3 Bus Operators.
  • Calculation of flat rate.
• Article VI – General Terms and Conditions of Employment – Counterproposal
  • if a support professional isn’t rehired, employee will be given 15 workdays notice.
  • removed 12-month employees that work a 10-hour day in the summer shall be entitled to a 45-minute lunch period.
  •  removal of clarification of personal and district tools.
  • removal of in-service points will be available upon request, have access to them at any time.
  • removal of School Bus Compounding language, which is already in the transportation handbook.

SJESPA counter proposal for Article XI – Transfers, Reassignments and Vacancies

the following procedures will be followed when opening new schools or employees impacted by new school openings.

• • positions for the new schools will be posted internally to the entire district through the district’s online application system.
  • Interviews and hiring will be conducted when the postings close and for all internal applicants at the schools directly affected.  Additional interviews for other internal employees who apply will be held at a school geographically located to their current school.
  • Prior to January of the new school opening, principals/supervisors should recommend that all employees apply for positions at the new school because the school could see a reduction in staff and an involuntary transfer may be possible.
  • The principal/supervisor will complete their hiring no later than February prior to the school’s opening.
  • If there are support professionals positions/programs that are reduced at schools affected by rezoning, the district will involuntarily transfer them to open positions.
  • Any support professional who has been non-reappointed for budget shall be afforded interviews in accordance with the transfer process through the start of the following school year.
  • Non-reappointed employees hired after August 30th will have a break in service and will be required to be processed as a new employee.

SJSCD – will have a counter proposal for Article XI – Transfers, Reassignments and Vacancies, at the next negotiation session.

Tentatively agreed on the following:

Appendix E – Field Trip Procedures Appendix E – Field Trip Procedures

Appendix F – Safe Operator Plan Appendix F – Safe Operator Plan

Article VI – General Terms and Conditions of Employment Article VI – General Terms and Conditions of Employment

Negotiation session 3-27-2024

This session was a combined session between St. Johns County School District, St. Johns Educational Association (SJEA) and St. Johns Education Support Professional Association (SJESPA).

Key take away points:

SJCSD presented the following:

• 2024-2025 Budget Presentation.
• Insurance committee update presentation.
• Counter proposal for Article II – Association and Professional Employee Rights and Duties.

SJEA presented the following articles with grammatical errors:

• Article XVIII – Term of Agreement –
• Article XX – Professional Employee Assessment –
• Article XXI – School Improvement/Educational Accountability
• Article XXII – First Coast Technical College
• Article XXIII – St. Johns Virtual School

SJCSD counter proposal for:

Article II- Association and Professional Employee Rights and Duties

We tentatively agreed to the following:

• Article XVIII – Term of Agreement –Article XVIII – Term of Agreement
• Article XX – Professional Employee Assessment –Article XX – Professional Employee Assessment
• Article XXI – School Improvement/Educational Accountability – Article XXI – School Improvement-Educational Accountability
• Article XXII – First Coast Technical College – Article XXII – First Coast Technical College
• Article XXIII – St. Johns Virtual School – Article XXIII – St. Johns Virtual School

SJCSD is currently reviewing the changes made to

• Article VIII – Transfers and Reassignments
• Article XII – Vacancies and Promotions
• Article II – Association and Professional Employee Rights and Duties

No action was taken.

Next session

Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at 5:00PM.