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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.

3.1 Government Code 54956.9 – Conference with Legal Counsel:

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

b)  Existing litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(1) of Government Code section 54956.9 (OAH Case No. 2024070465 & OAH Case No. 20247090463) 

3.2 Government Code 54957.6 (a) and (b) Negotiations/Collective Bargaining SCTA SEIU, TCS, Teamsters, UPE, Non-Represented/Confidential Management (Cancy McArn)

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

3.4 Education Code 35146- The Board will hear staff recommendation on the following student expulsions from 24-25: Expulsions #12, 13, 14, and 15 2024/2025 (David Van Natten)

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 Tara Jeane

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
• Black/African American Advisory Board
• Community Schools Advisory Committee
• American Indian Education Program Parent Committee

9.0 SPECIAL PRESENTATION

9.1 Ceremonial Oath of Office Given to Newly Elected Board   Members:

• Michael Benjamin
• Jose Navarro
• Chinua Rhodes
•  April Ybarra

9.2 Annual Organizational Meeting of the Board of Education Election of Officers: The Board Shall Elect a President, Vice President and Second Vice President

10.0 ADJOURN AND CALL BACK TO ORDER

11.0 BOARD WORKSHOP STRATEGIC INITATIVE

11.1 Public Hearing AB1200 Public Disclosure and Approval of MOU between ÈËÆÞÂÒÂ× and the Service Employees International Union (Cancy McArn & Janea Marking)

PPT

11.2 Independent Audit Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2024, Submitted by Crowe LLP (Janea Marking)

PPT

11.3 2024-25 First Interim Financial Report (Janea Marking)           

PPT       

11.4 Special Education Update (Yvonne Wright, Becky Bryant, Geovanni Linares, & Dr. Iris Taylor)

PPT

12.0 COMMUNICATIONS

12.1 Student Member Report (Justine Chueh-Griffith)

12.2 Superintendent’s Report (Lisa Allen)

12.3 President’s Report

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 October 2024 (Janea Marking)

13.1d Approve Donations to the District for the Period of October 2024 (Janea Marking)

13.1e Approve Resolution No. 3467: Agreement for Termination of Leases and Quit Claim Deed for the C.K. McClatchy High School HVAC/Kitchen Servery Project (Janea Marking)                           

13.1f Approve Personnel Transactions (Cancy McArn)

 13.1g Approval of Unauthorized Vendor Payments (Janea Marking)

13.1h Approve Purchase Order Board Report for the Period of October 15, 2024 –November 14, 2024 (Janea Marking)

13.1i Approve West Campus High School Cheer Competition in Las Vegas, NV from January 23-26, 2025 (Mary Hardin Young & Jerad Hyden)

13.1j Approve Minutes for the November 7, 2024, Regular Board of Education Meeting (Lisa Allen)

13.1k Approve Minutes for the November 21, 2024, Regular Board of Education Meeting (Lisa Allen)

13.1l Approve Staff Recommendation for Expulsions# 12, 13, 14, and 15 of the 2024-25 school year (David Van Natten)

13.1m Approve Labor Partner Agreements (Cancy McArn)

13.1n Approve New Citizen Bond Oversight Committee Member (Chris Ralston)

13.1o Approve Memorandum of Understanding Between ÈËÆÞÂÒÂ× and California Montessori Project Regarding Facilities Modernization Project (Nathaniel Browning)

13.1p Approve Resolution No. 3466: Resolution Regarding Accounting of Developer Fees for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2024, Pursuant to Gov. Code Sections 6001(d) and 6006(b) (Nathaniel Browning)

13.1q Approve Job Descriptions (Cancy McArn & Dan Schallock)

13.1r Approve Salary Schedules (Cancy McArn & Dan Schallock)

14.0 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION/REPORTS        

 14.1 Business and Financial Information: Enrollment and Attendance Report, Month 2, Ending Friday, October 11, 2024 (Janea Marking)

15.0 FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES / LOCATIONS

• January 16, 2025, 5:00 p.m. Closed Session, 6:00 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting
• February 6, 2025, 5:00 p.m. Closed Session, 6:00 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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