Feb 05, 2025 County Board of Education

A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER. WE WILL NOW BE TRANSITIONING, AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER OUR REGULAR MEETING,

[A. Livestream the Board Meeting: https://tinyurl.com/sccboardmeeting]

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TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH AND THE TIME IS 5:06 P.M..

I WILL BE PRESIDING OVER OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING, AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE TRUSTEE SPEISER TO LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[B. Pledge of Allegiance]

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE SPEISER. I WOULD NOW LIKE TO ASK TRUSTEE PACHECO TO SHARE THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT WITH US.

[C. Land Acknowledgement]

WE ARE CURRENTLY IN OHLONE , ON OHLONE TERRITORY.

SANTA CLARA COUNTY IS THE HOMELAND OF THE MUWEKMA OHLONE PEOPLE.

TODAY, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CONTINUE TO PROTECT THE LAND.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE INDIGENOUS CULTURES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES AND REMEMBER THAT WE ALL GATHER, LIVE, LEARN AND WORK ON THE TRADITIONAL LANDS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE PACHECO.

I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL. I, PRESIDENT BERTA AM PRESENT.

[D. Roll Call (Including Action on Absences if Necessary)]

VICE PRESIDENT CHON, PRESENT. TRUSTEE LARI, PRESENT.

TRUSTEE PACHECO, PRESENT. TRUSTEE ROCHA. TRUSTEE SPEISER, HERE.

TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN, PRESENT. THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA WITH THE REQUEST

[E. Set the Agenda]

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA. WE'RE REQUESTING TO REMOVE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST PRESENTATION.

JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW. THE LAW HAS CHANGED ON THAT.

IT NOW REQUIRES A TWO HOUR PRESENTATION BY LAW.

THEREFORE, WE FELT THE BOARD PROBABLY WOULDN'T LIKE THAT SPRUNG ON THEM AT THIS MOMENT, SO WE'LL RESCHEDULE IF THAT'S OKAY.

THANK YOU. SUPERINTENDENT HINMAN. IS THERE A MOTION? YEAH. I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA WITH ITEM 6B REMOVED.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION FROM VICE PRESIDENT CHON.

TRUSTEE SPEISER.

OKAY. SO IS THAT OKAY WITH THE MOTION MAKER? YES.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE A REQUEST TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH PULLING ITEMS 5 I AND REMOVING. LET'S SEE 6B FOR A FUTURE MEETING. ALL RIGHT.

THAT MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS.

MAYBE A VERBAL AYE BECAUSE IT'S NOT POPPING UP FOR ME.

YEAH, WE MIGHT NEED TO DO A VERBAL ROLL CALL FOR THIS.

SO, TRUSTEE SPEISER, THAT WAS A VERBAL AYE. TRUSTEE LARI VICE TRUSTEE ROCHA I VOTE AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHON. TRUSTEE PACHECO.

TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN, AYE. THANK YOU. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE WILL NOW GO. JUST AN OVERVIEW HERE. AGAIN, A REMINDER, A LIVE STREAM OF THIS EVENING'S MEETING IS AVAILABLE AT TINYURL.COM/SCCBOARDMEETING. ONCE ON THE WEB PAGE, SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM AND CHOOSE LIVE.

LANGUAGE SUPPORT FOR THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE VIA PHONE.

FOR SPANISH SUPPORT, CALL 1-669-900-6833. THE MEETING ID IS 727-334-810#.

FOR VIETNAMESE SUPPORT, CALL 1-669-900-6833. THE MEETING ID IS 921-8153-9516#. LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE IN ASL, SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THOSE IN ATTENDANCE. HEADSETS FOR SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE MAY BE PICKED UP AT THE AT THE TABLE AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM.

ASL INTERPRETERS ARE AT THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF THE ROOM, AS WELL AS THE MONITORS THROUGHOUT THE ROOM.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE TEAM FOR THE AMAZING WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING TO HELP ENSURE INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY.

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IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY OR THE NEED TO EVACUATE THE ROOM, PLEASE ALERT AND FOLLOW A SCCOE STAFF MEMBER THAT IS IDENTIFIED WITH THE YELLOW BADGE.

WE WILL NOW GO TO OUR SPECIAL RECOGNITION. WE HAVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION THIS EVENING FOR OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH WHO

[A. Recognition of the SCCOE Employee of the Month]

SORN KHAM. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE SORN, TRUSTEE PACHECO, HEATHER FERGUSON, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PRINCIPAL AT STEINBECK CLUSTER TO THE SIDE PODIUM. OKAY. THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION RECOGNIZES TEN SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION EMPLOYEES EACH YEAR FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO STUDENTS, PARENTS, COWORKERS, AND CUSTOMERS. DR. SORN KHAM, A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES DIVISION IS THE FEBRUARY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE]. YES. DR. KHAM HAS WORKED AT THE SCCOE FOR SIX YEARS.

HE WAS FORMERLY AN INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM PEER EDUCATOR FOR THE EASTSIDE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BEFORE BECOMING A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER, THEN A SCHOOL COUNSELOR, AND NOW A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST.

I HAVE ALWAYS HAD AN INTEREST IN PLACING STUDENTS IN THE APPROPRIATE PLACEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO SPECIAL EDUCATION, SAID DR. KHAM. AS A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST, HE PSYCHOLOGIST, HE DEVELOPS AND PROVIDES PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCE TO SUPPORT TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND FAMILIES IN ADDRESSING EACH CHILD'S UNIQUE DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS. DR.

KHAM IS SUCH AN ASSET TO THE SCCOE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

NOT ONLY IS HE KNOWLEDGEABLE, DEPENDABLE, AND EFFICIENT, BUT HE IS THE DEFINITION OF A TEAM PLAYER, SAID HEATHER FERGUSON, SPECIAL EDUCATION PRINCIPAL AT THE STEINBECK CLUSTER.

HIS DRIVE TO FURTHER HIS EDUCATION AND INCREASE HIS IMPACT ON STUDENTS HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED WITH THE RECENT COMPLETION OF HIS DOCTORATE IN PSYCHOLOGY.

HE LEANS INTO HIS TOP TWO STRENGTHS AS A LEARNER AND DEVELOPER.

SORN EMBODIES QUALITIES OF RELIABILITY, ADAPTABILITY AND RESILIENCE.

HIS ABILITY TO SEAMLESSLY TRANSITION BETWEEN TASKS AND CLUSTERS SHOWCASES HIS VERSATILITY AND AGILITY IN NAVIGATING THE DYNAMIC DEMANDS OF OUR WORK ENVIRONMENT, SAID APRIL MARTINEZ, SCHOOL OFFICE COORDINATOR IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

HE ADVISES THOSE JUST STARTING THEIR STARTING THEIR CAREERS TO PURSUE JOBS THEY ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT.

IT IS WITH GRATITUDE THAT WE CONGRATULATE DR.

KHAM ON HIS FEBRUARY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH RECOGNITION.

AS WITH ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH, WE ACKNOWLEDGE DR.

KHAM FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON THE JOB, DEDICATION TO EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS, CONTRIBUTIONS OUTSIDE OF THE USUAL SCOPE OF THE JOB, AND OVERALL COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.

TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION, DR. KHAM RECEIVED A PLAQUE RECOGNIZING HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SCCOE, AN ENGRAVED CROSS PEN, AND A RESERVED PARKING SPACE.

TRUST ME, EVEN I'M JEALOUS. DR. KHAM AND HEATHER FERGUSON ARE JOINING US THIS EVENING.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE THEM TO SAY A FEW WORDS. CONGRATULATIONS, DR.

KHAM [APPLAUSE]. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, DR.

HINMAN AND THE SCCOE COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS DR.

HEATHER FERGUSON, AND I AM THE PRINCIPAL OF THE STEINBECK CLUSTER.

IT IS MY HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS WE AS WE RECOGNIZE SOMEONE WHO TRULY EMBODIES THE VALUES WE STRIVE FOR IN OUR ORGANIZATION.

DR. SORN KHAM HAS CONSISTENTLY GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND, NOT ONLY EXCELLING IN HIS ROLE, BUT ALSO FOSTERING A SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AND SUPPORT ACROSS ALL CLUSTERS, AS WE HEARD. WHAT TRULY SETS DR.

KHAM APART FROM HIS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS, HE UNDERSTANDS THAT OUR MISSION IS TO SUPPORT AND UPLIFT EVERY STUDENT, ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES AND GUIDANCE NEEDED TO SUCCEED.

WHETHER IT'S THROUGH DIRECT INTERACTIONS OR BEHIND THE SCENES EFFORTS, DR.

KHAM HAS SHOWN TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE ALWAYS THE FIRST PRIORITY.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS. HE IS THE DEFINITION OF A TRUE TEAM PLAYER.

WHETHER IT'S HELPING A COLLEAGUE WITH A CHALLENGE, SUBBING FOR A CLASSROOM, SHARING INSIGHTS, OR ADOPTING MY DYING PLAN, DR. KHAM HAS PROVEN TO BE A RELIABLE AND THOUGHTFUL PARTNER TO EVERYONE THAT HE WORKS WITH.

SORN, DR. KHAM, YOUR DEDICATION DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED.

I THINK I SPEAK FOR EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WHEN I SAY THAT WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND BEING A PART OF SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN [APPLAUSE].

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YES, I'M VERY SPEECHLESS AND VERY HUMBLE. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THIS HONOR. AND ALWAYS CONTINUE TO STRIVE AND DO MY BEST AND ALSO SUPPORT THE SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, PARENTS AND FAMILY. AND I'M JUST ONE OF MANY FISH IN THE SEA THAT SUPPORT SPECIAL EDUCATION.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, DR.

KHAM. IF TRUSTEES IF YOU CAN JOIN US AT THE SIDE PODIUM FOR A PHOTO.

THANK YOU.

MIC] WE WILL NOW GO TO ITEM 3, WHICH IS OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS OF PERSONS DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

[A. At this time, members of the public may address the Board on any issue within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board that is not listed on this agenda.]

SPEAKER COMMENT CARDS MUST BE SUBMITTED AT THIS TIME.

ONCE WE BEGIN TAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCEPT ADDITIONAL COMMENTERS.

PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957, THE SCCBOE STRIVES TO MAINTAIN THE ORDERLY AND CIVIL CONDUCT OF ITS MEETINGS AND TO AVOID UNLAWFUL DISRUPTIONS.

THEREFORE, DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE INTEND TO KEEP A RESPECTFUL AND PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT.

PLEASE NOTE THAT VERBAL ABUSE, THREATS AND PHYSICAL VIOLENCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

INDIVIDUALS WHO ENGAGE IN THIS TYPE OF CONDUCT MAY BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE ROOM.

WE ASK THAT THERE BE NO CLAPPING, CHEERING, SNAPPING OF FINGERS, BOOING OR SHOUTING.

IF YOU WISH TO SUPPORT A PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU MAY SIMPLY DO SO WITH THE UNIVERSAL SIGN OF APPRECIATION, WHICH CAN BE DONE LIKE THIS. MODERATOR DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, WE HAVE EIGHT PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU.

AS THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW IS NOW COMMENCING, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCEPT ADDITIONAL COMMENTERS.

WE HAVE THE TWO MINUTE TIMER PRESENTED IF LANGUAGE SUPPORT IS NEEDED.

TIME WILL DOUBLE. A TIMER IS DISPLAYED AND WHEN YOUR ALLOTTED TIME IS UP, THE BUZZER WILL SOUND.

YOU WILL BE MUTED AND YOUR TIME TO SPEAK WILL END.

MODERATOR YOU MAY BEGIN.

APOLOGIES. AS YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE LINE UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BEHIND THE PODIUM LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.

AS A REMINDER, ONE PERSON AT THE AT A TIME CAN BE AT THE PODIUM TO PRESENT THEIR COMMENT UNLESS LANGUAGE SUPPORT IS NEEDED BY AN SCCOE INTERPRETER OR ASL INTERPRETER. THE TIMER WILL BEGIN ONCE YOU START SPEAKING.

COMMENTS EXTENDING PAST THE TIME ALLOTTED WILL BE MUTED AFTER TIME EXPIRES, AND YOU WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE PODIUM.

TO PREVENT SOUND DISTORTION PLEASE KEEP THE MICROPHONE A SHORT DISTANCE FROM YOUR MOUTH.

THE SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE: VERONICA GUZMAN, RODY FLORES, MARIA MENDOZA, SONIA GARFIAS, IBRAHIM BERRY, MERCEDES HILL, ANNA MENDOZA AND MIGUEL QUINTERO. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS VERONICA GUZMAN.

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GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES, DR. HINMAN, IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES AND THAT WARMS MY HEART.

MY NAME IS VERONICA GUZMAN. I AM THE FOUNDER OF THE YO SOY TU VOZ PARENT GROUP.

WE ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES HERE IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

I FIRST WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE AND ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR HARD WORK FOR WORK FOR PROTECTING OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES.

THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEART. TYPICALLY, I'M HERE IN ANOTHER BUSINESS MORE FORCEFUL THAN, YOU KNOW, HAPPY. BUT TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU WITH TWO IMPORTANT REQUESTS FROM OUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH DISABILITIES. THE FIRST REQUEST IS TO ASK FOR TO THAT YOU PLEASE, PLEASE FACILITATE ACCESS TO MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SO THEY KNOW OUR RIGHTS TRAINING THROUGH THE RAPID RESPONSE NETWORK OR ANY ORGANIZATION THAT'S OFFERING.

IT IS CRUCIAL THAT OUR STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO MAY FACE UNFORTUNATE AND DISTRESSING SITUATIONS, ARE INFORMED ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS. I UNDERSTAND THAT NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE ON BOARD, BUT THIS CAN BE A CHOICE FOR THE FAMILIES AND THE STUDENTS TO DO IT, AND I THINK IT CAN BE POSSIBLE TO PARTICIPATE.

BUT IT COULD BE OFFERED ALSO AS AN OPTION, OPTIONAL RESOURCE.

AT THE VERY LEAST, WE OWE THEM TO THEM TO PROVIDE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS THE VITALS INFORMATION SO THEY ALSO BE PREPARED.

THE SECOND REQUEST IS THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE. IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT EVENTS INVOLVING ICE, MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING ANXIETY AND FEAR TO THE POINT THEY ARE AFRAID TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES.

SO IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING GROUP.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS RODY FLORES. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS RODY, AND I'M HERE AGAIN TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M STILL AT HOME.

BUT I DO THINK THAT I AND IBRAHIM ARE GOING TO GET OUT SOON AND INTO THE PROGRAM THAT WE WANT TO BE INTO.

DR. HINMAN, WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR.

THE FIRST TIME MY MOM AND I, WE WERE SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU BECAUSE SHE WAS SHE REALLY BELIEVES THAT YOU WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO GET US OUT OF OUR SITUATION.

I KNOW THAT WE IT'S NOT BEEN EASY, AND I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT PATH, BUT MY MOM HAS FAITH IN THE FACT THAT YOU WILL GET SOMETHING DONE.

SO, DR. HINMAN AND ME, WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STARTING HERE AND FOR LISTENING TO US. AND IN THE FUTURE, IF THERE ARE OTHER FRIENDS, PLEASE ADVOCATE FOR US.

WE NEED TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM FOR HARD OF HEARING AND DEAF INDIVIDUALS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARIA MENDOZA.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HI. MY NAME IS MARIA. I'M RORY'S MOM. IT HAS BEEN HARD TO SEE WHAT MY SON HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH.

SORRY. BUT IT SEEMS THAT WE'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE.

AND I'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH DR. HINMAN AND THE BOARD MEMBERS IN GETTING THEM WHERE THEY HAVE TO BE.

I WANT TO SAY I KNOW DR. HINMAN IS HERE FOR A SHORT TIME, AND WILL BE LEAVING SOON.

AND IT FEELS GOOD THAT THERE'S STILL GOOD PEOPLE OUT HERE THAT CARES FOR OUR KIDS.

AND I JUST WISH MAYBE YOU COULD STAY A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

THANK YOU, DR. HINMAN, AND THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SONIA GARFIAS. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HOLA. MY NAME IS SONIA GARFIAS.

[SPANISH] HELLO. I AM SONIA

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MY DAUGHTER ATTENDED MIDDLE SCHOOL AT LEE IN THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING PROGRAM, AND SHE GRADUATED IN 2024. [SPANISH] SHE WAS ACCEPTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER IN NEW YORK AND SHE WAS VERY EXCITED.

AS A FAMILY, WE SUPPORTED HER A LOT AND WE KNEW THAT SHE WASN'T PREPARED.

[SPANISH] WE KNEW THAT SHE WOULD NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT. SHE ATTENDED THE FIRST SEMESTER AND UNFORTUNATELY SHE DIDN'T PASS THE REQUIRED TEST THAT SHE WOULD NEED TO PASS IN ORDER TO STAY AT THAT PROGRAM.

[SPANISH] AND NOW SHE'S BACK AT HOME. SHE'S VERY SAD AND DEPRESSED BECAUSE HER GOAL OF STAYING AT THE UNIVERSITY AND CONTINUING HER EDUCATION WASN'T ABLE TO CONTINUE.

WE SUPPORT HER AS MUCH AS WE CAN AS A FAMILY, BUT.

YOU DO GET MORE TIME IF YOU'D LIKE. IT'S THE TIME DOUBLES IF YOU WANTED.

OKAY, OKAY.

BUT WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT ELSE TO DO AND AND WHAT OTHER TYPES OF SUPPORT WE'RE ABLE WE MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE HER AT HOME.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS IBRAHIM BERRY. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

HELLO. MY NAME IS IBRAHIM BERRY. TODAY I'M STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU BY MYSELF WITHOUT MY MOM. AND I'M HERE ONCE AGAIN TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY RIGHT TO ATTEND THE ADULT TRANSITION PROGRAM. AND I BELIEVE IT IS THE BEST PATH FOR MY EDUCATION AND MY FUTURE. IT TRULY, I TRULY HOPE TO BE ABLE TO JOIN WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS SO THAT I CAN CONTINUE LEARNING IN A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT. ONE THAT MEETS MY NEEDS. MY FRIEND RODY AND I HAVE BEEN AT HOME AND WHILE WE'VE SEEN SOME PROGRESS, WE KNOW THAT THE ADULT TRANSITION PROGRAM IS THE RIGHT FIT FOR US. WE WANT TO WORK WITH DR.

