At the November 15, 2023 Board of Trustees meeting, the District and the Cerritos College Faculty Federation (CCFF) each submitted “sunshine” proposals to initiate negotiations for the contractual period of July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2027 per Administrative Procedure (AP) 2610. 

The District's proposal included intentions to sunshine the following articles:

• Global changes to the contract to correct and update formatting
• Article 4 – Assignment
• Article 5 – Academic Freedom
• Article 7 – Academic Calendar
• Article 10 – Health and Welfare Benefits
• Article 11 – Department Chairs
• Article 12 – Program Directors
• Article 13 – Temporary Part-Time Faculty Reemployment/Assignment
• Article 16 – Evaluations
• Article 18 – Sick Leave
• Article 20 – Family Illness Leave
• Article 21 – Pregnancy Disability Leave
• Article 25 – Bereavement Leave
• Article 30 – Grievance Procedures
• New Article – Due Process

CCFF's proposal included intentions to sunshine the following articles:

• Article 4 – Assignment
• Article 5 – Academic Freedom
• Article 7 – Calendar
• Article 8 – Salary
• Article 10 – Benefits
• Article 11 – Chairs
• Article 13 – Part-Time Reemployment/Assignment
• Article 15 – Large Class Pay
• Article 29 – Reduced Workload Prior to Retirement
• Article 33 – Parking Permits
• Article 39 – Travel and Conference

The District and CCFF negotiation teams met on December 1, 2023 to initiate negotiations. The following items were discussed:

• Introductions of bargaining team and notetakers and meeting housekeeping
• The district and CCFF agreed that ground rules for negotiations would be set.
• The district informed CCFF that we would bring forth formal proposed ground rules at a future meeting.
• The district and CCFF agreed to negotiate in good faith and in a timely manner and discussed tentative negotiation dates and times through the Spring 2024 semester.
• The district and CCFF informed each other they would both plan to submit initial proposals at the next meeting.

The following items were discussed during negotiations:

• The District submitted the following articles/documents to CCFF:
  • Ground rules for negotiations
  • Article 20: Family Illness
  • Article 25: Bereavement
  • Article 30: Grievance Procedures
    
    
• CCFF submitted the following articles/documents to the District:
  • Returned ground rules for negotiations
  • Returned Article 20: Family Illness
  • Article 33: Parking Permits
  • CCFF stated they had a draft article ready to propose for the new Due Process article. The district requested for CCFF to not submit the draft article since it was on the district's sunshine proposal, but not CCFF's. 

The following items were discussed during negotiations:

• The District submitted the following articles/documents to CCFF:
  • New Article: Tentatively number and named Article 42: Due Process
  • The district informed CCFF that they had reviewed the counter-proposal to the ground rules sent by CCFF on December 15, 2023. The district informed CCFF that they agreed to the changes submitted by CCFF and that a signed copy would be returned. 
    
    
• CCFF submitted the following articles/documents to the District:
  • Article 25: Bereavement
  • Article 30: Grievance Procedures

The following items were discussed during negotiations:

• The District submitted the following articles/documents to CCFF:
  • Article 25: Bereavement
  • Article 30: Grievance Procedures
    
    
• CCFF submitted the following articles/documents to the District:
  • Article 15: Large Class Pay
  • Article 29: Reduced Workload Prior to Retirement
  • Article 42: Investigations and Discipline (originally proposed with the title of Due Process by the District)

The district and CCFF reached a tentative agreement on Article 29: Reduced Workload Prior to Retirement. Article 29 was updated to state that Administrative Procedure 7210 will be followed for the application process and eligibility.

The following items were discussed during negotiations:

The District submitted the following articles/documents to CCFF:

• The district informed CCFF that the district had no new articles to propose or articles to return for the current meeting. However, the Due Process article is being worked on, and the modified article will likely be emailed before the next meeting.

• The district informed CCFF that with the Large Class Pay article they proposed, the district will need to see how it fits into the economic package as a whole.
• The district informed CCFF that the matter of part-time health insurance is still being addressed, and something will be coming soon. The district continues to receive evolving direction, prompting continued work on the draft article. 
• The district asked for CCFF’s feedback on how to proceed with Article 29: Reduced Workload Prior to Retirement, which was tentatively agreed upon in the February 2, 2024 meeting. The district and CCFF agreed to proceed with the process of modifying the Administrative Procedure.

CCFF submitted the following articles/documents to the District:

• Article 7: Academic Calendar
• Article 25: Bereavement
• Article 30: Grievance Procedures

The following items were discussed during negotiations:

• CCFF submitted the following articles/documents to the District:
  • Article 34: Academic Rank
    
    
• After caucus, the District returned Article 34: Academic Rank, as follows:
  • Article 34: Academic Rank

The following items were discussed during negotiations:

• The District submitted the following articles/documents to CCFF:
  • The district shared with CCFF at the beginning of the meeting that the district wants to hold off to the extent possible with bargaining on economic items and put those items in the “parking lot” to address later. The district said that due to the projected deficit at the state budget level, the district wants to err on the side of caution on not create a situation that further the fiscal impacts of the state deficit on the college. The district does intend to negotiate on economic matters since it is under the scope of bargaining, but without having adequate numbers yet on the budget, wants to ensure it is negotiating in good faith and does not over-promise.
  • Article 42: Due Process
    
    
• CCFF asked about extending the pilot program for part-time medical reimbursement during the current Spring semester. The district informed CCFF that we are willing to engage in those conversations, but will need more guidance from the Board of Trustees after the next meeting.

The following items were discussed during negotiations:

• The District submitted the following articles/documents to CCFF:
  • Article 11: Department Chairs
  • Article 18: Sick Leave
  • Article 20: Family Illness
  • Article 21: Pregnancy Disability Leave
  • Article 25: Bereavement
    
    
• CCFF submitted the following articles/documents to the District:
  • Article 34: Academic Rank
  • Article 42: Due Process

The following items were discussed during negotiations:

• The District submitted the following articles/documents to CCFF:
  • Global Economic Package (contains economic aspects of multiple articles within)
    
    
• CCFF submitted the following articles/documents to the District:
  • Article 18: Sick Leave
  • Article 25: Bereavement

The following items were discussed during negotiations:

• The District submitted the following articles/documents to CCFF:
  • Article 18: Sick Leave
  • Article 20: Family Illness
    
    
• CCFF submitted the following articles/documents to the District:
  • Article 4: Assignment

The following items were discussed during negotiations:

• The District submitted the following articles/documents to CCFF:
  • Article 34: Academic Rank
  • Article 42: Due Process
    
    
• CCFF submitted the following articles/documents to the District:
  • Global Economic Package (contains economic aspects of multiple articles within)

The following items were discussed during negotiations:

• The District submitted the following articles/documents to CCFF:
  • Article 34: Academic Rank
  • Article 42: Due Process
  • Global Economic Package (contains economic aspects of multiple articles within)
  • Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Package (contains DEI aspects of multiple articles within)