GGUSD to Hold Hearing on CSEA Contract Proposals: What Can Residents Expect on October 20?

What is on the agenda?

The Garden Grove Unified School District, or GGUSD, has scheduled a Board of Education meeting for Tuesday, October 20, 2026. The regular meeting is set to begin at 7 p.m. at the GGUSD Education Center, 10331 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove.

The agenda lists a public hearing titled “CSEA Initial Contract Proposals.” It also lists a presentation titled “Initial Contract Proposals – GGUSD to CSEA.” CSEA is the California School Employees Association.

These are public steps involving each side’s initial proposal in contract negotiations. They do not show that the parties have reached an agreement or that the board has approved a new contract.

What does the agenda not tell us?

The posted agenda packet names the hearing and presentation, but the PDF does not include the terms of either proposal. The available documents therefore do not show what the proposals say about pay, benefits, work hours, employee groups, or contract length.

California law requires initial proposals from a public school employer and employee organization to be presented at a public meeting. It also provides an opportunity for public input before negotiations on the proposals begin. A hearing is one step in the process, not a bargaining outcome.

How can residents attend or speak?

The regular meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at the GGUSD Education Center, 10331 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove. GGUSD says the doors open at 6:45 p.m.

Anyone who wants to speak must complete a “Request to Address the Board” card at the meeting entrance. The card must be submitted before the meeting begins and no later than 6:59 p.m. Someone else cannot submit a card on a speaker’s behalf.

Comments during the hearing must relate to the agenda topic. Each speaker may have up to three minutes. The total time for one topic is 15 minutes, with up to five speakers. The board may shorten the time if necessary.

GGUSD says the meeting will be livestreamed on the district’s YouTube channel. The agenda is available on the district’s meeting-agenda page.

The October 20 meeting gives the public a chance to hear the initial proposals and comment under the stated procedure. The proposals’ terms and next bargaining steps can only be established through documents and updates from the parties.