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 (Four Potential Cases)

b) Existing litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(1) of Government Code section 54956.9 (OAH Case No. 2025050529 & OAH Case No. 2025050362)

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, Bret Harte Elementary

4.0 CALL BACK TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4.1 The Pledge of Allegiance

4.2 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.  

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:

8.1a 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 Personnel Transactions (Cancy McArn)

8.1f Approve Purchase Order Board Report for the Period of April 15, 2025, through May 14, 2025 (Janea Marking)

8.1g Approve Warrants, Checks, and Electronic Transfers issued for the Period of April 2025 (Janea Marking)

8.1h Approve Donations to the District for the Period of April 1-30, 2025 (Janea Marking)

8.1i Approve 2025-26 Legal Contracts “Not to Exceed” Amounts (Janea Marking)

8.1j Approve 2025-26 Budget Guiding Principles (Janea Marking)

8.1k Approve Minutes for the April 3, 2025, Regular Board of Education Meeting (Superintendent Lisa Allen)

8.1l Approve Minutes for the April 10, 2025, Regular Board of Education Meeting (Superintendent Lisa Allen)

8.1m Approve Minutes for the May 1, 2025, Regular Board of Education Meeting (Superintendent Lisa Allen)

8.1n Approve Minutes for the May 15, 2025, Regular Board of Education Meeting (Superintendent Lisa Allen)

8.1o Approve Minutes for the May 22, 2025, Special Board of Education Meeting (Superintendent Lisa Allen)

8.1p Approve Resolution No. 3507: Resolution Regarding Board Stipends (Superintendent Lisa Allen)

8.1q Approve School Plan for Student Achievement Approval (Kelley Odipo)

8.1r Approve Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee Measures Q, R, H, & D Report 2024-2025 (Chris Ralston)

8.1s Approve Memorandum of Understanding Between Sacramento City Unified School District and City of Rancho Cordova for Sidewalk Repair (Nathaniel Browning)

8.1t Approve Resolution No. 3502: Resolution Authorizing Filing of Application(s) for State Allocation Board Administered Programs on or after October 31, 2024, for the Sacramento City Unified School District (Ben Wangberg)

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

8.1.v Approve Labor Partner Agreements (Cancy McArn)

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

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

9.0 COMMUNICATIONS

9.1 Employee Organization Reports: 

  • SCTA
  • SEIU
  • TCS
  • Teamsters
  • UPE

9.2 Student Member Report (Justine Chueh-Griffith)

9.3 President’s Report (Jasjit Singh)

 9.4 Information Sharing by Board Members

10.0 SPECIAL PRESENTATION

10.1 Recognition of Outgoing Student Board Member (Board President Jasjit Singh)

10.2 Approve Operational Memorandum of Understanding with St. HOPE Public Schools (Leslie Lacher)

PPT

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)

11.2 Provide a Public Hearing for and Approve Resolution No. 3501 Resolution to Convey Utility Easements to Sacramento Municipal Utility District for Pacific Elementary (Ben Wangberg)

11.3 Public Hearing and Approval of Resolution No. 3503 for use of Government Code 4217 et al. for JFK High School Parking Lot Solar Installation Project (Matt Juchniewicz)

PPT

11.4 Public Hearing and Approval of Resolution No. 3504 for use of Government Code 4217 et al. for Luther Burbank High School Parking Lot Solar Installation Project (Matt Juchniewicz)

PPT

12.0 BOARD WORKSHOP/STRATEGIC INITIATIVE

12.1 Approve 2025-26 Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) and CA Dashboard Local Indicators (Dr. Edward Eldridge)

PPT

12.2 Adopt Dependent Charter 2025-26 Local Control Accountability Plans (LCAP) (Amanda Goldman, Ed.D.)

12.3 Adopt FY 2025-26 Proposed Budget for All Funds (Janea Marking)

PPT

WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT

12.4 Approve the Submission of a Credential Waivers Application to the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (Kristina Peña)

PPT

13.0 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION/REPORTS        

13.1 Business and Financial Information: Enrollment and Attendance Report, Month 8, Ending Friday, April 11, 2025 (Janea Marking)

13.2 Receive Information: Office of Innovative Schools Annual Charter Oversight Report 2024-25 (Amanda Goldman)

14.0 FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES / LOCATIONS

  • 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
  • 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

15.0 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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Live Stream

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Cable Viewing

This meeting of the Sacramento City School Board is being videotaped in its entirety and will be cablecast without interruption on Metro Cable 14, the government affairs channel on the Comcast and SureWest Cable Systems.