Oct 15, 2025 County Board of Education

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>> GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL

[A. Call to Order]

TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, AND THE TIME IS 5:00 P.M.

I AM MAIMONA AFZAR BERTA, PRESIDENT OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND I WILL PRESIDE OVER THIS MEETING.

A LIVE STREAM OF THIS EVENINGS MEETING IS AVAILABLE AT TINYURL.COM\SCCBOARDMEETING.

ONCE ON THE WEB PAGE, SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM AND CHOOSE LIVE.

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

FOR SPANISH SUPPORT, CALL 1-669-900-6833.

THE MEETING ID IS 727-33-4810 POUND FOR VIETNAMESE SUPPORT, CALL 1-669-900-6833.

THE MEETING ID IS 9218-153-9516 POUND.

LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE AND ASL SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THOSE IN ATTENDANCE.

HEADSETS FOR SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE MAY BE PICKED UP AT THE TABLE AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM.

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

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

PERSONS WANTING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT CAN DO SO BY COMPLETING A SPEAKER COMMENT CARD AVAILABLE AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM.

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

[B. Pledge of Allegiance]

PLEASE BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY.

STU, REMEMBER YOUR BELIEVERS?

>> YES, I AM ABLE TO HEAR.

>> GREAT. IF YOU'RE ABLE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WHEN YOU'RE READY?

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN YOU PLEASE RECITE THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS WELL?

[C. Land Acknowledgement]

>> LET US TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR THE ANCESTRAL CARETAKERS OF THE LAND ON WHICH WE STAND.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, STUDENT BOARD MEMBER PESTRANA JIMENEZ.

I WILL NOW CONDUCT ROLL CALL.

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

WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE RESPOND ACCORDINGLY. VICE PRESIDENT CHAN.

>> PRESENT.

>> TRUSTEE LAURI IS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, TRUSTEE PACHECO.

TRUSTEE ROCHA. TRUSTEE SPICER?

>> HERE.

>> TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE].

>> PRESENT.

>> THANK YOU. MAY I GET A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE ABSENCE OF TRUSTEE LAURI?

>> MOTION.

>> SECOND.

>> A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE PACHECO AND SECONDED BY VICE PRESIDENT CHAN.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS.

THAT MSA PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, TRUSTEES.

[E. Set the Agenda]

I HAVE A MOTION FROM VICE PRESIDENT CHAN AND A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE ROCHA.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS.

THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. NEXT,

[A. Recognition of the SCCBOE Authorized Charter Schools and the SCCOE Teacher of the Year for 2025]

WE HAVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION THIS EVENING FOR THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION OF THE YEAR, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY BOTH MYSELF AND DR. TUSTIN.

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[APPLAUSE] I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ANNIE, TEACHER AT OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACADEMY, AND DR. TUSTIN TO JOIN ME AT THE SIDE PODIUM.

AFTER THE PRESENTATION, BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE JOIN US AT THE PODIUM FOR PHOTOS.

ON OCTOBER 27, WE WILL CELEBRATE THE 55TH ANNUAL SANTA CLARA COUNTY TEACHER RECOGNITION CELEBRATION.

THE EVENT CELEBRATES THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR HONORES, AND SPONSORED AWARD WINNERS FOR ARTS AND CIVIC LEADERSHIP AND STEM.

THE CEREMONY WILL HONOR 29 TEACHERS OF THE YEAR SELECTED BY THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING OUR BOARD APPROVED CHARTER SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR, ANNIE CLEDWITHS.

FROM OPPORTUNITIES ACADEMY.

TONIGHT, WE ARE THRILLED TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE ANNIE, WHO HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR HER SKILL AND CREATIVITY IN THE CLASSROOM, LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS, INVOLVEMENT IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE INVITED ANNIE TO JOIN US TONIGHT TO CONGRATULATE HER AND PRESENT HER WITH SEVERAL TOKENS OF APPRECIATION FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL WORK WITH STUDENTS.

ANNE, PLEASE JOIN US, AND DR. TUSTIN, PLEASE INTRODUCE OUR 2025 COUNTY HONORE.

>> ANNIE HAS BEEN A TEACHER FOR 25 YEARS, 20 OF THOSE YEARS WITH OIA.

THERE LUCKY FOR US.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ANNIE.

SHE'S A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE.

IN HER CLASSROOM, SHE ENSURES THAT ALL HER STUDENTS FEEL SEEN, SUPPORTED, AND EMPOWERED.

HER CLASSROOM IS A TESTAMENT TO HER COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND REPRESENTATION, ADORNED WITH INSPIRING ROLE MODELS WHO REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF HER STUDENTS.

IF YOU'VE ATTENDED AN OIA GRADUATION CEREMONY, YOU'VE SEEN AND HEARD ANNIE CHAIRING ON HER STUDENTS.

SHE'S PROUD OF HER STUDENTS AS THEIR FAMILIES ARE OF THEM.

AT THE GRADUATION, YOU WILL ALSO SEE A VERY LONG LINE OF STUDENTS WAITING TO GIVE ANNIE A HUG TO CELEBRATE WITH HER AND TELL ABOUT THE FUTURE THAT THEY'RE PLANNING FOR THEMSELVES.

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, ANNIE ACTIVELY FORGES MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, SOCIAL AGENCIES IN THE BROADER SANTA CLARA COUNTY COMMUNITY, SEEKING OUT INVALUABLE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT BOTH HER STUDENTS AND THE OIA AS A WHOLE.

WHAT ANNIE HAS ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT SHE DOES GOES FAR BEYOND TEACHING.

SHE'S MAKING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN THE LIFE OF CHILDREN BY RESTORING CONFIDENCE, ESTABLISHING A BELIEF IN THEMSELVES AND HELPING THEM BE INSPIRED ABOUT THE FUTURE THAT'S NOW POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THEIR HARD WORK AT OIA.

CONGRATULATIONS, ANNIE.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE].

>> IMAGINE I HAVE A FEW WORDS TO SAY.

[LAUGHTER] NO TIMER.

[LAUGHTER] I WAS ASKED TO TELL WHAT TEACHING MEANS TO ME.

I KNEW EARLY ON THAT I WANTED TO BE A TEACHER, AND IT WAS INSPIRED BY MY PARENTS, ADAM AND FLORENCE CREDITS.

I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE TEACHERS WHO REALLY SAW ME AND GUIDED ME ALONG THE WAY.

AND I'LL BE FOREVER THANKFUL FOR THAT ENCOURAGEMENT.

BEING A TEACHER ISN'T EASY.

IT CAN BE REALLY HARD, AND HAVING SUPPORT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

MY NUMBER 1, MYER, HAS BEEN RIGHT THERE BY MY SIDE.

CHEER ME ON ALONG WITH MY SIBLINGS.

I'M THE YOUNGEST OF NINE, AND MY BROTHER MICHAEL IS HERE.

YOU GUYS ARE LUCKY THAT ALL NINE OF US AREN'T HERE. [LAUGHTER] I'M THE QUIET ONE.

KNOWING I HAVE THEIR SUPPORT REMINDS YOU THAT EVEN THE HARD DAYS ARE WORTH IT.

OUR STUDENTS NEED THIS SUPPORT. THAT'S WHY I TEACH.

I'VE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

ALOONG THE WAY, I'VE BEEN GUIDED BY AMAZING MENTORS.

LET'S GO WAY BACK. DR. WILCOX, MARIAN BOSWORD, NANCY GERARA.

MY CURRENT DR. EVERETT, I THINK SHE'S A STRONG EXAMPLE OF A STRONG WOMAN AND DR. DEWAN.

THESE STRONG WOMEN TAUGHT ME THAT I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN MY STUDENTS' LIVES, AND I TRY TO HONOR THEIR EXAMPLE EACH DAY. THAT'S WHY I TEACH.

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YOU JUST HAVE TO HANDLE HARD BETTER.

THAT'S WHY I TEACH. TEACHING THEM TO HANDLE HARD BETTER IS ONE OF THE MOST LASTING THINGS I CAN GIVE THEM.

I SEEN HOW RESILIENCE CAN CHANGE A STUDENT'S CONFIDENCE.

THOSE MOMENTS ARE WHY TEACHING IS SO MEANINGFUL. THAT'S WHY I TEACH.

THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR. AS WONDERFUL IT IS TO RECEIVE.

I WANT TO SHARE IT WITH ALL THE ASPIRING TEACHERS OUT THERE.

OUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON THE TEACHERS WE HAVE, THE TEACHERS IN THE FUTURE, AND THE STUDENTS WE REACH, SO THEY IN TURN CAN TAKE THE BATON AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

TOGETHER, WE SHAPE LIVES, AND THIS IS A LEGACY THAT LASTS FAR BEYOND THE CLASSROOM.THAT'S WHY I TEACH. THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER].

>> I'M JUST GOING TO PUT THIS [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] GROUND. [LAUGHTER].

>> CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO ANNIE.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE

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

>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BERTA, SUPERINTENDENT DR. TOMSON SENIOR AND ESTEEMED BOARD MEMBERS.

ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME?

>> YES.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AT OSBORNE, NEW WORK AT EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN OUR GYM.

WE ARE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND HAVE ENJOYED BEING ABLE TO GET A BETTER WORKOUT.

ALSO, AT OSBORNE, THE SECOND PHASE OF THE WELLNESS MURAL IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS.

IT IS COMING TOGETHER VERY NICELY AND WILL ENHANCE THE SPACE CONTRIBUTING TO A POSITIVE AND HEALING ENVIRONMENT.

I ENJOY BEING IN THE SPACE AND BEING ABLE TO USE ALL THE RESOURCES AND PLAY WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT FIDGETS.

LAST MEETING, I MENTIONED THAT SOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOL IS WORKING ON A MURAL IN DOWNTOWN GILROY.

THE PICTURE THAT YOU SEE IS NOW OF THE MURAL.

SAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL HAS TRANSITIONED TO A NEW SITE AT CHALLENGE TRIP.

THEIR FIRST DAY AT THE NEW SITE WAS THIS PAST MONDAY, AND DR. TUSTIN WAS ABLE TO BE THERE TO WELCOME THE STUDENTS ONTO CAMPUS.

WHILE THE MOVE HAS BEEN NECESSARY, STUDENTS FROM SAN HAVE VOICED THEIR CONCERNS THROUGH A LETTER REGARDING THE SAFETY AND HEALTH CONCERNS OF THE SCHOOL AND THE IMPACT THE MOVE HAS HAD ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.

THEY ARE APPRECIATIVE THAT DR. TUSTIN IS ADDRESSING THESE CONCERNS AND IS WORKING TO MAKE THE SCHOOL A POSITIVE AND HEALTHY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

THEY WILL ALSO BE HOLDING NEW WEEKLY COMMUNITY CIRCLES.

THIS INITIATIVE IS VITAL FOR BUILDING STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS AND A SUPPORTIVE CULTURE AMONG STUDENTS.

[NOISE] THIS PAST SATURDAY, I PARTICIPATED IN A STUDENT BOARD TRAINING AND PANEL OFFERED THROUGH THE ACCBE.

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IT WAS VALUABLE TO HEAR WHAT OTHERS IN MY POSITION ARE GOING THROUGH AND DOING AS A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT, STUDENT BOARD MEMBER.

WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU, AND YOUR INSIGHTS ARE REALLY ESSENTIAL FOR OUR WORK. THANK YOU AGAIN.

NEXT, WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS OF PERSONS DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD]

STATE LAW PROHIBITS THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM DISCUSSING OR ACTING UPON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. IS THE EXPECTATION OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION THAT EVERYONE BE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND CIVILITY.

PUBLIC SPEAKER 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 54,957.95, THE SECBOE STRIVES TO MAINTAIN THE ORDERLY AND CIVIL CONDUCT OF ITS MEETINGS AND TO AVOID UNLAWFUL DISRUPTIONS.

THEREFORE, DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, 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 FOR APPRECIATION, WHICH CAN BE DONE LIKE THIS.

MODERATOR, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS?

>> YES, WE HAVE TWO CARDS FOR THIS ITEM.

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

PLEASE PRESENT THE TWO-MINUTE TIMER.

IF LANGUAGE SUPPORT IS NEEDED, TIME WILL DOUBLE.

A TIMER WILL BE DISPLAYED, AND WHEN THE ALLOTTED TIME IS UP, THE BUZZER WILL SOUND, YOU WILL BE MUTED, AND YOUR TIME TO SPEAK WILL END.

MODERATOR, YOU MAY BEGIN.

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

AS A REMINDER, ONE PERSON 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 ABOUT A HAND'S WIDTH FROM YOUR MOUTH.

OUR SPEAKERS ARE FAVIOLA BATAZ, FOLLOWED BY MICHELLE OLIVER.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS FAVIOLA BATAZ.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. [INAUDIBLE]. I AM A MOTHER OF THREE KIDS IN THIS COUNTY.

ACTUALLY HERE ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER MOM.

WE'VE BEEN HITTING ROADBLOCKS WITH MORGAN HILL, INTERFAC DISTRICT.

IT'S COMING TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S LIKE THIS KIDS GETTING INJURED, HER SON'S GETTING INJURED.

JULIAN, SHE GAVE ME PERMISSION TO SAY HIS NAME.

TO GOING TO COURT FOR EVERY LITTLE THING.

MOM IS TO THE POINT WHERE SHE'S NOW WANTING TO STEP OUTSIDE HER HOUSE.

KID HAS BEEN GOING TO SCHOOL PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY EXCEPT FOR THE DAYS, HE GETS HIT OR INJURED.

LAST YEAR, HE WAS CONSIDERED AN AGGRESSIVE CHILD.

THIS YEAR, HE'S BEEN THE ONE TAKING THE PUNCHES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE IEPS, EMERGENCY ONES.

EVEN JUST TOLD THE RUN ABOUT, YOU HAVE TO WAIT 15 DAYS.

NO, YOU GOT TO WAIT 30 DAYS TO GET THESE DATES, THESE TIMES SITUATED.

I DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS PARENTS, WE HAVE TO GO TO WORK.

YOU GUYS ARE AT WORK.

THAT'S THE BIG DIFFERENCE.

IT'S GETTING SUCH A TOLL ON THE PARENTS WHERE THEY WANT TO JUST GIVE UP.

THEY'RE GETTING SO FRUSTRATED.

THEY WANT TO GO BACK TO COLUMBIA, WHERE THEY RAN FROM GOT POLITICAL ASSIGN TO COME HERE TO GET A BETTER LIFE, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THIS KID IS JUST SEEING VIOLENCE ALL THE WAY EVERYWHERE HE GOES.

I'M TRYING TO HELP THEM OUT GIVE THEM A BETTER OUTLET, GOING OUT TO COMMUNITY, GOING EVENTS, KIDS WITH DISABILITIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S NOT BEING SEEN A LOT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS, BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP DOWN IN SOUTH COUNTY.

YOU GUYS HELPED OUT WITH GATEWAY, YES, LOVE IT.

WE'RE UP AND WE'RE MOVING THE NEXT CHAPTER ON THAT SCHOOL.

BUT THERE'S OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ALSO NEED YOUR HELP.

KIDS ARE BEING INJURED AND THERE'S NO INCIDENT REPORTS.

ONLY A LITTLE PAPER NOTED AT THE NURSE'S OFFICE, AND THAT'S IT, AND YOU GET A PHONE CALL, AND THAT'S IT.

THAT'S NOT IT FOR THESE KIDS. WE NEED MORE.

>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHELLE OLIVER.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

>> HI, DR. TASTIN AND THE BOARD, MICHELLE OLIVER,

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I'M HERE AGAIN TO ASK FOR MORE INFORMATION AND MORE TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

THERE WAS AN EMAIL THAT WAS SENT OUT ON SEPTEMBER 22 TALKING ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT CHANDLER TRIP, THAT SONOL WAS GOING IN AND THAT SPED TRANSITION FROM CHANDLER TRIP TO ''SUPPORT GROWTH AND COLLABORATION IN MODERN THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED SPACES.'' WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY GROWTH, O CLASSES GOTTEN SMALLER.

WE HAVE HAD MINIMAL TO NO COLLABORATION BECAUSE WE HAD CLASSES AT CHANDLER TRIP THAT WERE EITHER FULL INCLUSION OR ALMOST ALL INCLUSION THAT ARE NOW AT A SITE WHILE IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

DO YOU SEE ANY OTHER STUDENTS HERE? DO YOU SEE ANY STUDENTS THAT ARE TYPICALLY DEVELOPING ANYWHERE ON THIS CAMPUS? SO TO SAY THAT THIS WAS A THOUGHTFUL MOVE DOESN'T SEEM GENUINE AT ALL.

I WENT TO THE CAL ECSC CONFERENCE LAST WEEK AND WHEN I SAID I WAS FROM SANTA CLARA COUNTY, THE COMMENT THAT TWO DISTRICTS MADE WAS, I HEARD YOU CLOSE YOUR INCLUSION CLASSES.

THIS IS NOT HOW WE WANT TO BE KNOWN.

CHANDLER TRIP, FOR WHATEVER THE REASONS ARE THAT SPECIAL ED WAS MOVED OUT, WE NEED MORE TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT WASN'T BECAUSE THE BUILDINGS NOT INHABITABLE BECAUSE YOU PUT SONOL THERE.

THERE WERE LARGE ROOMS. THERE WAS A MOTOR ROOM.

THERE WAS A PLAYGROUND THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THAT AGE GROUP.

THERE WAS INCLUSION HAPPENING WELL ABOVE THE 10% THRESHOLD.

WE JUST NEED MORE TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE GETTING IT, AND I'LL BE BACK FOR THE HEAD START ITEM TO SAY MORE.

>> THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS OUR BARGAINING UNIT REPORTS.

