State Personnel Board victory for educators

Updated Feb. 3, 2010
Bargaining Unit 21 scored a major victory in their year-long fight to stop the California Department of Education (CDE) from outsourcing jobs to so-called visiting educators.

The State Personnel Board (SPB) ruled that the CDE cannot hire visiting educators after June 2011. Until then, CDE will be required to report to the SPB who they’re hiring, why they’re hiring, what their expertise is and any salary more than 10 percent above a Unit 21 employee.

“This means our members will not have to sit side-by-side with visiting educators who make 30 to 40 percent more when they are doing the same job,” said Unit 21 Chair Terry Lawhead. “This goes to show exactly what we can accomplish if we work together.”

View the letter from the State Personnel Board to the California Department of Education