HINMAN AND THE REST OF THE TEAM TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN SUCCEED AND FINALLY BE PART OF THAT PROGRAM.

THIS OPPORTUNITY IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO PREPARE AND GAIN THE SKILLS THAT WE NEED TO SUCCEED WITHOUT UNNECESSARY STRUGGLES. THANK YOU, DR. HINMAN.

AND TRUSTEES, FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR LOOKING INTO THIS IMPORTANT MATTER.

YOUR SUPPORT MEANS A LOT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MERCEDES HILL.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING, DR. HINMAN AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

MY NAME IS MERCEDES HILL AND I HAVE WORKED AT THE SCCOE FOR OVER SIX YEARS AND HAVE BEEN IN MY CURRENT POSITION AS OFFICE SPECIALIST FOR THE HEAD START PROGRAM FOR FIVE YEARS.

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WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR RETURNING ARACELI FONSECA TO US AS OUR MANAGER OF OPERATIONS AFTER 14 MONTHS OF HAVING ZERO ACCESS TO HER AND HER WEALTH OF PROGRAM KNOWLEDGE.

THIS IS A HUGE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR OUR DEPARTMENT AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL.

WE HOPE THE INCOMING DIRECTOR, WHOEVER IT MAY BE, WILL BE A FIERCE LEADER, ADVOCATE AND CHAMPION FOR THE HEAD START FAMILIES, COMMUNITY AND STAFF. WE WILL NEED SOMEONE WHO WILL BE ABLE TO FIGHT FOR US DURING THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES.

THANK YOU AGAIN. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ANNA MENDOZA.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING, DR. CHARLES HINMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS.

LONG TIME NO SEE. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU HAVE DONE HERE AT THE SCCOE.

THAT'S ONE. THANK YOU FOR UNCOVERING ALL THESE PROBLEMS, THAT IT WAS INTERNAL AND WE SPOKE ABOUT IT CONSTANTLY.

WE WERE CALLED LIARS BY MULTIPLE PEOPLE HERE.

I ALSO WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY.

AS A PARENT, AS AN ADVOCATE, WE DO NEED RESOURCES WITHIN THE CLASSROOMS. I HAVE MY SON HERE TODAY WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT SITUATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOL SITES.

I BELIEVE THAT EVERY STUDENT SHOULD NOT WORRY ABOUT HATRED COMING INTO THE SCHOOL SITE, RETALIATION AGAINST THE STUDENTS AMONGST EACH OTHERS. YOU GUYS NEED TO STEP UP AND HELP US WITH THIS.

LET OUR STUDENTS JUST FOCUS ON THE SCHOOL AND ENJOY THEIR TIME AND LET'S WORK TOGETHER.

WE HAVE SOME OTHER ISSUES COMING YOUR WAY, UNFORTUNATELY, SO PLEASE KEEP POSTED.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MIGUEL QUINTERO. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MIGUEL QUINTERO.

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE AN EPISODE THAT HAPPENED TODAY AT SCHOOL DURING P.E..

A GROUP OF KIDS CAME KNOCKING ON THE LOCKER ROOM DOOR STATING THEY WERE ICE OFFICIALS.

SOME OF MY FRIENDS THAT ARE IMMIGRANTS WERE SCARED, AND ANOTHER KID HAD TO BE HIDDEN BY MY P.E.

COACH BECAUSE A GROUP OF 6 OR 7 WHITE KIDS WERE GOING TO JUMP HIM BECAUSE HE IS HISPANIC.

I AM ASKING YOU GUYS TO PLEASE DO SOMETHING COUNTY WISE TO HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, BECAUSE US AS STUDENTS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE THINGS AND HAVE FEAR WHEN SCHOOL IS SUPPOSEDLY A SAFE PLACE FOR US.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. PRESIDENT BERTA, IF I MAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO THANKED ME.

BUT I ALSO AND MOST OF YOU THREW US TOGETHER.

BUT I'M GOING TO BE REAL CLEAR. ALL I DO HERE IS DRIVEN BY THIS BOARD.

SO AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE THANKS TO ME DIRECTLY, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT MY ACTIONS ARE DRIVEN BY THIS GROUP, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THAT I'M JUST KIND OF THE THE MOUTHPIECE FOR THE DIRECTION THAT GOES ON HERE.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. HINMAN, AND THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS OUR BARGAINING UNIT REPORTS.

[A. Bargaining Units' Reports]

THE PRESIDENT OR DESIGNEES OF EACH BARGAINING UNIT WILL HAVE SOME TIME TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

PLEASE NOTE THAT STATE LAW PROHIBITS THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM DISCUSSING OR ACTING UPON NON AGENDA ITEMS. BUT WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE PRESIDENT OR DESIGNEE OF THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, SEIU. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

SARAH GIANOCARO, SEIU CHAPTER PRESIDENT [CANTONESE] THIS NEW YEAR GREETING IS TRANSLATED FROM CANTONESE, MEANING CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PROSPERITY WITH MONEY.

I WAS RAISED WITH A LITTLE CANTONESE TO PLAY MAHJONG AND ORDER FOOD.

BUT WE GREW UP SPEAKING ENGLISH ONLY BECAUSE MY MOM WAS BORN HERE AND MY IMMIGRANT GRANDPARENTS WANTED THEIR CHILDREN TO LEARN ENGLISH.

SO MY MOM ACTUALLY DOESN'T SPEAK ANY CANTONESE, EVEN THOUGH MY DAD WAS FLUENT IMMIGRATING HERE AS A COLLEGE STUDENT.

MY 15 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WILL ALSO GREET YOU WITH [MANDARIN] MANDARIN FOR HAPPY NEW YEAR, COURTESY OF HER SEVEN YEARS OF CHINESE SCHOOL.

MAINTAINING OUR CULTURAL CONNECTIONS IS SO IMPORTANT, AND WE APPRECIATE THE BOARD RECOGNIZING CULTURAL HOLIDAYS, INCLUDING LUNAR NEW YEAR. WE ALSO WANT TO HONOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

THANK YOU FOR RESPECTING THE BARGAINING UNITS BY PROVIDING US WITH THE SPACE. THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE FOR STUDENTS AND RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE IN DIFFICULT TIMES.

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AND FOR TONIGHT'S RESOLUTION AFFIRMING SUPPORT OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES REGARDING LGBTQ PLUS PROTECTIONS AT SCHOOL.

SEIU IS EXCITED THAT OUR ALTERNATE WORK LOCATION PILOT PARTICIPANTS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING FINALIZED, AND WE'RE ON TRACK TO BEGIN THE PILOT ON FEBRUARY 28TH.

45 OF OUR MEMBERS WHO DO NOT WORK WITH STUDENTS OR AT SCHOOL SITES WILL BE ABLE TO WORK FROM AN ALTERNATE LOCATION ONE DAY PER WEEK, AND THE JOINT LABOR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE WILL BE EVALUATING DATA FROM THE PILOT, AS WELL AS THOSE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, TO DETERMINE WHAT TYPES OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MAY BE DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE.

OUR RECENT NEGOTIATIONS ALSO PROVIDED FOR AN INCREASE IN PAID WORK HOURS FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PARAEDUCATORS TO PROVIDE FULL TIME INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE AT ALL TIMES WHILE STUDENTS ARE ON CAMPUS, AND AT SOME LOCATIONS, THEY'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME FOR CLASSROOM PREPARATION.

THE INCREASE TOOK EFFECT ON MONDAY, AND WHILE THERE WERE SOME HICCUPS WITH STAFF RECEIVING INCORRECT OR FALSE INFORMATION, MANAGEMENT HAS RESPONDED QUICKLY TO OUR CONCERNS TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.

OUR PRIORITIES CONTINUE TO BE SAFETY, EQUITY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO BUILD TRUST AND COLLABORATION WITH YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INVITE THE DESIGNEE OR PRESIDENT OF THE PSYCHOLOGIST AND SOCIAL WORKERS ASSOCIATION, PSWA FORWARD, IF THERE IS ANYONE TODAY. I KNOW I RECEIVED SOME CORRESPONDENCE THAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE ANYONE TODAY, BUT WE WE APPRECIATE THE SENTIMENT NONETHELESS.

AND I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INVITE THE PRESIDENT OR DESIGNEE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY EDUCATORS, ACE, FORWARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENTS.

RIJU KRISHNA ACE PRESIDENT. RESPECTED PRESIDENT BERTA INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT, DR.

HINMAN, TRUSTEES AND MEMBERS OF THE OF THE COMMUNITY.

[INAUDIBLE] I HOPE I'M PRONOUNCING IT RIGHT. THE STRONGEST BOND OF HUMAN SYMPATHY OUTSIDE THE FAMILY RELATIONSHIP SHOULD BE ONE UNITING WORKING PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONS AND TONGUES AND KINDREDS. A FAMOUS QUOTE BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.

AND THE SEAT ACTUALLY ALSO RESONATES WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR SAFETY, EQUITY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.

BY CREATING THIS COLLABORATIVE SPACE. WE BENEFIT COUNTLESS STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND EDUCATIONAL STAFF COUNTYWIDE.

ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO AND AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF WORK STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE, THIS IS A STRONG FIRST STEP TOWARDS INCLUSIVITY, INCLUSIVITY, AND CREATING A CULTURE OF BELONGING.

IN OUR CURRENT CLIMATE SO MUCH IS CHANGING THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES.

AS THE SCCOE BOARD, YOU HAVE QUICKLY RESPONDED TO THESE INCIDENTS, INCLUDING TAKING THE INITIATIVE AND SENDING A LETTER OF SUPPORT AND PASSING A RESOLUTION TO RESOLUTION TO REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING IMMIGRANT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

HOWEVER, WHAT MORE CAN BE DONE? I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO OUR SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST TEAM FOR THEIR WORK ON THE WORKLOAD EQUITY TOOL THAT WILL BRING EQUITY, TRANSPARENCY AND DATA DRIVEN SOLUTIONS TO THE WORKFLOW PROCESS WHILE ENSURING STUDENT NEEDS REMAIN OUR TOP PRIORITY.

WE WILL ALSO BE HOPEFULLY PRESENTING THIS AT THE CTA SPECIAL ED CONFERENCE IN BURLINGAME.

WE ALSO APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION AND SYNERGY AMONGST SEIU, ACE, AND SCCOE LEADERSHIP IN PARTNERING TO DEVELOP A JOINT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO IMPLEMENT AN APPRENTICESHIP APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM FOR FUTURE SCCOE EMPLOYEES.

THIS WILL HELP INDIVIDUALS GAIN VALUABLE ON THE JOB EXPERIENCES WHILE HELPING ADDRESS STAFF SHORTAGES.

IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF ACE'S GOALS TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY STAFF, SO THAT WE CAN DO WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT SERVING OUR STUDENTS IN THE BEST WAYS THAT WE CAN.

OUR PRIORITIES CONTINUE TO BE SAFETY, EQUITY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY AND OUR HOPE AND REAFFIRMED FAITH IS THAT WE WILL ALL COLLECTIVELY AND COLLABORATIVELY ATTAIN OUR HOPES AND DREAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THIS CONCLUDES OUR BARGAINING UNIT REPORTS.

NEXT WE WILL PROCEED TO ITEM FIVE WHICH IS OUR CONSENT ACTION ITEMS.

[5. CONSENT ACTION ITEMS]

COULD THOSE YOUR SPEECHES, OR WHAT YOU SPOKE, BE SHARED WITH US THROUGH THE BOARD EMAIL OR I WOULD LOVE IT BECAUSE I, I'M VERY VISUAL, AND I WOULD LOVE TO READ WHAT YOU SAID.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF

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AND SO FOR THE BARGAINING UPDATES, THE BOARD CAN ALSO ASK QUESTIONS, RIGHT.

AND SO BECAUSE IT'S, THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED ARE NOT AGENDIZED FOR DISCUSSION.

WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET INTO A DISCUSSION, BUT IT'S INTENDED TO WE CAN ALWAYS FOLLOW UP WITH, WITH DR. HINMAN OR WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, JOINTLY WITH DR.

HINMAN AND THE BARGAINING UNITS. OKAY. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE AGAIN AND ESPECIALLY ENJOYED HEARING ABOUT THE JOINT LABOR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND THAT WORK AND WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO GET UPDATES ABOUT THAT.

VICE PRESIDENT CHON. YEAH. I JUST ALSO WANT TO APPRECIATE THAT HAVING THIS AGENDA ITEM.

IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT I THINK COLLECTIVELY AS A BOARD, WE'VE BEEN KIND OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS, SO I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE IT TOO. I ALSO WANT TO APPRECIATE I KNOW OUR BARGAINING UNITS HAVE.

IT'S NICE TO ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THEM SPEAK IN A NORMAL TONE INSTEAD OF TRYING TO CRAM THEIR COMMENT INTO ONE MINUTE.

SARAH AND RIJU, BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE VERY SKILLED AT THAT.

BUT I MEAN, I KNOW I SAY THAT JOKINGLY, BUT IT IS VERY NICE TO BE ABLE TO JUST HAVE TIME AND RESPECT THAT SPACE.

SO THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA, FOR ALSO PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA. AND LIKEWISE, I KNOW THIS TOOK THE EFFORT OF SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS, SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION. ALRIGHT, SO THIS BRINGS US TO ITEM 5 WHICH IS OUR CONSENT ACTION ITEMS. I'D ALSO JUST LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DUE TO THE CANCELLATION OF THE JANUARY 29TH BOARD MEETING, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY DONE TO RECOGNIZE LUNAR NEW YEAR, THE RESOLUTION HONORING LUNAR NEW YEAR WAS INCLUDED IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT OUR CONSENT ACTION ITEMS 5 A THROUGH K WITH THE EXCEPTION OF I. I HAVE A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE LARI SECOND AND A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE SPEISER.

PRESIDENT BERTA I DO WANT TO SPECIFY THAT, CLARIFY, MY COMMENT MAY HAVE ALLUDED THAT THIS BOARD BROKE THE BROWN ACT IN REGARDS TO TRYING TO GET THE BOARD THE AGENDA ITEM ON HERE. THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT.

I THINK WE JUST ARE SAYING WE APPRECIATE THE ITEM.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT FOR THE RECORD. I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS.

AND THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.

WE WILL NOW GO TO ITEM 5I, WHICH WAS THE REQUEST FOR ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP IN THE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY BOARDS OF

[I. Request Adoption of Resolution Establishing Institutional Membership in the Association of California County Boards of Education]

THANK YOU. SO THIS IS KIND OF THE FIRST I SAW OF THIS, SO I WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE MEMBERSHIP.

SO HERE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD. WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT? HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT THAN OUR MEMBERSHIP WITH CSBA? IS IT DUPLICATIVE? AND WHAT WILL THIS COST US? ESPECIALLY IF IT IS DUPLICATIVE? SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS.

THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT I REQUESTED TO HAVE ON THE AGENDA.

I KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER COUNTY BOARDS THAT HAVE ADOPTED SIMILAR RESOLUTIONS RECOGNIZING THE ASSOCIATION FOR CALIFORNIA COUNTY BOARDS, SPECIFICALLY, GIVEN THE TRANSITION FROM CCBE BECOMING DISSOLVED BACK INTO CSBA. THE INTENT IS NOT NECESSARILY DUPLICATIVE, BUT TO HAVE A DESIGNATED SPACE ALMOST AND MORE OF A MENTORSHIP FOCUS OF MORE MEMBER TO MEMBER SUPPORT. AND SO I KNOW SOME OF THE MOST RECENT ACTIVITIES FROM THIS ASSOCIATION HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON MENTORSHIP FOR NEW COUNTY TRUSTEES WITH OTHER VETERAN COUNTY TRUSTEES FROM ACROSS THE STATE.

THERE WERE SOME SESSIONS THAT RECENTLY THAT WERE RECENTLY PUBLICIZED.

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IN TERMS OF SERVICES, THEY THEY SEEM TO BE PRETTY DISTINCT.

IT'S NOT INTENDED TO TAKE OVER WHAT CBSA IS DOING OR HOW THE PRIOR CCBE FUNCTIONED.

IT'S MORE INTENDED TO WORK KIND OF IN PARALLEL OR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, WITH THAT WORK.

AND I KNOW A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PART OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF THE TRANSITIONAL WORK GROUP, SINCE I WAS PREVIOUSLY A DIRECTOR FOR CCBE FOR OUR REGION.

AND SO THE INTENT IS TO CONTINUE THAT PARTNERSHIP IN THE WAY THAT SOME OF THE OTHER FOCUS AREAS OR FOCUS ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE ETHNICALLY BASED OR IDENTITY BASED. SO CSLBA OR [INAUDIBLE], OR THE OTHER ASSOCIATIONS THAT HAVE SPECIFIC FOCUS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF MENTORSHIP AND COACHING.

MORE INDIVIDUALLY, LIKE SCC SBA IS LIKE FOR TRUSTEES AT LARGE ANYWAY, RIGHT? NETWORKING AND THOSE BEING INFORMAL. BUT JUST SHOWING YOU I UNDERSTOOD.

YES. SO YOU KNOW THE INTENT FOR NETWORKING MORE SPECIFIC TO TO COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS.

AND IN TERMS OF FEE STRUCTURE, I KNOW THAT CSBA HAS BEEN HAVING A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

I THINK A LOT OF THAT'S STILL BEING DETERMINED.

YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE FEE STRUCTURE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY CCBE AND CSBA.

AND NOW THAT BECAUSE THERE WERE TWO KIND OF REVENUE STREAMS GOING INTO BOTH OF THOSE.

AND SO AS THEY'RE WORKING, THAT I DON'T THINK THEY'VE REACHED A FINAL CONCLUSION FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THAT.

I THINK THAT WILL BE UP TO THE CSBA BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

BUT JUST LIKE WITH OTHER ASSOCIATIONS, LIKE I'VE MENTIONED WITH [INAUDIBLE] OR CLSBA, THIS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO RUN THEIR PROGRAMING, THERE IS AN ASSOCIATION FEE ASSOCIATED WITH HELPING THEM ESTABLISH THIS, THIS SPACE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION.

I JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT, I DIDN'T WANT TO APPROVE IT WITHOUT KNOWING MORE.

ABSOLUTELY. AND SO I'M OKAY WITH IT. I WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT IT, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR TO SEE IF IT'S WORTH IT.

LIKE IF THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY SAY THEY'RE DOING.

BECAUSE I KNOW WHILE IT'S AN OLD ORGANIZATION, THEY'RE NEW AND THAT THEY DON'T HAVE CSBA DEFINITELY DOING THEIR STUFF FOR HELPING THEM WITH IT. SO I WANT TO SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING. I COMPLETELY HEAR YOU AND I COMPLETELY AGREE.

I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT WITH A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE SUBSCRIBE TO TO SEE IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, WORTH THE MONEY THAT WE'RE INVESTING. BUT SO FAR, I'VE JUST EVEN JUST ANECDOTALLY, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF ANYONE'S TIME ON THIS. BUT THERE'S BEEN QUITE A BIT OF MENTORSHIP AND SUPPORT THAT I'VE EVEN BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS SO FAR, EVEN AS AN INFORMAL MEMBER. SO I'D BE HAPPY TO CONNECT BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME, SOME NEW FOLKS ON THE COUNTY BOARD, AND THAT'S BEEN HELPFUL TO ME IN TRANSITIONING TO THIS ROLE AS WELL.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN SHARE THOSE RESOURCES AS WELL AS THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. CAN I ACCEPT A MOTION OR I CAN MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 5 I.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 5 I. THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE SPEISER AND A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE ROCHA.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS.

AND THAT MOTION PASSES WITH 6 AYES AND 1 NO. THANK YOU.

WE WILL NOW GO TO ITEM 6 A, WHICH IS OUR SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION 23-24 ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT REPORT.

[A. Santa Clara County Office of Education 2023-24 Annual Financial Audit Report]

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO HEATHER WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON OUR AUDIT REPORT FOR THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION FOR THE 23-24 FISCAL

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AND THEN WE ARE HAPPY TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AFTER.

SO TURN IT OVER TO YOU. GOOD EVENING. HELLO AGAIN.

I'M HEATHER RUBIO, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT THE FIRM.

WE ARE AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT FIRM THAT ONLY AUDITS K THROUGH 12 LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCIES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

AND WE CURRENTLY, ME SPECIFICALLY AUDIT 30% OF THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION IN THE STATE.

THAT BEING SAID, I WAS GOING TO JUST DO A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW, WHICH IS SUMMARIZED ON PAGE 87 OF YOUR AUDIT REPORT.

AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THE AUDIT, I AM REALLY HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM OR ANYTHING ABOUT OUR PROCEDURES.

TO START OFF, THE AUDIT IS OF. CAN YOU REPEAT THE PAGE NUMBER ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE? 87. THANK YOU. TO REMIND YOU THE AUDIT I KNOW IT FEELS SO LONG AGO IS OF THE FINANCIAL THE 23-24 YEAR WHICH IS THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN IN OCTOBER OF 2024.

SO THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS BEING AUDITED. THAT BEING SAID, WE ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, WHICH IS THE BEST OPINION YOU CAN GET IN THE AUDIT WORLD, THE EQUIVALENT OF AN A+ ON AN AUDIT.

JUST TO CLARIFY IN BOARD DOCS ITS PDF PAGE 96.

SORRY, I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THAT.

BUT CORRECT IT IS PAGE 87 IF YOU HAVE A PAPER COPY, BUT IT'S A PDF PAGE 96 IF YOU'RE VIEWING IT IN BOARD DOCS.

THANK YOU. SORRY. OH NO PROBLEM. SO THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS BEING AUDITED, AND THEN YOU THE INTERNAL CONTROL OVER THAT.

HOW DO YOU GET THE NUMBERS? WE DIDN'T COME ACROSS ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL OF ALL THE PIECES THAT GO INTO THE AUDIT, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT'S SAYING IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAY THERE'S $100 MILLION IN THE COUNTY TREASURY, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A SYSTEM TO TRACK THAT $100 MILLION.

THERE IS A PROCESS OF CONTROLS, A SEGREGATION OF DUTIES.

AND FINALLY, THE MONEY ACTUALLY EXISTS. SO IT'S KIND OF A SUMMARY OF ONE LINE ITEM OF THE AUDIT.

BUT THAT'S HOW WE APPROACH ALL THE LINE ITEMS IN THIS AUDIT.

BECAUSE YOU'RE A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR COUNTY OFFICE LEA, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL OPINIONS.

THE SECOND ONE IS A FEDERAL OPINION. YOU GET FEDERAL MONEY. AND FOR NOW, THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET PUTS OUT AN AUDIT GUIDE AND HAS SPECIFIC ITEMS AND PROGRAMS WE HAVE TO AUDIT EACH YEAR. THIS YEAR, YOUR HEAD START PROGRAM ENDED UP BEING THE AUDIT PROGRAM.

REALLY, THIS AUDIT IS VERY HEAVY ON EXPENDITURE TESTING AND REPORTING.

THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG PIECES OF THE AUDIT. AND IN OUR RESULTS WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY.

WE HAVE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES.

AND FINALLY, AGAIN, BECAUSE YOU'RE AN LEA, YOU HAVE A STATE AUDIT.

THE STATE ALSO PUTS THAT ON AUDIT GUIDE EVERY YEAR.

THAT AUDIT GUIDE CHANGES AND IS FINALIZED JULY OF EACH YEAR.

AND IT BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT MAKES IT TO THE ASSEMBLY BILL THAT SAYS AUDIT GETS ADDED TO THE AUDIT GUIDE.

AN EXAMPLE OF THAT FOR 23-24 IS YOUR PROP 28, WHICH IS YOUR ARTS AND MUSIC GRANT AND YOUR EXTENDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM FUNDS.

AND THIS ALSO ENCOMPASSES YOUR CHARTER SCHOOL.

A GOOD PLACE. LET'S SEE. THIS IS A REALLY HARD PLACE ACTUALLY, TO GET A PERFECT SCORE IN PER SE FOR TWO BIG REASONS.

ONE, THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE A MATERIALITY THRESHOLD, SO ANYTHING WE HAVE TO ANYTHING WE FIND, WE HAVE TO REPORT, EVEN IF IT'S A DOLLAR. AND TWO THEY MAKE THESE CHANGES AS YOU'RE IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAM.

SO THIS THESE THESE THESE AUDIT PROCEDURES ARE BEING WRITTEN AT THE SAME TIME THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE THE MONEY AND THAT YOU HAVE TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM. BUT YOU DID A GREAT JOB AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FINDINGS RELATED TO THESE AREAS.

OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY SPECIFICS IN THE AUDIT REPORT OR PART OF THE AUDIT? TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. YEAH. SO DID YOU I GUESS I'M HEARING THAT YOU FOUND NO FINANCIAL IRREGULARITIES OR NEED FOR CORRECTIONS OR ANY SORT OF VIOLATION OF STATE OR FEDERAL LAW.

CORRECT. IN OUR AUDIT, WE AGREE WITH THE NUMBERS PRESENTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

SO WE DID NOT HAVE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THOSE NUMBERS THAT WERE REPORTED IN THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS AND IN THIS AUDIT REPORT, AND THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT WITH THE STATE OR FEDERAL COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS.

DID YOU DETECT ANY FINANCIAL MISCONDUCT? NOT IN OUR AUDIT.

OKAY. WERE THERE ANY SORT OF NEEDS FOR CORRECTIONS OR AUDIT EXCEPTIONS? YES. SO OUR AUDIT INCLUDES UNDERSTANDING THE CONTROLS OF THE COUNTY OVER THESE NUMBERS.

SO WE FOR EXAMPLE AGAIN KIND OF CASH OR THINK OF IT, EXPENDITURES.

SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SET OF CONTROLS TO MAKE SURE THAT EXPENDITURE NUMBER IS REPORTED CORRECTLY.

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IS THERE A PURCHASE ORDER? DO THEY HAVE THE BACKUP? DO THEY MATCH? ARE THEY ALLOWABLE. AND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE CONTROLS.

AND THEN OUR TESTING OF THOSE CONTROLS DID NOT SHOW ANYTHING FOR US TO REPORT TO YOU, BUT IF WE DID, WE WOULD REPORT IT TO YOU. ABSOLUTELY. SO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WERE ACCURATE? CORRECT. OKAY. THEN I WANT TO THANK YOU AS WELL AND THANK OUR STAFF FOR MEETING THOSE STANDARDS.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES? OKAY. AND JUST FOR CONTEXT, I GUESS WHEN THE SCOPE OF WHAT YOU'RE EVALUATING, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TERMS OF THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND EXPENDITURES AND INCOME, DIFFERENT REVENUE STREAMS. SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT THE SCOPE OF WHAT YOUR AUDIT IS THAT YOU'RE COVERING? ABSOLUTELY COVERED IN THIS REPORT. SO FIRST AND FOREMOST IT'S A FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT.

SO OUR SCOPE IS THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AND MAKING SURE THOSE NUMBERS ARE NOT MATERIALLY MISSTATED, AND THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS ON AUDITED ACTUALS.

AND SO WE WILL DO LIKE I SAID, GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW YOU GOT THOSE NUMBERS AND MAKING SURE YOU HAVE THE CONTROLS.

YOU AS A COUNTY ACTUALLY HAVE REALLY GOOD CONTROLS.

YOU HAVE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S SEGREGATION OF DUTIES AND MAKING SURE THERE AREN'T ANY IN OUR AUDIT, ANYTHING COMES ACROSS THAT YOU CAN KIND OF GO AROUND THOSE CONTROLS.

THERE'S ALWAYS A RISK. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A RISK IN ANY ORGANIZATION THAT MANAGEMENT CAN OVERRIDE CONTROLS.

WE ALWAYS CONSIDER THAT IN OUR AUDIT, AND WE ALWAYS KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND.

BUT THE CONTROLS EXIST IN ADDITION TO THAT. AGAIN LIKE I SAID, BECAUSE YOU'RE AN LEA YOU WE HAVE TO SELECT PROGRAMS. WELL THE STATE ACTUALLY, I WISH IF YOU CAN SHOW ME PAGE 84 AND 85.

THAT'S A GOOD LIST OF ALL THE AREAS THE STATE REQUIRES THE AUDIT.

THE ONES THAT SAY YES ARE THE ONES THAT YOU ARE SUBJECT TO PER THE STATE BECAUSE YOU RUN THOSE PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S A REALLY WHAT IS PAGE 84. SO IT'S PDF PAGE 93 AND 94.

SO IF THAT KIND OF HELPS UNDERSTAND THAT ALL THE STATE AREAS AND AGAIN THIS GETS ADDED TO EACH YEAR AND YOU APPROVE SOME OF THESE ITEMS ATTENDANCE LIKE I SAID. AND THEN FOR FEDERAL, THAT'S AN AUDIT GUIDE SPECIFICALLY FROM THE OFFICE OF OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT.

THEY PUT OUT A GUIDE AND THEY HAVE JUST THINGS THAT THEY REQUIRE US TO AUDIT.

AND THEN WE HAVE TO REPORT DIRECTLY TO THEM. WE AS YOUR AUDITORS REPORT DIRECTLY TO THEM THE RESULTS OF THAT AUDIT.

IT'S THE SAME THING WITH THE STATE. WE REPORT ANYTHING WE FIND DIRECTLY TO THEM ALSO.

OKAY, GREAT. SO YES, IT'S NOT 100%. YEAH, RIGHT.

THEY HAVE EXACT REQUESTS. SO IT'S SPECIFIC TO THE STATEMENTS AND THEN THE PROGRAMS LISTED AS WELL AS THE THE OTHER AREAS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED.

YES. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES. OKAY. MUCH APPRECIATED.

AND THIS IS JUST AN INFORMATION ITEM FOR NOW.

IS THAT CORRECT OKAY. WE WILL GO TO ITEM SINCE WE HAVE REMOVED ITEM 6 B, THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 7,

[A. SCCOE Advocacy Day at the State Capitol]

DR. HINMAN, CAN YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THAT ITEM? THANK YOU PRESIDENT BERTA. THE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS DEPARTMENT ORGANIZES AN ADVOCACY DAY AT THE STATE CAPITOL FOR THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND CABINET MEMBERS EVERY YEAR. THIS OPPORTUNITY IS FOR THE BOARD AND CABINET MEMBERS TO DISCUSS PRIORITIES WITH LEGISLATORS, HIGHLIGHT SCCOE PROGRAMS, AND PROMOTE SPECIFIC LEGISLATION.

WE ARE REQUESTING THE BOARD'S HELP IN IDENTIFYING A DATE FOR ADVOCACY DAY, AND RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS, WHICH HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO MAXIMIZE THE LIKELIHOOD OF SECURING MEANINGFUL MEETINGS WITH KEY LEGISLATORS.

I WILL SHARE WITH YOU COMING FROM A MORE TRADITIONAL K-12 BACKGROUND, ADVOCACY DAY TO ME MEANT A WALL, A MASS OF BOARD MEMBERS COMING INTO SACRAMENTO AND BEING LED AROUND TO GENERAL SECTIONS.

I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND UNTIL I MET WITH AMANDA DICKEY.

THIS IS SPECIFIC JUST TO YOU, SO YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE REP AMANDA DICKEY IN YOUR SACRAMENTO OFFICE, OR ALSO INCLUDE CAPITAL ADVISORS, WHO YOU ALSO CONTRACT WITH TO SET UP THESE MEETINGS.

I HAVE A LIST OF DATES HERE THAT I'M JUST. DO YOU HAVE THESE DATES? I'M GOING TO JUST HAND IT OVER TO YOU, BUT I THOUGHT THE BEST WAY FOR ME TO DO IT IS I ACTUALLY HAVE A SCHEDULE FROM LAST YEAR.

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THEN YOU HAD A BRIEFING FROM SCHOOL SERVICES, OR IN THIS CASE, IT MIGHT BE CAPITAL ADVISORS OR AMANDA DICKEY.

WE WENT OVER TALKING POINTS. WE WERE GIVEN MATERIALS, AND YOU ACTUALLY DIVIDED UP AND HAD ASSIGNMENT OF ROLES AS TO WHAT SPECIFIC ACTIONS YOU'D BE LEGISLATING OR ACTIVE ACTIVE ACTIVATING FOR.

THEN YOU WOULD MINGLE WITH CAPITAL STAFF FROM THE SANTA CLARA DELEGATION OF KEY COMMITTEES.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, STAFF OFTEN IS MORE AS IS IMPORTANT IS ACTUALLY DEALING WITH THE ACTUAL LEGISLATORS.

SO THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. MOVED TO LUNCH, THEN A MEETING WITH THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.

AND THERE'S NO NO YEAR LIKE THIS ONE THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND MEETING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AS EVERY DAY SEEMS TO CHANGE.

AND THEN LASTLY, LAST YEAR THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH LEGISLATORS.

SENATOR NEWMAN, ASSEMBLY MEMBER RIVAS, SENATOR LAIRD, SENATOR PORTENTINO AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER MURATSUCHI. I DON'T KNOW THAT GENTLEMAN OR ASSEMBLY PERSON.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT EVENT. I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.

I DON'T HAVE THE BACKGROUND OR HISTORY HERE, EXCEPT TO SAY THERE WERE A SET OF DATES GIVEN.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO PUT THIS OFF TO YOUR LEGISLATIVE GROUP TO COME UP WITH A SPECIFIC DAY OR ASSIGN ONE TODAY, AND WE CAN GET THAT DAY SET UP FOR THE TOUR. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN AND THEN VICE PRESIDENT CHON.

YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THE MEMBERS THAT YOU LISTED WERE THE ED CHAIRS AND THE BUDGET ED CHAIRS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT THAT'S SUPER VALUABLE MEETING WITH THOSE MEMBERS.

AND PERHAPS THIS IS MORE APPROPRIATE DURING OUR BUDGET DISCUSSION, BUT IN THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET, THERE IS A DISCRETIONARY BLOCK GRANT OF $1.8 BILLION THROUGH PROP 98.

AND SO I WANTED TO SORT OF HEAR FROM OUR TEAM IF WE KNOW HOW THAT CAN POSITIVELY IMPACT US.

BUT IF THAT'S MORE APPROPRIATE TO TALK ABOUT DURING BUDGET WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.

ANY. OKAY. VICE PRESIDENT CHON. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ONE, THAT THIS IS FOR THE WHOLE BOARD, BECAUSE I THINK IN THE PAST WE ONLY TOOK JLAC, SO THE WHOLE BOARD IS INVITED TO GO.

I BELIEVE THE BOARD'S. YES, THE THE BOARD HAS BEEN INVITED.

AND THEN A COUPLE OF THESE DATES ARE ON OUR BOARD MEETING DAYS.

SO IF THEY ARE ON THOSE DATES, WILL WE BE ENDING THE AGENDA IN SACRAMENTO AND ENOUGH TIME TO GET BACK HERE FOR OUR BOARD MEETING? MY OPINION IS YOUR BEST BET WOULD BE TO BYPASS THOSE DAYS AND SELECT ANOTHER.

THAT WOULD BE A LONG, TOUGH DAY. THAT'S GOING TO BE A LONG DAY SO I WILL JUST.

I APOLOGIZE. I DIDN'T DO THAT. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, I THINK WE CAN REMOVE SOME OF THOSE OUT.

GREAT. REFERENCES. OH, I'M SO SORRY. SO WE JUST HAVE STAFF SEND OUT A DOODLE POLL OR SOME FORM OR ANOTHER, AND WE JUST PROVIDE OUR RANKINGS OF WHAT'S THE BEST DAY FOR EACH ONE OF US, AND THEN SELECT THE ONE THAT HAS THE MOST AVAILABILITY FOR THE MOST MEMBERS.

THAT SEEMS LIKE THE MOST DIPLOMATIC WAY, UNLESS THERE'S ANOTHER SUGGESTION.

I'M FINE WITH WHATEVER, BUT THERE JUST SEEMED A LITTLE SILENCE IN THE GAP HERE FOR A SUGGESTION.

SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE BEST JUST SO WE'RE NOT INDIVIDUALLY GOING THROUGH OUR SCHEDULE HERE AT THE DAIS FOR EVERYONE TO CONSIDER.

SO IF THAT WORKS FOR TRUSTEES TO PLEASE COMPLETE A SURVEY COMING OUT.

BUT I MEAN, THE MOST APPROPRIATE DAY TO ME JUST LOOKS LIKE APRIL FOOLS.

[LAUGHTER] OKAY. AND JUST TO CONFIRM, IT IS GOING TO BE THE SAME AS WE ARRIVED THE NIGHT BEFORE, AND THEN WE WILL DO THE MORNING. I KNOW IN THE PAST IT'S DIFFERENT.

TRUSTEES HAVE DIFFERENT SCHEDULES, BUT BECAUSE THE SCHEDULE STARTS SO EARLY IN THE DAY, THAT'S PREFERABLE, I THINK. OKAY. BASED ON HOW IT'S SCHEDULED, BECAUSE IT'S A REALLY FULL DAY FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT PRECLUDES US FROM DRIVING UP THAT MORNING AND LEAVING ON OUR OWN AT 5 OR 6 IN THE MORNING, RIGHT. NOT PART OF THE REQUIRED STAY IS THE EVENING BEFORE.

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[8. CLOSED SESSION]

ONCE IN CLOSED SESSION, I WILL CALL THE CLOSED SESSION TO ORDER AND REQUEST THAT EACH TRUSTEE STATE THEIR NAME TO RECORD WHO IS IN ATTENDANCE, AND TO AFFIRM AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PARAMETERS FOR THE CONDUCT OF BUSINESS IN THE CLOSED SESSION.

CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEM INCLUDES ONE ITEM.

ANTICIPATED LITIGATION SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9(D)(2)1 CASE.

THE BOARD WILL NOW ENTER CLOSED SESSION AND WE'LL RETURN IN APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR AT OR AFTER 7 P.M..

THANK YOU. RESUME OPEN SESSION. UPON COMPLETION OF AGENDA ITEM 8A

[A. Report of Actions Taken in Closed Session]

[A. 2025-26 Budget Update]

ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF BUSINESS SERVICES STEPHANIE GOMEZ WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE 25-26 BUDGET, DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, TIMELINE, AND BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BERTA, DR.

HINMAN AND TRUSTEES. I'M GOING TO GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE BUDGET PROCESS.

SO NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL WAS RELEASED.

WE STARTED OUR INTERNAL BUDGET DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS THIS WEEK.

SO THAT'S WHERE BASED ON THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE GOT FROM THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET, OUR INTERNAL PROGRAMS AND DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING TO DEVELOP THEIR BUDGETS FOR THE 25-26 YEAR, WHICH WE WILL BE BRINGING IN JUNE FOR OUR BUDGET HEARING WITH THE LCAP.

AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, WE ALSO HAD BUDGET STUDY MEETING TODAY TO GO OVER WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.

THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT IN OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE IS OUR INTERNAL COST ANALYSIS.

HOW MUCH IS IT COSTING US TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES.

AND SO WE HAVE THOSE RATES. WE LOOK AT WORKER'S COMP OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

LARGE PORTION OF OUR PROCESS OF BUDGET DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE IS OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PREVENTION PROCESS.

THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST FEE FOR SERVICE AREAS IN OUR BUDGET.

AND SO THIS IS WHERE WE WORK WITH OUR DISTRICTS TO DETERMINE IF THEY WILL BE ENROLLING STUDENTS INTO OUR PROGRAMS FOR THE 25- 26 YEAR. SO WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING TO DEVELOP OUR RATES.

OUR RATES WILL BE BASED UPON SOME OF THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT I SHARE THIS EVENING, BUT ALSO ON THE NUMBER OF DISTRICTS THAT WANT TO ENROLL THEIR STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM.

WE ALSO HAVE THE HEAD START GRANT APPLICATION THAT WILL BE COMING TO THE BOARD AND THE MARCH TIME FRAME, AND THAT'S FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEAR CYCLE. SO IT'S THE 25- 26 YEAR PLUS THE FOUR YEARS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING IN THE BACKGROUND.

NEXT SLIDE. SO THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, WHEN WE TRANSITIONED TO THE LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA IN THE 2013-14 FISCAL YEAR, WE WERE PROVIDED WITH TWO OPTIONS FOR FUNDING AND ONE OF THEM WAS CDE PROVIDED US THE COUNTY LCFF TARGET ENTITLEMENT, WHICH INCLUDED A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.

THE OTHER FUNDING OPTION WAS OUR COUNTY LCFF TRANSITION CALCULATION.

AT THE TIME OF IMPLEMENTATION FOR OUR COUNTY OFFICE IN 2013-14, WE WERE FUNDED ON THE HIGHER FORMULA.

SO THAT WAS OUR COUNTY LCFF TRANSITION CALCULATION.

AT THAT POINT, IT ESSENTIALLY MADE US FLAT FUNDED, BUT IT DID LOCK IN OUR COUNTYWIDE ADA, WHICH WAS NOT A FACTOR IN DETERMINING OUR BASE FUNDING THAT OUR OFFICE RECEIVES.

AND THIS FISCAL YEAR 2425, WE HAVE SINCE TRANSITIONED TO THE COUNTY LCFF TARGET ENTITLEMENT, WHICH DOES PROVIDE FOR A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.

HOWEVER, NOW THAT WE'VE TRANSITIONED, OUR COST OF LIVING THAT WE'RE PROJECTING IS ABOUT 4 TO $500,000, BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE TO FACTOR IN OUR COUNTYWIDE ADA.

SO WITH WITH OUR DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT AND ADA IN OUR COUNTY, THAT NOW IS GOING TO IMPACT OUR BASE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE FOR OUR OFFICE.

NEXT SLIDE. A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS TO POINT OUT ABOUT HOW WE'RE FUNDED.

SO WE ALWAYS LOOK AT OUR MINIMAL AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE CHANGES FOR OUR ALT ED PROGRAM.

OUR ALTERNATIVE ED PROGRAM FOR SCHOOLS IS THE ONLY MANDATED PROGRAM THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO TO PROVIDE.

IT'S A SMALL PORTION OF OUR BUDGET, BUT WE MONITOR THAT AS PART OF OUR PROCESS FOR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.

WE'RE ALSO A BASIC AID COUNTY OFFICE, SO THAT REQUIRES US TO RETURN ANY FUNDING IN EXCESS OF OUR LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA TO THE STATES TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL TRIAL COURTS.

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WE THEN BASED ON ASSEMBLY BILL 602 FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING, WE HAVE TO CARVE OUT ABOUT $147.5 MILLION OF THAT TO PROVIDE TO OUR SANTA CLARA SPECIAL EDUCATION LOCAL PLAN AREA. AND THAT FUNDING GOES TO OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SUPPORT THEIR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.

THE OTHER 37.8558% IS SPLIT FURTHER. $37 MILLION GOES TO OUR BASE TARGET FUNDING THAT OUR OFFICE RECEIVES.

THE OTHER $52 MILLION IS THE PORTION THAT WE HAVE TO RETURN TO THE STATE.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS CHART I KNOW I LIKE TO SHARE IT TO KEEP IT AT THE FOREFRONT OF, OF OF MINDS OF WHERE THE MONEY THAT FLOWS THROUGH OUR OFFICE ULTIMATELY GOES.

BUT SINCE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LCFF IN 2013-14, THAT IS WHEN WE HAD TO START REMITTING TAXES BACK TO THE STATE.

SO AT THAT POINT IN TIME IT WAS IT WAS $12.2 MILLION.

FROM THAT POINT ON TO FISCAL YEAR 22-23, WE'VE ALREADY REMITTED ABOUT $285.4 MILLION.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE PROJECTIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 23-24, 24- 25, THEY'RE INCREASING SIGNIFICANTLY YEAR AFTER YEAR AS PROPERTY TAXES HERE CONTINUE TO INCREASE. SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS SLIDE AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE. BECAUSE I MENTIONED THAT DECLINING ENROLLMENT DOES IMPACT OUR OUR BUDGET AND HOW WE'RE FUNDED FROM THE STATE.

WE ARE ACTIVELY MONITORING IT NOW BECAUSE IT HAS A BIGGER IMPACT BECAUSE IT NEVER USED TO IMPACT OUR FUNDING, BUT NOW IT DOES. IT ALSO HELPS US TO BUDGET FOR SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS AS WELL.

IF WE'RE SEEING MASSIVE DECLINES IN ENROLLMENT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, THAT MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR FEE FOR SERVICE PROGRAMS AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN THIS IS OUR COUNTY AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.

SO WE ALSO MONITOR THIS CLOSELY BECAUSE THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR BASE FUNDING.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE FOR 24-25, WE ARE PROJECTING A DECREASE TO $218,000.

AND SO THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE CERTIFIED AT THE END OF THIS NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN OUR FUNDING SOURCES BY PROGRAM. SO THIS IS THIS IS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME OF THE TOTAL SCCOE REVENUE OF $422.66 MILLION.

THIS IS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME AS A FIRST INTERIM.

SO WE ADOPT OUR BUDGET FOR THE 24-25 FISCAL YEAR IN JUNE.

WE HAVE TWO REQUIRED REPORTING PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

WE HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND UPDATE OUR BUDGET FOR THE TIME PERIOD OF JULY 1ST TO OCTOBER 31ST.

SO THIS IS AS OF THAT TIME PERIOD. SO ANY CHANGES IN OUR BUDGET WE WE BROUGHT FORWARD HERE.

AND THIS IS JUST HIGHLIGHTING THOSE CHANGES. SO FOR FIRST INTERIM, 26% OF OUR BUDGET WAS OUR COUNTY OPERATIONS FOR MANDATED SERVICES, WHICH IS THE MONEY WE GET FROM THE STATE FROM OUR LCFF FUNDING.

THAT IS THE $37 MILLION THAT I THAT I PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES THE PROJECTED $52 MILLION THAT WE DO HAVE TO SEND BACK TO THE STATE.

SO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, 24% OF OUR BUDGET, THAT AMOUNT DOES FLUCTUATE, BECAUSE THAT'S A COMBINATION OF STATE FEDERAL GRANTS THAT WE DO RECEIVE. BUT AS WE GET NEW GRANTS OR GRANTS EXPIRE THAT NUMBER DOES FLUCTUATE.

3% IS OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE FOR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACADEMY.

OUR DEPENDENT CHARTER AND ALSO FOR OUR SCHOOL PROGRAM.

BUT THE LARGEST PORTION OF THAT IS 47%, WHICH ARE FEES PAID BY DISTRICTS.

THE LARGEST PORTION OF THAT FUNDING COMES FROM OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.

AND SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. NEXT SLIDE.

AND THEN AS FAR AS OUR OPERATIONAL COSTS BY PROGRAM OR BY THE TYPES OF FUNDING THAT WE DO RECEIVE, A SALARY COSTS ARE THE LARGEST. SO I WOULD SAY SALARY COSTS AND BENEFITS EQUATE TO ABOUT 76% OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET.

24.7%, OR $43.9 MILLION OF THAT COMES FROM OUR LCFF MONEY FROM THE STATE.

18.6% OR $32.99 MILLION COMES FROM GRANTS. 4.8%, OR $8.44 MILLION, COMES FROM AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, BUT THE BIGGEST PORTION, 51.9% OR $92 MILLION, COMES FROM FEES THAT OUR DISTRICTS PAY FOR OUR SERVICES.

SO THIS IS A CHART THAT I LIKE TO SHARE AS THE.

IT'S A SNAPSHOT OF THE VARIOUS GRANTS THAT OUR OFFICE DOES RECEIVE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE HEAD START, THAT'S ONE OF OUR OUR LARGER GRANT FUNDED PROGRAMS. THERE'S ABOUT 167.62 FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS THAT ARE FUNDED FROM THAT PROGRAM.

MIGRANT ED HAS ABOUT 20 OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACADEMY TWO.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR OTHER STATE FEDERAL GRANTS, WHICH INCLUDES OUR YOUTH HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND OTHER GRANTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AS ONE TIME FUNDING. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS JUST A DIFFERENT VIEW OF IT.

SO IT'S THE SAME INFORMATION, BUT IT HAS IT BY THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND BY OUR DIFFERENT BARGAINING UNITS. SO HOW MANY ARE CERTIFICATED.

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AND THEN THIS JUST GIVES A BIGGER NUMBER. SO AS A FIRST INTERIM, WE HAD 1,531.52 FTES.

THE LARGEST AGAIN IS FUNDED BY FEES FOR DISTRICTS AT 868.44 FTES.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN THIS JUST GOES A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, BECAUSE THE FACT THAT THE AMOUNT OF FEES THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS PAY FOR OUR PROGRAMING, I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE WE DO GET FEES FOR SERVICE.

SO SPECIAL ED IS THE LARGEST. BUT THEN WE HAVE OUR WALDEN WEST ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM THAT OUR DISTRICTS ENROLL THEIR STUDENTS IN.

WE HAVE SOME TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SERVICES AS WELL.

SO ANOTHER PART OF OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IS WE HAVE AN INFLUX OF GRANTS PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO WE HAVE GRANTS THAT WE APPLY FOR THAT ARE ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS, MEANING THAT THEY'RE GRANTS THAT COME UP THAT WE APPLY FOR THAT MAY BE MULTI-YEAR.

AND THEN WE HAVE GRANTS LIKE OUR HEAD START GRANT THAT WE HAVE THE APPLICATION PROCESS EVERY FIVE YEARS.

THE ONES THAT ARE SPONSORED, PROJECTS THAT ARE ONE TIME FUNDS OR FUNDS THAT THAT DO HAVE AN END DATE, WE MONITOR THOSE CLOSELY, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE TIED TO STAFFING.

SO THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT WILL BE COMING TO AN END AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR IN JUNE OR HAVE COME COME TO AN END IN DECEMBER.

AND THEN SOME OF OUR BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS. THIS IS BASED ON THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET. SO WE HAVE THE STATUTORY COLA.

WE HAVE THE CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX. THE PRICE INDEX HAS NO BEARING ON THE STATE COLA.

HOW THE STATE DECIDES TO FUND US DOES NOT ALWAYS ALIGN.

AND IT'S ALSO BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT THE STATE HAS TO FUND THAT COLA.

WE HAVE OUR SALARY INCREASES THAT WE DID NEGOTIATE THIS YEAR AS WELL.

WE HAVE OUR EMPLOYER PAID HEALTH BENEFITS, WHICH IS ABOUT $25,167 PER EMPLOYEE.

THEN OUR RETIREMENT THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO PAY AS WELL AS PERS.

AS YOU CAN SEE IN OUR PERS AREA, THAT IS AN AREA WHERE WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE GROWTH YEAR AFTER YEAR.

SO IN OUR MULTIYEAR PROJECTION WE BUILD OUR BUDGETS.

ANY SALARIES WE HAVE TIED TO PERS WE'RE GOING TO SEE INCREASES IN THE RETIREMENT AREA.

AND THEN ALSO WHAT WE LOOK AT IS WE LOOK AT COMPETITIVENESS WITH THE THE AMOUNT OF SALARIES THAT OUR OFFICES HAVE HAS PROVIDED TO THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.

AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OUTPACE WHAT THE STATE HAS GIVEN US IN COLA AND GRANTED THAT JUST STARTED RECENTLY, BUT WE'VE MANAGED THAT VERY WELL AS FAR AS REMAINING COMPETITIVE.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS IS JUST A BIGGER SNAPSHOT FROM THE STATUTORY COLA FROM 16-17 TO 24-25.

SO WE ARE OUTPACING WHAT WHAT THE STATUTORY COLA HAS BEEN.

AND THEN THIS IS ANOTHER GLIMPSE THAT'S LOOKING AT OUR CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AND THEN ALSO HOW OUR SALARY INCREASES COMPARE.

SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT THAT IS.

NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. WE ARE ALSO OUTPACING THAT AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE. SO SPECIAL EDUCATION I'VE BEEN EMPHASIZING THE FACT THAT A LARGE PORTION OF OUR BUDGET THAT'S PAID FEES FOR SERVICE IS FROM OUR SPECIAL ED PROGRAM.

AND SO WE REALLY ARE DILIGENT IN THIS PROCESS.

WE START THE PROCESS EARLY IN TALKING TO OUR DISTRICTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW MANY STUDENTS THEY'RE PLANNING TO ENROLL IN OUR PROGRAM FOR THE 25- 26 YEAR. SO THE MONTH OF JANUARY, WE STARTED EVALUATING HOW MANY STUDENTS WE'LL HAVE IN ALL THE VARIOUS CLASSROOMS. THIS MONTH, WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH DISTRICTS TO CONFIRM THEIR ENROLLMENT FOR THE 25-26 YEAR.

WE'RE ALSO REVIEWING OUR DISTRICT SITE LOCATIONS SO WE DON'T HAVE SPACE FOR SPECIAL ED PROGRAMING.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO RELY ON DISTRICTS FOR SPACE.

WITH SOME OF THE SCHOOL CONSOLIDATIONS IN THE AREA WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT SPACES AS WE SPEAK, BECAUSE WE MIGHT HAVE TO BE MODIFYING SOME OF THE SPACE THAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED IN THE PAST, BUT MORE INFORMATION WILL COME ON COME ON THAT.

IN THE MONTH OF MARCH, WE OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THE PROJECTED COST TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE PER STUDENT TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND THEN IN APRIL/ MAY TIME FRAME, WE FINALIZED THE COST FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.

NEXT SLIDE. SO OUR SPECIAL ED ENROLLMENTS WE HAVE FROM 2019-20 TO WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING FOR 24-25.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR ENROLLMENT KIND OF TOOK A DIVE DURING COVID TO ABOUT 840 STUDENTS.

IN 22- 23 IT CAME BACK UP TO 971. 23-24 IT SPIKED BACK UP TO 1,026.

BUT NOW FOR 24-25, WE'VE SEEN A REDUCTION IN OUR ENROLLMENT.

AND SO OUR CLASSES HAVE REMAINED STEADY AT ABOUT 119 CLASSES.

OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHEN WE LOOK AT SPECIAL ED ENROLLMENT IS IF WE SEE DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN A STATE OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT, THAT MAY ALSO IMPACT THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS THEY HAVE TO ENROLL IN OUR PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN THIS IS JUST ANOTHER GRAPHIC ABOUT THE INCREASES IN THE COST.

SO THE PROGRAM COSTS BETWEEN 23-24 WAS $110 MILLION, AND THEY INCREASED TO $127.2 MILLION IN 24-25.

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AND THEN THESE ARE SOME OF OUR SPECIAL ED PROGRAMS ASSUMPTIONS.

SO STAFFING IS A LARGE PORTION OF THIS PROGRAM.

SO WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS. AND THEN THE AVERAGE SALARY AND BENEFIT COST TO STAFF THESE CLASSROOMS. SO WE HAVE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH OUR DISTRICTS. SO THEY HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH THE CLASSROOM WILL COST PER STUDENT.

AND WE REALLY STRIVE TO KEEP THE COSTS AS COST EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE AS THE DISTRICTS ARE EXPERIENCING DECLINING ENROLLMENTS, THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE RECEIVING A DECLINE IN THE SPECIAL ED FUNDING THAT THEY RECEIVE. AND SO WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT.

OTHER BUDGETARY ASSUMPTIONS THAT DO HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON OUR BUDGETS IS OUR STRS AND PERS RATES.

SO THESE ARE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS THAT AS EMPLOYERS, WE ARE REQUIRED TO PAY.

SO THAT JUST SHOWS THE INCREASE IN THE RATE ON THE PERS SIDE.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN THIS IS THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR STRS AND PERS.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, STRS IT'S PRETTY STATIC AT ABOUT $20 MILLION, BUT BECAUSE OF THE INCREASES IN PERS, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE UPWARDS OF ABOUT 30 TO $32 MILLION IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS BECAUSE THOSE COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE.

NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS OUR TIMELINE. SO I'LL WE'LL BE BACK HERE MARCH 5TH FOR OUR SECOND INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT.

THAT WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE OF THE 24-25 BUDGET FROM THE PERIOD OF JULY 1ST THROUGH JANUARY 31ST.

SO IF THERE'S BEEN ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR BUDGET THAT WILL BE PRESENTED AT THAT TIME.

MARCH 19TH IS OUR BUDGET STUDY MEETING. MARCH.

MAY 14TH IS WHEN WE HOPE TO HAVE THE GOVERNOR'S MAY BUDGET REVISE.

WE HAVE OUR MAY 21ST BUDGET STUDY MEETING, AND THAT IS WHERE WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE MAY REVISE OUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE LCAP AND COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND BUDGET WILL COME BACK HERE. AND THAT HAS TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S HELD TOGETHER WITH THE ADOPTION HAPPENING ON JUNE 18TH FOR THE LCAP AND OUR COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND BUDGET.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ, FOR THE PRESENTATION.

TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? VICE PRESIDENT CHON.

IN REGARDS TO THE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION AND IN RETURNING THE LOCAL THE RETURN OF LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES.

IN COMPARISON TO OTHER COUNTY OFFICES, HOW DO WE MEASURE WITH THAT? SO WE'RE ACTUALLY ONE OF THE HIGHEST. SO THERE'S ABOUT 11 OR 12 OTHER COUNTY OFFICES THAT GRADUALLY HAVE TRANSITIONED TO BEING BASIC AID.

WE'VE BEEN BASIC AIDE SINCE THE DAY WE WENT INTO THE LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA.

SO WE'RE BY FAR THE HIGHEST. THERE'S NO OTHER COUNTY OFFICE THAT HAS SENT BACK AS MUCH PROPERTY TAXES AS WE HAVE.

YEAH, AND JUST LOOKING AT A LITTLE HISTORY OF THIS, AND IT'S JUST INCREASING THE NUMBER OF COUNTY OFFICES THAT IS PUTTING MONEY INTO THIS.

SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD TALK ABOUT THIS AND JUST SEEING HOW MUCH IT HAS RISEN OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS FROM $12-13 MILLION TO $52, IS IS IS CRAZY. AND SO MAKING IF WE'RE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THIS ON OUR ON OUR ADVOCACY DAY, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO JUST BECAUSE NOT ON TOP OF OUR INCREASED NUMBER, OTHER COUNTY OFFICES ALSO INCREASING LIKE THAT. AND THOSE THAT MONEY THAT'S TAKEN, IT'S NOT EVER GIVEN BACK TO US.

AND THAT'S MONEY THAT'S JUST TAKEN FROM PUBLIC EDUCATION.

SO I THINK THE MORE THAT WE CAN AND REALLY ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM I THINK WOULD BE JUST REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE THAT MONEY COULD GO VERY FAR FOR SCHOOLS.

YEAH. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE SPEISER AND THEN TRUSTEE ROCHA.

MIC] HOW MUCH OF OUR BUDGET IS FROM FEDERAL DOLLARS? IT'S ABOUT AS A FIRST INTERIM 24%. 24%. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. TRUSTEE ROCHA. THANK YOU. AND THE TIMELINE SLIDE.

AND TRYING TO LOOK BACKWARDS. AND I KNOW WE HAD TALKED AS A GOVERNING BODY OR BOARD OR UNIT ABOUT BUDGET HEARINGS, HAVING MORE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE BUDGET IN A BIT MORE TOTALITY, SO TO SPEAK.

I'M LOOKING AT THIS. IS THIS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR? AND I KNOW WE HAD SOME CALENDARING AND SCHEDULING ISSUES LAST YEAR AND HAD TO, I THINK, FOREGO ONE OF OUR OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET.

BUT GOING FORWARD, IF WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, HOW DOES THAT FIT INTO THIS TIMELINE OR DOES IT? YES. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD DEFER TO DR. HINMAN.

SO THIS IS JUST WHAT WE HAVE CALENDARED NOW. BUT IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ADD, WE CAN WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT WHEN THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE TIMELINE.

THANK YOU. AND THEN I'LL JUST VOICE MY INTEREST IN US HAVING ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY BEYOND THAT ONE THAT WE'VE TYPICALLY HAD TO TO DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER AND ALSO OFFER THE PUBLIC THE

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SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

THANK YOU. SO WANTED TO AND I THINK I MAY HAVE ASKED FOR THIS BEFORE, BUT JUST AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT IN PREVIOUS BUDGET YEARS, I HAVEN'T I WOULD LIKE TO STRESS MORE THROUGH THE PRESENTATIONS AND COMMUNICATION THE BOARD'S BUDGET.

AND I THINK ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, I BROUGHT UP CONCERNS ABOUT BOARD INITIATED CONTRACTS THAT DON'T HAVE CAPS OR YOU KNOW, I FOR ME, EVEN AS A BOARD MEMBER, IT'S BEEN HARD TO GAUGE YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH DO ALL THESE CONSULTANTS COST. I THINK THAT I WANT TO AVOID BEING VERY TOP HEAVY IN THAT REGARD.

AND JUST TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT, IF THROUGH THE BUDGET TIMELINE, WE CAN ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SLIDES AND INFORMATION ABOUT COSTS INITIATED BY THE BOARD.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE LARI. YES. SO I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT FEDERAL GRANTS ALSO.

APART FROM HEAD START, ARE THERE OTHER FEDERAL GRANTS ALSO THAT WE RECEIVE? YES, WE SOME OF THE LARGER ONES THAT WE DO WE DO RECEIVE FOR PROGRAMING IS MIGRANT EDUCATION.

SO THAT IS ALSO A FEDERAL GRANT THAT WE DO RECEIVE.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. JUST ON THE NOTE OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THE CHANGES IN FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION ARE IMPACTING OUR BUDGETING, SPECIFICALLY OUR GRANTS? YES. SO WE'RE BEING VERY CAUTIOUS WITH OUR FEDERAL GRANT SOURCES.

AS YOU'VE PROBABLY ALL SEEN, THERE WAS A PAUSE. AND THEN THERE'S NOT A PAUSE, BUT THERE MIGHT BE A PAUSE. SO WE'RE REALLY MONITORING THAT CLOSELY, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY OF THE FUNDING AND THE TIMELINES.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE BEING VERY CAUTIOUS WITH.

SO WHEN WE'RE DOING THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE HAVING REGULAR MEETINGS WITH OUR HEAD START PARTNERS TO GET TIMELINES AND UPDATES ON SOME OF THOSE FUNDING.

AND THEN RELATED TO SPECIAL EDUCATION, HOW MANY COUNTY OR DO ALL COUNTY OFFICES OFFER SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES? NO. WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW COUNTY OFFICES THAT STILL PROVIDES SPECIAL ED SERVICES.

OKAY. AND I GUESS IN RELATION TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO OFFER THIS, ESPECIALLY MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS COST WISE? YEAH. SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE CLOSELY MONITORING WITH OUR DISTRICTS THE DECLINE IN THEIR ENROLLMENTS AND THE OVERALL COUNTYWIDE DECLINE, BECAUSE THAT IMPACTS THE AMOUNT OF SPECIAL ED FUNDING THAT IS BROUGHT INTO THIS COUNTY FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS.

AS PART OF THAT, IT DOES ALSO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF SPECIAL ED MONEY THEY GET.

SO WHATEVER OUR COSTS ARE, A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE HAVING TO USE THEIR GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO PAY FOR SERVICES.

SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO LOOK AT WAYS TO KEEP OUR COSTS AS COST EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE, WHILE STILL PROVIDING PREMIER SERVICES TO STUDENTS.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY LOOK AT DURING BUDGET DEVELOPMENT IS HOW MANY DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO ENROLL THEIR ENROLL THEIR STUDENTS. WHAT WILL THE COST BE BASED ON THE NUMBERS OF ENROLLMENT? AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT OUR OPERATING COSTS AS WELL.

THANK YOU. AND THEN I KNOW YOU MENTIONED YOU MENTIONED COMPETITIVE GRANTS.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY. IT'S NOT THAT WE WERE NOT AWARDED THOSE GRANTS AS IN, YOU KNOW, WE COMPETED FOR THEM AND WERE NOT AWARDED THEM.

AM I UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY THAT THOSE WERE ONE TIME GRANTS OR PILOTS AND THEY ARE NOT CURRENTLY OFFERED TO BE EXTENDED? CORRECT. ARE YOU CAN WE PLEASE GO TO THE SLIDE WITH THE GRANTS PRISCILLA.

YEAH. SO ON THE SLIDE THAT I SHARED THAT THE GRANTS ARE ENDING.

THAT IS CORRECT. THOSE ARE ONE TIME GRANTS. RIGHT THERE.

YEAH. SO A LOT OF THESE THIS FUNDING WAS IMPLEMENTED DURING COVID.

AND SO A LOT OF IT IS RELATED TO COVID, AND IT'S REALLY FOCUSING ON YOUTH HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

SO THESE WERE EARMARKED TO END AT THESE RESPECTIVE DATES.

IT'S BECAUSE A LOT OF THE OF THE COVID DOLLARS HAD EXPIRED. AND SO WE WERE EXPECTING AND HAVE BEEN WATCHING THESE FUNDS AND THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY FOR AN EXTENSION.

IT'S JUST THE INITIATIVE HAS ENDED. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T, LIKE, COMPETING FOR SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T RECEIVE.

BUT YEAH, THEY WERE SCHEDULED TO END. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THOSE WERE MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD?

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AND TO TRUSTEE ROCHAS POINT, MAYBE WE'LL CIRCLE BACK WITH DR.

HINMAN AND LEARN MORE ABOUT WHEN THE NEXT UPDATE WILL WILL COME TO THE PUBLIC AND THE BOARD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT TAKES US TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS 10B.

[B. Charter Schools Update]

SO WE'RE ASKING CYNTHIA TAPIA, FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR, AND MATT DOHERTY, ADMINISTRATOR.

THEY HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION FOR YOU AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH DOWNTOWN COLLEGE PREP.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BERTA, TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT HINMAN AND STAFF.

MY NAME IS MATT DOHERTY. I'M A PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR WITH THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT. I'M JOINED TONIGHT BY CYNTHIA TAPIA, FISCAL ADMINISTRATOR IN THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT. I KNOW YOU JUST SAID ALL THAT. IT'S ALL RIGHT.

IT'S ALL GOOD. TONIGHT WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON WHICH TO UPDATE YOU THE CLOSURE OF DOWNTOWN COLLEGE PREP OR THE DCP NETWORK OF CHARTER SCHOOLS.

AT THEIR JANUARY 21ST BOARD MEETING, THE ACROSS THE BRIDGE FOUNDATION, THE GOVERNING BOARD FOR DCP VOTED TO SHUT DOWN OPERATIONS OF ALL THREE SCHOOLS IN THEIR NETWORK AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2025, DUE TO INSURMOUNTABLE FINANCIAL ISSUES.

BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT THIS BOARD ONLY AUTHORIZES DCP ALUM ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL, ONE OF THE THREE IN THE NETWORK. SO THAT'S THE ONLY IMPACT TO THIS PARTICULAR BODY, IS THAT WE WILL NO LONGER BE AUTHORIZING DCP ALUM ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL.

TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND TO THE FINANCIAL CRISIS, AS IT IS REFERRED TO IN ALL OF DCPS OUTWARD COMMUNICATIONS.

THIS BEGAN IN ROUGHLY 2014 2016, WHEN THEY RECEIVED WHEN THEY WERE ISSUED 30 YEAR BONDS FOR ROUGHLY $34 MILLION.

THIS WAS TO ACQUIRE THE OLD SOUTHERN LUMBER BUILDING AND RENOVATE THAT, TO BECOME DCP EL PRIMERO AND DCP EL CAMINO HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, RESPECTIVELY. IN ADDITION, THEY ALSO USED THAT BOND MONEY TO BUILD A BUILDING ON THE OCALA MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS THAT BECAME DCP ALUM ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IN 20 1920, BETWEEN 2019 AND 2023, THE COVID 19 ONE TIME FUNDS HAD BEEN KEEPING THEM AFLOAT.

THOSE RELIEF FUNDS BUT THEY CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE DECLINING ENROLLMENT AFTER THE PANDEMIC ENDED AND SCHOOLS AS STUDENTS RETURN TO SCHOOL. IN BEGINNING IN THE YEAR, SCHOOL YEAR 2022-23 THE ORGANIZATION BEGAN OPERATING UNDER A DEFICIT.

AND THEN LAST YEAR, IF YOU'LL RECALL, THIS BOARD ENTERTAINED A MATERIAL REVISION TO REDUCE DCP ALUM ROCK FROM BEING A MIDDLE THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, A 6 TO 12 TO BEING JUST A AN 8 THROUGH 12 BECAUSE THEY COULD NO LONGER AFFORD TO RUN THE 9 TO 12 PORTION OF THAT SCHOOL.

AND THEN AS OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THEY HAVE RECOGNIZED THE FINANCIAL CRISIS THEY ARE IN AND HAVE COME TO THIS PARTICULAR ACTION.

PRIOR TO THIS ACTION THIS YEAR, THEY HAVE TAKEN A NUMBER OF ISSUES, INCLUDING REDUCING THEIR CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF TO BARE BONES.

MOVING FROM THEIR CENTRAL OFFICE FROM THEIR LEASED FACILITY ONTO THE THE DCP EL CAMINO EL PRIMERO SITE.

THEY COLLABORATED WITH SBU SOUTH BAY EDUCATORS UNITED, THEIR ON SITE UNION TO FREEZE AT A 1% INCREASE.

THEY HAVE SOUGHT A LOAN FORBEARANCE ON THE BONDS AND THEY MODELED EVERY FINANCIAL SCENARIO THEY COULD THINK OF TO FIND SOME WAY TO STAY AFLOAT.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN MONITORING DCPS FINANCIAL STATUS SINCE THE MATERIAL REVISION LAST YEAR, WHEN DCP ALUM ROCK HIGH SCHOOL WAS REDUCED TO JUST DCP ALUM ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL AND DCP HAS ALSO BEEN AGAIN TAKING ALL OF THOSE STEPS I JUST NAMED TO MITIGATE THEIR FINANCIAL ISSUES SINCE THE CLOSURE OF DCP ALUM ROCK HIGH SCHOOL.

AT AN AUGUST 30TH MEETING WITH DCP AND THEIR INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT OR INTERIM CEO.

THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY ACTUALLY MENTIONED TO US THAT IF THEY COULD NOT GET A LOAN, FORBEARANCE, CLOSURE WAS ON THE TABLE. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING AND BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM SINCE THAT POINT.

YEAH. TO ADD CONTEXT AT THAT POINT, THE AUGUST 30TH, 2024 MEETING, DCP TRULY BELIEVED THAT

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THEY AT THAT MOMENT, DIDN'T HAVE ANY INDICATIONS THAT A DECISION AGAINST THEIR REQUESTS WOULD BE HAPPENING.

SO THEY VERY MUCH MOVED FORWARD WITH CONTINUING TO MODEL EVERYTHING AND PROVIDE EVERY SINGLE TYPE OF PROJECTION THAT THEY WERE ASKING THEM TO PROVIDE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO AS OF AUGUST 30TH OR, SORRY, OCTOBER 31ST THE DCP HAD TO REQUEST AN AUDIT EXTENSION DUE TO SWITCHING BACK OFFICE SERVICE PROVIDERS.

IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, CHARTER SCHOOLS FREQUENTLY OUTSOURCE A LOT OF THE FUNCTIONS LIKE PAYROLL AND HR FILES AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO A BACK OFFICE PROVIDER, COMPANIES LIKE EDTECH AND CHARTER IMPACT. THEY SPECIFICALLY HAD DMS AS A BACK OFFICE PROVIDER, AND THEY WERE SUPPORTING THEM THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR OF 23-24, WHICH MEANT THEY WILL BE SUPPORTING THEM THROUGH THE AUDIT.

BUT THEY HAD ALSO CONTRACTED WITH CHARTER IMPACT TO BEGIN THE SUPPORT OF THOSE SERVICES BEGINNING WITH THIS FISCAL YEAR.

SO THEY HAD TWO OVERLAP PROVIDERS, IN ESSENCE, SUPPORTING THEIR FINANCIAL OPERATIONS.