[A. Bargaining Units' Reports]

I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE PRESIDENT OR DESIGNEE OF THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, SEIU FORWARD.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENTS.

>> ON BEHALF OF SCA LOCAL 5211423 PERMANENT AND SUBSTITUTE CLASSIFIED STAFF HERE AT SCCOE.

I'M SARAH JANCARO, CHAPTER PRESIDENT AND DEFENDER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

TODAY I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT FEEL LIKE BROKEN PROMISES.

THE LONG DRAWN OUT IMPLEMENTATION OF SIT TO STAND DESKS NEGOTIATED IN 2022, PARTICULARLY FOR OUR MEMBERS WHO WORK OFFSITE, EVEN WHEN THEY'VE PROVIDED A DOCTOR'S NOTE.

ONLY PARTIAL RESULTS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE RECLASSIFICATION STUDY, ALSO NEGOTIATED IN 2022.

A PILOT ALTERNATE WORK LOCATION PROGRAM AND FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES NEGOTIATED IN 2024, DESIGNED TO INCREASE STAFF ACCESS.

NOW THE ORGANIZATION DOESN'T SEEM WILLING TO WORK WITH US TO BUILD ON WHAT WE STARTED.

A COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONALISM.

YET SOME DEPARTMENTS SEEM EVEN MORE TOXICS NOW THAN EVER BEFORE.

WELL, WE DON'T EXPECT THINGS TO CHANGE OVERNIGHT, WE ALSO DID NOT EXPECT THINGS TO GET WORSE.

PROMISES OF COLLABORATION THAT FEEL MORE LIKE CHECKBOXES THAN ANYTHING MEANINGFUL WITH RUSH DECISIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION.

ARSENAL STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE PAYING THE PRICE FOR A MOVE WITH A WEEK'S NOTICE, WHICH WAS INSUFFICIENT TO ADDRESS THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS AT CHANDLER TRIP.

COCKROACHES SHOULD NOT BE A PART OF LIFE.

WHILE SOME WERE ADDRESSED PRIOR TO THIS WEEK'S MOVE, THERE ARE STILL ISSUES THAT MUST BE REMEDIED SO THAT STUDENTS AND STAFF FEEL WELCOME, SAFE, AND PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS NEW LOCATION.

AGREEMENT THAT SAFETY IS A PRIORITY.

YET THE SAFETY COMMITTEE IS A REPORT BACK AT BEST AND NOT A COLLABORATIVE SPACE.

IN ANY SPACE, WE'VE STILL YET TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF HAVING STUDENTS ALONE WITH SINGLE STAFF MEMBERS, DESPITE LEADERSHIP'S AGREEMENT THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY.

OUR STUDENTS CANNOT WAIT FOR ANOTHER STAFF TO BE SEEN IN THE NEWS.

PROMISES OF INFORMATION THAT STILL HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED, INCLUDING FINAL LISTS OF WHICH POSITIONS WERE ELIMINATED OR UNFILLED ACROSS THE BARGAINING UNITS IN LEADERSHIP.

WHAT DOES OUR STAFF TO MANAGEMENT RATIO LOOK LIKE NOW? ASSURANCES THAT LAYOFFS WERE NECESSARY, YET THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS SHOW YET AGAIN A BALANCE OF OVER $100 MILLION.

A NEW $30,000 AI TOOL THAT IS TELLING US EXACTLY WHAT THE BARGAINING UNITS HAVE BEEN SAYING AND THE SAME HIGH ALLOCATIONS AND BUDGET CODES THAT DO NOT REFLECT EXPENDITURES.

YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT AT SECOND INTERIM, WE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS ADDED TO THE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES, THE 4,000 CODES, DESPITE HAVING ONLY SPENT A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION, MEANING THE OFFICE ANTICIPATED SPENDING MORE THAN AN ADDITIONAL $12 MILLION.

BUT IN FACT, WHEN YOU LOOK ON PAGE 10 OF THE SAC REPORT, WE SEE THAT ONLY A LITTLE OVER 4.7 MILLION WAS SPENT TOTAL, LEAVING ALMOST $14 MILLION UNSPENT.

THESE AREAS STILL HAVE HIGHER ALLOCATIONS THAN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

WHILE SOME OF THESE FUNDS MAY BE RESTRICTED TO THESE ITEMS, UNRESTRICTED FUNDS ARE ALSO BEING ALLOCATED.

SOME OF THE RESTRICTED FUNDS MAY BE ABLE TO SHIFT LESS RESTRICTED FUNDS, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT EVEN SOME RESTRICTED FUNDS CAN BE AND ARE USED TO PAY FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS.

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ADDITIONALLY, DESPITE LAYOFFS, CLASSIFIED INSTRUCTIONAL SALARIES, WHICH IS PAGE 9, THE 2,100 CODE, ARE BUDGETED AT AN ADDITIONAL 16%, EVEN THOUGH OUR HIGHEST STEP INCREASE IS 5%, AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR MEMBERS AT THE TOP STEP AND WILL RECEIVE NO INCREASE UNTIL WE AGREE UPON A SALARY INCREASE FOR THIS YEAR.

THIS INCREASE IS EVEN HIGHER THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS, AND IT DOESN'T SEEM REASONABLE TO EXPECT THIS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT IN UNEXPECTED VACATION PAYOUTS.

WE TALK ABOUT REBUILDING TRUST, AND IT STARTS BY FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH OUR PROMISES TO STUDENTS AND TO STAFF AND PRIORITIZING SAFETY, EQUITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND TRANSPARENCY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. I'D NOW LIKE TO INVITE THE DESIGNEE PRESIDENT OF THE PSYCHOLOGIST AT SOCIAL WORKERS ASSOCIATION, PSWA.

SO NO REPRESENTATIVE.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE DESIGNEE OR PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY EDUCATORS, PLEASE FOWARD.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENTS. SORRY.

>> RICHI KRISHNA, DEFENDER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON FOR, AND PRESIDENT OF ACE.

I'M SAT TO SAY THAT RESPONSES PROVIDED TO ACE HAVE BEEN INSUFFICIENT, DISMISSIVE, AND GIVE THE IMPRESSION OF POLITELY CLOSING OFF THE CONVERSATION.

SAFETY, EQUITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND TRANSPARENCY ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE.

EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY AND HEALTH AND THE RUSHED AND POORLY PLANNED MOVE FROM SONOL TO CHANNEL TRIP, POSING SERIOUS SAFETY AND HEALTH HAZARDS FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF.

IF AIR QUALITY AND MOLD TESTING HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND THE SITE DEEMED SAFE, WHY IS THERE A DELAY IN PROVIDING THE PROOF? COE REPORTS ASBESTOS HAS BEEN BOTH INSPECTED AND MANAGED PER STANDARDS AT CHANNEL TRIP, AND THAT IS NEITHER FRIABLE NOR AIRBORNE.

PLEASE PROVIDE THE SECA ASBESTOS MANAGEMENT PLAN THEN, HIGHLIGHTING THE CURRENT MONITORING AND CONTROLS AS REQUESTED.

AGAIN, WHY THE DELAY.

SEVERAL RECENT CLASSROOM MOVES, INCLUDING TWO IN OI, ONE FOR SPED AND OI AND ALSO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, AND NOW ANOTHER ONE IN OI RAISED SERIOUS CONCERNS.

PART MORE MOVE WAS DETRIMENTAL TO MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES.

MANY SITE CHOICES APPEAR DRIVEN BY COST RATHER THAN STUDENT NEEDS.

WHERE IS OUR STUDENTS FIRST MISSION? WE MUST REVISIT ONGOING BUDGET CONCERNS.

THE SECOND INTERIM BUDGET SHOWED $14.5 MILLION FOR BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.

THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS CAME IN AT $4.7 MILLION.

THAT'S A $9.7 MILLION DISCREPANCY.

SIMILARLY, SERVICES AND OTHERS DROP FROM 119.7 MILLION TO 62 MILLION.

THESE ARE NOT MINOR VARIANCES.

WE RAISED THESE CONCERNS MONTHS AGO ON APRIL 16, 2025 AND IN NEGOTIATION SORRY, NEGOTIATIONS, AND AGAIN.

THIS CONTINUING PATTERN OF INFLATED BUDGETS AND INACCURATE FINANCIAL INFORMATION DROVE CRITICAL DECISIONS, INCLUDING LAYOFFS, HARMING BOTH EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS.

RETIREMENT INCENTIVES THAT MAY HAVE HELPED US RETAIN SOME WELL TRAINED STAFF AND MAY HAVE COST COE JUST AN APPROXIMATE $10,000 WERE DEEMED UNAFFORDABLE.

BUT WE CAN NOW AFFORD THREE TIMES AS MUCH FOR ACCESS TO PASA AND AI FEEDBACK TOOL THIS YEAR.

EVEN IF THE PROGRAMS PROJECTED INFLATED NEEDS, WHERE WAS THE OVERSIGHT? WHERE WAS THE ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN LABOR PARTNERS KEPT REPEATEDLY ASKING ABOUT THESE INFLATED PROJECTIONS? WHERE WAS THE OVERSIGHT WHEN THESE INFLATED CLAIMS WERE USED TO JUSTIFY LAYOFFS, AND NOW WHEN THEY ARE USED TO JUSTIFY INCREASING EMPLOYEES MEDICAL PREMIUMS AND AVOID GIVING RAISES.

WE SAID THEN AND ARE REPEATING AGAIN THAT THE BUDGET CLAIMS WERE NOT REAL, RATHER THEY WERE INFLATED.

AS PER COE PATTERN, WE HAVE A CARRYOVER OF $109.2 MILLION AGAIN, WHEN THEY STATE, WE HAVE NO MONEY.

TRUST CANNOT BE MAINTAINED WHEN CRITICAL DECISIONS ARE BASED ON INACCURATE OR INCOMPLETE DATA.

IN LIGHT OF THE INACCURATE AND INFLATED BUDGET, WE URGE THE BOARD TO LAUNCH AN IMMEDIATE FORMAL INVESTIGATION INTO BUDGET PLANNING AND ALLOCATIONS.

WHETHER RELOCATION BUDGETING OR PROGRAM DECISIONS, THE PATTERN IS CONSISTENT.

DATA-DRIVEN CONCERNS FROM THE FRONTLINERS ARE BEING DISMISSED.

WE GENUINELY NEED CONSTRUCTIVE AND POSSIBLY RECONSTRUCTIVE ACTION TO HEAL OUR STUDENTS, COMMUNITIES, AND THE STAFF.

THE QUESTIONS REMAIN CONSISTENT ON THE ASSISTANT VERSUS ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT ROLES, CONTRACT COSTS, SCIU AND HR SPENDINGS, PROJECTED SAVINGS FROM UNFILLED POSITIONS, AND POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH THE CAC OVERSIGHT, DELAYING ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT RECRUITMENT UNTIL JULY UNTIL JANUARY 2026, AND THEN THE FINAL HIRING BY JULY 2026 FURTHER ERODES MORALE.

A TRANSPARENT REVIEW IS URGENTLY NEEDED.

EDUCATORS SHOW UP EVERY DAY WITH CARE, RESILIENCE, AND PROFESSIONALISM.

WE CANNOT CONTINUE ABSORBING THE COSTS OF POOR PLANNING AND OPAQUE BUDGETING.

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BUT THIS IS NOT HOW IT SHOULD BE.

ACE IS READY TO WORK IN GOOD FAITH, BUT WE ASK THAT GOOD FAITH BE RETURNED WITH HONESTY, TRANSPARENCY, AND RESPECT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES BARGAINING UNIT REPORTS.

NEXT, WE WILL PROCEED WITH ITEM 6,

[6. CONSENT ACTION ITEMS]

>> EXCUSE ME, PRESIDENT BERTA.

SORRY. WE DO HAVE ONE COMMENT FOR IITEM 6B.

>> THANK YOU. SINCE WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S A MOTION ON THIS ITEM, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE BOARD'S VOTE.

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT ACTION ITEMS A-G.

A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE PACHECO. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> SECOND.

>> FROM TRUSTEE SPICER.

WE'LL TAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE.

>> THE SPEAKER FOR COMMENT IS TINA CHANG.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

AND WE'LL JUST NEED A MOMENT TO GET THE TIMER UP.

>> GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT.

MY NAME IS TINA CHANG, AND I'M A CAC REP AND PARENT OF A CHILD WHO'S DEAF DISABLED IN THE COUNTY DHH PROGRAM.

>> TINA, CAN YOU MAKE SURE THE MIC IS JUST A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.

>> AS WE HAVE MOVED INTO THE SECOND YEAR OF THE CONSOLIDATED NORTHWEST SLPA, I'M CONCERNED THAT CONSOLIDATION HAS NOT ACHIEVED THE GOALS OF ENSURING ACCESS TO SPED SURFACES FOR ALL OUR STUDENTS WITH EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS ACROSS THE 21 LEAS.

CLOSURE OF MANY PROGRAMS IN BOTH DISTRICT AND COUNTY ARE FORCING FAMILIES TO FIGHT FOR NPS AND MOVE TO ANOTHER COUNTY IN ORDER TO FIND PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.

WE CONTINUE TO FIND THAT MANY OF OUR CAC MEMBER VOICES ARE NOT BEING HEARD.

ADMINISTRATORS KEEP REPEATING THAT CAC IS ADVISORY ONLY.

YET COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE NOT EVEN GIVEN INFORMATION OR OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVISE.

FURTHERMORE, ADMINISTRATORS HAVE PLACED BARRIERS FOR PARENTS TO ACCESS THE MEETINGS AND RESTRICTED OUR VOICES, STATING THAT ONLY BOARD-APPOINTED REPS CAN PARTICIPATE AND THEY EXCLUDE PARENTS BASED ON TECHNICALITIES.

I HAVE SOME SERIES CONCERNS THAT THESE DECISIONS ARE ADMINISTRATORS IN THIS AREA, AS WELL, SUCH AS IN EARLY START SERVICES.

UP UNTIL THREE MONTHS AGO, CHANDLER TRIPP HOUSED OUR EARLY START AND CO-LOCATED THEIR SERVICES WITH CCS.

SO WHY WAS ALTERNATIVE ED NOW MOVED TO THE SITE AND THAT WAS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND NOW CCS TO BE MOVED NEXT? AND WHY ARE WE STILL LOOKING FOR A PLACE FOR STUDENTS TO BE SERVED? PLEASE ENSURE THAT MANDATED SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR STUDENTS IN THIS COUNTY. THANK YOU.

>> THIS CONCLUDES COMMENT.

>> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? HEARING NONE, WE WILL MOVE TO THE VOTE.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS, AND I THINK WE HAD A VERBAL I FROM TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE].

>> THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 7,

[B. Head Start/Early Head Start Monthly Board Report - August 2025]

DR. TOSTON, WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THIS ITEM? I BELIEVE THE INFORMATION ITEMS ARE JUST ON HERE FOR TRANSPARENCY, SO THERE'S NO PRESENTATION OR ACTION REQUIRED, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS.

>> YES. PRESIDENT BERTA, WE DO HAVE A COMMENT FOR 7B.

>> WE'LL HEAR THE COMMENT. YOU CAN PROCEED.

>> THE SPEAKER FOR 7B IS MICHELLE OLIVER.

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT.

>> HELLO, ME AGAIN.

IT'S INTERESTING TO ME THAT HEAD START ISN'T HERE TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION SINCE IT SHOWS HOW BLATANTLY UNDER ENROLLED THEY ARE.

IT ALSO SPEAKS TO THE SPECIAL-ED STUDENTS SAYING THAT THE THRESHOLD IS 10% AND THEY'RE AT SEVEN.

THE THRESHOLD OF 10% IS THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUM THAT'S ALLOWED.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CLASSES THAT WERE AT CHANDLER TRIPP LAST YEAR, THE CLASS THAT I WAS A TEACHER AND HAD 18 STUDENTS, EIGHT OF THEM HAD IEPS.

THE CLASS AT EDUCARE, SIX OF THEM HAD IEPS.

THE CLASS IN THE PORTABLE NEXT TO ME WAS UNDER ENROLLED ALL YEAR, BUT STILL HAD SIX STUDENTS WITH IEPS.

MAYBE PART OF THE ISSUE WITH SPECIAL-ED

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WE KNOW THAT INCLUSION IS APPROPRIATE.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S NICE.

IT'S A RIGHT THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE.

WHY IS HEAD START UNDER ENROLLED AND STILL ONLY WORKING ON A 10% THRESHOLD? THE FAMILIES AT CHANDLER TRIPP SAT THERE LAST YEAR FROM MARCH TO JUNE, NOT BEING TOLD THAT THOSE CLASSES WOULD NOT BE THERE, AND THOSE OF US AS STAFF WERE TOLD TO NOT SAY ANYTHING.

ALL OF THOSE FAMILIES THEN HAD TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

SOME OF THE STUDENTS IN MY CLASS THAT COULD HAVE STAYED IN HEAD START FOR ANOTHER YEAR AND REALLY WOULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM STAYING IN HEAD START ANOTHER YEAR, WENT TO A DISTRICT TK CLASS WHERE THEY'RE NOT THRIVING.

IT'S NOT THE RIGHT PLACEMENT.

INCLUSION WITH SUPPORTED CO-TEACHING WAS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THEM AND THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STAY FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

SOMEBODY'S GOT TO LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND WHY SO MUCH TIME WAS WASTED, AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?

>> THIS CONCLUDES COMMENT.

>> THANK YOU. THIS IS A CONSENT INFORMATION ITEM, BUT I SEE A COMMENT FROM A TRUSTEE.

>> SREEKRISHNAN.

>> THANK YOU. I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK THIS DURING 8A.

