Educator outsourcing bill moves forward

Legislation removes incentive for visiting educator abuse

Updated 3:30 p.m., May 7
The educational consultants and librarians of Unit 21 are one step closer to their goal of stopping the outsourcing of their work to visiting educators after an Assembly committee voted in favor of  AB 755 on Wednesday.

The Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee voted unanimously to AB 755, which will make visiting educators ineligible to use their temporary assignment experience to qualify for promotional or open examinations.
 
“This bill will stop the rampant abuse of a program that has turned visiting educators  into long-term contractors who are paid considerably more than the rest of Unit 21”  said Sharla Smith.   Once it passes, we can focus on  another one of our priorities - pay parity for Unit 21 employees.,”
 
AB 755 is only one part of Local 1000’s multi-pronged effort in the visiting educators fight.  Local 1000 filled a lawsuit in Sacramento Superior Court in January, to force the state to comply with existing law and stop using visiting educators to perform our work. 
 
AB755 will move to the Assembly floor for a vote next.  For further updates, go to seiu1000.org or channel1000.org.