SO AS PART OF OUR DUE OVERSIGHT, THEY SUBMITTED THEIR FIRST INTERIM TO US ON DECEMBER 15TH, AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME IT REFLECTED A DEFICIT SPENDING IN CASH BELOW OUR 60 DAY THRESHOLD FOR CHARTER SCHOOL VIABILITY.

THEN ON DECEMBER OR JANUARY 17TH, WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE INTERIM CEO, VALERIE ROYALTEY-QUANDT, ABOUT THE FORBEARANCE NOT BEING ISSUED, ABOUT THEM NOT BEING ABLE TO COME TO ANY SORT OF AGREEMENT WITH THEIR BONDHOLDERS.

AND SHE FORWARDED US A COPY OF THEIR JANUARY 21ST BOARD AGENDA THAT INCLUDED AN AGENDA ITEM THAT LEFT ROOM FOR INTERPRETATION, BUT CLEARLY INDICATED THAT CLOSURE WAS THAT WAS THE POINT, THAT CLOSURE WAS GOING TO BE ON THE TABLE. AND THEN AFTER A LENGTHY DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION OF ALL THE FINANCIALS TO A ROOM OF PARENTS AND STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED THAT BOARD MEETING ON JANUARY 21ST, THE DCP BOARD VOTED TO END OPERATIONS BY JUNE 30TH, 2025.

NEXT SLIDE AND I'M GOING TO THROW IT OVER TO CYNTHIA HERE.

YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THIS PART. NO I DON'T KNOW THIS. OKAY. AND JUST TO GIVE CONTEXT TO THE ACTUAL FINANCIAL SITUATION THAT LED TO THE DCP BOARD'S DECISION OF CLOSURE OF OLDER SCHOOLS, INCLUDING ALUM ROCK. WE WANT TO START WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE FISCAL AND ENROLLMENT TRENDS OF DCP ALUM ROCK.

AND I WANT TO FIRST HIGHLIGHT THAT THE FIRST THREE FISCAL YEARS LISTED HERE ARE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TO US AS PART OF THE DCP ALUM ROCK MATERIAL REVISION, AS A REDUCTION FOR THE GRADES THAT WE'RE SERVING.

MEANING THAT THIS REALLY IS A CONTINUATION OF THE SAME FISCAL CRISIS THAT HAD HIGHLIGHTED FOR US WHEN THEY CAME TO PETITION FOR THAT MATERIAL REVISION.

AND ONE THING TO NOTE FROM THOSE FIRST THREE YEARS IS THAT REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES WERE RELATIVELY STABLE, PREDOMINANTLY DUE TO ONE TIME COVID RELIEF FUNDS AND ADA BEING HELD HARMLESS.

BUT THE REALITY IS THAT ENROLLMENT HAD BEGUN A DOWNWARD TREND SINCE THEN.

SINCE LAST SPRING'S MATERIAL REVISION DCP ALUM ROCK REPORTED IN THEIR 23-24 SECOND INTERIM, A DEFICIT OF APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION AND A 5% DECREASE IN ENROLLMENT, WHICH OBVIOUSLY RAISED A BIG CONCERN.

AND AS THEIR MOST RECENTLY SUBMITTED 24-25 FIRST INTERIM BUDGET, THEY CONTINUE TO PROJECT A GROWING DEFICIT.

MORE SPECIFICALLY, A $1.5 MILLION IN THIS FISCAL YEAR AND A FURTHER DECLINE IN THEIR RESERVES BECAUSE OF THAT DEFICIT.

AND THAT DEFICIT IS DRIVEN BY THAT 21% DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT IN ADA THAT IS IMPACTING THEIR REVENUES.

ALSO, THEIR FINANCIAL OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS CONTINUE TO PROJECT AT THIS POINT, A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT THAT RAPIDLY WILL DEPLETE THEIR RESERVES AND IMPACT THEIR FINANCIAL STABILITY.

IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THE BOND HOLDERS DID ASK DCP TO MODEL A BREAK EVEN BUDGET SCENARIO, AND TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE FOR DCP THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE 399 IN ENROLLMENT, WHICH IS BASICALLY DOUBLING THEIR CURRENT ENROLLMENT.

AND GIVEN WHAT WE'VE HEARD IN THE PRIOR PRESENTATION, LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE STRUGGLING WITH ENROLLMENT AS IT IS, INCLUDING CLOSURES AND CONSOLIDATION. SO IT JUST IT SEEMED LIKE A VERY UNREALISTIC PROJECTION TO PRETTY MUCH ESTABLISH FOR THEMSELVES THEY'LL BE SETTING THEMSELVES UP FOR FAILURE. IN ESSENCE, THAT'S WHAT THEY EXPLAINED. NEXT SLIDE.

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AND YOU CAN SEE THAT EVEN THOUGH ADA AND REVENUES ARE DECLINING, EXPENDITURES, WHICH IS REPRESENTED BY THE PINK BAR REMAIN RELATIVELY UNCHANGED.

AND ONE OF THOSE DRIVERS IS RENT, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION A YEAR.

AND UNLIKE SCALABLE EXPENSES LIKE SALARIES, WHICH USUALLY GET ADJUSTED BASED ON STUDENTS ENROLLMENT IN ADA AND STUDENTS NEEDS, RENT WILL REMAIN PRETTY, PRETTY RELATIVELY STAGNANT EXPENSE, REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH ADA THEY'LL BE RECEIVING AND HOW MUCH SMALLER THEY'RE GETTING.

SO THAT WILL THAT WILL BE A FUTURE IMPACT IF YOU WERE TO CONTINUE THAT CHART BEYOND 26-27, THAT WILL BE A LARGER PROPORTION OF THEIR EXPENDITURES RELATIVE TO HOW MUCH THEY'RE RECEIVING IN REVENUE.

NEXT SLIDE. LASTLY, ONE OF THE MOST EVIDENT AND IMMEDIATE DIRE SITUATIONS THAT DCP HAS IS THEIR CASH HEALTH. AS MENTIONED, WHEN THEY PRESENTED THEIR ADOPTED BUDGET, THEY WERE ALREADY PROJECTING DEFICIT SPENDING.

AND WITH THAT DECREASE IN REVENUES DUE TO DUE TO LOWER ADA THAT MEANT THAT CASH, LESS CASH WAS COMING IN.

AND SO THEY WERE PROJECTING TO END THIS YEAR WITH A NEGATIVE CASH BALANCE.

AND THEIR UPDATED REVISED BUDGET, WHICH IS SUBMITTED TO US IN MID-AUGUST.

BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH BONDHOLDERS AT THAT TIME, DCP MOVED FORWARD WITH UPDATING THEIR PROJECTIONS TO REFLECT THE COST ON THE RENTAL EXPENSES DUE TO THAT FORBEARANCE. AND THEREFORE A POSITIVE ENDING CASH BALANCE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

HOWEVER, WITHOUT THE BOND FORBEARANCE NOT MATERIALIZING BY THEIR FIRST INTERIM REPORT, DCP REFORECAST A VERY LOW CASH BALANCE. AND AND LIKE MATT SAID, IT'S VERY WELL BELOW THE 60 DAY THRESHOLD THAT IS RECOMMENDED IN THE IN THEIR ADDENDUM TO THE MOU THAT WE ALL ESTABLISH HERE IN THEIR MATERIAL REVISION.

IS THAT IS THAT 5 MEAN LIKE $5? THAT IS FIVE DAYS WORTH.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE, THE BOTTOM BLUE PORTION REPRESENTS HOW MANY AVERAGE DAILY EXPENDITURES THEY CAN AFFORD BASED ON THE CASH BALANCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SO THAT WOULD BE FIVE DAYS.

WITH OUR VERY EVIDENTLY REVIEW OF OUR DCP ALUM ROCKS, FIRST INTERIM REPORTING AND THE TRAJECTORY TOWARDS NOW A NEGATIVE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK ONCE AGAIN. WE, THE CHARTER SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT, BEGAN TO PREPARE TO PROVIDE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON THIS SITUATION AND THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF WHICH THEY WERE HEADING.

WE WERE PREPARING TO PRESENT THIS AT THE JANUARY 29TH MEETING THAT LATER ON GOT CANCELED.

AND AS MATT MENTIONED, ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 17TH, THE DCP BOARD MEETING AGENDA WAS POSTED FOR THE TUESDAY, JANUARY 24TH MEETING, AND WE WERE STUNNED TO LEARN THAT ONE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS POSTED SEEMED TO BE FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION WHETHER THEY WILL CONTINUE OR DISCONTINUE OPERATING THE DCP SCHOOLS.

AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2025. NATURALLY, WE GOT ON THE PHONE WITH THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TRY TO ONE CONFIRM OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR AGENDA ITEM AND TWO REALLY GET A FINAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE FORBEARANCE.

ONE, SHE DID PRETTY MUCH CONFIRM THAT OUR UNDERSTANDING WAS CORRECT.

AND TWO, SHE DID VERY HEARTBROKENLY PRETTY MUCH EXPLAINED THAT UNFORTUNATELY, WHATEVER CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPENED WITH THE BONDHOLDERS NEVER CAME TO LIGHT WITH A POSITIVE RESULT IN THEIR FORBEARANCE REQUEST, AND NO ANSWER WAS EVER GIVEN TO THEM, AND THEY NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR FAMILIES.

AND THEREFORE, THAT AGENDA ITEM GOT ADDED. AT THEIR TUESDAY, JANUARY 21ST MEETING OF WHICH WE ATTENDED, THE BOARD MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT THERE WAS NO FINANCIALLY VIABLE PATH FORWARD AND BY A VOTE OF SIX IN FAVOR, ONE ABSTENTION, FOUR ABSENT. THE DCP BOARD APPROVED FOR CLOSURE OF OLDER SCHOOLS.

AND I THINK MATT WILL BE GIVING YOU A SOME SUMMARY OF THE NEXT STEPS THAT THEY HAVE BEGUN AS THEY ARE TRANSITIONING THEIR FAMILIES FOR THIS CHANGE. SO SINCE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FAIRLEY AND I ATTENDED THE BOARD MEETING, WE'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE DCP ORGANIZATION JUST TO GET A SENSE OF HOW THEY ARE WORKING WITH THEIR FAMILIES. AS YOU RECALL LAST YEAR WHEN THEY REDUCED DCP ALUM ROCK HIGH IT WAS THERE WAS A SENSE THAT IT WAS A LITTLE LATE IN THE GAME AND FAMILIES WERE KIND OF LEFT LOOKING FOR SCHOOLS THAT WOULD TAKE THEIR KIDS AFTERWARDS.

AND SO THEY REALLY HAD INTENDED TO MAKE THIS MOVE AS EARLY IN THIS PROCESS AS POSSIBLE, TO GIVE THEIR FAMILIES ADEQUATE TIME TO LOCATE THEIR NEXT,

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THEY HAD HAD LOTS OF PARENTS, FAMILIES AND STUDENTS THERE AND PROVIDED ON SITE INTERPRETATION FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT NEEDED IT.

AND THE MEETING ACTUALLY OPENED NOT WITH THE VOTE, BUT WITH A VERY LENGTHY PRESENTATION ON THE FINANCIALS.

SO MAKING EVERY ATTEMPT TO BE TRANSPARENT TO THEIR PUBLIC AS POSSIBLE.

AND THEN SINCE THEN THEY'VE, THEY'VE PUT OUT MULTIPLE COMMUNICATIONS TO THEIR FAMILIES AND COPIED US ON ALL OF THOSE.

I'VE CUT THEM ALL HERE JUST IN CASE. AND, YOU KNOW, THE DAY AFTER THE BOARD MEETING, SHE SENT OUT AN INTERIM CEO ROYALTEY- QUANDT SENT OUT A LONG NOTIFICATION TO PARENTS TELLING THEM, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AND HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT COMING UP.

PLEASE ANTICIPATE FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS. AFTER OUR ANNUAL SITE VISIT TO DCP ALUM ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL AFTER OUR ANNUAL SITE VISIT TO DCP ALUM ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL ON JANUARY 31ST, THEY SENT OUT AN ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION DETAILING MANY OF THE UPCOMING SERVICES AND SUPPORTS THEY'D BE PROVIDING TO THEIR FAMILIES.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO ON JANUARY 23RD, THE TWO DAYS AFTER THE BOARD MEETING, THEY HELD PARENT MEETINGS AT ALL SITES.

THEY HELD VERY SPECIFIC PARENT MEETINGS FOR THOSE STUDENTS WITH PARENTS, OF THOSE PARENTS OF STUDENTS WITH IEPS TO HELP THEM FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW FOR TRANSITIONING TO THEIR NEXT SCHOOL. THEY ON FEBRUARY 12TH, THEY'RE PLANNING TO HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC PD JUST FOR THEIR SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF TO HELP PREPARE FOR THE LARGE, YOU KNOW, QUANTITY OF TRANSITION IEPS THAT THEY'LL BE HAVING.

ON FEBRUARY 13TH THEY HAVE PLANNED A SCHOOL ENROLLMENT FAIR, WHICH A MEMBER OF OUR DEPARTMENT WILL BE ATTENDING.

THEY'VE SENT INVITATIONS OUT ACROSS THE VALLEY TO THOSE LOCAL DISTRICTS, AND THEY HAVE GOTTEN RESPONSES FROM THE DISTRICTS AND THE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE, AS WELL AS, I BELIEVE, CRISTO REY. THEY ARE GOING TO BE CONDUCTING PARENT MEETINGS, SPECIFIC PARENT MEETINGS THE DAY OF THE ENROLLMENT FAIR IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE ENROLLMENT FAIR WITH THEIR NEWCOMER STUDENTS, SO THEY CAN HAVE AN INTERPRETER TALK THEM THROUGH WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, WHY IS IT HAPPENING, AND THEN TAKE THEM OVER TO THE ENROLLMENT FAIR.

IN ADDITION, THEY'VE BEEN DESIGNING AND DELIVERING ADVISORY LESSONS TO THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO ASSIST AND THEIR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO ASSIST THEM IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEIR OPTIONS ARE. AND THEY'VE JUST BEEN WORKING WITH THEIR IEP STUDENTS AS STUDENTS AS WELL TO BE PREPARED FOR WHAT'S COMING NEXT.

THESE ARE ALL VIA COMMUNICATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD WITH DCP.

AND THEN LAST SLIDE PLEASE. AND WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THEM TO PROVIDE THEM ANY SUPPORTS WE CAN ON OUR END TO, YOU KNOW, EASE THE PROCESS. ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES IS GOING TO BE WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL OF THE STUDENT RECORDS AND THE OTHER FILES.

AND SO THOSE WILL WILL FOLLOW THEIR STUDENTS TO THEIR NEW SCHOOLS, THOSE WHO ARE ENROLLING STUDENTS WHO HAVE ALREADY GRADUATED OR WILL BE GRADUATING AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, THOSE FILES WILL GO TO THE AUTHORIZER.

SO IN THE CASE OF ALUM ROCK ANY STUDENT WHO GRADUATED FROM ALUM ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, WE WILL NOW HOLD ON TO THEIR FILES.

ALUM ROCK PERSONNEL FILES WILL ALSO COME TO SCCOE FOR STORAGE, BUT THE FILES FOR EL CAMINO AND EL PRIMERO WILL GO TO SAN JOSE UNIFIED FOR STORAGE, AS THEY AS THEY WERE THEIR AUTHORIZER. AND WE ARE WORKING WITH DCP TO ENSURE THAT THAT COMMUNICATION IS CLEAR AND UNDERSTANDABLE TO PARENTS.

SO THAT WAY WHEN PARENTS NEED A RECORD LATER ON, THEY KNOW SPECIFICALLY I WENT TO THIS SCHOOL, I NEED TO GO TO THIS PLACE FOR MY RECORDS. THAT IS THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION, AND CYNTHIA AND I ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INFORMATION AND UPDATES AND WALKING US THROUGH EXACTLY WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED.

TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE PACHECO.

SO WHEN A CLOSURE OF A CMO HAPPENS WHAT IS THE LIQUIDATION PROCESS LIKE? THAT WAS OUR FIRST QUESTION. SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING US THAT QUESTION, BECAUSE WE IMMEDIATELY, PRETTY MUCH IMMEDIATELY ASKED THAT OF THEM. AND THE REALITY IS THAT PART OF THE CHALLENGE OF THE CURRENT ASSETS THAT THEY HOLD

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AND I BELIEVE IT ALSO PREDATES SOME LEADERS FROM THEIR AUTHORIZING AGENCIES BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE A GROUND LEASE WITH ALUM ROCK ELEMENTARY, FOR INSTANCE, DISTRICT. SO THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE LEGAL TEAMS TO PRETTY MUCH GUIDE THAT CONVERSATION AS TO WHAT WAS ALREADY AGREED UPON WHEN THEY ENTERED THE BOND AGREEMENTS. THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW TO THE LETTER WHAT THEY AGREED UPON IN 2016.

AND I THINK THAT IS ULTIMATELY WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THEMSELVES.

VAL DID REPORT, WE JUST MET WITH THEM YESTERDAY FOR ANNUAL FINANCE MEETING, WHICH OBVIOUSLY TURNED INTO A TRANSITION MEETING, MORE SO THAN THE FINANCIAL HEALTH CONVERSATION.

AND SHE DID SAY THAT THIS WEEK WAS THE START OF THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEIR OWN LEGAL TEAM, AND THEY WILL BE UPDATING US AS SOON AS THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE THE FULL PICTURE OF WHAT THAT WILL MEAN.

BUT IT COULD POTENTIALLY MEAN SELLING BUILDINGS.

THEY DO HAVE A LIABILITY THAT NEED TO PAY OFF.

BUT THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THEY NEED TO HAVE WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE LANDLORDS.

AND I WILL ALSO SAY, YOU KNOW, CHARTER SCHOOLS OPERATE ON A CHARTER BY CHARTER BASIS.

SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY, WHEN A SCHOOL CLOSES IS DICTATED BY ED CODE AND BY THEIR CHARTER AND BY THE TERMS OF THEIR MOU? CMO IS NOT NAMED IN ED CODE. IT'S IT'S A NONPROFIT.

SO IT'S GOVERNED MORE BY THEIR BYLAWS AND THEIR AND THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS.

SO THEY ARE WORKING WITH THEIR LEGAL TEAM TO SEE WHERE ON THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE THEY NEED TO WRAP THINGS UP.