PRESIDENT BERTA AND DR. TOSTON, I WANTED TO DELVE DEEPER INTO MICHELLE'S QUESTIONS, CAN I DO THAT DURING 8A?

>> IT PERTAINING TO THE REPORT OR IS IT PERTAINING TO THE PARTNERSHIPS [OVERLAPPING]

>> I'M SORRY, 8B. SORRY, 8B.

CAN WE DO THAT?

>> I THINK IT COULD BE UNDER 8B?

>> SO I WILL PUT A PIN IN THAT.

>> THANK YOU. ARE THERE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE ROCHA.

>> FORGIVE MY POOR MEMORY AND IT'S GENERALLY AROUND JUST THIS TOPIC IN GENERAL, AND I BELIEVE WE HAD ESTABLISHED, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, A STANDING ITEM ON HEAD START GIVEN THE AUDIT FINDINGS AND THE INVESTIGATION.

IT APPEARS THAT THAT'S STILL THE CASE THAT WE HAVE A STANDING ITEM, IS THAT CORRECT? I WAS CURIOUS IF THERE'S A CERTAIN POINT, AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT I'M TRYING TO NOT HAVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY IN THIS OR TAKE ANY FEEDBACK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, BUT IS THAT STILL NECESSARY FOR US BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S THREE ITEMS ON HERE THAT ARE RELATED TO HEAD START THIS EVENING.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHETHER OR NOT THIS BOARD WANTS TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A STANDING ITEM, AND IF THAT STAFF STILL FEELS THAT'S NECESSARY, THEN I'M ALL IN.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO POSE THE QUESTION FOR US IN TERMS OF OUR HOUSEKEEPING.

THAT'S NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE CONVERSATION, BUT THANK YOU.

>> NOTED, AND I BELIEVE THE BOARD HAD REQUESTED SOME OF THIS ENROLLMENT DATA IN THE PAST MEETING, SO I THINK THAT SOME OF THIS INFORMATION WAS IN RESPONSE TO THOSE REQUESTS AS WELL.

BUT THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT, TRUSTEE ROCHA.

HEARING NO OTHER COMMENTS, WE'LL GO TO OUR ACTION ITEMS, ITEM 8A.

[A. Approval of the Budget Revisions for the Month of September 2025]

>> YES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA.

THIS ACTION ITEM WILL BE PRESENTED BY STEPHANIE GOMEZ, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT BUSINESS SERVICES, AND LAUREN NGUYEN, DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL BUSINESS SERVICES.

>> IS THAT THEIR FEEDBACK?

>> CAN I ASK FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF SOMEONE FROM THE AV TEAM?

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

WE WILL GO TO ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ.

>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BERTA,

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THIS EVENING WE'LL BE PROVIDING A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF THE BUDGET REVISIONS FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER [OVERLAPPING]

>> MOVE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.

>> THANK YOU. THERE'S APPROXIMATELY $470,000 IN ONE TIME RESTRICTED REVENUES THAT WERE RECEIVED DURING THIS MONTH THAT FOCUSED ON CONTINUED STATE CONTRACTS, COUNTY PARTNERSHIP AND FOUNDATION INITIATIVES.

THE BULK OF THESE FUNDS WILL SUPPORT ONGOING PREVENTION EDUCATION, EARLY LEARNING, ARTS EDUCATION, INCLUSIVE AND CHARTER OVERSIGHT ACROSS SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS WE GET THESE BUDGET REVISIONS EVERY MONTH, JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, THIS IS SOME OF THE REVENUE CHANGES THAT YOU WILL SEE AT FIRST INTERIM, AND SO THIS IS JUST A MONTHLY UPDATE THAT WE DO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR REVENUES.

WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY IN DEPTH QUESTIONS, BUT THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF OUR REPORT.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ITEM?

>> [INAUDIBLE].

>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE PACHECO AND A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE SPEISER.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARDDOCS.

THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INFORMATION.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT ITEM,

[B. Head Start/Early Head Start, Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Grants Data Procedures]

>> YES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA.

THIS ACTION ITEM WILL BE PRESENTED BY DR. MATT WAYNE, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF ED SERVICES AND DR. KRISTEN LEE.

>> GOOD EVENING, DR. TOSTON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. THANK YOU.

THIS IS A REQUIRED TRAINING FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, RELATED TO THE HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND RULES WE HAVE AROUND STUDENT DATA.

KRISTEN LEE IS GOING TO PRESENT THE REQUIRED TRAINING TO YOU, AND PLEASE KNOW THIS WAS ALSO DONE WITH OUR POLICY COUNCIL AS IT'S REQUIRED FOR THEM AS WELL.

>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BERTA, DR. TOSTON, AND THE BOARD.

THIS EVENING, WE'RE JUST GOING TO COVER A LOT OF THE DATA PROCEDURES, THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES WE HAVE IN PLACE WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO PROTECT AND SAFEGUARD THE DATA THAT WE HAVE FOR SENSITIVE INFORMATION.

WE'LL GO OVER THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND VERY SIMPLY, HOW DO WE PROTECT IT AND HOW DO WE USE IT? THIS TRAINING IS, AS DR. WAYNE MENTIONED, IT'S A PART OF OUR HEAD START PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS IN WHICH WE ARE TO HAVE APPROVAL FROM THE GOVERNING BODY ABOUT HOW WE USE OUR DATA AND THE PROCEDURES THAT ARE WRITTEN REGARDING IT.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY GAVE YOU ANOTHER ATTACHMENT THAT SHOWS YOU ALL OF OUR STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT WE FOLLOW IN ORDER TO SAFEGUARD PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.

WE DO HAVE PROCEDURES STARTING FROM CELL PHONE USE, WHEN TO USE IT, AND WHEN THE APPROPRIATE TIME IS, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE ON YOUR PHONE.

WE ALSO DO HAVE PROCEDURES AROUND THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF PII OR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION ON THE CHILD AND THE FAMILY.

WE ALSO HAVE A SET OF PROCEDURES ON THE QUALITY OF DATA AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF THE DATA.

OTHER STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES WE HAVE ARE PROTECTING THE PRIVACY OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILY DATA AND RECORDS.

FOR EXAMPLE, HOW WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T SELL IT OR PROVIDE IT TO ANY PARTIES WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM PARENTS.

ALSO DO HAVE A STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES ABOUT PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THEIR RECORDS AND HOW TO OBTAIN IT.

THEN WE FINALLY HAVE PROCEDURES FOR DISCLOSURE OF RECORDS, AS WELL AS MAINTAINING RECORDS.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE MAINTAIN FIVE YEARS WORTH OF STUDENT INFORMATION, AND THEN WE DO DISCARD, WE ACTUALLY GET THEM ALL SHREDDED AFTER FIVE YEARS.

YOU WILL HAVE AN ATTACHMENT ALONG WITH THIS.

I KNOW IT'S EXTENSIVE, BUT WE WANTED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GOVERNING BODY TO REVIEW IT.

IN A NUTSHELL, HOW DOES THE EARLY LEARNING SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROTECT THE DATA? WE FOLLOW THE PRINCIPLE OF LEASE PRIVILEGE, WHICH MEANS THE LEAST NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO IT SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO IT.

WE'RE NOT OPENING ACCESS TO ANYONE IN OUR DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO

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AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THAT WE DO RESTRICT DATA BASED ON LOCATION.

IF ONE OF OUR STAFF WORKS AT ONE TYPE OF LOCATION, THEY'RE RESTRICTED TO THEIR DATA FOR THAT LOCATION ONLY.

WE ALSO DON'T PROVIDE INFORMATION TO ANYONE WITHOUT GETTING PERMISSION FROM THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN THAT'S LISTED IN THE APPLICATION.

WE ALSO LOCK UP FILES.

ANY PHYSICAL FILES WE HAVE, WE DO LOCK THEM UP IN A CABINET AND AFTER FIVE YEARS, WE DO DISPOSE THEM.

THEN WE ALSO DO FOLLOW DATA PRIVACY AGREEMENTS.

WE WORK WITH THE TDSD DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE DATA PRIVACY AGREEMENTS THAT ARE SIGNED WHENEVER WE USE ANY SIS.

LASTLY, WE DO HAVE WRITTEN AGREEMENTS WITH ANY THIRD PARTIES WITH REGARDS TO HOW WE DISCLOSE.

IN A NUTSHELL, AS WELL, HOW DO WE USE IT? THERE ARE FOUR BIG WAYS IN WHICH WE DO USE IT.

WE USE IT AS A WAY TO INFORM STAKEHOLDERS.

WE USE THIS DATA IN AGGREGATED FORM TO PROTECT OUR FAMILIES AND OUR CHILDREN, AND WE USE IT TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS, SUCH AS YOURSELVES.

WE ALSO UTILIZE THE DATA TO BUILD OUR PROGRAM AND HOW WE DESIGN OUR PROGRAM.

WE ALSO USE IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INFORMING OURSELVES SO THAT WE HAVE BETTER STRATEGIC PLANNING.

LASTLY, WE USE IT FOR COMPLIANCE.

>> ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEES, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN?

>> THEN I GUESS NOW, IT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO GET A BIT DEEPER INTO MICHELLE'S QUESTION ABOUT HOW WE'RE FOCUSING ON INCLUSION SPECIFICALLY IN HEAD START AND HOW THAT'S INTERACTING WITH SOME OF OUR LOWER ENROLLMENT NUMBERS AND OUR WORK THERE.

>> I'M SORRY.

>> WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE AN ENROLLMENT PRESENTATION FOR THE SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

MAYBE THAT WOULD BE [OVERLAPPING]

>> YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA.

I SAW IT AS A CONSENT ITEM.

>> I SAY INFORMATION ITEMS, I'D BE PRESENTING IT.

>> THAT'S COMING.

>> SO IT'S A D.

>> 9D.

>> WHENEVER APPROPRIATE.

>> THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO ENROLLMENT IN ITEM 9D, BUT I WILL PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT AROUND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE RELOCATION OF HEAD START BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT WAS IN THE SPECIAL ED PROGRAMS FROM CHANDLER TRIPP.

JUST GOING BACK AND PROVIDING CONTEXT, THE DECISIONS AROUND PROGRAM RELOCATIONS FOR 25, 26 PRECEDED OF THE CURRENT LEADERS IN THE ROLES, DON'T HAVE FULL DOCUMENTATION OF, THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND IT.

THE DECISION TO RELOCATE THE SPECIAL-ED PROGRAMS WAS ALSO MADE IN THE CONTEXT OF UNCERTAINTY AROUND HEAD START.

IF THE GRANT HAD NOT BEEN AWARDED, SEEING SPECIAL-ED PROGRAMS ON SITE APPEARS, AND AGAIN, I WASN'T HERE.

TO BE DETERMINED THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PROGRAM, GIVEN THE INFORMATION THAT THEY HAD AT THAT TIME.

WE'RE SEEING A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN ENROLLMENT ACROSS THE COUNTY, NOT JUST OUR PROGRAMS AS WELL.

INCLUSION IS, I THINK THE STANDARD THAT WE ARE WORKING TO ACHIEVE AND WOULD IDEALLY WANT TO ACHIEVE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF LAST YEAR.

I'M SPECULATING TO SOME DEGREE, THE DECISIONS WERE MADE BASED ON THE BEST INFORMATION AT THAT TIME.

ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS A LACK OF CLARITY AROUND OWNERSHIP FOR CHANDLER TRIPP, AND WE HAD TO HAVE A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY TO CLARIFY.

THE INTENT WAS NOT TO USE THAT FACILITY THIS YEAR, BUT THE SITUATION AROSE AT THAT LEVERAGED IT BACK INTO USE.

IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE AS PROGRAMS RELOCATE AND IN CONVERSATION WITH THE SELPA ABOUT SPECIAL-ED PROGRAMS, WE WOULD ADVOCATE AND IDEALLY LOOK TO PLACE OUR PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS AND ALL OF OUR SPECIAL-ED PROGRAMS TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE INCLUSION AND OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY-BASED SCHOOLS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

>> THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE, WE HAVE A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS.

I THINK WE HAVE THREE, AS DON MENTIONED, BUT TO MAYBE DO A SPECIFIC PRESENTATION ON HEAD START AND INCLUSION,

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>> I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S LATER IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, THE ED SERVICES TEAM WILL BE PROVIDING THEIR DIVISIONAL REPORT, WHICH INCLUDES HEAD START, AND SO WE CAN ADD SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THERE, SO IF THAT'S ACCEPTABLE.

>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE TRAINING AND COMPLIANCE? I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THAT.

HEARING NONE, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, SO WE'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED IN THE GRANTS.

>> I SO MOVE.

>> MOTION FROM TRUSTEE SPEISER AND A SECOND FROM VICE PRESIDENT CHAN.

[INAUDIBLE] FROM TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN.

TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARDDOCS.

>> THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS BRINGS US TO OUR INFORMATION ITEMS.

[A. Instruction, Leadership and Innovation Division Update]

>> YES. THIS INFORMATION ITEM WILL BE PRESENTED BY DR. DEBBIE GREGUL, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF INSTRUCTION LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION.

AND BEFORE SHE BEGINS, I SEE A NUMBER OF OUR TEAMMATES FROM THAT DIVISION WHO ARE JOINING TONIGHT, IF I COULD JUST ASK YOU TO STAND SO THAT WE CAN SEE SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO WORK IN THIS DIVISION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, DEBBIE.

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA, DR. TOSTIN, TRUSTEES.

THIS IS OUR INSTRUCTION LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION DIVISION REPORT, LEVELING REFERRED TO DR. TOSTIN AS OUR EYELID.

IT IS DEPARTMENT. HE LOVES THAT NAME.

IN JULY, WE CAME TOGETHER DURING A TWO DAY RETREAT WHEN WE FIRST FORMED OUR NEW DIVISION.

WE HAVE BEEN A DIVISION FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS, AND WE CREATED A STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN THAT FOCUSED ON WHO WE WANTED TO BE, WHAT WE WERE DOING, AND WHAT WE WERE PROUD OF AND HOW WE WANTED TO WORK TOGETHER.

DURING THIS, WE CAME UP WITH THREE AREAS WHERE WE REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS FOR THIS YEAR.

ONE IS LOOKING AT OUR OPERATIONS AND STREAMLINING PROCEDURES AND OPERATIONS.

ONE IS CREATING A SENSE OF BELONGING.

WE'RE STILL IN THE STORMING STAGE OF THIS NEW FORMATION, SO THIS IS TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.

THE OTHER ONE IS HOW WE TRANSFORM OUR SERVICES TO BE THAT SUPERIOR SERVICE ORGANIZATION FOR OUR PARTNERS.

WITH THAT, WE HAVE A GROUP OF LEADERSHIP ON EACH ONE OF THOSE GROUPS, AND THEN EVERYONE IN THE DIVISION HAS JOINED ONE OF THESE GROUPS, AND THEY HAVE A TIMELINE OF DIFFERENT ACTIONS THAT THEY'RE TAKING TO HELP US ACHIEVE OUR GOALS IN THESE AREAS.

FOR THE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW, WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN OUR DIVISION.

WITHIN THOSE DEPARTMENTS, WE HAVE MANY BRANCHES, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING OVER EACH ONE OF THEM TONIGHT.

THE FIRST IS OUR EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM.

I WILL SAY WHAT ALL OF THESE ACRONYMS MEAN, SO BEAR WITH ME.

UNDER EDUCATION PREPARATION PROGRAM, YOU WILL SEE OUR BRANCHES.

WE HAVE OUR LEADERS IN EDUCATION ADMINS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM, WHICH IS LEAP.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR EDUCATION PREPARATION FOR INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS, WHICH IS EPIC, OUR TEACHER RESIDENCY AND ST, WHICH IS STATEWIDE REGENCY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER.

MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS, ADMINISTRATIVE CREDENTIALING, TEACHER INDUCTION AND STATEWIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER.

WE DID TRY TO COLOR CODE IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE DURING THE ANNUAL REPORT.

YOU WILL SEE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THIS DEPARTMENT IS FUNDED FROM GRANTS.

WE DO HAVE A SMALL PORTION THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH CONSIDERED DISTRICT FUNDS OR, OTHERWISE, FEE FOR SERVICE.

OUT OF THIS 48% OF THIS BUDGET IS USED FOR STAFF,

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FOR OUR HIGHLIGHTS, WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT WE JUST RECEIVED A 500,000 GATES FOUNDATION GRANT FOR OUR STATEWIDE RESIDENCY PROGRAM.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION INSTITUTES.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE OVER 750 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN OUR CREDENTIALING PROGRAMS. AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS THIS SHORTAGE IN CALIFORNIA, AND WE DO PULL STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER FOR MANY OF OUR COURSES.

WE ARE WORKING ON OUR SINGLE SUBJECT MATH CREDENTIALING.

WE ALSO ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS FOR THIS YEAR 27 STUDENTS TO BE EXACT, BY GIVING THEM $40,000 TO COVER THEIR TUITION AND EXPENSES.

THAT IS ALL THROUGH GRANTS THAT WE HAVE WORKED TOWARD.

OUR NEXT DEPARTMENT IS YOUTH HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

UNDER THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR BRANCHES.

THIS IS ALSO NEWLY FORMED.

WE HAVE MOVED A COUPLE OF OUR BRANCHES AROUND, SO THAT IT FITS MORE SEAMLESSLY WITHIN THE TOPICS COVERED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SCHOOL HEALTH AND BILLING.

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, STUDENT EMPOWERMENT AND AWARENESS, TOBACCO USE PREVENTION EDUCATION, AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, 100% OF THE FUNDING IN THIS AREA IS THROUGH GRANTS.

