5:00 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. 2023110551)

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

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

3.4 Government Code section 54957—Public Employee Performance Evaluation

Interim Superintendent

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 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.   

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
• Native American Parent Committee

9.0 SPECIAL PRESENTATION

9.1 National Eating Disorder Awareness Week Resolution (Jacqueline Garner)

9.2 SCUSD Homeless Educational Services (Jacqueline Garner and Ashley Powers Clark)

PPT

9.3 Special Education Presentation (Geovani Linares)

PPT

10.0 PUBLIC HEARING

10.1 Addition of “Early College” to the name of Sacramento New Tech High School (Amanda Goldman and Jessica Martin)

PPT

10.2 Public Hearing for Resolution No. 3375 Resolution to Convey Utility Easement Entitlements to the Sacramento Municipal Utilities District for the Nicholas School Project (Nathaniel Browning) 

11.0 BOARD WORKSHOP/STRATEGIC INITIATIVE

11.1 2023-24 Local Control and Accountability Plan Mid-Year Review (Dr. Ed Eldridge)

PPT

11.2 2023-24 Local Control and Accountability Plan Mid-Year Review for Dependent Charter Schools (Amanda Goldman & Dr. Ed Eldridge) 

PPT

11.3 Resolution No. 3383: Resolution to Eliminate Certificated Employees Due to a Reduction of Particular Kinds of Service (Cancy McArn)

11.4 Resolution No. 3384: Notice of Layoff: Classified Employees – Reduction in Force Due to Lack of Funds and/or of Work (Cancy McArn)

 12.0 COMMUNICATIONS

12.1 President’s Report (Lavinia Grace Phillips)

12.2 Student Member Report (Liliana Miller Segura)

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 (Janea Marking)

13.1b Approve Personnel Transactions (Cancy McArn)

13.1c Approve Minutes of the December 14, 2023, Special Board of Education Meeting (Lisa Allen)

13.1d Approve Resolution No. 3375 Resolution to Convey Utility Easement Entitlements to the Sacramento Municipal Utilities District for the Nicholas School Project (Nathaniel Browning)

13.1e Approve Resolution No. 3386:  Resolution Regarding Board Stipends (Lisa Allen)

13.1f Approve Resolution No. 3387:  Resolution Regarding Board Stipends (Lisa Allen)

13.1g Approve Business and Financial Report: Warrants, Checks and Electronic Transfers Issued for the period of December 1-31, 2023 (Janea Marking)

13.1h Approve Donations to the District for the Period of December 1-31, 2023 (Janea Marking)

13.1i Approve Purchase Order Board Report for the Period of December 15, 2023 through January 14, 2024 (Janea Marking)

13.1j Approve Unauthorized Vendor Payments (Janea Marking)

13.1k Approve Resolution No. 3380 Declaring Futility of Competitive Bidding for Procurement of Replacement Air Filters for Air Purifiers from Oransi, LLC and Authorize Purchase of Air Filters from Oransi, LLC in the amount of $186,718.88 (Janea Marking)

13.1l Approve Resolution No. 3382 Authorization to Join Education Technology Joint Powers Authority (EdTech JPA) Pursuant to California Government Code 6500, et seq. (Janea Marking)

13.1m Approve CCTR Continued Funding Application for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-2025 (Yvonne Wright)

14.0 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION/REPORTS      

14.1 Business and Financial Information: Enrollment and Attendance Report, Month 4, Ending Friday, December 15, 2023 (Janea Marking)

15.0 FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES / LOCATIONS

• March 7, 2024, 5:00 p.m. Closed Session, 6:30 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting
• March 21, 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 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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