Board of Education Meeting
Serna Center Community Rooms

Board of Education Meeting

5:00 p.m. Closed Session
6:00 p.m. Open Session

Agenda

1.0 OPEN SESSION / CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL

2.0 ANNOUNCEMENT AND PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION

3.0 CLOSED SESSION

 While the Brown Act creates broad public access rights to the meetings of the Board of Education, it also recognizes the legitimate need to conduct some of its meetings outside of the public eye.  Closed session meetings are specifically defined and limited in scope.  They primarily involve personnel issues, pending litigation, labor negotiations, and real property matters.

3.1Government Code 54956.9 – Conference with Legal Counsel: Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(2) of Government Code section 54956.9 (One Potential Case)

3.2 Existing litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(1) of Government Code section 54956.9 (OAH Case No. 2024040986; OAH Case No. 2024040907; Sacramento County Superior Court Case No. 34-2022-00329898-CU-PO-GDS)  

3.3 Government Code 54957 – Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release/Complaint

3.4 Government Code 54957- Public Employee Appointment

(a) Approve- Principal, Sutterville Elementary

3.5 Education Code 35146- The Board will hear staff recommendation on the following student expulsions from 23-24: Expulsion #7 and #8 2023-2024 (David Van Natten)

4.0 CALL BACK TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4.1 The Pledge of Allegiance 

4.2 Welcome New Student Board Member

4.3 Broadcast Statement

5.0 ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION

6.0 AGENDA ADOPTION

7.0 PUBLIC COMMENT             

Members of the public may address the Board on non-agenda items that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board.  Public comment may be (1) emailed to publiccomment@scusd.edu; (2) submitted in writing through the district’s website at /submit-public-comment; or (3) provided in-person at the meeting.  The submission deadline for written public comments shall be no later than noon on the day of the meeting.  If you intend to address the Board in-person, please fill out a yellow card available at the entrance.  Speakers may be called in the order that requests are received, or grouped by subject area.  We ask that comments are limited to two (2) minutes with no more than 15 minutes per single topic so that as many people as possible may be heard.  By law, the Board is allowed to take action only on items on the agenda.  The Board may, at its discretion, refer a matter to district staff or calendar the issue for future discussion.   

WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT

8.0 COMMUNICATIONS

8.1 Employee Organization Reports: 

  • SCTA
  • SEIU
  • TCS
  • Teamsters
  • UPE

8.2 District Advisory Committees:

  • Student Advisory Council
  • Community Advisory Committee
  • District English Learner Advisory Committee
  • Local Control Accountability Plan/Parent Advisory Committee
  • Black/African American Advisory Board
  • Community Schools Advisory Committee
  • American Indian Education Program Parent Committee

9.0 SPECIAL PRESENTATION

9.1 Summer Matters 2024- Academics and Enrichment (Manpreet Kaur)

PPT

10.0 PUBLIC HEARING

10.1 Public Hearing: Growth Public Schools (Amanda Goldman)

PPT

WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT

10.2 Public Hearing: St. Hope Public School 7 (Amanda Goldman)

PPT

10.3 Public Hearing: Sacramento Charter High School (Amanda Goldman)

PPT

10.4 Public Hearing on Adoption of Resolution No. 3432 to Adopt 2024 Developer Fee Justification Study and Developer Fee Increase (Nathaniel Browning)

PPT

11.0 BOARD WORKSHOP/STRATEGIC INITIATIVE

11.1 Approve the Submission of a Credential Waivers Applications to the California Commission of Teacher Credentialing (Kristina Peña)

PPT

12.0 COMMUNICATIONS

12.1 Student Member Report (Justine Chueh-Griffith)

12.2 Superintendent’s Report (Lisa Allen)

12.3 President’s Report (Lavinia Phillips)

12.4 Information Sharing by Board Members

13.0 CONSENT AGENDA                     

Generally routine items are approved by one motion without discussion.  The Superintendent or a Board member may request an item be pulled from the consent agenda and voted upon separately.

13.1 Items Subject or Not Subject to Closed Session:

13.1a Approve Grants, Entitlements and Other Income Agreements, Ratification of Other Agreements, Approval of Bid Awards, Approval of Declared Surplus Materials and Equipment, Change Notices and Notices of Completion (Janea Marking)

13.1b Approve Contracts Report >$15,000 (Janea Marking)

 13.1c Approve Business and Financial Report: Warrants, Checks and Electronic Transfers Issued for the period of May 1-31, 2024 (Janea Marking)

13.1d Approve Purchase Order Board Report for the Period of May 15, 2023- June 14, 2024 and June 15, 2024- July 14, 2024 (Janea Marking)

13.1e Approve Donations to the District for the Period of May 1-31, 2024 (Janea Marking) 

13.1f Approve Mandatory Reporting to the Sacramento County Office of Education – Uniform Complaints Regarding the Williams Settlement Processed for the Period of April 2024 through June 2024 (Cancy McArn)

13.1g Approval of Intergovernmental Agreement between Sacramento County Office of Education and Sacramento City Unified School District (Janea Marking)

13.1h Approve Staff Recommendation for Expulsions #7 and #8 2023-2024 (Mary Hardin Young & David Van Natten)

13.1i Approve Resolution No. 3429:  Approving the Sacramento City Unified School District Community Facilities District No. 2 Tax Report for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 and Levying and Apportioning the Special Tax as Provided Therein (Janea Marking & Nathaniel Browning)

13.1j Approve License Agreement Between Sacramento City Unified School District and Sacramento Regional Transit for Parking at 2401 Florin Road. (Janea Marking & Nathaniel Browning)

13.1k Approve Resolution No. 3430: Resolution Of Intention To Convey Public Utility Easement To Sacramento Municipal Utility District At Oak Ridge Elementary School (Janea Marking & Ben Wangberg)

13.1l Approve New Citizen Bond Oversight Committee Member (Janea Marking & Nathaniel Browning)

13.1m Approval of Unauthorized Vendors (Janea Marking)

13.1n Approve Resolution No. 3431: Designation for Applicant’s Agent Resolution for Non-State Agencies (Janea Marking)

13.1o Approve SETA Head Start Change in Center for 2024-25 school year (Yvonne Wright)

13.1p Approve SETA Early Head Start for Start No-Cost Extension Basic/COLA/QI 2024-25 school year (Yvonne Wright)

13.1q Approve SETA Head Start Head Start No-Cost Extension for 2024-25 school year (Yvonne Wright)

13.1r Approve Personnel Transactions (Cancy McArn)

14.0 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION/REPORTS

14.1 Business and Financial Information: Enrollment and Attendance Report, Month 9, Ending Friday, May 17, 2024, and Enrollment and Attendance Report, Month 10, Ending Friday, June 14, 2024 (Janea Marking)

15.0 FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES / LOCATIONS

  • September 5, 2024, 5:00 p.m. Closed Session, 6:30 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting
  • September 19, 2024, 5:00 p.m. Closed Session, 6:30 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting

16.0 ADJOURNMENT

NOTE:  The Sacramento City Unified School District encourages those with disabilities to participate fully in the public meeting process.  If you need a disability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, to participate in the public meeting, please contact the Board of Education Office at (916) 643-9314 at least 48 hours before the scheduled Board of Education meeting so that we may make every reasonable effort to accommodate you.  [Government Code § 54953.2; Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, § 202 (42 U.S.C. §12132)]   Any public records distributed to the Board of Education relating to an open session item will be available for public inspection at the Serna Center, at 5735 47th Avenue, Sacramento, during normal business hours or on the District’s website at www.scusd.edu.

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