Those “retro raises” are SOP when it comes to negotiating contracts when teachers haven’t been working with one; these deals killed NJ taxpayers, and will do the same in CA. I suspect that like NJ, there is a massive demographic difference between the taxpayers over 50 paying for these things and the recipients under 18 receiving the services. Actually, it is occurring nationwide; American workers/taxpayers paying for services for non-working foreigners.
Actually they work for cash and collect freebies.