Board of Education Meeting
Serna Center Community Rooms
4:30 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 (Two Potential Cases)
b) Existing litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(1) of Government Code section 54956.9 (OAH Case No. 2025010660 & OAH Case No. 2025010729) & (County of Sacramento Case File No. 25-FA00012228)
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: Expulsion #24 2024/2025 and Staff Recommendation for Expulsion Readmissions #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, and #13 of the 2024-25 school year (David Van Natten)
3.5 Government Code section 54957—Public Employee Performance Evaluation Title: 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 April Ybarra
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)
8.1c Approve Contracts Report >$15,000 (Janea Marking)
8.1d Approval of Unauthorized Vendor Payments (Janea Marking)
8.1e Approve Personnel Transactions (Cancy McArn)
8.1f Approve SETA Resolution Authorizing Execution of Delegate Agency Agreement (Yvonne Wright)
8.1m Approve Minutes for the March 20, 2025, Regular Board of Education Meeting (Lisa Allen)
8.1n Approve Delegating Duty to Accept Bids and Award Construction Contracts (Chris Ralston)
8.1p Approve 2025-26 Legal Contracts (Janea Marking)
8.1q Approve Expanded Learning Opportunities Program Plan (Manpreet Kaur)
8.1r Approve Staff Recommendation for Expulsion #24 2024-25 school year (David Van Natten)
8.1t Approve Job Descriptions (Cancy McArn & Dan Schallock)
8.1u Approve Salary Schedule (Cancy McArn & Dan Schallock)
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 (Justine Chueh-Griffith)
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 Pride Month Celebration (Board President Jasjit Singh)
10.2 Annual Student Advisory Council Presentation (SAC)
10.3 BPSB Action Plan Quarterly Update (Dr. Gregory Peters)
10.4 Enrollment Process (GioVonna Washington-Woodfy)
10.5 Website Update (Brian Heap)
10.6 Reading Difficulties Screener Adoption (Erin Findley)
11.0 PUBLIC HEARING
11.1 Public Hearing: 2025-26 Local Control and Accountability Plan (Dr. Edward Eldridge)
11.3 Public Hearing: Proposed Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget for All Funds (Janea Marking)
12.0 BOARD WORKSHOP/STRATEGIC INITIATIVE
12.1 Budget Right-Sizing Update (Janea Marking)
13.0 FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES / LOCATIONS
- June 26, 2025, 5:00 p.m. Closed Session, 6:00 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center,5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting
- August 7, 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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