THE STAFFING COSTS MAY SEEM A LITTLE BIT LOW WHEN YOU'RE SAYING, WELL, WHERE'S THE MONEY GOING? IN THIS DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY, A LOT OF THE WORK IS CONSIDERED MORE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE MONEY IS ACTUALLY THAT OF THE DISTRICTS OR SCHOOL SITES IN PARTICULAR.

THEY ASK US TO HELP BE THE FISCAL AGENT, AND THEY ASK US TO HELP THEM FIND DIFFERENT RESOURCES AND GIVE THEM GUIDANCE ON HOW THEY MIGHT SPEND THE MONEY.

YOU'LL OFTEN HEAR THE TERM PASS THROUGH.

FUNDING. THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE HOLD IT, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY OURS.

THEY HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER HOW THEY SPEND THAT MONEY, BUT IT SITS WITH US.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE THAT MONEY, BUT IT'S REALLY UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE DISTRICTS OR THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE EARNED THAT MONEY.

WE HAVE A LOT OF HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS AREA.

REALLY, WE'RE VERY EXCITED, OF COURSE, ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR WELLNESS AND THE WORK WE'VE DONE TO GET MANY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO THE POINT OF HAVING THEIR OWN WELLNESS CENTERS AND THEIR OWN PROGRAMS. WE ARE ALSO IN THE FOREFRONT OF THE BILLING MODEL FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COLLECT RIGHT NOW ABOUT $40,000 IN PAYMENTS.

IT'S NOT QUITE WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY MAKING SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS NOW AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE ALSO ARE DOING A LOT OF TRAINING, YOU'LL SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IS A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, WE'VE HAD OVER 200 WEBINARS WITH OVER 243 PARTICIPANTS FROM EIGHT DIFFERENT COUNTIES.

NOT JUST OUR OWN, WE DO PULL FROM ACROSS THE STATE.

WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH SACRAMENTO COUNTY OFFICE OF ED, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF BILLING AND WORKING ON WELLNESS.

WITH THAT, THERE'S A LOT OF PAPERWORK AND YOU'LL SEE WE'RE DOING 58 MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING WITH LEAS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

OUR NEXT DEPARTMENT IS LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION, AND THIS IS EVERYTHING ACADEMIC. ALL IN ONE.

YOU'LL SEE TWO DIFFERENT AREAS HERE.

THE ONE YOU SEE THAT IS COMPLETELY RED.

THAT IS FOR OUR CALIFORNIA COLLABORATIVE FOR LEARNING ACCELERATION.

THAT IS 100% FUNDED BY GRANTS.

OUR OTHER AREAS ARE PREDOMINANTLY FUNDED THROUGH GRANTS AND FEE FOR SERVICE OR DISTRICT FUNDED.

WE HAVE A VERY SMALL PORTION THAT IS FUNDED FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

YOU'LL SEE STAFFING COSTS IS A MAJORITY OF THIS BUDGET BECAUSE MOST OF THIS IS ABOUT THE TRAINING THAT WE'RE DOING GOING OUT INTO THE COUNTY AND ACROSS THE STATE, TRAINING TEACHERS IN THESE DIFFERENT AREAS.

RIGHT NOW, YOU'LL SEE WE KEEP A LOT OF TRACK OF OUR DATA.

WE HAVE PROVIDED SERVICES TO OVER 5,000 PARTICIPANTS SO FAR.

WE HAVE OVER 12 GRANT FUNDED INITIATIVES, AND WE HAVE PROVIDED OVER 68 PROFESSIONAL LEARNING EVENTS.

THAT WAS JUST IN THIS YEAR ALONE.

WE ALSO GO ACROSS NOT ONLY THE COUNTY BUT THE REGION AND THE STATE AND WE ARE WORKING.

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NEXT IS OUR INNOVATIONS COLLABORATIVE OR OUR IC.

WE DO WITHIN THIS AREA, A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS OF FOCUS.

ONE IS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, UDL, WHICH IS UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING.

I JUST SAID UNDUPLICATED.

NOW, I'M GETTING. THANK YOU, DR. TOSTIN.

WE ALSO DO A LOT OF ANTI BIAS EDUCATION, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL GRANTS, ONE WORKING WHERE WE ACTUALLY BRING TEACHERS IN FOR DATA ADVENTURES.

WHEN YOU SEE THAT, AND WE SEND THE INFORMATION TO YOU COME AND WATCH THEM AT WORK.

IT'S FUN TO SEE, THE CREATIVE THINGS THEY'RE DOING TO HELP STUDENTS LEARN.

WE ALSO ARE WORKING WITH THE EARLY LEARNING, AND DOING INCLUSIVE EARLY EDUCATION.

WE STILL HAVE OUR WORM LINE, WHICH IS VERY ACTIVE.

WE HAVE OUR MAKER SPACE, WHICH THIS YEAR, ONE OF OUR MAKER SPACE AREAS MOVED TO HESTER.

THEY DO GET TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH STUDENTS, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING, ON A REGULAR BASIS.

YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT AREAS OF FUNDING.

WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF GENERAL FUNDING.

MOST OF IT IS STATE AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THIS AREA, ESPECIALLY OUR FEE FOR SERVICE IS HIGH.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THE TEAM THEY HAVE REALLY INCREASED THE NUMBER OF MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING OR CONTRACTS, AND WE ARE BRINGING IN MORE MONEY AND WITH MORE REQUESTS FOR SERVICES, AND THAT JUST SHOWS THE QUALITY OF THE PROGRAM FOR THE HIGHLIGHTS.

WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR STATE SYSTEM OF SUPPORT TO WORK ON INCLUSIVE PRACTICES.

WE ARE DOING OUR DATA ADVENTURE PILOTS, AND AGAIN, LIKE I JUST MENTIONED, WE NOW HAVE OVER 40 CONTRACTS WHERE WE'RE BRINGING IN FEES,, FOR OUR TEAM TO GO OUT NOT JUST WITHIN THIS COUNTY, BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

THEY ARE DOING MORE DRIVING AND TRAVELING, BUT IT'S GREAT BECAUSE IT'S WONDERFUL INFORMATION FOR ALL OF THEM.

WE DID GET A $1 MILLION GRANT, FOR THE INCLUSIVE EARLY EDUCATION EXPANSION PROGRAM.

WE ARE WORKING WITH THE LA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, AND WE'RE ALSO A LEAD FOR THE CALIFORNIA UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING COALITION WITH SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON SOME OTHER GRANTS TO BRING IN, MORE FUNDING FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY DO.

FOR OUR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, WE COVER A LOT OF AREAS.

IT'S ALL THINGS ACCOUNTABILITY, AS WELL AS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

WE COVER STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAM MONITORING.

FOR OUR LOCAL WILLIAMS REPORT, WE ALSO ASSIST WITH THE ENTIRE COUNTY IN THAT, AND MAKE SURE THAT DISTRICTS ARE IN COMPLIANCE.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE OR DA WORK, AS WELL AS OUR LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN, OR LCAP, AS IT'S LEVELY REFERRED TO, WE OVERSEE THOSE FOR ALL OF THE DISTRICTS WITHIN OUR COUNTY.

WE ALSO HELP WITH MULTI-TIER SYSTEM OF SUPPORT AND PROVIDE TRAINING ACROSS THE BOARD, AS WELL AS POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS.

ALSO, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT ATTENDANCE LIAISONS ACROSS THE COUNTY ARE CERTIFIED AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE GUIDELINES ARE AND WHAT ED CODE SAYS.

WE ALSO ARE A LEAD FOR OUR ENTIRE BAY AREA REGION WHEN IT COMES TO DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE.

WE HELP OTHER COUNTIES WITHIN OUR REGION AS WELL, AND WE HAVE A GRANT FOR THE CALIFORNIA COLLABORATIVE FOR IMPACTFUL PRACTICES.

YOU'LL SEE THAT A LOT OF OUR FUNDING SOURCE IS STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS.

YOU'LL SEE THAT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, BUT, WAIT A MINUTE, SOME OF THIS IS REQUIRED.

WE DO RECEIVE DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE FUNDING PER THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THAT IS TECHNICALLY A GRANT.

THAT'S WHY THAT MONEY GOES UNDER THE GRANT AREA.

THAT MONEY ACTUALLY HELPS US, NOT ONLY DO THE DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE, BUT ALSO DO SOME OF THE LCAP AND THE WILLIAMS WORK THAT WE HAVE.

WE HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT WHEN YOU SEE OUR MTSS AND OUR PBIS AND SOME OF THE OTHER WORK.

THAT'S WHERE THE DISTRICT FUNDED OR FEE FOR SERVICE COMES IN,

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SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

WE HAD 89 LEAS IDENTIFIED AND FOR LCAPN, FOR OUR DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE, ESPECIALLY, DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE GOES FROM OUR DASHBOARD DATA, AND WE'RE ALWAYS ABOUT A YEAR BEHIND.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS AND SAY, WELL, WHAT ABOUT 2025? WELL, WE WILL KNOW IN ABOUT A MONTH WHICH DISTRICTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE.

WE'RE WAITING TO SEE, BUT WE ARE PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE, AND THE TEAM HAS DONE A FABULOUS JOB OF HELPING THEM WHEN THEY ARE IN DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE TO SEE THEIR AREAS OF NEED TO IDENTIFY THEM FOCUS IN AND TRULY MAKE PROGRESS IN THOSE AREAS.

WITH OUR GEO LEAD, THEY ACTUALLY HELP THE CHARTERS THAT ARE AUTHORIZED BY ALL OF THE OTHER COUNTIES IN OUR AREA.

OUR CHARTERS WITHIN SANTA CLARA COUNTY ARE, ACTUALLY, MONITORED BY PLACER COUNTY FOR US.

WE CAN'T MONITOR OUR OWN.

THAT WOULD BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

AS GEO LEAD, WE ACTUALLY HELP THE CHARTERS FROM ALL OF THE COUNTIES AROUND US.

WE HAVE 15 CHARTERS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY SUPPORTING.

WE WERE VERY EXCITED LAST YEAR THAT EIGHT OF THOSE CHARTERS WERE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR DA AFTER THEIR SUPPORT.

A LOT OF OUR DISTRICTS CHOSE EITHER ATTENDANCE OR SUSPENSION AS THEIR AREA OF FOCUS.

WE DID SOME EXTRA THINGS AND BROUGHT SOME COHORTS TOGETHER.

THROUGH THAT WORK, WE SAW A DECLINE, ESPECIALLY, YOU'LL SEE WE HAD A FOCUS ON AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK STUDENTS, AND WE HAD A DECREASE FROM 9.3 STUDENTS BEING SUSPENDED FROM THAT COHORT TO 8.5.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON DOING SOME PUBLISHED REPORTS, AND I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED SOME OF OUR CAPS, AND I BELIEVE FOREVER, SINCE WE STARTED DOING LCAP, THE TEAM HAS SUCCESSFULLY BEEN ABLE TO GET ALL CAPS TO A POINT WHERE THEY ARE APPROVABLE BEFORE THE DEADLINE, WHICH IS NOT TRUE IN ALL COUNTIES.

THAT'S VERY EXCITING WORK IN THE HARD WORK OF THE TEAM.

THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.

>> THANK YOU. DR. GOGOL, I MIGHT ADD WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS DIVISION IS A MIXTURE OF SOME OF OUR MANDATED RESPONSIBILITIES IN TERMS OF LCAP OVERSIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITY AND THEN SOME OF THE ELECTIVE WORK THAT WE DO IN TERMS OF PURSUING GRANTS.

OF THE 127 ROUGHLY FTE IN THIS DIVISION, THERE ARE CLASSIFIED STAFF MEMBERS, BUT I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY ARE GOING TO BE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF BECAUSE THESE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAMS. PROVIDING SOME CONTEXT BETWEEN DIVISIONS, WHEREAS IN ED SERVICES, YOU WOULD SEE MORE CERTIFICATED AND CLASSIFIED STAFF BECAUSE IT'S SERVING STUDENTS AS OPPOSED TO THE DIVISIONS THAT ARE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH CAPACITY BUILDING ARE RELATED TO ADULTS.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> TRUSTEE SPEISER?

>> I JUST HAD ONE ON SLIDE 14, I BELIEVE IT WAS.

AND DR. TOSTON HIT IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BE EXPLICIT ABOUT IT.

WE HAVE THIS AWARD FROM CDE FOR INCLUSIVE EARLY EDUCATION EXPANSION PROGRAM, AND THAT IS MORE FOR US TO TRAIN LOCAL DISTRICTS.

IS THAT THE IDEA?

>> CORRECT. YES. MOST OF THE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE ARE TO TRAIN OUR STAFF AS WELL AS MOST OF THE DISTRICTS.

VERY FEW OF THE GRANTS ARE CENTERED AROUND JUST SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE STAFF.

NORMALLY, IT IS THE ENTIRE COUNTY OR IT'S A REGIONAL AREA. YES.

>> THANK YOU. THAT'S IT.

>> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I HAD A QUESTION JUST REGARDS TO AND THANK YOU FOR ALSO INCLUDING THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING SOURCES.

THE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE A GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION WHERE THERE'S A PERCENTAGE OF THAT.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THOSE SCENARIOS MIGHT LOOK LIKE WHERE THE GENERAL FUND NEEDS TO BE UTILIZED TO HELP SUPPORT THE PROGRAM?

>> FOR EXAMPLE, MOST OF THIS COMES IN OUR COMPLIANCE AREAS AND WHAT WE'RE EXPECTED TO DO.

YOU'LL OFTEN HEAR THE TERM UNFUNDED MANDATE, OR THAT IT IS NOT FULLY FUNDED.

MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO ARE NOT FUNDED TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE WORK.

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IT IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION TO COMPLETE ALL WILLIAMS AUDITS FOR ALL OF THE DISTRICTS WITHIN OUR COUNTY.

WE USE SOME GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT WITH THAT, DOING THE LCAP WORK.

WE ARE REQUIRED TO REVIEW AND SUPPORT AND APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE ALL LCAPS.

THAT ALSO IS AN AREA THAT IS UNDERFUNDED, SO WE DO USE SOME GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT WITH THAT AS WELL.

FOR SOME, WE DO HAVE A POSITION IN OUR INNOVATIONS COLLABORATIVE TO HELP GO OUT AND TRAIN AND PREPARE PEOPLE FOR THOSE INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTS.

THAT WAS A PRIORITY OF THE BOARD AND THAT POSITION HAS CONTINUED FOR THIS YEAR.

THAT'S ABOUT ALL WE HAVE.

IT'S VERY LOW AND IT'S GETTING LESS EVERY YEAR.

>> THE ADDITIONAL FOLLOW UPS, BUT I THINK I'LL DO THAT OFFLINE JUST FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYONE'S TIME.

JUST MORE CURIOUS ON THE INCLUSIVE EARLY EDUCATION EXPANSION AND HOW THAT TIES IN TO SOME OF OUR EXISTING PROGRAMS.

>> ABSOLUTELY. WE ACTUALLY DO WORK DIRECTLY WITH SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS. OUR INNOVATIONS COLLABORATIVE WORKS DIRECTLY WITH THOSE PROGRAMS. THEY LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THE GREAT WORK THEY'RE DOING, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

>> I WILL SAY, I'M A LITTLE JEALOUS OF TRUSTEE KRISHNA BEING ON.

>> THE BOARD DESIGNEE NOW BECAUSE I DO MISS HEARING THE UPDATES, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT ITEM,

[B. 2024-25 County School Service Fund Unaudited Actuals Financial Report]

UNAUDITED ACTUALS FINANCIAL REPORT.

DR. TOSTON, WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THAT ITEM?

>> YES. THIS ITEM WILL BE PRESENTED BY ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ AND DIRECTOR LAUREN WEN.

AS THEY ARE PREPARING FOR THE PRESENTATION, I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE SOME INITIAL CONTEXTS AS WE GO INTO THIS CONVERSATION.

I'LL TIE BACK TO THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION.

AS DEBBIE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THOSE BULLET POINTS, THE BRANCHES WITHIN THE DIVISION.

EACH ONE OF THOSE BULLET POINTS HAS A DISTINCT FUNDING RESOURCE WITH ITS OWN REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS.

AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE SCHOOL SERVICES FUND, THAT REPRESENT 221 INDIVIDUAL FUNDING RESOURCES AND STREAMS WITH UNIQUE RULES AND RESTRICTIONS AND DELIVERABLES.

WHILE WE WERE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET IN THE WHOLE, IT IS JUST THE SUMMATION OF A NUMBER OF DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ACROSS A NUMBER OF BUDGET AREAS.

THERE ARE TYPICALLY QUESTIONS RELATED TO BOOKS, SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS.

THE RESPONSE TO THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO ANSWER AT A GLOBAL LEVEL BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON THE PROGRAM.

SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT DEBBIE TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF CAPACITY BUILDING REQUIRES A HIGH LEVEL OF PRODUCTION TO HOST CONFERENCES, EPP, CREATING MATERIALS FOR TEACHERS AS WELL.

THE BUDGET COMPARISONS AT THE GLOBAL LEVEL CAN ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF FISCAL HEALTH SOLVENCY AND DIRECTION.

SOME OF THE STRATEGIC DECISIONS YOU REALLY HAVE TO GET INTO A PROGRAMMATIC LEVEL TO UNDERSTAND WHERE SOME OF THE SHIFTS ARE.

I TURN IT OVER TO STEPH.

>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BERTA, DR. TOSTON AND TRUSTEES.

THIS EVENING, WE WILL BE PRESENTING AN OVERVIEW OF THE COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND 24 25 UNAUDITED ACTUALS.

THE BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING IS A TWO-YEAR PROCESS, AND CURRENTLY AT THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, WE ARE GOING TO BE REVIEWING WHERE WE LANDED FOR OUR ACTUAL REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS 24 25.

>> THANK YOU STEPHANIE.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BERTA, DR. TOSTON, AND TRUSTEE.

