Comments on: CTA advises local unions not to sign MOU http://toped.svefoundation.org/2010/01/08/cta-advises-local-unions-not-to-sign-mou/ Analysis, opinion and ruminations on California education policy Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:45:40 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Paul Muench http://toped.svefoundation.org/2010/01/08/cta-advises-local-unions-not-to-sign-mou/comment-page-1/#comment-4513 Paul Muench Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:07:38 +0000 http://educatedguess.org/blog/?p=973#comment-4513 If what you are reporting is true, it seems like signing the MOU is a no-lose situation. What are the legal obligations incurred by signing the MOU? If what you are reporting is true, it seems like signing the MOU is a no-lose situation. What are the legal obligations incurred by signing the MOU?

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]]> By: Adam Hampton http://toped.svefoundation.org/2010/01/08/cta-advises-local-unions-not-to-sign-mou/comment-page-1/#comment-4512 Adam Hampton Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:35:47 +0000 http://educatedguess.org/blog/?p=973#comment-4512 Oral assurances are not what contracts are ultimately based on. An MOU is a written document entered into by both parties after negotiation. The MOU the state has written may not be altered before submission to fit an individual school district. In the final analysis it will be the State Department of Education's inability to commit to paper what RTTT means to districts that will expose RTTT as the charter school takeover plan it appears to be. Changing large parts of teacher contracts for one time money is preposterous. District administrations have seen this snake (an additional eventual unfunded mandate) before as well and are agreeing en masse that it is not cost-effective. Educators in the trenches want to be progressive, but are refusing to cut their legs off to be seen as such. Oral assurances are not what contracts are ultimately based on. An MOU is a written document entered into by both parties after negotiation. The MOU the state has written may not be altered before submission to fit an individual school district. In the final analysis it will be the State Department of Education’s inability to commit to paper what RTTT means to districts that will expose RTTT as the charter school takeover plan it appears to be. Changing large parts of teacher contracts for one time money is preposterous. District administrations have seen this snake (an additional eventual unfunded mandate) before as well and are agreeing en masse that it is not cost-effective. Educators in the trenches want to be progressive, but are refusing to cut their legs off to be seen as such.

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