Finding F21
BART’s overtime represented between 9.4% and 12.4% of regular Full-Time equivalent (FTE) staffing in every fiscal year from FY2015 through FY2025, with the exception of FY2021, when COVID-related service reductions and an early retirement program temporarily depressed the ratio.
Jury report: BART at a Crossroads: Structural Deficit, Governance Accountability, and the Choices Ahead · PDF page 23
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BART Board of Directors
Partially disagrees because BART does not convert overtime to FTEs; lists absence cover, capital work, maintenance and special services.
Read official response · PDF page 7Does not directly resolve the jury’s 9.4%–12.4% historical range or explain whether that conversion is invalid. Disputed numerical scope remains incomplete.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.