THIS SLIDE PRESENTS THE COMBINED UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED REVENUES FOR THE COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND, COMPARING THE ACTUAL RESULTS THAT WE CLOSE THE FISCAL YEAR 24 25 WITH THE AMOUNTS BUDGETED AT THE SECOND INTERIM.

THIS TABLE OUTLINES THE CHANGES IN EACH REVENUE SOURCE.

ASIDE FROM THE LCFF REVENUES, MOST OF DECREASES OCCURRED IN FEDERAL STATE AND LOCAL SOURCES.

THE DECLINE IS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE GRANT AWARDS THAT WERE BUDGETED, BUT NOT FULLY EARNED.

FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE HEADSTART OR EARLY HEADSTART PROGRAM, THE SCHOOL BASED MENTAL HEALTH, AND OTHER MULTI-YEAR GRANT SQUARE SPEND FUND MAY BE CARRIED OVER TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

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YOU CAN REFER TO PAGE 3 OF THE BOOKLET OR THE PDF PAGE 6.

WE ALSO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON GRANTS THAT ALLOW THE CARRYOVER OF UNSPENT FUNDS TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR ON THE FORM CAT IN THE SACS REPORT.

YOU CAN FIND IT STARTING PAGE 54 OF THE PDF.

>> WE'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE MORE REFERENCE POINTS TO WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE MORE DETAILED DRILL DOWNS BASED ON DR.

TOSTON'S UPDATE ON AS MANY FUNDING SOURCES AS THEY ARE.

THIS IS VERY HIGH LEVEL. IF WE WANTED TO GO IN DEPTH WITH EVERY FUND, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO THAT, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE THE BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE DIFFERENT GRANTS IN THE BOOKLET SO THAT WE CAN GIVE MORE INFORMATION AS TO WHAT WE HAD AS FAR AS ROLLING OVER FROM FISCAL YEAR 24-25.

THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.

IN SOME OF THE SLIDES WE ALSO REPRESENT TO TO MAKE IT EASIER TO LOOK AT THOSE ITEMS IN MORE DEPTH. YOU STEPHANIE.

>> THIS CHARGE COMPARES THE GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTIONS BY PROGRAM BASED ON THE 24-25 UNAUDITED ACTUALS AND THE SECOND INTERIM PROJECTIONS.

AS YOU SEE THE COMMITTEE SCHOOL, NO GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION WAS REQUIRED AND THE REVENUE CAME IN CLOSE TO THE PROJECTION AT THE SECOND INTERIM.

FOR THE COURT SCHOOL, THE GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION WAS ABOUT $2 MILLION, NEARLY THE SAME AS PROJECTED WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN THE LCFF REVENUES HELPING OFFSET THE COSTS.

FOR THE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACADEMY, THE GENERAL FUND SUPPORT DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM ABOUT 1.2 MILLION AS WE PROJECTED TO APPROXIMATELY $464,000.

FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ED, THE CONTRIBUTION DECLINED FROM $1.86 MILLION TO $1.46 MILLION.

OVERALL, THE GENERAL CONTRIBUTION FROM THE GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTIONS ACROSS THIS PROGRAM WERE LOWER THAN PROJECTED, REFLECTING IMPROVED PROGRAM REVENUES AND CAREFUL FISCAL MANAGEMENT.

[BACKGROUND] THIS SLIDE OUTLINES THE STRUCTURE OF THE FUND BALANCE, COMBINED OF THE 40 MILLION IN THE UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE AND THE $69.2 MILLION IN THE RESTRICTED FUND BALANCE.

WE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THE COMBINED IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDE.

THIS TABLE PROVIDE MORE DETAIL ON HOW UNRESTRICTED RESOURCE BALANCE ASIDE FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES.

EACH ASSIGNMENT IS DESIGNATED FOR INTENDED USE WITHIN THE FUNDS AND CANNOT BE REDIRECTED FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

THE BALANCES ARE TYPICALLY USED TO SUPPORT ALLOWABLE OPERATING EXPENSES.

FOR EXAMPLE, AS YOU SEE, THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE FUND BALANCE IS SET ASIDE FOR FACILITY MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS.

WE ALSO PUT THE RESERVE FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES, WHICH INCLUDE 2% REQUIRED BY THE STATE AND ANOTHER 2% REQUIRED BY THE BOARD POLICIES.

WE ALSO SET ASIDE $3 MILLION FOR FACILITIES ASSIGNMENT THAT ALSO FOLLOW THE BOARD POLICY AND DESIGNATED FUNDS FOR FACILITY REPLACEMENT, RENOVATION, AND CONSTRUCTION.

ALSO THE TECHNOLOGY AND DATA SERVICES SUPPORTS TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND UPGRADES TO ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS. FOR THE VACATION LIABILITY, THOSE COVERED THE ACCRUED VACATION BALANCES FOR EMPLOYEES THAT FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND, AND THE CARRYOVER OF UNSPENT FUND, EVEN THOUGH THOSE CARRY OVER OF UNSPENT FUND, IT INCLUDE FUND BALANCES FOR SPECIFIED PURPOSES.

FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROGRAM, DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, MEDICARE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES, AND THE LOTTERY FUND.

WE ARE THE 25,000 REVOLVING CASH, THOSE DESIGNATED FOR THE SCCOE PETTY CASH, AND THE UNDER SITE BALANCE ARE PLAN FOR USE IN THE FUTURE YEARS TO ADDRESS POTENTIAL CASH FLOW OR THE REVENUE SHORTFALLS.

THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THE RESTRICTED RESOURCE BALANCES.

THE RESTRICTED FUND BALANCE ASSIGNMENTS DESIGNATED FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND PURPOSES AS REQUIRED BY THE FUNDERS.

THE EXAMPLE IS THE LARGE PORTION IS THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.

IT IS THE MULTI YEAR GRANT SUPPORT AND INTEGRATED STUDENT AND FAMILY SERVICES.

THE MEDICARE BILLING OPTION FUNDS RESERVED FOR HEALTH RELATED SERVICES PROVIDED TO MEDICARE ELIGIBLE STUDENTS, AND ALSO THE ROUTINE RESTRICTED MAINTENANCE SET ASIDE

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>> FINISH. WHEN YOU'RE DONE.

>> I'M SORRY.

>> WE CAN UNTIL THEY GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, AND THEN WE CAN.

>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE STATEMENT AROUND THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.

WE RECEIVED ALL OF THE FUNDS FOR THAT PROGRAM, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A MULTI YEAR GRANT.

IT WILL SHOW UP AS $1 AMOUNT EACH YEAR.

BUT WE HAVE TO BUDGET FOR IT FOR MULTIPLE YEARS, BUT THE STATE DOESN'T ALLOW US TO CODE IT FOR FUTURE YEARS, SO IT WILL SHOW UP AS A REVENUE OR A CARRYOVER EACH YEAR UNTIL IT'S EXPENDED.

IT'S NOT ANNUAL FUNDING, AND SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE THE FUNDS COME IN MULTIPLE WAYS.

SOME ARE THIS YEAR, SOME ARE MULTIPLE YEARS, SOME ARE FOR SHORTER PERIODS.

BUT THAT CAN INFLATE OR GIVE THE APPEARANCE THAT THE FUND BALANCE IS JUST SITTING THERE WHEN IN ACTUALITY, IT'S BEEN PLANNED OUT THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE GRANT.

>> I ASK YOU RACHEL, WAS YOUR COMMENT OR QUESTION ABOUT THAT?

>> NO, I WAS ABOUT THE REDEVELOPMENT FUNDS.

>> I HAD SOMETHING TO ADD TO THAT DR. TOSTON.

ALSO ON THAT THE 10.2 MILLION, IT DOES COVER MULTIPLE YEARS.

IT'S A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.

WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN WE APPLY FOR A GRANT IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE, IT SAYS A $10 MILLION GRANT.

WE HAVE $2 MILLION A YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS.

THE WAY OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM OPERATES IS WE GET THE GRANT AWARD NOTIFICATION, WE BUDGET THE WHOLE 10 MILLION IN, LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, 24-25.

IF WE'RE ONLY ALLOTTED 2 MILLION TO USE THAT YEAR AND 2 MILLION A YEAR BASED ON OUR DELIVERABLES, THE ADDITIONAL BUDGET GOES INTO A HOLDING IN OUR SYSTEM TO TRACK IT IN THE FIVE THOUSANDS, AND THERE'S AN ACTUAL OBJECT CODE IN THERE THAT WILL BE A HOLDING FOR A DESIGNATED PURPOSE.

THAT WILL ROLL UP INTO THE FIVE THOUSANDS, BUT WE HAVE TO TRACK IT THAT WAY TO MONITOR AND REPORT APPROPRIATELY FOR THE FUNDING IN THE CURRENT YEAR, BUT ALSO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT WE HAVE TO ROLL FORWARD IN FUTURE YEARS.

OUR SYSTEM IS NOT AS SOPHISTICATED AS WE LIKE IT TO BE, BUT WE HAVE TO DO THAT FOR ALL OF OUR GRANTS THAT ARE MULTI YEAR AS WELL AS CONTRACTS.

>> TRUSTEE ROCHA.

>> THANK YOU. I HAD A QUESTION ON THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FUNDS, AND I BELIEVE I CAN'T RECALL EXACTLY, BUT WHEN IT WAS SUNSETTED BY GOVERNOR BROWN, I BROWN I BELIEVE.

THOSE PROJECT AREAS ARE NOT TO BE RENEWED.

THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO SUNSET AND CLOSE OUT.

THERE'S STILL SOME REMAINING.

>> CORRECT. THERE IS SOME REMAINING.

I PARTICIPATE IN THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD ON BEHALF OF OUR OFFICE AND OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THEY HAVE QUARTERLY MEETINGS TO GO OVER THE DISSOLUTION OF THE REMAINING ENTITIES.

THE PROJECTS ARE DWINDLING DOWN.

THIS FUNDING COMES IN ANNUALLY, BUT THERE WILL BE A SUNSET DATE WHEN THIS FUNDING WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE SOLE SOURCES OF FUNDING THAT WE HAVE FOR FACILITIES PROJECTS.

WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING THAT, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT OVER THE YEARS TO DETERMINE AT WHAT POINT THE FUNDING WILL STOP.

BUT AS THOSE AGENCIES DISSOLVE, THE FUNDING STREAMS FOR THAT WILL ALSO DISSOLVE FOR US, BUT ALSO OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

>> THEN THEY'LL GO INTO THE GREATER POOL OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE?

>> CORRECT. AND THE FUNDING WILL NOT.

>> THE TAX INCREMENT NO LONGER IS. [OVERLAPPING]

>> CORRECT.

>> WELL, THAT BUT, WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT, ISN'T IT PRETTY CLEAR WHEN THOSE PROJECT AREAS EXPIRE?

>> THERE HAVE BEEN DELAYS.

SOME OF THE PROJECT AREAS NEED MORE TIME.

THINGS HAVE COME UP WITH SOME OF THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO AN INTERNAL REVIEW AND RECONCILIATION TO ENSURE WE'RE GETTING ALL THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING FOR THOSE RESPECTIVE PARCEL TAXING ENTITY AREAS.

I THINK IT'S VERY CLOSE TO DISSOLVING THE AREAS, BUT THERE ARE SOME, EACH RESPECTIVE CITY, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS TO PAY OFF CERTAIN DEBT COVENANTS, AND THERE'S A VARIETY OF THINGS, BUT WE ARE DWINDLING DOWN.

>> THOSE ARE THOSE BOND PROCEEDS UNTIL THEY'RE SPENT DOWN, THEN?

>> YES. SOME ARE PAYING THEM OFF FASTER, OTHERS ARE NEEDING A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> TRUSTEE PACHECO.

>> RELATED TO THAT. IF PORTIONS OF THE 17.7 MILLION FROM THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY IS ENCUMBERED BEYOND THE EXPIRATION DATE, IS THAT LEGAL OR NO?

>> WE DON'T LOSE THE FUNDING.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT TO FUND SOME OF OUR FUTURE PROJECTS, WALDEN 1 RENOVATION IS ACTUALLY SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT IS EARMARKED FOR THE BULK OF THIS FUNDING, THAT'S APPROXIMATELY $15 MILLION, WHAT WE WERE GIVEN A PROJECTION ON.

WE GET TO RETAIN THE MONEY.

IT'S JUST ONCE THOSE AGENCIES RESOLVE ANY OUTSTANDING DEBT, WE DON'T GET ANY FUTURE FUNDING STREAMS.

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>> ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SPEND AS MUCH OF THIS FUND AS POSSIBLE BEFORE IT EXPIRES?

>> THERE'S NO EXPIRATION DATE ON THESE FUNDS.

IT'S JUST FUTURE MONEY, WE'LL JUST STOP. THANK YOU.

>> DOES THAT MEAN IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL NEED TO FIND OTHER REVENUE SOURCES IF WE NEEDED CAPITAL PROJECTS?

>> YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

WHEN LAUREN MADE A REFERENCE IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE TO THE, WHAT IS THAT, THE FACILITY'S 3 MILLION THAT'S PART OF BOARD POLICY 3,100, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MEET OUR POSITIVE CERTIFICATION, WHICH MEANS OUR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY AND HAVE A POSITIVE FUND BALANCE, THAT ASSIGNED BALANCE, WHICH IS 1.6 MILLION TO 24-25, WE HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA TO BE ABLE TO PUT MONEY INTO THAT FOR PROJECTS.

IN THE EVENT THE RDA, WHEN THEY EVENTUALLY WHEN ALL THAT FUNDING DOES DISSOLVE, THAT WOULD BE OUR ONLY MECHANISM TO BE ABLE TO PULL MONEY FROM OUR LIMITED GENERAL FUNDING ALREADY TO PAY FOR OUR FACILITIES PROJECTS.

THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE WAS THE PRIOR FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE HAD, BUT THAT MONEY IS ALMOST GONE.

THAT WILL BE ANOTHER FINANCIAL STRAIN THAT WE'LL HAVE IN OUR GENERAL FUND.

>> I WANT TO ADD TO STEPHANIE POINT ABOUT HOW WE BUDGETED THE MULTI YEAR GRANTS AS WELL, IN ADDITION TO OPTIC 5,000 FOR SOME MULTI YEAR GRANTS, WE ALSO USE OPTIC 4,000 TO BUDGET FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

YOU CAN SEE THE DETAIL.

WE PROVIDE THE BREAKDOWN OF EACH RESTRICTED FUNDING SOURCE IN THE BOOKLET IN THE BOARDERS HOW WE BREAK IT DOWN BY EACH RESOURCE CODE AND THE DESCRIPTION OF EACH GRANT OR EACH FUNDING SOURCE, AND ALSO THE AMOUNT OF THE RESTRICTED BALANCE.

>> THIS IS JUST AN UPDATED CHART OF OUR RETURN OF LOCAL PROPERTY TAX CYCLE.

WE ALWAYS LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS AS WE CLOSE THE FISCAL YEAR, BECAUSE IT REFLECTS THE FINAL NUMBERS FOR THE YEAR.

241.1 MILLION WE'LL RECEIVE FOR PROPERTY TAXES FROM THE COUNTY TREASURER.

WE HAVE OUR SPLIT, SO OUR 62.144 2% BASED ON ASSEMBLY BILL 602 THAT IS DIRECTLY FUNDED FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION THAT GOES TO OUR LOCAL SELPAS TO FUND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ADA FOR THEIR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS.

THEN THE 37.8558% IS WHAT WE ARE ALLOTTED.

AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE ARROW ABOVE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, 37.3 MILLION IS THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WE DID RECEIVE FOR THIS YEAR, AND THEN 53.9 MILLION IS WHAT WE HAVE PROJECTED TO RETURN TO THE STATE.

IT'S A YEAR LOOK BACK, SO '24 '25 WILL NOT BE REMITTED TO THE STATE, IT'S ALWAYS LIKE A YEAR LATER.

THEN THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT THE WAY THAT OUR FUNDING IS BROKEN DOWN.

WE HAVE OUR TARGET ENTITLEMENT, WHICH IS OUR LCFF BASE FUNDING, SO 30 MILLION FOR OUR COUNTY OPERATIONS GRANT.

OUR ALTERNATIVE ED PROGRAM GETS ABOUT FIVE MILLION.

WE HAVE ABOUT 1.5 IN OUR TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT.

THAT'S PART OF OUR OVERALL FUNDING THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE.

THEN THE 53.9 IS OUR RETURN OF LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES.

BUT THE BULK OF THAT FUNDING, THAT 241 MILLION IS THE TRANSFER OF FUNDING THAT WE TRANSFERRED TO SELPAS TO PROVIDE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION. YES.

>> IS THE COUNTY OPERATIONS GRANT ESSENTIALLY THE GENERAL FUND?

>> SORRY. YES.

>> THIS SLIDE PRESENTS THE COMBINED OF UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED EXPENDITURES FOR THE COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND AS WE CLOSE THE BOOK FOR FISCAL YEAR '24 '25 COMPARED TO THE SECOND INTERIM WHEN WE PROJECTED AT THAT TIME.

THIS TABLE HIGHLIGHTS THE CHANGES IN THE EXPENDITURES IN THE COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND FROM THE SECOND INTERIM BUDGET.

AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THE SIGNIFICANT DECREASE, 9.7 MILLION IN THE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES, AND ALSO THE 57.7 MILLION IN THE SERVICES AND OTHER OPERATING, THOSE LARGELY DUE TO THE EARNED GRANT AWARDS THAT EITHER EXPIRE AS OF JUNE 30, 2025, OR A GRANT OR CONTRACT FUNDS THAT WE ALLOWED TO CARRY OVER TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

YOU ALSO SEE THE INCREASE OF THE RETURN OF LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES, AS WE PROJECTED AT THE SECOND INTERIM, IS ONLY 52.3 MILLION AND THE INCREASE IN THE RETURN OF LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES TO THE STATE BY 1.6 MILLION.

