Gilroy, CA – On October 4, 2018, the Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education unanimously approved the negotiated agreement between the Gilroy Unified School District and the Gilroy Teachers Association (GTA). The agreement was signed on September 18 and ratified by 85% of the GTA membership by September 20, 2018. The new Collective Bargaining Agreement provides for a 6% salary increase over 18 months, improvements in extra-duty rates of pay, and an increase in medical benefits. The District also agreed to a two-year pilot that establishes timelines for notification as to whether GTA members’ children will be placed in local schools of choice.