March 19, 2026 Board of Education Meeting
AGENDA PACKET: Please scroll down to view individually linked agenda items.
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
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 54956.8-Conference with Real Property Negotiators:
a) Property:2401 Florin Road, Sacramento, California 95822 Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APNs) 041-0073025-0000 Agency Negotiator: Chris Ralston, Assistant Superintendent, Facilities Support Services Negotiating Parties: Sacramento City Unified School District and SacRT Under Negotiation: Price and terms of potential sale of property (Chris Ralston)
b) Property: 5917 26th Street, Sacramento, California 95822 Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APNs) 025-0251009-0000, 025-0251014-0000, 025-0251010-0000, 025-0251011-0000 Agency Negotiator: Chris Ralston, Assistant Superintendent, Facilities Support Services Negotiating Parties: Sacramento City Unified School District and all interested parties Under Negotiation: Price and terms of potential sale of property (Chris Ralston)
3.5 Education Code 35146- The Board will hear staff recommendation on the following student expulsion from 25-26: Expulsion #12 and #13 of the 2025/2026 school year
3.6 Government Code section 54957—Public Employee Performance Evaluation Title: 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 Jasjit Singh
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.
ADDITIONAL WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT
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:
8.1c Approve Donations to the District for the period of January 1-31, 2026 (Lisa Grant-Dawson)
8.1e Approve Personnel Transactions (Jake Hansen)
8.1f Approve West Campus University Tour in Reno, NV on April 10, 2026 (Mary Hardin Young)
8.1g Approve West Campus Debate Tournament in Boston, MA April 10-14, 2026 (Mary Hardin Young)
8.1m Approve Transportation Plan (Chris Ralston)
9.0 COMMUNICATIONS
9.1 Employee Organization Reports:
- SCTA
- SEIU
- TCS
- Teamsters
- UPE
- AFSA Local 154-AFL-CIO
9.2 Student Member Report (Maggie Kemper)
9.3 President’s Report (Tara Jeane)
9.4 Information Sharing by Board Members
10.0 SPECIAL PRESENTATION
10.1 Recognizing of Trans Day of Visibility (Elizabeth Sterba & Chanise Hendrix)
10.2 Recognition of National Women’s History Month, March 2026 (Board President Tara Jeane)
10.3 Homeless Education Services Program Update (Ashley Clark)
10.5 Reading Difficulties Risk Screener Update (Ashley Alexander)
10.6 Approve Contracts Report >$15,000 (Lisa Grant-Dawson)
Organizational Restructuring Document
10.8 Approve Professional Auditing Services ending June 30, 2026 (Lisa Grant-Dawson)
11.0 BOARD WORKSHOP/STRATEGIC INITIATIVE
11.1 2025-26 Second Interim Financial Report (Lisa Grant-Dawson)
12.0 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION/REPORTS
12.1 Receive Information: SCUSD Charter Schools 2025-26 P1 Enrollment Report (Amanda Goldman)
13.0 FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES / LOCATIONS
- April 16, 2026, 4:45 p.m. Closed Session, 6:15 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting
- April 30, 2026, 4:45 p.m. Closed Session, 6:15 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.