Working Conditions and Compensation Agreement between the District of Columbia Public Schools and the Washington Teachers’ Union, Local #6 of the American Federation of Teachers Emergency Approval Resolution of 2025

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Emergency Approval of Teacher Agreement

The District of Columbia Council approved an emergency agreement between the DC Public Schools and the Washington Teachers' Union, Local #6 of the American Federation of Teachers.

What This Bill Does

• Approves a working conditions and compensation collective bargaining agreement for teachers in DC Public Schools.
• Includes pay schedules agreed upon by both parties.
• Requires the Council to send copies of this resolution to the Mayor and the Washington Teachers' Union.
• Adopts the fiscal impact statement provided by the Chief Financial Officer.

Who It Names or Affects

• Teachers represented by the Washington Teachers’ Union, Local #6 of the American Federation of Teachers
• District of Columbia Public Schools

Terms To Know

Collective bargaining agreement

An agreement between an employer and a union that sets terms for working conditions and compensation.

Fiscal impact statement

A document explaining the financial effects of a bill or resolution.

Limits and Unknowns

• The exact details of the agreement are not provided in this summary.
• This emergency approval is effective immediately upon adoption by the Council.

Official Summary Text

Working Conditions and Compensation Agreement between the District of Columbia Public Schools and the Washington Teachers’ Union, Local #6 of the American Federation of Teachers Emergency Approval Resolution of 2025

Current Bill Text

ENROLLED ORIGINAL

A RESOLUTION

26-13

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

January 7, 2025

To approve, on an emergency basis, the working conditions and compensation collective
bargaining agreement submitted by the Mayor for employees of the District of Columbia
Public Schools who are represented by the Washington Teachers’ Union, Local #6 of the
American Federation of Teachers.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Working Conditions and Compensation Agreement between the
District of Columbia Public Schools and the Washington Teachers’ Union, Local #6 of the
American Federation of Teachers Emergency Approval Resolution of 2025”.

Sec. 2. Pursuant to section 1717(j) of the District of Columbia Government
Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C.
Official Code § 1-617.17(j)), the Council approves the collective bargaining agreement between
the District of Columbia Public Schools and the Washington Teachers’ Union, Local #6 of the
American Federation of Teachers, and the related pay schedules, which were transmitted to the
Council by the Mayor on December 6, 2024.

Sec. 3. Transmittal.
The Council shall transmit a copy of this resolution, upon its adoption, to the Mayor and
to the Washington Teachers’ Union, Local #6 of the American Federation of Teachers.

Sec. 4. Fiscal impact statement.
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Chief Financial Officer as the fiscal
impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975,
approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a).

Sec. 5. Effective date.
This resolution shall take effect immediately.