LOS ANGELES—The California State University (CSU) and the California Faculty Association (CFA) union have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, CSU announced Dec. 20. The agreement covers the 29,000 instructional faculty, coaches, librarians, and counselors across the 23 CSU campuses and, upon ratification by the CSU Board of Trustees and CFA membership, will run through June 30, 2024. “The new contract acknowledges the hard work of our faculty to ensure continued student success through the unprecedented global pandemic, while also ensuring fair compensation in challenging economic situations throughout our communities across the state,” CSU Chancellor Joseph I. Castro said. The agreement calls for faculty to receive: —a one-time payment of $3,500, prorated by each faculty member’s 2020–21 timebase; —a 4 percent general salary increase, retroactive to this past July 1; —up to a 4 percent graduate student instructors, effective July 1, 2022, dependent on the state budget allocation to …