BUT THE SCHOOLS AND THAT CLOSURE PROCESS IS ALL THROUGH THE INDIVIDUAL CHARTER AGREEMENTS WITH THE AUTHORIZERS.

I WILL SAY THAT ONE OF OUR QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOWED THE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE LIQUIDATION PROCESS IS UNDERSTANDING HOW QUICKLY THE FOUNDATION IN ITSELF WILL CLOSE, AND WHO WILL BE IN CHARGE OF ENSURING THAT THAT TRANSITION PLAN IS SEE THROUGH.

I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE WE ARE ALSO MINDFUL OF CONSIDERING THAT EVEN THOUGH SCHOOL CLOSURE HAPPENS AT JUNE 30TH, 2025, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT ALL OF THE LEGALITIES AND BUSINESSES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN IN FINANCIAL SITUATIONS THAT NEED TO BE CLOSED OUT WILL END THEN.

SO IDENTIFYING WHO THAT INDIVIDUAL IS GOING TO BE FROM THAT POINT FORWARD IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALSO KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH, WITH THEM TO ENSURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHO THAT'S GOING TO BE, AND KEEPING OBVIOUSLY A CLOSE EYE ON THAT AS WELL.

THANK YOU. AND MY FINAL QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE IF WHEN THEY DO CLOSE THEIR BOOKS.

THERE IS A NEGATIVE BALANCE. DOES THE COUNTY PICK UP THE TAB AS A SAFETY NET OF SCHOOLS? IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT DOES NOT, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE BACK TO OUR OWN LEGAL COUNSEL IF PERMITTED AND GET THAT CLARIFIED.

BUT I BELIEVE OUR OWN MOU PROVIDES THOSE STIPULATIONS IN THE EVENT OF CLOSURE.

OKAY, MISS GOMEZ, YOU WANT TO JUMP IN ON THAT? YES. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT OUR COUNTY OFFICE WOULD NOT PICK UP THE BILL.

IF THERE IS ANY DEFICIT AT THE END, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A MUCH BIGGER LEGAL CONVERSATION.

BUT WE HAVE SPECIFIC MOUS IN PLACE WITH THESE RESPECTIVE CHARTERS FOR THESE PURPOSES TO PROTECT OUR AGENCY, BECAUSE WE DON'T GET FUNDING TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THESE TYPE OF SITUATIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. TRUSTEE SPEISER.

THE BUILDINGS. SO THEY THEY PURCHASED AND RENOVATED ONE OLD BUILDING IN SAN JOSE.

MY FAVORITE LUMBER STORE. VERY PERSONAL HISTORY THERE.

YEAH. AND THEN THEY ALSO CONSTRUCTED A BUILDING AND RENOVATED SOME PORTABLES ON THE OCALA MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS IN ALUM ROCK HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT OR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND EACH OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE ON IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY HAVE A GROUND LEASE.

THEY ARE THE LAND ON WHICH THEY'RE BUILT ON IS NOT OWNED BY DCP.

SO THAT'S LIKE THE ADDED COMPLEXITY TO THE QUESTION OF LIQUIDATION, ENSURING THAT THEY ARE ALL WORKING WITH THE LEGAL TEAMS OF THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS OF WHICH THEY ARE ACTUALLY LEASING FROM.

IT'S A GROUND LEASE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT PROP 39 WOULD OFFER THEM? YES. ARE THEY PAYING MORE THAN WHAT PROP 39? IT IS IN LIEU OF PROP 39 AGREEMENT.

IT IS. I BELIEVE I MAY HAVE THAT. I BELIEVE IT GOES TO 2030, 2045, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

THAT WAS PART OF THE CONVERSATION CERTAIN BOARD MEMBERS AND I HAD FOR THE CLOSURE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.

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OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. NO PROBLEM. VICE PRESIDENT CHON.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, THE BOND GOING ALL THE WAY INTO 2040 OR SOMETHING.

WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THOSE THAT REMAINING FUNDS THEN IF THEY'RE CLOSING AT THE END OF THIS YEAR? THE REMAINING OBLIGATION OR THE REMAINING THE BOND MONEY? YEAH. SO THAT THAT IS A CONVERSATION THAT THEY DO NEED TO HAVE AS PART OF THE LIQUIDATION PROCESS.

YEAH. THAT IS THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE CONVERSATION SHOULD RESULT IN, IS A CLEAR PLAN DELINEATED BETWEEN ALL OF THE LEGAL TEAMS OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE HAPPEN. I KNOW IN THE PAST JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE AS A REFERENCE, WHEN DENALI, CLOSURE, SUMMIT, DENALI CLOSURE HAPPENED, THEY HAD TO SELL THE BUILDING AND LIQUIDATE SOME OF THOSE.

YOU KNOW, CLOSE SOME OF THOSE LIABILITIES. IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR.

IT MIGHT BE THAT ALUM ROCK MAY DECIDE THAT THEY WANT TO TAKE OVER THE BUILDING THAT NOW SITS ON THEIR LAND.

I MEAN, IT REALLY CAN GO IN MANY DIRECTIONS. AND ULTIMATELY IT WOULD REQUIRE VERY METICULOUSLY LOOK OF THE LEGAL TERMS OF THAT BOND AGREEMENT.

OKAY. AND THEN DCP. I KNOW WE ONLY AUTHORIZED THE ALUM ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS, BUT THEY HAVE MULTIPLE CAMPUSES.

DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW IF THEY ARE CLOSING ALL OF ALL, SO DCP EL PRIMERO HIGH SCHOOL, DCP EL PRIMERO MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND DCP ALUM ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL.

OH, WOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. NO PROBLEM, TRUSTEE PACHECO.

ONE MORE QUESTION. YEAH. THIS IS GOING TO BE A NOT AN ELOQUENT QUESTION, BUT LET'S SAY THAT THE SCHOOL THAT WE DO AUTHORIZE, THERE IS NOT A DEFICIT AT THE END WHEN THEY CLOSE THEIR BOOKS.

WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT MONEY? THAT'S ANOTHER EXCELLENT QUESTION, BECAUSE ANOTHER QUESTION WE ASK IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LIQUIDATION WAS, DO YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT MONEY TO CLOSE, WHICH YOU WOULD THINK, RIGHT, LIKE IF YOU'RE CLOSING BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO OPERATE, CONTINUING A CERTAIN POINT. BUT PART OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH THAT WITH DCP HAS SHARED WITH US, WITH US IS PART OF THE DECISION WHY IT'S MADE AT THIS CURRENT MOMENT IS TO NOT GO INTO SO DEEP INTO THEIR RESERVES THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EVEN AFFORD TO DO THE CLOSURE ITSELF.

SO THAT'S WHY THE TIMING OF THAT CLOSURE WAS SO IMPORTANT, AND THE CONVERSATION WITH BONDHOLDERS WAS SO IMPORTANT TO BE IN PLACE AND FINALIZED BY DECEMBER OF 2024. BUT IT IS UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CLOSURE AND DO ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO DO THE FULL CLOSURE OF THEIR SCHOOLS, INCLUDING ALUM ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SURPLUS IF THERE IS? THE SURPLUS WILL THEN HAVE TO BE RETURNED.

SO CERTAIN FUNDING THAT CAME FOR FOR ADA, FOR INSTANCE SO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO DESIGNATE WHO THAT SURPLUS GOES TO.

SO IF IT'S A CMO FOR INSTANCE, TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, IF THE ALUM ROCK HIGH SCHOOL AT SOME POINT HAD A SURPLUS, BUT THEY DIDN'T, THEY ACTUALLY HAD A DEFICIT WHEN THEY CLOSED, THEY BY ED CODE CAN DESIGNATE WHO THAT SURPLUS GOES TO.

AND THAT WOULD HAVE NATURALLY ROLLED UP TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT REMAINED FROM DCP ALUM ROCK.

I BELIEVE THEY CAN DO THE SAME FOR WHATEVER SURPLUS WOULD REMAIN.

THEY CAN ACTUALLY DESIGNATE A CHARTER SCHOOL OR AN ORGANIZATION.

I BELIEVE IT HAS TO BE A CHARTER SCHOOL, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO MORE OF LIKE WHAT ED CODE REFERS TO SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE GUIDELINES ARE FOR THAT.

BUT IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY CAN DESIGNATE ANOTHER ENTITY WHICH WOULD MOST LIKELY BE A CHARTER SCHOOL.

YEAH. NO PROBLEM. QUESTION ABOUT THE CLOSING PROCEDURES.

BASED ON ALL THE MONITORING, IS THERE COMPLIANCE WITH THE AGREED UPON CLOSING PROCEDURES NOW THAT THAT'S BEEN INITIATED? YEAH, THEY HAVE BEEN VERY OPEN AND VERY WILLING TO COLLABORATE.

THIS IS A TOUGH TIME FOR THEIR WHOLE COMMUNITY, AND THEY'VE BEEN TURNING TO US FOR ADVICE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WHEN, LIKE WHEN THEY FIRST SAW THESE MAJOR BUDGET EARTHQUAKES COMING.

AND WE ARE WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING THEM WITH TOOLS.

WE HAVE CLOSURE CHECKLISTS THAT THEY'VE HAPPILY ACCEPTED.

WE'RE HELPING THEM TRACK. WE'VE PROVIDED THEM WITH A TRACKING DOCUMENT THAT IS GOING TO HELP THEM ENSURE THAT THE RIGHT FILES GO TO THE RIGHT SCHOOLS, AND THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS A PLACEMENT. AND WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM TO MONITOR THAT, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT DOES HAVE A PLACEMENT AND THEY'RE OPEN TO IT.

THEY'VE BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE, AND I DO THINK THEY HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY TRANSPARENT TO THE POINT WHERE BEFORE THE PRIOR CEO LEFT THE ORGANIZATION, HE LEFT US JUNE 30TH, 2024. HE ACTUALLY HAD REACHED OUT TO US TO LET US KNOW THAT IN THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT,

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SO EVEN THAT HONESTY AND TRANSPARENCY IN WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THAT MOMENT, AFTER IMMEDIATELY CLOSING THE HIGH SCHOOL AND STILL BEING TRANSPARENT, EVEN COMING HERE AND SAYING DURING THE MATERIAL REVISION THAT THIS WAS GOING TO DEPEND ON SO MUCH MORE CLOSURE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS JUST THE FIRST STEP, AND ENROLLMENT NEEDED TO ALIGN ITSELF IN A POSITIVE TRAJECTORY IN THE RIGHT WAY.

THEY WERE DEPENDING ON OTHER SCHOOLS CLOSURES, PERHAPS ADDING A LITTLE BIT OF THAT ENROLLMENT THAT DIDN'T QUITE MATERIALIZE.

AND AS THEY SLOWLY SAW THE MANY FACTORS THAT NEEDED TO FALL INTO PLACE, THEY WERE VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT LETTING US KNOW.

AND I THINK THAT HAS LED US TO HAVING A REALLY OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATION WITH WHAT THE CLOSURE PROCESS SHOULD LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING. I KNOW IT'S IT'S REALLY HARD TO HEAR ABOUT ALL OF THE IMPACTS HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST IN OUR CHARTER SCHOOL COMMUNITY, BUT OUR TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

EAST SIDE AREA AND ALUM ROCK HAS BEEN HIT VERY HARD WITH JUST THE CONTINUED TREND OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND, YOU KNOW, IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC. AND NOW THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION AND THE IMPACT THAT THAT'S HAVING ON THE COMMUNITY.

SO APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING TO THE TO THE COMMUNITY, TO, YOU KNOW, DURING DIFFICULT TRANSITIONS LIKE THIS.

THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. TRUSTEE ROCHA. THANK YOU.

GENTLEMEN, THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT YOU JUST ASKED ABOUT. AND FORGIVE ME IF I MISSED IT IN THE POWERPOINT AND OR IN YOUR VERBAL PRESENTATION, BUT ANY ACTIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THIS BODY OR THIS BOARD UPON THEIR CLOSURE? NO. I'M SORRY. ARE YOU GOING TO JUMP IN THERE? SO THE DECISION OF CLOSURE, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION CORRECTLY.

FOR THEM TO CLOSE AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT WE'VE, THAT WE'VE AUTHORIZED, IT'S IT'S A VOLUNTARY CLOSURE AND THEY WILL CLOSE.

SO EVEN IF THERE, THERE'S NO ACTION THIS BOARD CAN TAKE THAT WOULD PREVENT OR APPROVE THE CLOSURE, IT WILL CLOSE. THERE ARE TERMS IN THEIR MOU THAT GOVERN WHAT STEPS THEY MUST TAKE IN THEIR CLOSURE.

IT'S OUTLINED IN THEIR CHARTER DOCUMENT. BUT BY THE TIME THEY VOLUNTARILY CLOSE THAT'S THAT'LL BE THE END OF IT.

GREAT AND APPRECIATE THAT I'M ASKING THIS AS SOMEWHAT A NEWBIE, BUT ALSO HAVING NEVER HAD ONE OF THESE HAPPEN.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOME SOMETHING WITHIN STATE LAW THAT REQUIRES THEM TO SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNING BODY THAT APPROVED THEIR THEIR CHARTER APPLICATION, THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO CLOSE, WHETHER IT'S SOME OF THESE CONDITIONS YOU ALREADY TALKED ABOUT. SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION. SO THE CONDITIONS WERE AGREED UPON IN THE MOU. AND I WOULD SAY THAT ONE THING THAT IT'S DICTATED BY MOU AND ED CODE, THEY NEED TO PROVIDE ONE FINAL AUDIT OF TECHNICALLY DCP ALUM ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL.

BUT SINCE WE ARE ALSO THE COUNTY, WE WILL GET A FINAL AUDIT OF THE ENTIRETY OF DCP SINCE WE'RE THE BODY OF WHICH THEY SUBMIT THAT TO.

THANK YOU AND ONE I WAS ASKING FOR THAT. BUT TWO, AS I'M SURE WE ALL ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, IS ALSO THE THE STUDENTS AND WHAT THE OBLIGATION IS ON THEIR PART FOR THOSE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND BEING WILLING TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS FROM US AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GO ON TO ITEM 11.

[A. Committee members may provide or report on recent committee activities.]

I BELIEVE TWO COMMITTEES HAVE MET AND FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN IF YOU'VE ALSO BEEN ON A COMMITTEE THAT'S MET.

I KNOW WE HAD THE BUDGET STUDY COMMITTEE EARLIER TODAY, AND WE COVERED THREE AREAS IN THAT BUDGET STUDY COMMITTEE, THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL UPDATES. WE ALSO WENT OVER THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND FISCAL PLANNING, AS WELL AS SPECIAL EDUCATION RELATED ENROLLMENT AND PROGRAM TRENDS, THE UPCOMING PROCESS, I GUESS THAT'S IN PROGRESS AND SOME OF THE TIMELINES TO ANTICIPATE FOR THAT.

AND THEN I BELIEVE TRUSTEE LARI I'LL TAKE THIS ONE.

SO TRUSTEE PACHECO. YES. SO I WAS ASSIGNED TO BE HER STAND IN FOR THE SCBA.

BUT I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.

IT'S NOT TRUSTEE LARI'S FAULT, IT'S MINE. BUT WE'LL PROVIDE A REPORT NEXT TIME, OKAY TRUSTEE SPEISER MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAVE THE DAY HERE.

I'M NOT AN YOU KNOW I'M NOT AN ATTENDANT FOR THE BOARD, BUT A PRIOR PRESIDENT, SO I GO IF I CAN.

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WHO'S SHE'S A FORCE OF NATURE FOR EQUITY AND EDUCATION ACROSS THE STATE.

A LOT OF HER WORK IS DONE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

HONESTLY, IF WE EVER GET A CHANCE TO HAVE HER COME IN AND PRESENT TO US BECAUSE SHE REALLY SHE'S ALL ABOUT RISING ALL BOATS FOR OUR STUDENTS, MAKING SURE EQUITY DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE DUMB DOWN EDUCATION.

IT IS. WE MAKE IT SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN GET TO THOSE HIGH THOSE HIGH LEVELS OF EDUCATION, IF THAT IS WHAT THEY SO CHOOSE TO GO TO.

AND MAKING SURE KIDS, ALL KIDS, KNOW THEY CAN SUCCEED WHATEVER THEY CHOOSE TO DO.

QUITE AMAZING. I'VE HEARD HER SEVERAL TIMES, SO.

THANK YOU TRUSTEE SPEISER. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT I MISSED? OKAY, MOVING RIGHT ALONG HERE WE HAVE OUR ITEM 12, OUR SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER REPORTS.

[A. The members of the Board may give reports on any activities related to their duties as members of the Santa Clara County Board of Education.]

ARE THERE ANY REPORTS THAT THE TRUSTEES WOULD WISH TO PROVIDE? VICE PRESIDENT CHON. YEAH, I, ALONG WITH MANY OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES, WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE [INAUDIBLE] SANTA CLARA COUNTY SERVICE CENTER DINNER LAST NIGHT, SO THAT WAS REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH SOME OF OUR EDUCATORS THROUGHOUT SANTA CLARA COUNTY, AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO BE WITH MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES IN A SOCIAL SETTING.

SO THAT WAS VERY NICE. SO I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT AND BEING ABLE TO DO THAT.

IN ADDITION, I JUST ALSO WANTED TO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE HERE DURING THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORT, BUT I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING. THE LETTER THAT OUR OFFICE AND OUR HAD SENT OUT WITH THE SIGNATURES OF OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AFFIRMING OUR COMMITMENT TO PROTECT IMMIGRANT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

I THINK THAT THIS IS A REALLY POWERFUL THING THAT WE'RE DOING.

AND SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO DID IN 2016, I THINK AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THIS, AND I'M JUST PROUD THAT OUR OFFICE TAKES EFFORT TO, TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN SUPPORTING ALL OF OUR FAMILIES, AS WELL AS IF YOU ARE ABLE TO VIEW IT ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER THE NEWS RELEASE.

