TENTATIVE AGREEMENT
San Mateo County Community College District and
San Mateo Community College
Federation of Teachers Local 1493, AFT, AFL-CIO
2025-2028 Successor Negotiations
August 24, 2026

 The San Mateo County Community College District (“District”) and the San Mateo Community College Federation of Teachers Local 1493, AFT, AFL-CIO (“AFT”) (collectively, the “Parties”) agree to the following terms to settle the successor contract for the 2025-2028 academic years (“Agreement”). The Parties shall amend the terms of the former agreement as necessary to incorporate the following: 

New Article, Ground Rules

The parties’ negotiations shall occur only among the parties’ designated bargaining representatives, the District Chancellor, and the AFT President, as well as subject matter experts that each side may deem necessary to bring to negotiations with advance notice when practical provided to the other party prior to the negotiation sessions. The parties’ negotiating teams will make every effort to attend in-person, and a Zoom hybrid option will be provided for those negotiating team members who are unable to attend the session in person.

Article 6, Workload, and Appendix D

Status Quo

Article 7, Hours of Employment

Status Quo

Article 8, Pay and Allowances

13% over 3 years (4%-4%-5%) increase on all salary schedules (except for HC schedule in year 3, which transitions to 85% parity as identified below), + $3,500 one-time off schedule payment for full-time faculty who are active employees as of ratification of the Agreement by both parties, + $1,750 one-time off schedule payment for part-time faculty members who had a paid assignment in the 2025-2026 academic year.  

In year three (2027-28 academic year), the District will continue to pay by contact hours and increase the part time instructional schedule (HC Schedule) so that 100% of the cells will be at an 85% parity of the Regular Faculty schedule (80 schedule). The hourly rate on the new part time instructional schedule (HC Schedule) will include pay for mandatory office hours.

The District will not reduce any part-time faculty pay as a result of the pay parity process.

Pay By Load

The District has agreed to implement a conversion to a cost-neutral pay by load for agreed upon faculty classifications in Fall 2028 contingent “on completion of all legally required impacts and effects negotiations by May 2027.” If the parties do not resolve their differences and reach an agreement on impacts and effects negotiations by May 2027, then there will be no load conversion.

Overload (OL Schedule)

For the 3 year term, the OL Schedule will get the general raises (4, 4, and 5% and additionally, for Year 3, plus 2.5% on top of the raise for the OL Schedule, total of 7.5%).

Article 9, Health and Welfare Benefits

In the first year of the Agreement (already completed), the status quo will prevail. However, in the second year effective with the Plan Year 2027 that begins on January 1, 2027, and thereafter during the term of the Agreement 92% two-parties and family plans for Kaiser will be provided.

Article 11, Leaves of Absence

Effective in the Fall of 2026, the parties will revise contract language to comply with the law that employee may use up to 6 sick days for Personal Necessity (PN) purposes. For 3 PN days, employee may use days without prior approval or subsequent documentation.

The District shall provide 2 paid personal days for unit members to be used for whatever reason. (The parties recognize that in accordance with Education Code sections 87784 and 87781.5, an employee cannot convert more than 6 days of sick leave into PN days per year.)

The District has undertaken to create a supplemental parental leave program, whereby faculty members may donate up to 2 District-paid personal days to each person taking parental leave. The number of personal days that can be received by a faculty member is limited to 20.

Article 18, Summer Session Employment

Revise the Article so that effective Summer 2027, full time instructional faculty teaching overload be paid for office hours for summer employment.

Appendix F

1. 1. Class Size

The parties will have a class size of 31 for Math 251 and 252 effective Spring 2027. 

1. 2. Lab Assignment Schedule

Status quo contract language with the following revision. The parties shall convene a joint committee to review the lab assignment schedule in Fall 2026, and to engage in reopener negotiations on the lab assignment schedule in Spring 2027.

New Article, Academic Freedom

The parties agree to incorporate the attached Academic Freedom proposal included in the factfinding report into the Agreement. This provision is effective prospectively on the date this Agreement is ratified by both parties. 

Incorporate into the Agreement the parties’ tentative agreements on the following:

• Article 10: Retirement 
• Article 13: Professional Development  (Retitled: Professional Development Leave Program)
• Article 16: Safety 
• Article 17: Grievance Procedures   
• Article 19: Part-Time Employment   
• Article 23: Handling of Informal Complaints and Formal Misconduct Investigations of Unit Members  
• Article 25: Reasonable Accommodation 
• Article 26: Class Assignments 

Article 27, Duration of Agreement

3-year contract from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028. Closed contract with no negotiations during the term except for the limited reopener negotiations and impacts and effects negotiations described above. 

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Signature Page

This Tentative Agreement completes the Parties’ successor negotiations for July 1, 2025 and through June 30, 2028, and the Agreement is closed through June 30, 2028, with the exception of the reopener on Appendix F. 

This Tentative Agreement is subject to ratification by the AFT membership and approval by the Board of Trustees.

Dated:  August 24, 2026

SAN MATEO COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT		SAN MATEO COMMUNITY COLLEGE FEDERATION OF TEACHERS LOCAL 1493, AFT, AFL-CIO
Dr. Melissa Moreno Chancellor		Ben Feldman President