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

b) Initiation of litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(4) of Government Code section 54956.9

3.2 Government Code 54957.6 (a) and (b) Negotiations/Collective Bargaining CSA, SCTA, SEIU, Teamsters, UPE, Unrepresented Management

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

3.4 Government Code 54957 – Public Employee Performance Evaluation:  a) Superintendent

Government Code 54957 – Public Employee Appointment

a) Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High School – Principal

b) School of Engineering and Science – Principal

c) Chief Business Officer

4.0 CALL BACK TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4.1 The Pledge of Allegiance

4.2 Broadcast Statement (Student Member Ang-Olson)

4.3 Stellar Student Recognition:  Rohit Jhawar, John F. Kennedy High School, 2019 National Speech and Debate Champion

Presentation of Certificate by Vice President Woo

5.0 ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION

6.0 AGENDA ADOPTION

7.0 SPECIAL PRESENTATION

7.1 Approve Resolution No. 3101:  Commitment to Student Achievement (Jorge A. Aguilar)

7.2 Approve Resolution No. 3102: Recognition of National Attendance Awareness Month, September 2019 (Doug Huscher, Ken McPeters, Jennifer Kretschman)

7.3 Approve Resolution No. 3103: In Recognition of High School Voter Education Weeks, September 16-27, 2019 (Jessie Ryan)

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 COMMUNICATIONS

9.1 Employee Organization Reports:

SCTA

SEIU

TCS

Teamsters

UPE

9.2 District Parent Advisory Committees:

Community Advisory Committee

District English Learner Advisory Committee

Local Control Accountability Plan/Parent Advisory Committee

9.3 Superintendent’s Report (Jorge A. Aguilar)

9.4 President’s Report (Jessie Ryan)

9.5 Student Member Report (Olivia Ang-Olson)

9.6 Information Sharing By Board Members

10.0 BOARD WORKSHOP/STRATEGIC PLAN AND OTHER INITIATIVES

10.1 Opening of Schools (Jorge A. Aguilar)

10.1 PowerPoint

10.2 Facilities, Grounds, and Current Herbicide Application Procedures, Part 1 (Cathy Allen)

10.2 PowerPoint

10.3 Approve Resolution No. 3100:  Authorizing the Issuance and Sale of Not to Exceed $150 Million Sacramento City Unified School District General Obligation Refunding Bonds and Approving Certain Actions and Documents Therewith (Amari Watkins)

10.3 PowerPoint

10.4 Approve 2018-19 Year End Financial Report Unaudited Actuals, Transfers, Budget Revisions (Amari Watkins)

10.4 PowerPoint

11.0 CONSENT AGENDA

11.1a Approve Grants, Entitlements and Other Income Agreements, Ratification of Other Agreements, Approval of Bid Awards, Change Notices and Notices of Completion (Amari Watkins)

11.1b Approve Personnel Transactions – September 5, 2019 (Cancy McArn)

11.1c Approve Resolution No. 3099:  Estimate Gann Appropriation Limitation for 2019-20 and Gann Amendment Calculation for 2018-19 (Amari Watkins)

11.1d Approve Resolution No. 3095:  Project Approval and Notice of Exemptions (Cathy Allen)

11.1e Approve Minutes of the August 15, 2019, Board of Education Meeting (Jorge A. Aguilar)

12.0 FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES / LOCATIONS

September 26, 2019 4:30 p.m. Closed Session, 6:00 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting

October 3, 2019, 4:30 p.m. Closed Session, 6:00 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting

13.0 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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