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The California School Employees Association filed an unfair practice charge last month, alleging that San Juan Unified School District refused to negotiate how the recent layoffs and related staffing changes would affect employees and failed to provide information needed to represent them.
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The complaint followed the district’s decision to eliminate about 194 full-time equivalent classified positions in February amid budget concerns, including the expiration of COVID-era grants.
“Based on the information currently available to us, CSEA has serious concerns regarding whether all impacted employees received the required notices,” San Juan Chapter 127 President Adara Clark-Gunn wrote in an email.
CSEA says the union repeatedly requested information about the affected employees and staffing changes, including which positions were eliminated, how many employees were affected, and the funding sources for those positions.
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The district provided some information but left out several details CSEA had requested, and no meaningful bargaining occurred over the layoffs’ effects, according to the union’s complaint. The information is needed to understand who was affected by the layoffs and whether their rights were protected, Clark-Gunn noted.
“We remain prepared to meet with the District and work toward a fiscally sound resolution,” Clark-Gunn said. “However, moving forward requires the District to address the outstanding information requests and meet its obligations to provide CSEA with the information necessary to meaningfully participate in the bargaining process.”
In early September, San Juan Unified spokesperson Raj Rai said the district was reviewing the complaint and could not comment until it had filed its response. Asked Tuesday for comment now that the response had been filed, the district did not respond.
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This story was originally published September 30, 2026 at 6:30 AM.