IT HAS MANY SIGNATURES FROM OUR FROM OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO TO BE ABLE TO POWER TOGETHER AND REALLY MAKE NOT ONLY SPECIFIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS FEEL LIKE A SAFE PLACE TO BE, BUT OUR COUNTY. AS WHAT WAS SHARED IN OUR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY, THAT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING TO HEAR THINGS LIKE THAT ARE HAPPENING.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY UPSETTING. AND SO KNOWING THAT WE ARE DOING THESE THINGS IS IS VITAL AS WELL AS I THINK THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT THERE IS GOOD.

BUT I WONDER IF THAT I KNOW THEY'RE LINKED ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT I WONDER IF WE CAN ACTUALLY, LIKE, HAVE SOME OUT. I DON'T KNOW, LIKE YOU KNOW, ONE THING I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT A LOT ARE THE RED CARDS.

HAVE HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THOSE? SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD PROVIDE.

I THINK LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DOING IT, TOO.

BUT WHATEVER WE CAN TO JUST MAKE SURE MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS KNOW THAT ONE, THAT THIS IS SAFE, BUT ALSO THAT OTHER THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE THOSE KIND OF BEHAVIORS IN THAT DIRECTION. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OUR STUDENT SPEAKER SPOKE ABOUT WAS JUST I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT.

AND SO THAT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERY SINGLE STUDENT THAT IS HERE.

SO WHATEVER WE CAN AND I CAN, I CAN SEND SOME OTHER RESOURCES THAT I THINK WE COULD PUT OUT TOO.

YEAH. THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] DO YOU HAVE A RESPONSE TO THAT? I DO, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS.

THERE IS A GRANT THROUGH CALIFORNIA. THAT IS BEING ROLLED OUT, AND WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS.

WHICH IS THIS GRANT IS FOR FOR THAT FUNDING. THAT FUNDING WILL COVER TRAININGS FOR NOT ONLY OUR STAFF THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

IT WILL ALSO COVER TRAININGS FOR STUDENTS AND FOR FAMILIES.

IT ALSO COVERS EXPENSES FOR THINGS LIKE RED CARDS.

OUR COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS DO CURRENTLY HAVE RED CARDS AVAILABLE FOR FAMILIES, AND WE HAVE SENT THAT OUT TO OUR DISTRICTS AS WELL, AND THAT IS A FREE SERVICE FROM THEM. OH, WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU. SURE. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. THANK YOU.

AND TO ADD ON TO VICE PRESIDENT CHON'S POINT THERE'S ALSO THE RAPID RESPONSE HOTLINE.

SO I FIGURE THAT'LL GO ON THERE. AND THE AG'S OFFICE HAS SENT OUT.

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ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GARGIULO WAS ALSO THERE.

AND SO I WANT TO ALSO THANK REED MYERS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SILICON VALLEY READS.

SHE DID AN AMAZING JOB WITH THE TEAM. AND THE THEME IS EMPOWERING HUMANITY, TECHNOLOGY FOR A BETTER WORLD. SO THE TALK FOCUSED ON AI.

SO I'D ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO LOOK AT THE THREE BOOKS THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED.

LONELINESS AND COMPANY BY CHARLEE DYROFF, THE WORLDS I SEE BY DR.

FEI-FEI LI, AND, THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SEA BY RAY NAYLER.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE SPEISER AND THEN TRUSTEE PACHECO ALONG THE LINES OF THE THE RED THE TRAININGS FOR FAMILIES AND TEACHERS. ARE WE GOING TO PUBLICIZE THE TRAININGS FOR FAMILIES FAR AND WIDE? I WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I'VE HAD PEOPLE ASKING ME ABOUT TRAININGS PERSONALLY TOO.

AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I WANT TO ASK ABOUT IT AND IT WAS ASKED ABOUT, SO.

WE WILL, AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS BECAUSE MOST OF THE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS WILL HAVE LOCAL TRAININGS AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND THEY'LL ALSO BE ADVERTISING.

AND WE'RE ALSO SETTING UP SOME TRAININGS FOR OUR OWN STAFF HERE, AND WE WILL BE PUBLICIZING THOSE.

I GUESS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT COMING FROM NORTH COUNTY, IT CAN BE LESS OF AN ISSUE, BUT IT IS AN ISSUE, AND I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED THAT IT'S GOING TO BE TOO FAR AWAY FOR THE PEOPLE IN NORTH COUNTY THAT IT AFFECTS LIKE THAT IT MAY ALL END UP BEING IN SAN JOSE.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DISTRICTS IN NORTH COUNTY ARE GETTING SOME OF THAT.

WHAT WE CAN DO IS BASED ON WHERE THE TRAININGS ARE AND CAPACITY, WE CAN WORK WITH THE DISTRICTS TO SEE WHAT CAN BE OPEN TO THE GENERAL COMMUNITY AS WELL AS TO THEIR OWN LOCAL SCHOOL COMMUNITY, AND WE CAN PUBLICIZE THAT AS WELL ON OUR WEBSITE AND ON THEIRS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN I ATTENDED SUNRISE MIDDLE SCHOOL'S CAREER DAY.

AND IT WAS IT WAS QUITE LOVELY. THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN WHO HAD BECOME A PILOT, BUT WHO HAD ACTUALLY BEEN A TEACHER FOR THE SCHOOL PRIOR.

AND I GOT TO SEE HIS PRESENTATION AND, AND THEN TALKED WITH HIM AFTER WHILE A TEACHER, WHICH IS AN INTERESTING STORY.

HE WAS WORKING THREE JOBS. AND NOW HE HAS ONE JOB AS THE PILOT.

AND THAT WAS EYE OPENING. I WAS GLAD I ACTUALLY HAD THAT ONE ON ONE CONVERSATION WITH HIM AFTERWARDS.

BUT THEY ALSO HAD, LIKE AN ANIMAL THERAPIST PERSON, A NUTRITIONIST AND A GAME DESIGNER.

AND EVERY PRESENTATION ALSO HAD EITHER THE PERSON PRESENTING WAS BILINGUAL WAS SPEAKING SPANISH AND ENGLISH, OR THEY HAD A TRANSLATOR IN THE ROOM FOR THE STUDENTS.

SO I APPRECIATED THAT. AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE PACHECO. THREE THINGS ONE, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF OF TOURING METRO ED.

THEY'VE IT REALLY IS AN INCREDIBLE FACILITY AND STAFF AND OPERATION THAT THEY DO FOR MANY UNIFIED AND HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND IT WAS ALSO REALLY INTERESTING WHEN THEY TOLD ME THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO SEE MORE COUNTY TRUSTEES VISIT.

AND IT'S RARE THEY SAY THAT WHEN COUNTY TRUSTEES OR VISITS.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE MORE TRUSTEES TO GO CHECK THEM OUT, BECAUSE I GOT TO CHECK OUT SOME OF THEIR DENTAL ASSISTANT PROGRAMS, THEIR CAR BUILDING MECHANIC PROGRAMS, FIREFIGHTER, COOKING, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEIR CUISINE AND CULINARY ARTS.

IT WAS QUITE INCREDIBLE. AND IT'S AND SO I WAS VERY INSPIRED BY IT.

AND AND IT WAS ALSO INTERESTING TO LEARN THAT THEY HAVE PARCELS OF THEIR SITE THAT THAT WERE UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR MEASURE R FROM SDUSD'S WORKFORCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, WHICH I BELIEVE NOW SDUSD IS NOW MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT PARTICULAR PARCEL I JUST LEARNED TODAY. SO IT'S JUST INTERESTING DYNAMICS TO LEARN ABOUT.

AND WE SHOULD JUST KEEP KEEP TABS ON THAT BEING THAT OUR LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN OUR COUNTY AND MANY TRUSTEES SHARE PARTS OF THAT.

AND THEN LASTLY, I HAD ONE MEETING WITH A PARENT OF ONE OF THE STUDENTS WHO NOT A STUDENT, BUT FORMER STUDENTS OF WHO SPOKE EARLIER TODAY.

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I REALLY HOPE THAT THE STUDENTS CAN THAT THIS CAN BE SETTLED BECAUSE IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO HEAR WHAT THE PARENT WAS TELLING ME AND WHAT THE STUDENTS WERE SAYING WHEN WHEN I THINK THE SOLUTION DOES SEEM TO BE SIMPLE.

BUT THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO INFORM THE BOARD OF THAT.

OH, AND LASTLY, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO GO TO THE COUNTY BOARD GOVERNANCE WORKSHOP IN APRIL.

SO THANK YOU SCCOE STAFF FOR SIGNING ME UP. TRUSTEE LARI.

SO ON JANUARY 18TH, I ATTENDED THE [INAUDIBLE] CITY FOREST ANNUAL MLK TREE PLANTING AT BRESLIN PARK IN NORTH SAN JOSE.

THE 77 STUDENTS FROM SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY PARTICIPATED AND VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO PLANT TREES AT THE PARK.

ON JANUARY 18TH, I WAS AT A COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSION ORGANIZED BY CARAS IN GILROY, AND MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS SPOKE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE FEAR OF IMMIGRATION RAIDS.

IN FACT, PEOPLE SAID THAT THEY WERE BEING SOLD THE RED CARDS FOR $5 EACH.

SO IT WOULD BE GREAT IF SCCOE HELPS IN THAT REGARD.

AND AND AS AN IMMIGRANT MYSELF, I PARTICIPATED IN THE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS MARCH IN EAST SAN JOSE ON FEBRUARY 1ST.

AND LAST WEEKEND I ATTENDED THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH KICKOFF EVENT AT [INAUDIBLE] WITH THE AUTHOR OF THE EXCELLENT BOOK, WHY ARE ALL THE BLACK KIDS SITTING TOGETHER IN THE CAFETERIA? AS WELL AS A CELEBRATION FOR THE FIRST MUSLIM MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM CALIFORNIA, LATEEFAH SIMON.

AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK SCCOE STAFF FOR THE EXCELLENT RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ON ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES THAT I RECOMMENDED.

THEY WERE REALLY WELL RESEARCHED AND EXCELLENT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AND I WILL JUST SHARE REALLY QUICKLY FOR MY REPORT.

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCIES DR.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR CELEBRATION WITH TRUSTEE SPEISER AND LARI, AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR SCCOE STAFF.

IT WAS A PRIVILEGE TO SEE ONE OF MY FORMER STUDENTS PAINTING AT THE LIVE PAINTING AT SAN JOSE STATE.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL CELEBRATION ON A REALLY CHALLENGING DAY, SO I WAS GLAD WE COULD SPEND THAT TOGETHER.

I ALSO DID A SITE VISIT AT VOICES MORGAN HILL.

SO ALWAYS GREAT TO BE OUT AT SCHOOL SITES. JUST LEARNING MORE ABOUT ONE OF OUR COUNTY BOARD AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS.

AND JUST ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR CTA ACE MEMBER OF LEADERSHIP, STEPHANIE AND SARAH, WHO HOSTED MANY OF US LAST NIGHT AT THE AT THEIR DINNER.

SO THAT'S MY REPORT. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

[A. The superintendent may give a report on any activities related to his duties.]

I LITERALLY SPEAK TO THEM SEVERAL TIMES EVERY DAY AND THEY DO GREAT WORK AND WE'RE REALLY, REALLY BLESSED TO HAVE THEM ON BOARD. I WANT TO PARTICULARLY COMMENT ON MISS GOMEZ.

I THINK YOU GAVE FIVE OR WERE PART OF FIVE DIFFERENT BUDGET PRESENTATIONS TODAY, AND THE FACT THAT YOU COULD GET THROUGH THAT LAST ONE WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

SO THANK YOU. AND IN THAT, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND YOUR STAFF IN THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT FOR GETTING AN A PLUS AUDIT.

I THINK THAT'S PHENOMENAL. SO WOULD YOU PLEASE SHARE WITH THEM MY THANKS AND DOING GREAT WORK.

AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND THE BOARD BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF YOUR MOST IMPORTANT CHARGES AS COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS IS TO ENSURE OUR BUDGET.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR A+ BUDGET. AND LASTLY, I DO WANT TO SHARE TOO, THAT, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THE FEEDBACK YOU'RE GETTING ABOUT A LOT OF THE IMMIGRATION ISSUES THAT ARE COMING ON.

I FEEL THAT A LOT OF THE THANK YOU'S THAT YOU GET FROM OUR, OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS AND THEY COME QUITE OFTEN.

YOU KNOW, THEY RELEASE SOME EMAILS THANKING FOR THE INPUT. AND AGAIN, I GOT TO THANK DEBBIE AND HER TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND MAKE SURE YOU FACILITATE AND GET THAT OUT. AND I ABSOLUTELY FIND IT UNFATHOMABLE THAT SOMEBODY WOULD SELL RED CARDS FOR $5.

THAT IS, I'VE NEVER I CAN'T EVEN FATHOM THAT I WISH WE COULD FIND TURN THAT OVER TO SOMEONE TO INVESTIGATE.

AND LASTLY, I WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD JUST QUICKLY AND PRESIDENT BERTA, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO DO THIS, BUT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING IS FEBRUARY 26TH AND IT BEGINS AT 2:30. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THAT ON YOUR CALENDARS NOW.

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HINMAN. WE WILL GO TO ITEM 14, WHICH IS OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. BUT BEFORE YOU DO THAT, I WANT TO CLARIFY. IF YOU WANT TO PUSH YOUR MEETING START TO 5:30, THEN 3:00 IS PERFECTLY APPROPRIATE, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED 2.5 HOURS FOR THAT [INAUDIBLE] SESSION.

I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT WE'LL LOOK AT JUST WITH EVERYONE'S WORK SCHEDULE.

AND WE'LL WE'LL MAKE SURE WE YOU KNOW, PROPERLY AGENDIZE AND NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF THE BOARD MEETING TIME BEING ADJUSTED JUST TO ACCOMMODATE OUR NEED FOR ADDITIONAL MEETING TIME. OKAY. WE ARE AT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS.

[A. Future Agenda Items]

ACCORDING TO OUR BOARD BYLAWS, TOPICS RAISED UNDER THIS ITEM ARE NOT AGENDIZED FOR BOARD DISCUSSION, BUT RATHER TO CREATE A SPACE FOR TRUSTEES TO MENTION TOPICS FOR REVIEW FOR CONSIDERATION AS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU, DR. HINMAN. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS? TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

THANK YOU. I WANTED TO THANK STAFF FOR I KNOW WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP ABOUT THE STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD SOON. SO I WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR WORK ON THAT.

AND PERHAPS SORT OF ADJACENT TO THE AGENDA. THERE WERE A COUPLE GROUPS OF STUDENTS THAT ARE FROM FBLA IN MY DISTRICT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE GIVING CERTIFICATES TO.

AND IF IT'S AT ALL POSSIBLE TO RECOGNIZE THEM AT THE BOARD AT OUR ONE OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. AND I KNOW WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST, BUT ONLY IF IT YOU KNOW, WORKS WITH EVERYONE'S SCHEDULE.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS? AND I KNOW WE'RE I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE AND COLLABORATION AS STAFF AND DR. HINMAN WORK THROUGH THE THE ITEMS THAT WERE BEING REQUESTED.

SO I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. WHAT'S FBLA? FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA. THANK YOU.

SO AND THEY EACH YEAR, AT LEAST FROM THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME, THEY DO COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS.

SO ONE OF THE PROJECTS WAS SUPPORTING OLDER ADULTS WITH ALZHEIMER'S.

YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT TO SENIOR CENTERS AS WELL.

SO THEY THESE COUPLE GROUPS ARE BOTH FROM HOMESTEAD.

AND THEY REACHED OUT TO ME, THE OFFICE, FOR SORT OF FEEDBACK ON THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS.

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY REQUEST. IT'S KIND OF RELATED TO OUR NEXT ITEM, BUT I'M GOING TO BRING IT UP HERE AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM TO POTENTIALLY DISCUSS, DISCUSS OUR WHICH HAPPENS UNDER OUR CONSENT INFORMATION ITEMS. BUT THE CONTRACTS LIMIT IN TERMS OF NOTIFYING US RIGHT NOW, IT'S SET, I THINK, OVER CONTRACTS OVER $250,000 FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER LOWERING THAT THRESHOLD. AS WELL AS HAVING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT DESCRIPTION GOING INTO THAT.

SO I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT MORE ON THAT ITEM. BUT VICE PRESIDENT CHON.

YES. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WOULD GO, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO BRING IT UP NOW.

THE I KNOW WE MOVE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST TRAINING DUE TO THE TIME REQUIREMENTS.

SO I WAS WONDERING IF WE CAN POSSIBLY EITHER DO A SPECIAL MEETING OR ONLINE MEETING JUST TO I THINK IT'S IT'S QUITE LONG TO PUT ONTO OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING.

SO HOWEVER WE SEE APPROPRIATE AND IF IT WORKS FOR OUR FOR OUR SCHEDULES.

IF IT DOESN'T, IT'S OKAY. BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT PREFERENCE AND IDEA OUT THERE.

AND I'M NOT, PLEASE DON'T JUMP ON THIS BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO IT AND IT'LL JUMP ON YOU IF YOU DON'T.

BUT YOU HAVE UNTIL JANUARY 1ST, 2026 TO GET THAT DONE.

YOU HAVE UNTIL. THAT'S CORRECT. LET'S LET'S NOT PUT IT OFF BECAUSE.

BECAUSE YOU'LL YOU'LL BE SITTING HERE ON CHRISTMAS EVE DOING THIS.

SO. EXACTLY. BUT YES, WE WILL. WE'LL WORK ON THAT.

YEAH. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO THAT DOES TYPICALLY BRING US TO ADJOURNMENT, BUT WE DO HAVE OUR CONSENT INFORMATION ITEMS.

[A. Contracts $250K and Over]

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT WE HAVE OVER $3.5 MILLION IN SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS LISTED UNDER HERE.

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AND MOVING FORWARD. AND PERHAPS THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THAT FUTURE AGENDA ITEM THAT I REQUESTED AS WELL.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT? ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT BRINGS US TO ADJOURNMENT. THE NEXT SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING IS ON FEBRUARY 26TH, 2025 AT 5 P.M. OR POSSIBLY AT 5:30. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT IS POSTED CORRECTLY, LEANING MORE TOWARDS THE 5:30.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE PACHECO AND A SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT CHON.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE. I KNOW A LOT OF US ALREADY LOGGED OUT, BUT WE ARE ADJOURNED.

THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:43 P.M..

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.