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.

3.1 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. 2025030917)

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 Government Code 54957- Public Employee Appointment

(a) Approve- Principal, Woodbine

3.5 Education Code 35146- The Board will hear staff recommendation on the following student expulsion readmission from 24-25: Readmission #14 of the school year 2024/2025

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.  

8.0 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.

8.1 Items Subject or Not Subject to Closed Session:

8.1a Approve/Ratification of Grants, Entitlements, and Other Income Agreements (Janea Marking)

8.1b Approve/Ratification of Other Agreements, Bid Awards, Declared Surplus Materials and Equipment, Change Notices, and Notices of Completion (Janea Marking)

8.1c Approve Contracts Report >$15,000 (Janea Marking)

8.1d Approval of Unauthorized Vendor Payments (Janea Marking)

8.1e Approve Purchase Order Board Report for the Period of May 15, 2025, through June 14, 2025 and Period of June 15, 2025, through July 14, 2025 (Janea Marking)

8.1f Approve Business and Financial Report: Warrants, Checks and Electronic Transfers Issued for the period of May 1-31, 2025 (Janea Marking)

8.1g Approve Donations to the District for the Period of May 2025 (Janea Marking)

8.1h Approve Resolution No. 3509: Designation for Applicant’s Agent Resolution for Non-State Agencies (Janea Marking)

8.1i Approve Personnel Transactions (Cancy McArn)

8.1j Approve Minutes for the June 5, 2025, Regular Board of Education Meeting (Superintendent Lisa Allen)

8.1k Approve Charter School Facilities Program Memorandum of Understanding By and Among California Montessori Project; Sacramento City Unified School District; and The State of California, State Allocation Board and California School Finance Authority (Nathaniel Browning)

8.1l Approve Staff Recommendation for Expulsion Readmission #14 of the 2024-25 school year (David Van Natten)

8.1m Approve Resolution No. 3508 Declaring Futility of Competitive Bidding for Procurement of Thirteen (13) Used Clean Air School Buses from A-Z Bus Sales, Inc and Authorize Purchase of Used Clean Air School Buses from A-Z Bus Sales, Inc in the amount of $505,891.00 (Janea Marking)

8.1n Approve LCAP Addendum and 2025–26 Spring Consolidated Application (ConApp (Kelley Odipo)

8.1o Approve Mandatory Reporting to the Sacramento County Office of Education Uniform Complaints Regarding the Williams Settlement Processed for the Period of July 2024 through September 2024 (Cancy McArn)

8.1p Approve Mandatory Reporting to the Sacramento County Office of Education –Uniform Complaints Regarding the Williams Settlement Processed for the Period of January 2025 through March 2025 (Cancy McArn)

8.1q Approve Labor Partner Agreements (Cancy McArn)

8.1r Approve Job Descriptions (Cancy McArn & Dan Schallock)

8.1s Approve Salary Schedule (Cancy McArn & Dan Schallock)

8.1t Approve Resolution No. 3510: Approving the Sacramento City Unified School District Community Facilities District No. 2 Tax Report for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 and Levying and Apportioning the Special Tax as Provided Therein (Nathaniel Browning)

9.0 COMMUNICATIONS

9.1 Employee Organization Reports: 

  • SCTA
  • SEIU
  • TCS
  • Teamsters
  • UPE

9.2 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

9.3 Student Member Report (Maggie Kemper)

9.4 Superintendent’s Report (Lisa Allen)

9.5 President’s Report (Jasjit Singh)

9.6 Information Sharing by Board Members

10.0 SPECIAL PRESENTATION

10.1 Update on Operational Memorandum of Understanding with St. HOPE Public Schools (Leslie Lacher and Amanda Goldman, Ed.D.)

11.0 PUBLIC HEARING

11.1 Public Hearing: SCUSD SELPA Local Plan – Contracts, Annual Budget Plan, Annual Service Plan (Yvonne Wright, Becky Bryant, and Geovanni Linares)

12.0 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION/REPORTS        

12.1 Business and Financial Information: Enrollment Report – Month 9, Ending Friday, May 9, 2025 and Month 10, Ending Friday, June 6, 2025 (Janea Marking)

13.0 FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES / LOCATIONS

  • September 4, 2025, 5:00 p.m. Closed Session, 6:00 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting
  • September 18, 2025, 5:00 p.m. Closed Session, 6:00 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting

14.0 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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