>> I JUST WANT TO BE EXPLICIT ABOUT THIS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES IN THE 5,000, WHERE YOU SEE THOSE REDUCTIONS.

THOSE IN SOME PLACES ACT AS HOLDING SPACES.

THE HEAD START GRANT IS $38 MILLION.

WE KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO EARN ALL $38 MILLION, BUT WE HAVE TO BUDGET FOR EVERY PENNY THAT WE ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE.

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THEY'LL BE A LARGE CHUNK OF CHANGE THERE THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED REVENUE THAT WE KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO REALIZE, BUT NEEDS TO BE IDENTIFIED IN THE BUDGET IN SOME WAY.

>> ARE YOU SAYING THAT THOSE ARE SPECIFIC TO HEAD START THEN?

>> NO. NOT JUST HEAD START.

I USE HEAD START BECAUSE IT'S A LARGE EXAMPLE, BUT THERE MAY BE OTHER GRANTS OR AWARDS THAT WE KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE BECAUSE OUR BUDGET IS BASED ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT ELIGIBLE.

BUT IF STATE PRESCHOOL SPECIAL ED, NUMBER OF PROGRAMS, HERE'S THE MAXIMUM AWARD, BUT WE KNOW WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EARN THE MAXIMUM AWARD JUST BASED ON OUR ACTIVITIES.

>> VICE PRESIDENT CHAN.

>> I'M SURE YOU WERE GOING TO GET TO THIS, BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT RATHER LARGE DECREASE IN THE SERVICES AND OTHER OPERATING OF THE 57 MILLION? IS THAT WHAT DR. TOSTON WAS SAYING, SAME THING?

>> YEAH. IT'S A COMBINATION OF SOME OF THE GRANTS TO HEAD START BEING ONE THAT WE DIDN'T FULLY EARN THE AWARD.

SO WHEN THE GRANT APPLICATIONS ARE SUBMITTED TO THE GRANTORS, THEY'RE APPROVED AND THEY HAVE TO BE IN SPECIFIC EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES.

HEAD STARTS IS AN EXAMPLE, BUT WE HAVE OTHER GRANTS THAT IT OPERATES THE SAME WAY.

WE HAVE CERTAIN DELIVERABLES, WE HAVE TO MEET THE BUDGET, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT A PLAN AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY.

WE PUT THAT IN OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND SO THAT AGGREGATES IN MULTIPLE GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.

AT THE END OF THE YEAR, IF WE BUDGET AND WE DON'T SPEND IT, THAT COULD BE A REASON WHY THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.

THE SECONDARY EXPLANATION WOULD BE IN THE CASE OF WHEN LAUREN SHOWED ON THIS PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE 10.2 MILLION, THAT'S A FIVE YEAR GRANT.

THE WAY WE WOULD BUDGET FOR THAT OVER FIVE YEARS IS WE WOULD SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, IF TWO MILLION OF IT, LET'S SAY IT WAS 10 MILLION FLAT, TWO MILLION WOULD BE BUDGETED FOR YEAR 1.

THE 8 MILLION WOULD BE IN A HOLDING ACCOUNT, WHICH WOULD BE IN THE 4,000 OR 5,000 AS A HOLD BECAUSE WE CAN'T USE THAT MONEY IN THAT YEAR, BUT WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE WHOLE ALLOCATION.

>> IT'S LIKE A COMBINATION.

>> IT'S A COMBINATION AND THAT'S WHY IT MAKES IT REALLY COMPLEX BECAUSE WE HAVE OVER 200 FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL AND NOT GO INTO DEPTH, BUT IT IS VERY COMPLEX.

>> IS THERE A WAY TO DESIGNATE THAT IN SOME WAY, LIKE FOR OURSELVES, BUT ALSO FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT JUST HOARDING MONEY IN THOSE CATEGORIES, BUT WE HAVE TO DESIGNATE IT THERE.

>> WE DO WHEN IT'S REQUIRED.

WHEN WE TRY TO PUT THIS IN THE MOST VERY SUMMARIZED FASHION POSSIBLE TO MAKE IT AS DIGESTIBLE AS POSSIBLE.

BUT WE ARE REQUIRED BY EDUCATION CODE TO PUT THAT IN THE SACS FORM, WHICH IS A 127 PAGES.

EVERYTHING HAS TO GO, IT HAS TO BE BY A SPECIFIC CODE, IT HAS TO BE ACCOUNTED A SPECIFIC WAY.

THERE'S ACTUALLY IT'S SO SOPHISTICATED THAT IT HAS TO MEET A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CHECK AND IF WE ACCOUNT FOR SOMETHING WRONG, WE CANNOT GET OUR BUDGET FINALIZED.

WE CAN'T EVEN SUBMIT THIS TO THE STATE. THEY'LL KICK IT.

>> THAT'S ALL REFLECTED IN THE TAX REPORT?

>> CORRECT. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS YOU'RE TRYING TO TAKE THE HIGH LEVEL INFORMATION TO SAY, THIS IS WHERE WE LANDED.

THEN IN THE BOOKLET THIS YEAR, WE TRIED TO EVEN BREAK DOWN FURTHER, JUST A LIST OF ALL THE RESOURCES TO SHOW IT'S MULTIPLE GRANT WARDS.

>> I APPRECIATE THE HIGH LEVELS.

THESE REPORTS ARE NOT EASY TO READ. YEAH. THANK YOU.

>> YEAH, YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> FOR THE PUBLIC, THIS IS WHERE WE DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHERE THE BULK OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FUNDING IS GOING TO BE THE LCFF FUNDING THAT COMES IN TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING.

BECAUSE THE FUNDS COME IN IN VERY DIFFERENT STREAMS AND HAVE DIFFERENT RESTRICTIONS.

LOOKING AT THE TOTAL BUDGET HAS TO, OBVIOUSLY MEET OUR PURPOSES HERE, BUT YOU REALLY HAVE TO DRILL DOWN TO UNDERSTAND WHY THERE ARE SWINGS IN DIFFERENT AREAS.

THE OTHER REASONS THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME UNEXPENDED FUNDS IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE.

>> YEAH. THIS ONE DR. TOSTON?

>> YEAH, UNFILLED POSITIONS.

WE'RE UNABLE TO FIND A DHH TEACHER OR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST, AN ACCOUNTANT IN ALL OF THE VARIOUS AREAS, AND SO WHERE SOMEONE STARTS MID YEAR THAT WOULD RESULT IN SAVINGS OR A DECREASE IN EXPENDITURES FOR BENEFITS.

IT'S NOT ALL JUST HOLDING ACCOUNTS.

>> THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS, IN THE CASE OF FEE FOR SERVICE, THEY MAY BE PUTTING A BUDGET IN PROJECTIONS, THEY'RE GOING TO SERVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN A PROGRAM, SPECIAL ED BEING AN EXAMPLE.

IF THEY DON'T SERVE THAT NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND THEY DON'T INCUR THOSE COSTS, WE WOULD SEE DIFFERENCES IN THOSE CATEGORIES AS WELL.

>> STEPHANIE, SO THIS CHART HIGHLIGHTS THE CHANGE IN INDIRECT COST RECOVERY FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

AT THE SECOND INTERIM, WE PROJECTED $25.3 MILLION FOR THE INDIRECT COST RECOVERY.

HOWEVER, WHEN WE CLOSED THE BOOK AS OF '24 '25,

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IT'S A DECREASE OF $5.7 MILLION, AND THE SHARP ONE IS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE EARNED GRANT AWARD OR THE CONTRACTS THAT BUDGETED, BUT NOT EARNED.

ALSO, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE INDIRECT COST RECOVERY PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING THE COUNTY OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS.

WHEN THE GRANT FUNDED ACTIVITIES OR DELIVERABLE HAVE NOT BEEN MET OR NOT EARNED, THE ASSOCIATED INDIRECT COST RECOVERY IS ALSO REDUCED.

>> AT FIRST INTERIM OR ADOPTED BUDGET, YOU WILL SEE WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR A SECOND INTERIM $25 MILLION OF INDIRECT THAT WOULD BE INTENDED TO GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

INDIRECT IS ONLY GENERATED AS DOLLARS ARE EXPENDED.

EVEN THOUGH THEY SAY YOU GET 38 MILLION, WE ONLY GET THE INDIRECT ON THE AMOUNT THAT'S ACTUALLY SPENT.

WHEN WE CLOSE, WE SEE THE REDUCTION OF INDIRECT, WHICH HAS AN IMPACT ON OUR GENERAL FUND AS WELL.

BUT WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR IT THROUGH THE FORMULA FOR OUR INDIRECT.

BUT THAT'S WHY WE CAN'T PLAN FOR X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS SHOWING UP BASED ON THE APPROVED BUDGET BECAUSE NOT EVERY DOLLAR IN THE BUDGET WILL BE EXPENDED.

>> ONE THING TO ADD TO THAT. THE REASON WHY WE'RE EVEN TRACKING THIS CLOSER IS BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING TRENDS WITH SOME OF OUR GRANTS, WHERE WE'RE SEEING THIS CONTINUOUS EARNING OF REVENUE.

WHEN WE HAVE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS, WE HAVE OUR BASIC MANDATES THAT GETS PAID FROM OUR COUNTY OPERATIONS GRANT, OUR BASE LCFF FUNDING, WE INCREASE COSTS FOR STAFFING OR DIFFERENT THINGS BASED ON ADDITIONAL BODIES OF WORK THAT OUR GRANT FUNDED THAT WILL HELP PAY AND SUPPORT THOSE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES.

SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT CLOSELY BECAUSE IF WE GET TO A POINT WHERE THE GRANTS ARE COSTING US MORE, THEN WHAT WE'RE GETTING BACK TO HELP US SUPPORT AND OPERATE THOSE ACTIVITIES IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO MONITOR.

>> ONE OF THE OTHER STRATEGIES WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IS MAKING SURE WE'RE MAXIMIZING NOT JUST THE INDIRECT, BUT THE COST WE CAN CHARGE TO SOME OF THE GRANTS.

SOME GRANTS ALLOW YOU TO CHARGE FOR UTILITY USE SOME DO NOT.

ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO RECAPTURE REVENUE OR CAPTURE COST ASSOCIATED WITH OPERATING THE PROGRAM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT AND BE FAR MORE INTENTIONAL AND STRATEGIC.

THE DOWNSIDE TO THAT IS AND THAT REDUCES THE AMOUNT THAT'S AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE THE CAPACITY BUILDING OR THE SERVICE, BUT IT IS THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS.

>> THIS SLIDE, THIS IS JUST A HIGH LEVEL OF OUR ESTIMATED RETURN OF LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES.

WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS, I DID A DOUBLE LOOK BECAUSE 332 MILLION.

IT'S INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEARS.

WE JUST WANT TO PUT THIS IN THE FOREFRONT OF JUST WE'RE CONTINUING TO TRACK.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT EFFICACY, BUT I DID A DOUBLE CHECK AND I LIKE THAT IS A LOT OVER A SEVEN YEAR PERIOD.

FROM 12, 13, 14 TO NOW, I WON'T BE SURPRISED IF WITHOUT ANY CHANGE.

IT WOULD BE 60 MILLION IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.

WE JUST WANT TO BRING THIS AND JUST HIGHLIGHT HOW MUCH WE'VE ALREADY REMITTED TO THE STATE AND THAT'S ONLY FOR '23 '24.

IT DOESN'T INCLUDE '24 '25 YET.

>> CAN I ASK ONE QUICK CLARIFYING QUESTION?

>> YEAH.

>> ON ONE OF THE SLIDES PRIOR, YOU SAID IT'S GOING ONLY TO SANTA CLARA COUNTY COURTS.

IS IT GOING TO ALL COURTS OR SANTA CLARA COUNTY COURTS?

>> SANTA CLARA COUNTY. BECAUSE IT'S COMING FROM THIS REGION.

MY UNDERSTANDING BASED ON ED CODE IS THAT IT COMES BACK TO OFFSET THE TRIAL COURT OPERATIONS.

>> HERE?

>> YES. BECAUSE THAT'S A LOCAL SANTA CLARA TAX REVENUE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WELCOME. THEN THIS IS JUST HIGHLIGHTING WHERE WE LANDED.

WE HAVE OUR ESTIMATED ACTUALS, WHICH WE DID A REVIEW BACK IN APRIL, ESTIMATED ACTUALS WERE DONE AT THE TIME OF OUR '25 '26 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, AND THOSE ARE OUR PRELIMINARY PROJECTIONS ON HOW WE USED TO DETERMINE WHAT WE PROJECTED WE WOULD CARRY OVER AND INCLUDE IN OUR '25 '26 BUDGET.

WHEN WE CLOSE THE BOOKS HERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT ARE RESTRICTED IS SLIGHTLY DOWN TO ABOUT 69.2 MILLION.

SOME OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT WE HAD SOME GRANTS THAT HAVE ENDED, BUT ALSO WE HAD SOME GRANT FUNDING THAT WE DID NOT FULLY EARN FOR THE YEAR OR WE CANNOT CARRY OVER.

WE HAVE OUR ASSIGNED BALANCES THAT INCREASE A LITTLE BIT TO 22.3 MILLION.

WE HAVE OUR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY THAT WENT DOWN SLIGHTLY.

THAT WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT'S A COMBINATION OF LOOKING AT OUR RESTRICTED AND ALL OF OUR FUNDING, AND SO IT'S 4% OF THE TOTAL, SO THAT DID GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

WE DID SEE A SLIGHT SPIKE IN OUR UNASSIGNED ONE MILLION TO 1 0.6, SO WE DID CLOSE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WE ANTICIPATED.

WE DEFINITELY NEED TO CONTINUE TO EVALUATE AND BE CONSERVATIVE

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WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THAT FROM THE LENS WITH THE WAY THAT THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET WAS ADOPTED.

WE AT THE STATE AGENCIES OR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES WILL BE EXPECTING DEFERRALS IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.

SO THAT'S A CRITICAL THING TO LOOK AT BECAUSE IF WE DON'T GET OUR APPORTIONMENTS FROM THE STATE IN JUNE, WE HAVE TO WAIT A MONTH.

IF IT'S A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, THAT IS THE ONLY FUNDING SOURCE WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO CARRY US FROM A CASH FLOW PERSPECTIVE.

WE ARE HAPPY THAT IT'S POSITIVE, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK DILIGENTLY WITH DR. TOSTON AND OUR PROGRAMS AND WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP TO CONTINUE TO ENSURE THE FISCAL SOLVENCY AND HEALTH OF OUR BUDGET.

>> [NOISE] WE CAN'T EMPHASIZE THIS ENOUGH, AND THIS WILL BE PART OF BUDGET DEVELOPMENT NEXT YEAR AND JUST HAVING SOME GOALS TO GROW THE UNASSIGNED AMOUNT BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE RESOURCES WE HAVE FOR THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT.

AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HEAD START AND MAYBE CONTINUING IT ON WHEN WE HAD UNCERTAINTY, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO COVER PAYROLL FOR THE TWO OR THREE MONTHS THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED.

THIS IS MATH MY HAND RIGHT NOW.

TOTAL SALARIES, ROUGHLY AROUND $175 MILLION.

IF YOU DIVIDE THAT BY 12, SO THE MONTHLY PAYROLL, IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE OR REPEATED DEFERRALS, WE WOULD BE STRETCHED PRETTY THIN.

WE NEED TO GROW OUR UNASSIGNED RESERVES BECAUSE THINGS HAPPEN AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THEM, AS WELL AS BE ABLE TO INVEST IN AREAS THAT ARE PRIORITIES FOR US.

>> OTHER THING TO EMPHASIZE, DR. TOSTON IS THAT A LOT OF THE FUNDS THAT WE DO GET FROM OUR GRANTS ARE REIMBURSEMENT BASED.

IF THERE'S A DELAY, THERE'S A SHUTDOWN OF SOME SORT, AND WE'RE WAITING FOR DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS TO GIVE US THE FUNDING BACK, THAT COULD DELAY AND HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT AS WELL.

WE'RE HIGHLY RELIANT ON THOSE DOLLARS BECAUSE THE BULK OF OUR BUDGET COMES FROM GRANTS.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WAS APPRECIATED THE ADDITIONAL CONTEXT OR TAKING TIME TO PAUSE FOR SOME OF THOSE PIECES OF CONTEXT AS ALSO, I THINK GIVES US ALL THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND REVIEW WITH THAT CONTEXT IN MIND AS WELL.

APPRECIATE THAT, TRUSTEES.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I KNOW WE DID IT AS WE WENT ALONG. HEARING NONE.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE UPDATES.

THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR REVISED BUDGET DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE.

[C. Revised Budget Development Timeline]

>> YES. I WILL TRY AND MOVE THROUGH THIS EFFICIENTLY. WE DON'T HAVE A CLICKER, THOUGH.

I'LL RELY ON THE TEAMMATE TO ADVANCE FOR ME.

THIS IS AN UPDATE ON THE REVISED BUDGET PROCESS, AND I ALSO WANT TO USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A FRAMEWORK THAT WE'RE INSTALLING THAT ALIGNS US FROM THE BOARD TO THE IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL.

THE INITIAL BOARD DIRECTION WAS TO DEVELOP AND ENGAGE BUDGET PROCESS, PERIODIC BOARD UPDATES AND STRUCTURED DISCUSSIONS THAT ALLOWED FOR INPUT FROM STAFF.

THAT WAS THE INITIAL DIRECTION.

