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4:30 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

PUBLIC COMMENT

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. 2023050758 and OAH Case No. 2023060987)

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 Recommendations on the following returning student expulsions from 22-23: Expulsion # 2 &3 2022/2023 Also DS out of Dist. (Mary Hardin Young and Stephan Brown)

3.5 Government Code 54957- Public Employee Appointment

a) Approve – Capital City Schools, Principal

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 /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.   

PUBLIC COMMENT

8.0 COMMUNICATIONS

8.1 Employee Organization Reports: 

• SCTA
• SEIU
• TCS
• Teamsters
• UPE

8.2 District Advisory Committees:

• Community Advisory Committee
• District English Learner Advisory Committee
• Local Control Accountability Plan/Parent Advisory Committee
• Student Advisory Council
• Black/African American Advisory Board

9.0 SPECIAL PRESENTATION

9.1 Opening of Schools (Various Departments)

PPT

9.2 Council of Great City Schools Review (Cancy McArn)

PPT

9.3 Approve Resolution No. 3341: Recognition of National Attendance Awareness Month, September 2023 (Jennifer Kretschman)

PPT

10.0 PUBLIC HEARING

10.1 Public Hearing:  AB 1200 Public Disclosure and Approval of MOU between SCUSD and the ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ Teachers Association (Jesse Castillo)

PPT

10.2 SCUSD SELPA Local Plan (Geovanni Linares)

PPT

11.0 COMMUNICATIONS

11.1 Interim Superintendent’s Report (Lisa Allen)

11.2 President’s Report (Chinua Rhodes)

11.3 Information Sharing by Board Members

12.0 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.

12.1 Items Subject or Not Subject to Closed Session:

12.1a 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 (Jesse Castillo)_    Due to large file size-Part 1 of Document

12.1a 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 (Jesse Castillo)      Due to large file size-Part 2 of Document

12.1b Approve Personnel Transactions (Cancy McArn)

12.1c Approve Business and Financial Report: Warrants, Checks and Electronic Transfers issued for the Period of June 1-30, 2022, and July 1-31, 2022 (Jesse Castillo) 

12.1d Approve Donations to the District for the Period of June 1-30 and July 1- 31, 2022 (Jesse Castillo)

12.1e Approve PO Board Report Period of May 15, 2022, through June 14, 2022, and June 15, 2022, through July 14, 2022 (Jesse Castillo) 

12.1f Approve Staff Recommendations for returning Expulsions, # 2 and 3 2022/2023 also DS out of Dist. (Mary Hardin Young and Stephan Brown)

12.1g Approve Minutes of the August 17, 2023, Board of Education Meeting (Lisa Allen)

12.1h Approve BPSB et al. v. SCUSD et al., U.S.D.C., E.D. Cal., Case No. 2:19-cv-01768-DJC-KJN Independent Monitor Services Contract (Yvonne Wright) 

12.1i Approve of CIF Form to Record District and/or School Representatives to Leagues (David Parsh) 

12.1j Approve Carla Galbraith, Interim Director, Adult Education, as one of ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ City Unified School District’s Official Representatives to the Capital Adult Education Regional Consortium (Yvonne Wright)

13.0 FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES / LOCATIONS

• September 21, 2023, 4:30 p.m. Closed Session, 6:30 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting
• October 3, 2023, 4:30 p.m. Closed Session, 6:30 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting

14.0 ADJOURNMENT

NOTE:  The ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ 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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