SF Teachers Vote on Contract Offering Family Health Care, Salary Disputes Persist

San Francisco public school teachers are casting votes this week on a contract that would provide fully funded family health care for district employees while failing to satisfy salary demands voiced by some educators, officials discussed at the SFUSD Board of Education meeting on February 25, 2026. The proposal was a primary item on the board's agenda today as trustees reviewed the terms following weeks of negotiations.

The tentative agreement comes after a recent teachers' strike that disrupted classroom schedules across the city, and the strike set the backdrop for the contract negotiations brought to the board today. Board members examined the health care provisions and the remaining gaps on pay, noting that the fully funded family health care element was a central concession in talks after educators walked off the job earlier this year.

Rank-and-file teachers will decide this week whether to ratify the contract offered by the San Francisco Unified School District, with the vote coming after the strike and the subsequent bargaining period that led to the current terms. The contract's health care guarantee would extend fully funded family coverage to employees if ratified, a change board members emphasized during the meeting as a major shift in benefits.

Despite the health care gains, dissatisfaction persists among some educators because salary demands were not met in the agreement discussed at today's SFUSD Board of Education session. Board discussion flagged that pay remains the sticking point for portions of the bargaining unit, and several speakers at the meeting reiterated that unresolved salary issues continue to strain relations between classroom teachers and district leadership following the recent strike.

The outcome of the vote this week will determine whether the district secures the fully funded family health care package included in the current contract offer and whether negotiations will resume over salaries if teachers reject the agreement. Trustees at the SFUSD Board of Education meeting today framed the vote as a turning point that could either solidify the health care advance or reopen talks on pay and workforce stability after the strike.