MOVING FORWARD TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THE FRAMEWORK THAT I REFERENCED EARLIER IS CALLED TARGETED UNIVERSALISM.

IT IS A FRAMEWORK THAT IS USED TO ACHIEVE EQUITY AND BELONGING DEVELOPED BY THE LEADERS JOHN A POWELL OUT OF THE BERKELEY CENTER FOR AUTHORING AND BELONGING.

THE FRAMEWORK IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD IN TERMS OF THERE'S A UNIVERSAL GOAL THAT WE AGREE TO.

WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE DIVERSE STARTING POINTS, AND TO ADDRESS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE TAILORED PATHWAYS.

THEN THROUGH THOSE TAILORED PATHWAYS, WE ENSURE THAT EACH PERSON IN THE SYSTEM IS NOT TREATED THE SAME AND HAS THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED.

HOW WE'RE APPLYING THIS FRAMEWORK TO OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, IF YOU ADVANCE THE SLIDE.

CASCADING ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ESTABLISHED PRIORITIES, PROVIDES POLICY OVERSIGHT, AND HOLDS THE SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUTCOMES.

THE INITIAL DIRECTION OF REVISED THE BUDGET PROCESS SO THAT IT IS INCLUSIVE OF VOICES.

THIS IS HOW IT'S TRANSLATING.

MY ROLE IS TO COMMUNICATE THE VISION FROM THE BOARD THAT ALIGNS WITH THE DIRECTION THAT WE PROVIDED ON AN OPERATIONAL LEVEL.

CABINET AND DEPARTMENT HEADS WILL LOOK AT THEIR CONTEXTS, DEFINE THE STRATEGIES AND APPROACH AND ADAPT THEM TO ADDRESS ANY STRUCTURAL BARRIERS.

THEN PROGRAM DIRECTORS ARE WORKING WITH OUR FRONTLINE TEAMMATES FOR IMPLEMENTATION,

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IF WE AGREED THAT WE WANTED TO INCREASE OUR FISCAL MANAGEMENT AND EVERYONE GOT THE SAME TRAINING.

IF I'M A NURSE IN THE SPECIAL ED PROGRAM, I HAVE A LOT OF LEARNING CURVE TO UNDERSTAND PROPERTY TAXES, ETC.

ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ NEEDS TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL.

THE SCHOOL NURSE MIGHT NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW REGIONAL PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED AND HOW THEIR SITE BUDGET OPERATES SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE INPUT AND BE PART OF THE PROCESS.

IF YOU ADVANCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

MY FISCAL OBJECTIVE AND KEY RESULT THAT'S BEEN SHARED WITH THE ORGANIZATION IS TO BUILD A TRANSPARENT, INCLUSIVE, AND RESPONSIVE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT REFLECTS DIVERSE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES, INCORPORATES TEAM VOICE, AND ULTIMATELY ENSURES RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP FOR PUBLIC FUNDS.

WE CAN ADVANCE. KEY RESULTS THAT WE'LL BE MONITORING.

BY DECEMBER, ALL OF OUR PROGRAM MANAGERS WHO OVERSEE BUDGETS WILL BE TRAINED TO EXPLAIN THEIR UNIQUE PROGRAM GOALS, THEIR REVENUE SOURCES, AND RATIONALE FOR THEIR EXPENDITURES.

BY JANUARY, WE'LL HAVE OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE PUBLISHED WITH MILESTONES AND EXPECTATIONS AROUND WHEN PROGRAM LEADERS ARE PRESENTING INFORMATION TO STAFF AND RECEIVING FEEDBACK.

BY FEBRUARY, EACH DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE AT LEAST ONE STRUCTURED OPPORTUNITY, BUT THERE'D BE A DEPARTMENT MEETING, A TOWN HALL, A ONE ON ONE MEETING, AND FOR US AT THE BOARD LEVEL, A BUDGET STUDY SESSION RELATED TO BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.

BY MAY OF 2026, THERE'LL BE A COMPANION DOCUMENT.

YOU SAW THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS TONIGHT, SO THERE'S TYPICALLY A PRESENTATION AND THEN SOME SAC CODE.

SAC CODE REQUIRES SOME SPECIALIZED TRAINING TO UNDERSTAND, SO WE'LL DEVELOP A COMMUNITY FRIENDLY BUDGET SUMMARY FOR OUR INTERNAL STAFF, AS WELL AS EXTERNAL PARTNERS, AND WE ARE SEEKING AN 80% SATISFACTION BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD AND OUR PARTNERS ABOUT THE CLARITY AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE BUDGET PROCESS SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR BASELINE IS AND HOW WE WILL MOVE FORWARD.

DO ADVANCE THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS THE INITIAL REVISED BUDGET DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED IN JANUARY THAT STARTS WITH THE TIMELINE, AS WELL AS THE INPUT SESSIONS, AND WHEN THE BUDGET FOR 26/27 WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION AND HOPEFULLY APPROVAL.

YOU CAN ADVANCE. THE AREAS THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON FOCUSING ON IN TERMS OF TRANSPARENCY.

EACH DEPARTMENT, THE CHARTER SCHOOLS, TPA, SPECIAL ED.

WE'LL HAVE A BUDGET DOCUMENT THAT PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM.

HERE'S THE WORK THAT HAPPENS IN THIS PROGRAM.

HERE ARE THE CURRENT YEAR GOALS, HERE ARE THE REVENUE SOURCES, RATIONALE FOR EXPENDITURES THAT ARE BEING SUGGESTED TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.

THAT WILL BE A COMPANION DOCUMENT THAT IF ANYONE WANTED TO KNOW, WHY ARE WE SPENDING X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS IN PROGRAM ABC? THERE'S AN INITIAL PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT SAYS, WE ARE TARGETING THESE OUTCOMES AND NEED TO INVEST THE RESOURCES FOR THIS BUDGET IN THIS WAY TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING THE FIRST ROUND OF TRAINING FOR OUR PROGRAM MANAGERS THAT WILL CASCADE DOWN TO ALL STAFF.

WE'RE TAKING A PRACTICE RUN IN DECEMBER.

BUT WHEN WE GET INTO BUDGET ADOPTION, EVERYONE WILL BE PREPARED WITH THE CAPACITY THEY NEED TO FULFILL THEIR ROLE IN THE PROCESS.

I WILL PAUSE THERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED FOR CLARIFICATION.

>> Q, SPEISER.

>> I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION.

IT JUST ACTUALLY SOUNDS QUITE AMAZING, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PROCESS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS BEAST OF A BUDGET BECOMING MORE PLAIN ENGLISH.

IT'S HARD FOR ME AS A BOARD MEMBER WHO'S BEEN LOOKING AT BUDGETS FOR NOW NINE YEARS TO GO THROUGH IT.

I'M SETTING ALL MY BRAIN POWER TO IT, BUT IT'S STILL HARD. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. I WAS JUST GOING TO ALSO CONVEY THE THANK YOU FOR THIS WORK AND APPRECIATE THIS APPROACH AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO ALSO AND I SEE THERE ARE CHECK INS FOR INPUT AND FEEDBACK.

BUT BEFORE FINALIZING IT, THERE MAY BE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT SOMEBODY SEES HERE FOR OTHER ENGAGEMENT.

I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO CREATE MORE WORK FOR YOU.

I'M JUST SUGGESTING MAYBE HAVING SOME OTHER EYES LOOK AT IT AS WELL.

I DON'T KNOW IF EXTERNAL PARTNERS SUCH AS OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTNERS

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BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS.

>> TRUSTEE ROCHA AND TRUSTEE SPEISER CAPTURED MY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THOSE COMMENTS.

YES, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ANTICIPATING WHEN TO EXPECT ADDITIONAL UPDATES, BUT ALSO KNOWING HOW PARTNERS WILL BE ENGAGED.

APPRECIATE THAT. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR INFORMATIONAL UPDATE ON IN THE HEAD START PROGRAM.

[D. Informational Update on Head Start Program]

>> THIS ITEM WILL BE PRESENTED BY DR. WAYNE.

>> GOOD EVENING AGAIN. WE ARE PLEASED TO SHARE, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE IN THIS UPDATE THAT WE HAVE CLEARED ALL THE NON COMPLIANCE FINDINGS.

AT A PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING, WE SHARED CLEARING THE FINDINGS AROUND SAFETY.

WE NOW CLEARED THE FINDINGS AROUND GOVERNANCE AND POLICY.

TO TRUSTEE ROCHA'S POINT, WE BELIEVE THIS ENDS THE MONTHLY UPDATES ON ON THE HEAD START PROGRAM IN TERMS OF ITS NON COMPLIANCE.

WE'LL STILL CAN KEEP AS AN INFORMATION ITEM, OUR MONTHLY UPDATES ON THE PROGRAM AND ITS ENROLLMENT, BUT WE BELIEVE THIS WILL CONCLUDE THESE PRESENTATIONS.

WANT TO APPRECIATE THE MANAGERS, THE HEAD START PROGRAM AND REALLY THE WHOLE TEAM EFFORT TO ADDRESS THESE FINDINGS IN NON COMPLIANCE, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO STAY ON TOP OF ALL COMPLIANCE ISSUES, SO WE DON'T RECEIVE FINDINGS IN THE FUTURE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A BIT OF A LONG JOURNEY FOR US, BUT I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S EFFORTS TO GET US TO THIS POINT. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I CAN TAKE THAT AS A WIN. THANK YOU.

WE WILL GO TO OUR NEXT ITEM,

[E. Local Performance Indicator: Priority 1 Teaching Assignment Monitoring Outcomes]

>> ITEM WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED BY DR. WAYNE.

>> AS YOU KNOW, WE RUN OUR OWN PROGRAMS IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING DISTRICTS, SO WE HAVE AN LCAP FOR OUR LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN FOR OUR DISTRICTS, AND FOR THAT, WE NEED TO PRESENT THE LOCAL INDICATORS.

WE DID MOST OF THE LOCAL INDICATORS LAST JULY BEFORE I WAS ON BOARD.

BUT THE DATA AROUND TEACHER CERTIFICATION DOESN'T COME OUT UNTIL AFTER THE YEAR, SO IT'S REQUIRED THAT THIS IS PRESENTED AT A REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING AND THUS WE ARE PRESENTING THE LOCAL INDICATORS AROUND TEACHER CERTIFICATION.

WE DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR THIS ONE.

IT'S JUST AN ATTACHMENT.

>> TRUSTEES, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I JUST HAD A CLARIFICATION IN TERMS OF THE OUT OF FIELD TERMINOLOGY.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE?

>> YES. I'LL EXPLAIN ONE MORE SINCE YOU OPENED THE DOOR.

THE STATE HAS SPECIFIC TERMINOLOGY.

WE ARE HIGH ON THE OUT OF FIELD BECAUSE IN OUR ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS TO TEACH, YOU JUST NEED A GENERAL CREDENTIAL.

STUDENTS ARE TAKING MATH AND SCIENCE AND ENGLISH THROUGH THOSE PROGRAMS, BUT THE TEACHERS MAY NOT BE CERTIFIED IN THAT SUBJECT AREA, IT'S COMPLIANT FOR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, BUT IT SHOWS UP AS OUT OF FIELD IN THIS REPORT.

SIMILARLY, I REALLY DO NOT LIKE THIS TERMINOLOGY, BUT YOU'LL SEE TEACHERS LABELED AS INEFFECTIVE.

THAT'S ACTUALLY SAYING ANYBODY WHO IS IN AN INTERN PROGRAM OR A NEW TEACHER WHO IS STILL WORKING TOWARDS FULL CERTIFICATION.

WE HAVE TEACHERS THAT ARE WORKING THROUGH PROGRAMS. SOMETHING THAT I LEARNED WHEN INVESTIGATING THIS DATA WAS THAT THESE ARE OFTEN TEACHERS WHO START IN OUR PROGRAMS AS PARA EDUCATORS AND ARE WORKING TO GET THEIR CREDENTIALS, AND SO WE APPRECIATE HAVING THOSE HOMEGROWN EDUCATORS, JUST MEANS WE NEED TO NOTE THEM IN THIS CATEGORY.

BUT HAVING VISITED THEIR CLASSROOMS, I KNOW THEY'RE NOT INEFFECTIVE NEW TEACHERS.

IT'S JUST THE WAY THE STATE LABELS ANYONE WHO IS NOT FULLY CERTIFIED WHEN TEACHING.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

I WAS A LITTLE JARRING TO SEE SOME OF THESE TERMINOLOGIES DEFINITELY OUTDATED, AND I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO RECEIVE UPDATES IN TERMS OF THE SUPPORT SYSTEMS ALSO AVAILABLE TO HELP SUPPORT.

TEACHERS MOVE ACROSS THE CATEGORIES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, TRUSTEE PACHECO?

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>> WHEN I LOOK AT THE TABLE, AND I SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN COURT SCHOOLS, 50% OF THEM HAVE CLEARED THEIR CREDENTIAL, RIGHT?

>> LET ME OPEN THE TABLE. HOLD ON.

>> YES.

> YES. THAT'S RIGHT. GO AHEAD.

>> THE OUT OF FIELD COLUMN HAS NO IMPACT ON THE CLEAR CREDENTIALING PART, BUT THE INTERN COLUMN, THAT'S INTERN CREDENTIAL. RIGHT?

>> CORRECT. THEN INEFFECTIVE AND THEN INCOMPLETE.

I THOUGHT YOU SAID THAT THE INTERN AND INEFFECTIVE ARE COMBINED? DID YOU SAY THAT?

>> VERIFY THE DIFFERENCE.

>> BECAUSE IF IT'S INEFFECTIVE DOESN'T MEAN INTERN THEN WHY WAS THAT COMBINED IN YOUR EXPLANATION?

>> SO IN THE STATE'S DEFINITION FOR INTERN, IT SAYS, INTERN TEACHERS DEFINED AS SOMEONE WHO HAS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND HAS DEMONSTRATED SUBJECT MATTER COMPETENCY IN THE SUBJECT AREAS.

AS FOR INEFFECTIVE, IT COULD BE PROVISIONAL INTERNSHIP PERMITS, SHORT TERM STAFF PERMITS, OR VERY VARIABLE TERM WAIVERS OR SUBSTITUTE PERMITS.

THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. IT'S JUST THE WAY THE STATE LABELS THEM.

>> SHOULDN'T THESE NUMBERS ADD UP TO 100%?

>> NOT ALWAYS BECAUSE SOMETIMES AS YOU CAN SEE, EVEN IN OUR TOTAL TEACHING FT, WE HAVE 6.8, 12.2 UNDER 3.7, SOMETIMES THEY'RE PART TIME.

IT REALLY VARIES AND IT DEPENDS, IT COULD BE ONE TEACHER, IT COULD BE THEY HAVE MULTIPLE CREDENTIALS OR DIFFERENT AREAS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. SORRY, GO AHEAD.

>> HOW DOES THE BOARD GET A BETTER PICTURE REGARDING THE CREDENTIALING OF TEACHING STAFF IF THIS TABLE DOESN'T SHOW THE FULL PICTURE.

>> THIS REPORT IS ACTUALLY FROM 23/24, SO THIS ONES WE'RE ALWAYS A YEAR OR TWO BEHIND WHEN WE PRESENT THIS DATA, WHICH IS ALSO WHY IT WASN'T AT THE JULY 1ST OR IT CAME UP AFTER JULY 1ST.

IF WE WANT CURRENT CREDENTIALING DATA, WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AND COME UP WITH A REPORT FOR YOU.

>> WE CAN WORK WITH HR ON HAVING INFORMATION THAT'S MORE REFLECTIVE OF THE CREDENTIALS AND THE ASSIGNMENTS THAT TEACHERS HAVE RATHER THAN USING THE DASHBOARD TERMINOLOGY.

BUT FOR THE LOCAL INDICATORS, WE NEED TO USE THIS TERMINOLOGY.

>> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT AS DR. WAYNE MENTIONED, FOR OUR ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS, WE PROBABLY DO MEET THE CREDENTIALING CERTIFICATION NEEDED.

JUST IT DOESN'T MEET THE STATE, OR A LOT OF THIS COMES FROM FEDERAL AS WELL.

WHILE WE MEET ED CODE, AS FAR AS THE CREDENTIAL PROCESS FOR ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT MEETS THE FEDERAL OR STATE.

THAT'S ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING WITH SEVERAL ENTITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS ON THAT.

>> THANKS.

>> APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL EXPLANATION.

HEARING NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR THEREFORE.

THAT BRINGS US TO F. JUST A NOTE, I AM GOING TO ASK THE BOARD TO MOVE TO CLOSED SESSION AFTER THIS ITEM AND POTENTIALLY PICK UP THE OTHER ITEMS AFTER CLOSED SESSION IF THAT'S AMENDABLE.

>> WE WILL GO TO ITEM F.

[F. Educational Services Program Enrollment Update]

>>THANK YOU. DURING THE UNAUDITED ACTUAL PRESENTATION, YOU HEARD HOW MANY OF OUR SERVICES AND PROGRAMS AT THE COUNTY OFFICE ARE GRANT FUNDED.

HOWEVER, THE PROGRAMS WHERE WE SERVE STUDENTS, THE FUNDING IS RELATED TO ENROLLMENT.

WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH ENROLLMENT BECAUSE IT'S SO CRITICAL TO SUPPORTING THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER.

AS I MENTIONED, THE FUNDING IS TIED TO ENROLLMENT, AND THEN OCTOBER 1ST IS THE OFFICIAL COUNT DAY.

WHILE THE COUNT ISN'T CERTIFIED UNTIL AFTER OCTOBER 31ST, WE HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF THE COUNT AT THIS POINT OF YEAR, SO WE THOUGHT NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO PRESENT THE ENROLLMENT.

WE HAVE NUMEROUS PROGRAMS THAT SERVE STUDENTS.

