Board of Education Meeting
Serna Center Community Rooms

Board of Education Meeting

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 54957.6 (a) and (b) Negotiations/Collective Bargaining SCTA, SEIU, TCS, Teamsters, UPE, Non-Represented/Confidential Management (District Representative Cancy McArn)

3.2 Government Code 54956.9 Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation:

a) Existing litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(1) of Government Code section 54956.9 (SCUSD v. SCTA, Case No. 34-2018-00244737-CU-CL-GDS)

b)   Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(2) of Government Code section 54956.9 (One Potential Case)

c) Initiation of litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(4) of Government Code section 54956.9 (One Potential Case)

3.3 Government Code 54957 – Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release/Reassignment

3.4 Government Code 54957 – Public Employee Performance Evaluation:
Title: Superintendent

3.5 Education Code Section 35146 – The Board will hear staff recommendations on the following student expulsion(s):

a) Expulsion #5, 2018-19 

b) Expulsion #6, 2018-19

c) Expulsion #7, 2018-19

4.0 CALL BACK TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4.1 Broadcast Statement (Student Member Halbo)

4.2 The Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Muhammad Khan, a Junior at Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High School. 

• Presentation of Certificate by Member Murawski

5.0 ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION

6.0 AGENDA ADOPTION

5.0 SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

7.1 Approve Resolution No. 3049: Recognition of National No One Eats Alone Day, February 15, 2019 (Darrel Woo)

7.2 Approve Resolution No. 3050: Recognition of Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, February 2019 (Michael Minnick)

8.0 PUBLIC COMMENT
Members of the public may address the Board on non-agenda items that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board.  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.

9.0 PUBLIC HEARINGS

9.1 Public Hearing on the Renewal Charter Petition for Language Academy of Sacramento (Jack Kraemer and Eduardo de León, Lead Petitioner) 

9.2 Public Hearing on the Renewal Charter Petition for New Joseph Bonnheim Community Charter School (Jack Kraemer and Christie Wells-Artman, Lead Petitioner) 

10.0 BOARD WORKSHOP/STRATEGIC PLAN AND OTHER INITIATIVES

10.1 California School Dashboard Update (Vincent Harris and Cathy Morrison)

10.2 Fiscal Recovery Plan (Dr. John Quinto)

11.0 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.

11.1 Items Subject or Not Subject to Closed Session:

11.1a 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 (Dr. John Quinto)

11.1b Approve Personnel Transactions 2/7/19 (Cancy McArn)

11.1c Approve Mandatory Reporting to the Sacramento County Office of Education – Uniform Complaints Regarding the Williams Settlement Processed for the Period of October 2018 through December 2018 (Cancy McArn)

11.1d Approve Waiver Request and Affidavit – Request for Allowance of Attendance Due to Emergency Conditions at Abraham Lincoln Elementary, Cesar E. Chavez Elementary and Edward Kemble Elementary on January 7, 2019 (Dr. John Quinto)

11.1e Approve Annual Adjustment to Bid Threshold per Public Contract Code §20111 and Adjustment to CUPCCAA Bid Threshold per Public Contract Code §22032 (Dr. John Quinto)

11.1f Approve Charles A. Jones Career and Education Center’s Changes to Existing Council of Occupational Education (COE) Program for Accreditation Compliance (Dr. Iris Taylor and Dr. Susan Gilmore)

11.1g Approve the Charles A. Jones Career and Education Center’s Program Name Change from Pharmacy Technician/Assistant Program to Pharmacy Technician Program (Dr. Iris Taylor and Dr. Susan Gilmore)

11.1h Approve Staff Recommendation for Expulsion #5, 2018-19, Expulsion #6, 2018-19 and Expulsion #7, 2018-19 (Doug Huscher and Stephan Brown)

11.1i Approve Renewal Charter Petition Admission Preferences for Language Academy of Sacramento (Dr. Iris Taylor and Jack Kraemer)

11.1j Approve Renewal Charter Petition Admission Preferences for New Joseph Bonnheim Community Charter School (Dr. Iris Taylor and Jack Kraemer)

11.1k Approve Resolution No. 3051: Request for Preschool Earnings Due to Emergency Conditions at Abraham Lincoln Elementary, Edward Kemble Elementary and Capitol Collegiate Academy (Freeport) (Dr. John Quinto)

11.1l Approve Minutes of the January 3, 2019 and January 17, 2019 Board of Education Meeting (Jorge A. Aguilar)

12.0 COMMUNICATIONS

12.1 Employee Organization Reports:  
•SCTA 
•SEIU 
•TCS
•Teamsters 
•UPE 

12.2 District Parent Advisory Committees:
•Community Advisory Committee 
•District English Learner Advisory Committee
•Local Control Accountability Plan/Parent Advisory Committee

12.3 Superintendent’s Report (Jorge A. Aguilar)

12.4 President’s Report (Jessie Ryan)

12.5 Student Member Report (Rachel Halbo)

12.6 Information Sharing By Board Members

12.7 Board Committee Reports
•Board Facilities Committee
•Board Budget Committee
•Board Governance & Policy Committee
•Board Evaluation Committee Information

13.0 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION/REPORTS 

13.1 Business and Financial Information:
• Enrollment and Attendance Report for Month 4 Ending December 21, 2018

13.2 Head Start/Early Head Start/Early Head Start Expansion Reports 

13.3 Receive Initial Proposal from United Professional Educator (UPE) on 2019-2022 Successor Contract Negotiations

13.4 Receive Initial Proposal from Sacramento City Teachers Association (SCTA) on 2019-2022 Successor Contract Negotiations

13.5 Receive Initial Proposal from Service Employees International Union, Local 1020 (SEIU) on 2019-2022 Successor Contract Negotiations

13.6 Receive Initial Proposal from Teamsters, Local 150 (Teamsters) on Negotiations for 2019-2020 Re-Openers

13.7 Receive Initial Proposal from Teamsters Classified Supervisors (TCS) on Negotiations for 2019-2020 Re-Openers

14.0 FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES / LOCATIONS

•February 21, 2019 – 4:30 p.m. Closed Session, 6:00 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting

•March 7, 2019 – 4:30 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 less than 72 hours in advance of the meeting and relating to an open session item are available for public inspection at 5735 47th Avenue at the Front Desk Counter and on the District’s website at www.scusd.edu. 

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