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
NOTICE OF PUBLIC ATTENDANCE BY LIVESTREAM
Members of the public who wish to attend the meeting may do so by livestream at: https://www.scusd.edu/post/watch-meeting-live. No physical location of the meeting will be provided to the public.
2.0 ANNOUNCEMENT AND PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION
NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION:
Public comment may be (1) emailed to publiccomment@scusd.edu; (2) submitted in writing, identifying the matter number and the name of the public member at the URL https://tinyurl.com/SCUSDcommentApril22; or (3) using the same URL, submitting a request for oral comment only when the matter is called, instead of written comment. Regardless of the method by which public comment is submitted, including a request for oral comment, the submission deadline for closed and open session items shall be no later than noon, April 22. Individual public comment shall be presented to the Board orally for no more than two minutes, or other time determined by the Board on each agenda item. Public comments submitted in writing will not be read aloud, but will be provided to the Board in advance of the meeting and posted on the District’s website. The Board shall limit the total time for public comment presented on each agenda item, including communications and organizational reports, to 15 minutes in length. With Board consent, the President may increase or decrease the length of time allowed for public comment, depending on the agenda item and the number of public comments.
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) Existing litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(1) of Government Code section 54956.9 (San Joaquin County Superior Court Case No. STK-CV-UBC-2019-0007274, OAH Case No. 2021030253 and OAH Case No. 2021010161)
b) Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(2) of Government Code section 54956.9 (Two Potential Cases)
3.2 Government Code 54957.6 (a) and (b) Negotiations/Collective Bargaining SCTA SEIU, TCS, Teamsters, UPE, Non-Represented/Confidential Management (District Representative Pam Manwiller)
3.3 Government Code 54957 – Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release/Reassignment
4.0 CALL BACK TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
4.1 The Pledge of Allegiance
4.2 Broadcast Statement
4.3 Stellar Student – Jeremy Webster-Hawkins, a Sophomore at the School of Engineering and Sciences
5.0 ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION
6.0 AGENDA ADOPTION
Public comment may be (1) emailed to publiccomment@scusd.edu; (2) submitted in writing, identifying the matter number and the name of the public member at the URL https://tinyurl.com/SCUSDcommentApril22; or (3) using the same URL, submitting a request for oral comment only when the matter is called, instead of written comment. Regardless of the method by which public comment is submitted, including a request for oral comment, the submission deadline shall be no later than noon, April 22 for any agenda item. Individual public comment shall be presented to the Board orally for no more than two minutes or other time determined by the Board, on each agenda item. Public comments submitted in writing will not be read aloud, but will be provided to the Board in advance of the meeting and posted on the District’s website. The Board shall limit the total time for public comment presented on each agenda item, including communications and organizational reports, to 15 minutes in length. With Board consent, the President may increase or decrease the length of time allowed for public comment, depending on the agenda item and the number of public comments.
8.0 SPECIAL PRESENTATION
Res No 3196 as amended at Bd Mtg 4-22-21
8.4 Update on Re-Opening MOU’s and Next Steps (Raoul Bozio)
8.5 Federal and State COVID Relief Funds (Rose Ramos)
8.6 Special Education Assessments and CDE Determinations Update (Raoul Bozio and Dr. Sadie Hedegard)
9.0 COMMUNICATIONS
9.1 Employee Organization Reports: SCTA
10.0 PUBLIC HEARING
10.1 Public Hearing: Approve Revised Board Policy 3315, Relations with Vendors (Raoul Bozio)
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.
11.1b) Approve Personnel Transactions (Cancy McArn)
11.1c) Approve Donations to the District for the Period of March 31, 2021 (Rose Ramos)
11.1e) Approve Minutes of the March 18, 2021, Board of Education Meeting (Jorge A. Aguilar)
11.1f) Approve Minutes of the March 25, 2021, Board of Education Special Meeting (Jorge A. Aguilar)
12.0 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION/REPORTS
12.2 Head Start Reports (Christine Baeta and Jacquie Bonini)
13.0 FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES / LOCATIONS
May 6, 2021 4:30 p.m. Closed Session, 6:00 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting
May 20, 2021 4:30 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 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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