Board of Education Meeting
Serna Center Community Rooms

Board of Education Meeting

4:30 p.m. Closed Session
6:30 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.

3.1 Government Code 54956.9 鈥 Conference with Legal Counsel:

a) Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(2) of Government Code section 54956.9 (Two Potential Cases)

b) Existing litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(1) of Government Code section 54956.9 (OAH Case No. 2023020919) 

3.2 Government Code 54957.6 (a) and (b) Negotiations/Collective Bargaining SCTA SEIU, TCS, Teamsters, UPE, Non-Represented/Confidential Management (Superintendent Jorge A. Aguilar) 

3.3 Government Code 54957 鈥 Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release/Reassignment

3.4 Education Code 48918- The Board will hear staff recommendation on the following student expulsions: Expulsion# 25 2022/2023 and Re-admittance of Pre-expelled Students (4) (Lisa Allen and Stephan Brown)

3.5 Government Code 54957鈥擯ublic Employee Performance Evaluation

(a) Superintendent

3.6 Government Code 54957 鈥 Public Employee Appointment

(a)   Chief Legal Counsel

4.0 CALL BACK TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4.1 The Pledge of Allegiance

4.2 Broadcast Statement

4.3 Stellar Student introduced by Board Member Lavinia Phillips

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鈥檚 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.  

PUBLIC COMMENT

8.0 COMMUNICATIONS

8.1 Employee Organization Reports: 

  • SCTA
  • SEIU
  • TCS
  • Teamsters
  • UPE

8.2 District Advisory Committees:

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

8.3 Student Member Report (Liam McGurk)

9.0 SPECIAL PRESENTATION

9.1 Recognition of Outgoing Student Board Member Liam McGurk (Board President Chinua Rhodes)

9.2 Annual Student Advisory Council Presentation (Manpreet Kaur and Dr. Mark Carnero)

PPT

9.3 Pride Month Resolution No. 3329 (Board Member Taylor Kayatta)

9.4 Recommend the Renaming of Peter Burnett Elementary, Kit Carson International Academy, and Sutter Middle School  (Rose Ramos)

PPT

9.5 2024 Election- Bond Opportunity (Rose Ramos)

PPT

10.0 PUBLIC HEARING

10.1 Public Hearing: 2023-24 Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) (Krystal Thomas)

PPT

10.2 Public Hearing: Proposed Fiscal Year 2023-24 Budget for All Funds (Rose Ramos)

PPT

10.3 Public Hearing: Consideration, and Approval of the District鈥檚 Initial Proposal for Reopener Negotiations with the Service Employee International Union (鈥淪EIU鈥) for the 2022-2023 school year (Superintendent Jorge A. Aguilar)

11.0 BOARD WORKSHOP/STRATEGIC PLAN AND OTHER INITIATIVES

11.1 Lozano Smith Transition Contract (Rose Ramos) 

11.2 Revision to Board Policies 0420.4, 0420.41, 0420.42, 0420.43 (Charter School Authorization, Oversight, Renewal, Revocation) (Amanda Goldman)

PPT

12.0 COMMUNICATIONS

12.1 Superintendent鈥檚 Report (Jorge A. Aguilar)

12.2 President鈥檚 Report (Chinua Rhodes)

12.3 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 (Rose Ramos)

13.1b Approve Personnel Transactions (Dr. Cancy McArn) 

13.1c Approve Board Calendar Dates for 2023-2024 School Year (Jorge A. Aguilar)

13.1d Approve Resolution No. 3330 Delegating Duty to Accept Bids and Award Construction Contracts (Rose Ramos)

13.1e Approve Resolution No. 3328: Approving Nicholas Elementary School Replacement Project Mitigated Negative Declaration (Rose Ramos)

13.1f Approve 2023-2024 Adult Education Calendar (Dr. Cancy McArn) 

13.1g Approve Sutter Middle School Field Trip to Washington, DC June 17-22, 2023 (Lisa Allen and Vanessa Buitrago)

13.1h Approve Staff Recommendations for Expulsion# 25 2022/2023 and Re-admittance of Pre-expelled Students (4) (Lisa Allen and Stephan Brown)

13.1i Approve California Middle School Field Trip to Ashland, OR from June 9-11, 2023 (Lisa Allen and Vanessa Buitrago)

13.1j Approve 2023-2024 Traditional School Attendance Calendar (Dr. Cancy McArn)

14.0 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION/REPORTS 

 14.1 Enrollment and Attendance Report for Month 8 (Rose Ramos)    

15.0 FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES / LOCATIONS

  • June 22, 2023, 4:30 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 搂 54953.2; Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 搂 202 (42 U.S.C. 搂12132)] Any public records distributed to the Board of Education less than 72 hours in advance of the meeting and relating to an open session item will be available on the district鈥檚 website at www.scusd.edu

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