Decision 2974E – Alliance College-Ready Public Charter Schools
LA-CE-6716-E
Decision Date: July 25, 2025
Decision Type: PERB Decision (Non-Precedential)
Description: United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) filed an unfair practice charge against Alliance College-Ready Public Schools alleging that Alliance violated the Prohibition on Public Employers Deterring or Discouraging Union Membership (PEDD). Specifically, UTLA alleged that Alliance violated the PEDD when Alliance Chief Executive Officer Pablo Villavicencio sent a communication to all certificated employees at Alliance schools on April 25, 2022, stating, among other things, that UTLA held an “anti-charter agenda that includes policies that would stop [Alliance] schools from existing” and that UTLA’s organizing campaign was “divisive.” PERB’s Office of the General Counsel (OGC) issued a complaint and afforded Alliance 20 calendar days to file its required answer. Two weeks after issuing the complaint, OGC notified the parties that it would hold the case in abeyance until the second informal conference, per the agreement of the parties. Around the time of the second informal conference, the parties jointly agreed to place this matter in abeyance pending resolution of an appeal in another case. The matter eventually came out of abeyance, and Alliance filed its answer 47 days later. After the matter was assigned to an ALJ, the ALJ issued an order to show cause why the allegations in the complaint should not be deemed admitted due to Alliance’s untimely answer and a proposed decision issued on that basis. Both parties were given an opportunity to respond, and thereafter the ALJ issued a proposed decision concluding that Alliance had not shown good cause for filing an untimely answer and that Alliance had waived its right to challenge the allegations in the complaint. Alliance timely excepted.
Disposition: While Alliance’s exceptions were pending, the parties notified PERB that they had reached a settlement of the unfair practice charge. As a result, the parties jointly requested withdrawal and dismissal of the charge, dismissal of the exceptions, and closure of the case. In a non-precedential decision, the Board granted the requests by UTLA to withdraw its charge and by Alliance to dismiss its exceptions, and dismissed the complaint and underlying charge with prejudice.
Perc Vol: 50
Perc Index: 39
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