FOR EACH PROGRAM WE PROVIDE THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT ON THE FIVE YEAR ENROLLMENT TRENDS AND A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF THE ENROLLMENT PATTERNS AND CONTRIBUTING FACTORS.

FOR OUR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM.

WE HAVE TWO TYPES OF PROGRAMS. WE HAVE THE COURT SCHOOLS THAT HAVE TWO LOCATIONS, AND THEN WE HAVE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.

THE COURT SCHOOLS ARE SERVING YOUTH WHO HAVE BEEN INCARCERATED AND THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ARE SERVING YOUTH WHO HAVE BEEN EXPELLED FROM THEIR DISTRICT.

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YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE 85 STUDENTS, TOTAL ENROLLMENT.

THEN THIS IS BROKEN OUT FOR OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS BY YEAR OVER FIVE YEARS.

WE NOTE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OCTOBER AND A PEAK BECAUSE FOR THESE PROGRAMS, STUDENTS CAN END UP BEING ENROLLED AT ANY TIME OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

OFTEN AFTER OCTOBER, THERE'S AN INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT, WE WANTED TO SHOW FOR EACH SCHOOL YEAR WHAT THE HIGHEST ENROLLMENT LEVEL WAS.

THEN SAME THING FOR THE COURT SCHOOLS.

AS I SAID, FOR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, WILL BEGIN LOWER AND THEN AS DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES OCCUR IN DISTRICT, IT WILL INCREASE THE ENROLLMENT.

WE DO SEE THAT FOR INDEPENDENT STUDIES, IT DECLINED SOME, BUT THEN IT REBOUNDED AS WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME SUPPORT THAT DISTRICTS CAN'T PROVIDE.

FOR COURT SCHOOLS, THERE HAVE BEEN SHIFTS IN PRACTICES AROUND SENTENCING.

OVERALL THE POPULATION HAS GONE DOWN, WHICH IS GOOD.

YOU SEE, IT'S HELD STEADY.

THEN WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE PROBATION ON PROVIDING THESE PROGRAMS AND SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS AND ARE SEEING, UNFORTUNATELY, YOUNGER OFFENDERS, AND SO WE'RE WORKING HOW TO SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS.

THAT'S ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION.

EARLY LEARNING SERVICES, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE ENROLLMENT, AND THIS IS OUR CURRENT ENROLLMENT.

LAST BOARD MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO MEET 97% ENROLLMENT, AND WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

THIS SHOWS 69%, BUT WE'VE ALREADY INCREASED IT TO 74.5% AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUR OVERALL ENROLLMENT.

FOR EARLY HEAD START, WE ARE MORE FULLY ENROLLED AND AT THAT OVER 97% THRESHOLD.

YOU CAN SEE OVER FIVE YEARS THAT OVERALL OUR ENROLLMENT HAS DECLINED.

BUT WE JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE PERCENTAGE OF ENROLLMENT IN TERMS OF THE PERCENTAGE COMPARED TO WHAT THE STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS EXPECTING AND WHAT WE WERE ALLOCATED THOSE REIMBURSABLE FUNDS FOR.

THAT WE DID A CORRECTION, NO COST REDUCTION OF THE ENROLLMENT GOING FROM SAYING WE WOULD ENROLL 1,200 STUDENTS TO 900 STUDENTS.

WHILE WE'RE SHORT OF THE 900 STUDENT TARGET, WE'RE STILL MORE FULLY ENROLLED THAN WE WERE WHEN WE HAD SUCH A HIGH TARGET.

WE'RE ALIGNING THE TARGET TO WHAT WE CAN REALISTICALLY ACHIEVE.

AGAIN, JUST SEEING THAT THE TRENDS OVER FIVE YEARS, AND EARLY AT START, WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE THAT MORE FULL ENROLLMENT.

ACTUALLY, THOSE ARE THE TWO DIFFERENT EARLY HEAD START PROGRAMS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE LEVEL OF ENROLLMENT FOR THEM.

WE TALKED LAST TIME WHEN WE WERE GOING OVER ENROLLMENT ABOUT THE FACTORS THAT HAVE IMPACTED ENROLLMENT.

JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN, PARTICULARLY THE EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSAL PRE K PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT THERE'S ELIGIBILITY RULES FOR THE PROGRAM, SO WE CAN ONLY SERVE STUDENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE AND IN CALIFORNIA AND IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

THERE'S ONLY SO MANY STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE ELIGIBLE.

FOR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACADEMY, THIS SERVES 16-24 YEAR OLDS WHO WANT TO USE INDEPENDENT STUDY TO ACHIEVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.

WE RIGHT NOW HAVE 343 STUDENTS.

SIMILAR TO THE ALTERNATIVE ED PROGRAM.

STUDENTS CAN GET ENROLLED AT VARIOUS POINTS THROUGH THE YEAR, SO YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE OUR CENSUS DAY ENROLLMENT AND CUMULATIVE ENROLLMENT, AND SO WE DO GET A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

WHAT WE'VE NOTICED FOR OYA IS THE ENROLLMENT DID DECLINE FOR A BIT, BUT WE ADJUSTED STAFFING, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING BETTER OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATION AROUND IT.

NOW WE'RE AT CAPACITY AND SOMETIMES EVEN DEMAND EXCEEDS PLACEMENT, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MAKING SURE WE'RE ABLE TO SERVE ALL THE STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, SPECIAL EDUCATION IS A DIFFERENT APPROACH WHERE REALLY WE GET STUDENTS REFERRED FROM DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY THAT THEN WE SERVE, AND WE'RE LIKE A FEE FOR SERVICE PROGRAM, THE DISTRICTS PAY US TO SERVE THOSE STUDENTS.

OUR PROGRAMS ARE ORGANIZED BY REGIONS.

THIS IS JUST FOR YOU TO SEE YOU LIKELY HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE DIFFERENT CLUSTERS, TO SEE THE ENROLLMENT IN EACH CLUSTER.

THEN ALSO JUST TO UNDERSTAND OUR ENROLLMENT BY PROGRAM.

OUR LARGEST PROGRAM IS A SPECIALIZED ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION.

WE PUT AN APPENDIX IN AT THE END BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT

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YOU CAN SEE OUR TOTAL ENROLLMENT.

OUR ENROLLMENT HAS GONE DOWN OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AND PARTICULARLY IN SPECIALIZED ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION WHERE DISTRICTS HAVE TAKEN BACK THEIR STUDENTS, AS WELL AS WHEN DISTRICTS HAVE DECLINING ENROLLMENT, IT IMPACTS OUR PROGRAMS AS WELL.

IT'S ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT THOSE ENROLLMENT TRENDS.

ALSO, JUST TO NOTE THAT OUR SPECIAL ED PROGRAMS ARE PRE K THROUGH ADULTS, BUT PRE K AND ADULT DON'T GET REFLECTED IN OUR CBEDS ENROLLMENT.

WE DO ACTUALLY SERVE, WE CALL IT OUR BLOCK ENROLLMENT THEN IS WHAT ALL THE STUDENTS THAT WE'RE SERVING IN THE PROGRAM.

AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE STUDENTS.

WHAT'S LED TO THE DECLINE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION ENROLLMENT? THERE'S A DECLINE IN STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN DISTRICTS, THE COST OF PROGRAMS, AND THE DISTRICT CAPACITY TO SERVE STUDENTS, AS WELL AS WHEN DISTRICTS CLOSE SCHOOLS, THAT IMPACTS US.

ALSO THE TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN HAS MEANT THAT STUDENTS ARE IN MORE DISTRICT PROGRAMS AS WELL.

LOOKING AT ALL THOSE PROGRAMS, I KNOW I WENT THROUGH THAT QUICKLY, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, AND I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE TEAM BEHIND ME THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER AND THAT RUNS THESE PROGRAMS. DO YOU WANT TO NOTE, FIRST OF ALL, EACH PROGRAMS ENROLLMENT PROCESS IS DIFFERENT.

THIS IS NOT LIKE A DISTRICT WHERE EVERYBODY COMES DOWN TO THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND GETS ENROLLED.

YOU HEAR THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS SOME WE DO RECRUITMENT, OTHERS GET REFERRED BY DISTRICTS.

WHERE ENROLLMENT IS THROUGH RECRUITMENT, WE ARE WORKING TO STRENGTHEN OUR EFFORTS THERE.

FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE IN HEAD START, AND EARLY LEARNING SERVICES, WE ARE WORKING ON INCREASING OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS AND THINKING ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS TO SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH FAMILIES IN THE COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO USE THOSE PROGRAMS. WHEREAS, OTHER PROGRAMS, FRANKLY, IN OUR ALTERNATIVE ED PROGRAM, THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND CORE SCHOOLS, WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING.

WE DON'T WANT TO TRY TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT.

WE WANT AS MANY KIDS AS POSSIBLE TO STAY IN THEIR DISTRICT AND, AND TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN THEIR SCHOOL.

WE DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE ONES THAT ARE WHERE THESE CHANGES IN ENROLLMENT HAVE REALLY HAD THE GREATEST IMPACT IS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND HEADSTART.

THEY FACED THE LARGEST DECLINE WHICH IMPACTS THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES AND INCLUDES THE PROGRAM DESIGN OF HOW WE'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS.

I'VE BEEN HERE A SHORT TIME, BUT I'VE ALREADY HEARD IN BOARD MEETINGS, AND I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS WHEN A PROGRAM MIGHT CLOSE AT A SCHOOL SITE OR WE NEED TO SHIFT PROGRAMS THAT IT'S IN RESPONSE TO THESE CHANGES IN ENROLLMENT.

AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A HELPFUL PRESENTATION, AND WE'RE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU.

>> FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR, WE'LL MOVE THIS TO AN INFORMATION ITEM, NOT A PRESENTATION SO THAT YOU CAN TRACK THE ENROLLMENT IN EACH PROGRAM, WITH A MONTHLY SNAPSHOT BECAUSE AS SPECIAL ED WAS NOTED, AND WE'VE TALKED WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS.

WE DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY SURPRISES.

RECONCILING THE NUMBERS ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND SHARING WHAT WE'RE REPORTING TO THE SLPA, WE THOUGHT IS AN ATTEMPT AT TRANSPARENCY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

>> [INAUDIBLE] JACOB.

>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THE FIRST IS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR MAKING IT REALLY DIGESTIBLE FOR US.

EVERY PARTICIPANT IN EACH OF THE PROGRAMS YOU'VE SHOWN US, DO THEY PROVIDE US ADA OR DOES THAT VARY BY PROGRAM?

>> THAT'S GOING TO VARY BY PROGRAM.

ALT ED COURT AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS OYA WHERE THEY ARE ENROLLED AND THERE ARE SCHOOLS, THEY GENERATE ADA.

SPECIAL ED IS A FEE FOR SERVICE PROGRAM.

THE REVENUE GENERATED IN THAT PROGRAM IS NOT ADA.

IT IS THE MONEY WE RECEIVE FROM THE DISTRICTS, ENROLLMENT AND HEADSTART IS FUNDING THROUGH THE GRANT.

>> I SEE. THEN WHEN I GO TO THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD, AND IT SHOWS STUDENT POPULATION 1032 FOR 2024, THAT'S COURT SCHOOLS ALTERNATIVE ED OYA.

WHAT CREATES THIS NUMBER THAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE AT THE DASHBOARD?

>> IT SHOULD BE ONLY THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE PART OF THE COUNTY OFFICE AND WE'RE THE LEA.

BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ONE OF OUR EXPERTS HERE TONIGHT.

>> I WAS LOOKING TO SEE IF HEMO BECAUSE SHE OVERSEES ALL THE PROGRAMS, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S THOSE THREE PROGRAMS AND ON THE DASHBOARD, IT'S NOT HEADSTART OR SPECIAL ED.

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>> 1,032 FOR 2024.

>> IF YOU GO TO LIKE OYA, WHICH I KNOW IT GETS UP TO 415.

WELL, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE WHERE THAT FULL NUMBER GETS TO YOU.

>> THANKS.

>> WELL, HEARING NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION AND JUST HAVING THE SNAPSHOTS.

I KNOW WE HAD TO MOVE THROUGH IT QUICKLY, BUT IT'S STILL HELPFUL TO KNOW THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS AGAIN, BEING REMINDED OF THOSE AND THE DATA POINTS BEHIND IT AS WELL IN TERMS OF HOW THE NUMBERS FLUCTUATE AND WHEN THEY FLUCTUATE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AND LOOK FORWARD TO PERIODIC UPDATES ON THIS AS WELL.

WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO JUMP TO CLOSED SESSION, WHICH IS ITEM 13.

[13. CLOSED SESSION]

CLOSED SESSION INVOLVES CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

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 AND BUSINESS IN CLOSED SESSION.

I WANT TO THANK OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER FOR HIS PARTICIPATION.

HAVE A NICE EVENING.

THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEM INCLUDES SEVEN ITEMS, A, INTER DISTRICT TRANSFER APPEAL FILED ON BEHALF OF STUDENT, RESIDENT DISTRICT CAMPBELL UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, I BELIEVE, DESIRED DISTRICT SAN JOSE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, B, INTER DISTRICT TRANSFER APPEAL FILED ON BEHALF OF STUDENT, RESIDENT DISTRICT EAST SIDE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, DESIRED DISTRICT SAN JOSE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, C, INTER DISTRICT TRANSFER APPEAL FILED ON BEHALF OF STUDENT, RESIDENT DISTRICT FRANKLIN MCKINLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT, DESIRED DISTRICT SAN JOSE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

ITEM D HAS BEEN RESOLVED, SO NO LONGER WILL BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.

E INTER DISTRICT ATTENDANCE APPEAL FILED ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS, RESIDENT DISTRICT FRANKLIN MCKINLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT, DESIRED DISTRICT SAN JOSE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

F CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL ANTICIPATED LITIGATION, GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9 B ONE CASE, G COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 549 57B1.

FOR INTER DISTRICT TRANSFER APPEALS, FOR FAMILIES AND DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES HERE THIS EVENING, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS SO YOU KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED.

EACH PARTY, THE PARENT, OR THE GUARDIAN, AND THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE CALLED INTO CLOSED SESSION.

BOTH PARTIES WILL ENTER CLOSED SESSION BOARD ROOM WHEN CALLED.

EACH PARTY WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVE WITH THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

IF LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION IS NEEDED, AN ADDITIONAL FIVE MINUTES WILL BE PROVIDED.

AFTER BOTH SIDES HAVE SPOKEN, EACH PARTY WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO RESPOND TO WHAT THE OTHER HAS SHARED.

BOARD MEMBERS MAY ALSO ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS TO MAKE SURE WE FULLY UNDERSTAND THE INFORMATION PRESENTED.

WHEN THE HEARING CONCLUDES, THE BOARD WILL TAKE TIME IN PRIVATE TO CAREFULLY DELIBERATE.

ONCE A DECISION HAS BEEN REACHED, WE WILL INVITE BOTH PARTIES BACK INTO THE ROOM AND ANNOUNCE THE BOARD'S FINAL DECISION.

THE BOARD WILL NOW ENTER A CLOSED SESSION.

WE WILL RETURN IN APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS AT OR APPROXIMATELY AFTER 10:15 P.M. THANK YOU.

>> WE ARE READY TO RESUME OPEN SESSION.

[14. OPEN SESSION (Immediately Following Closed Session)]

UPON COMPLETION OF AGENDA ITEM 13 A, INTER DISTRICT ATTENDANCE APPEAL FILED ON BEHALF OF STUDENT DISTRICT OF DENIAL.

SAN JOSE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

NO ACTION WAS TAKEN.

ON COMPLETION OF AGENDA ITEM 13 B, INTER DISTRICT ATTENDANCE APPEAL FILED ON BEHALF OF STUDENT RESIDENT DISTRICT, EASTSIDE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, DESIRED DISTRICT, SAN JOSE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

A MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE SHKRISTAN SECONDED BY VICE PRESIDENT CHAN TO APPROVE THE APPEAL BASED ON FACTOR FOR 12TH GRADE, AND THAT VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS, SIX WITH ONE ABSENT.

UPON COMPLETION OF AGENDA ITEM 13C, INTER DISTRICT ATTENDANCE APPEAL FILED ON BEHALF OF STUDENT RESIDENT DISTRICT FRANKLIN MCKINLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT, DESIRE DISTRICT, SAN JOSE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE SHKRISTAN AND SECONDED BY VICE PRESIDENT CHAN TO APPROVE THE APPEAL THROUGH 8TH GRADE BASED ON FACTOR 12, THAT MOTION WAS ALSO UNANIMOUS WITH TRUSTEE LAURIE ABSENT.

ITEM D WAS RESOLVED PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING UPON COMPLETION OF

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A MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE PACHECO AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE SHKRISTAN TO APPROVE THE APPEAL BASED ON FACTOR 12TH THROUGH 8TH GRADE.

THAT MOTION WAS UNANIMOUS WITH TRUSTEE LAURI ABSENT.

GIVEN THE TIMING OF THE HOUR, I'M GOING TO REQUEST MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE MOVE TO ADJOURNMENTS.

THANK YOU. REGARDING THE TWO OTHER ITEMS, ITEM 13F AND 13G, THERE ARE NO REPORTABLE ACTIONS.

BASED ON THAT, I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.

>> I HAVE A MOTION FROM VICE PRESIDENT CHAN, SECOND FROM TRUSTEE SPIZER.

TRUSTEE VERBAL I FROM TRUSTEE SHKRISTAN, VERBAL I FROM TRUSTEE PACHECO.

VERBAL I VICE PRESIDENT CHAN.

THAT MOTION PASSES NICELY, THANK YOU.

WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 9:51 P.M. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO STAFF.

>> MIKE AND VAN, THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.