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 – 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. 2023050758 and OAH Case No. 2023060987)

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/Reassignment 

3.4 Government Code 54957.6 (a) and (b) Negotiations/Conference with Labor Negotiator, Non-Represented Employee:  Interim Superintendent and Interim Deputy Superintendent (District Representative: Board President Chinua Rhodes)

3.5 Government Code 54957 – Public Employee Appointment

(a) Approve- Chief Business and Operations Officer

(b) Approve Chief Information Officer          

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 https://www.scusd.edu/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

9.0 BOARD WORKSHOP/STRATEGIC PLAN AND OTHER INITIATIVES

9.1 Approve Interim Superintendent Agreement for Lisa Allen (Board President Chinua Rhodes)

9.2 Approve Interim Deputy Superintendent Agreement for Mary Hardin Young (Board President Chinua Rhodes)

9.3 2023-24 45 Day Revise Budget Update (Jesse Castillo)

PPT

9.4 Approve the Declaration of Need for Fully Qualified Educators for the 2023-2024 School Year (Cancy McArn) 

PPT

9.5 Approve the Submission of a Credential Waivers Applications to the California Commission of Teacher Credentialing (Cancy McArn)

PPT

10.0 COMMUNICATIONS

10.1 Interim Superintendent’s Report (Lisa Allen)

10.2 President’s Report (Chinua Rhodes)

10.3 Information Sharing by Board Members

11.0 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.

11.1 Items Subject or Not Subject to Closed Session:

11.1a 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 (Jesse Castillo)

11.1b Approve Personnel Transactions (Cancy McArn)

11.1c Approve Minutes for the June 8, 2023, Regular Board of Education Meeting (Lisa Allen)

11.1d Approve Minutes for the June 22, 2023, Regular Board of Education Meeting (Lisa Allen)

11.1e Approve Minutes for the June 28, 2023, Regular Board of Education Meeting (Lisa Allen) 

11.1f Approve Minutes for the July 7, 2023, Regular Board of Education Meeting (Lisa Allen)

11.1g Approve Resolution No. 3337: Approve Temporary Interfund Transfers of Special or Restricted Fund Moneys (Jesse Castillo)

11.1h Approve Resolution No. 3335 Oak Ridge Elementary School Rebuild Project Mitigated Negative Declaration (Nathaniel Browning) 

11.1i Approve Resolution No. 3336: Approving the Sacramento City Unified School District Community Facilities District No. 2 Tax Report for Fiscal Year 2023-24 and Levying and Apportioning the Special Tax as Provided Therein (Nathaniel Browning) 

11.1j Approve Mandatory Reporting to the Sacramento County Office of Education – Uniform Complaints Regarding the Williams Settlement Processed for the Period of April 2023 through June 2023 (Cancy McArn)

11.1k Approve BPSB et al. v. SCUSD et al., U.S.D.C., E.D. Cal., Case No. 2:19-cv-01768-DJC-KJN Independent Monitor Services Contract (Yvonne Wright)

1.1l Approve Resolution No. 3338 on the Recognition of the Rights of Students with Disabilities to a Quality and Inclusive Education (Yvonne Wright) 

11.1m Approve of CIF Form to Record District and/or School Representatives to Leagues (David Parsh)

11.1n Approve of Clifton Carley, Coordinator III, Adult Education, as one of Sacramento City Unified School District’s Official Representatives to the Capital Adult Education Regional Consortium (Yvonne Wright)

11.1o Approve Resolution No. 3339: Designation for Applicant’s Agent Resolution for Non-State Agencies (Jesse Castillo)

11.1p Approve Resolution No. 3340: Resolution of Intention to Convey Public Utilities and Public Facilities to the County of Sacramento at Ethel Baker Elementary School (Nathaniel Browning)

12.0 FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES / LOCATIONS

• September 7, 2023, 4:30 p.m. Closed Session, 6:30 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting 
• September 21, 2023, 4:30 p.m. Closed Session, 6:30 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting

13.0 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 less than 72 hours in advance of the meeting and relating to an open session item will be available on the district’s website at www.scusd.edu

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