>> GOOD EVENING. [A. Call to Order] [00:00:07] I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THIS REGULAR MEETING, NUMBER 2576 OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, AND THE TIME IS 5:04 P.M. I AM MAIMONA AFZAL BERTA, PRESIDENT OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND I WILL PRESIDE OVER THIS MEETING. A LIVE STREAM OF THIS EVENING'S MEETING IS AVAILABLE AT TINYULR.COM/SCCBOARD MEETING. ONCE ON THE WEB PAGE, SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM AND CHOOSE LIVE. LANGUAGE SUPPORT FOR THIS EVENING'S MEETING IS AVAILABLE IN SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE VIA PHONE. FOR SPANISH SUPPORT, CALL 1-669-900-6833. THE MEETING ID IS 727-334-810#. FOR VIETNAMESE SUPPORT, CALL 1-669-900-6833. THE MEETING ID IS 921-8153-9516 POUNDS. 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 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 CARD 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. EVERYONE, PLEASE STAND IF YOU ARE ABLE AND PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER [B. Pledge of Allegiance] YOUR HEART. READY? BEGIN. >> >> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO NOW RECITE THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. [C. Land Acknowledgement] LET US TAKE TIME TO HONOR THE ANCESTRAL CARETAKERS OF THE LAND ON WHICH WE STAND. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN A LONEY TERRITORY. SANTA CLARA COUNTY IS THE HOMELAND OF THE MOEK MALONE PEOPLE. TODAY, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CONTINUE TO PROTECT THE LAND. IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE INDIGENOUS CULTURES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES AND REMEMBER THAT WE ALL GATHER, LIVE, LEARN, AND WORK ON THE TRADITIONAL LANDS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. I WILL NOW CONDUCT ROLL CALL. [D. Roll Call (Including Action on Absences if Necessary)] I, PRESIDENT BERTA, I'M PRESENT. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE RESPOND ACCORDINGLY, VICE PRESIDENT CHAN. >> PRESENT. >> TRUSTEE LARRY. >> YES. I'M HERE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE PACHECO. TRUSTEE ROCHA. TRUSTEE SPICER. >> HERE. >> TRUSTEE SHA KRISHNAN. >> HERE. >> THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW GO TO THE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA. [E. Set the Agenda] DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> SO MOVED? >> A MOTION FROM VICE PRESIDENT CHAN AND A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE PACHECO. [FOREIGN] TRUSTEE LARRY, ARE YOU ABLE TO CAST YOUR VOTE? >> YES. MAYBE I'LL DO VERBAL, PLEASE. >> IS THAT A VERBAL I? >> YES, PLEASE. >> A VERBAL I FROM TRUSTEE LARRY. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO NEXT TO OUR SPECIAL RECOGNITION. [A. Recognition of the SCCOE Employee of the Month] WE HAVE TWO SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING. THE FIRST RECOGNITION IS FOR THE SCCOE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY TRUSTEE SHA KRISHNAN. EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH IS RON LOUDER, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE RON [APPLAUSE], TRUSTEE KRISHNAN, AND MARIE, BOBIUS, DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. [00:05:04] >> CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? ARE WE READY TO HONOR SPIDER, TOP FIVE STRINGS, HARMONY, MAXIMIZER, EMPATHY, POSITIVITY, CONSISTENCY? [APPLAUSE] THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION RECOGNIZES 10, ONLY 10 SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION EMPLOYEES EACH YEAR FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO STUDENTS, PARENTS, COWORKERS, AND CUSTOMERS. RON LOUDER, PROGRAM LEAD AT WALDEN WEST IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. WE KNOW THEM AS SPIDER, IS THE DECEMBER EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. [APPLAUSE] RON HAS WORKED AT THE SCCOE FOR 28 YEARS. IT IS WITH GRATITUDE THAT WE CONGRATULATE RON ON HIS RECOGNITION AS DECEMBER EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. RON WEARS A FEW HATS AT CAMP, BOTH PHYSICAL, METAPHORICAL. BUT HIS TWO FAVORITES ARE A TABLE SETTER AND MUSICIAN. AS A PROGRAM LEAD, RON IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING, PREPARING AND MANAGING DAY-TO-DAY DOCUMENTS AND ACTIVITIES FOR EACH SCHOOL GROUP VISITING WALDEN WEST, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY COMMUNICATING WITH EACH SCHOOL'S POINT OF CONTACT AND HIS TEAMMATES. HIS TEAMMATES, THEY SAID NICE THINGS ABOUT YOU RON. THEY EXPRESSED THEIR APPRECIATION FOR HIS PREPARATION AND SUPPORT TO MAKE SCIENCE CAMP A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE. HE'S ALWAYS STRIVING TO MAKE CAMP THE MOST AMAZING EXPERIENCE FOR EVERY CHILD WHO COMES THROUGH, WHILE MAKING SURE IT'S A SAFE AND WELCOMING SPACE FOR EVERYONE. THAT WAS MARIAH SABLON, HELP TECHNICIAN AT WALDEN WEST, WHO SAID THAT. MARIAH ADDED, OVER THE YEARS, I'VE WATCHED HIM GROW FROM A FIELD INSTRUCTOR INTO HIS CURRENT ROLE, WHERE HE HELPS KEEP EVERYTHING RUNNING SMOOTHLY BEHIND THE SCENES. NO MATTER WHAT POSITION HE'S HELD, HE'S ALWAYS CARRIED THE SAME PASSION, CREATIVITY, AND HEART FOR THIS WORK. SPIDER SAID HE ENJOYS TALKING ABOUT HIS WORK WITH NEW PEOPLE HE MEETS. HE ADDED THAT PEOPLE ARE IN DISBELIEF WHEN HE EXPLAINS THAT HIS WORK HOURS ARE SPENT IN NATURE, PLAYING MUSIC AND SUPPORTING KIDS, AND LEARNING ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. AS PROGRAM LEAD, I HAVE 1 FT IN FRONT OF THE KIDS, HE SAID. I GET TO ENTERTAIN THEM AND TELL RIDICULOUS DAD JOKES. THEN THE OTHER HALF OF THE JOB IS THE CLERICAL AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES WORK. REFLECTING ON HIS NEARLY 30 YEARS AT THE SCCOE, RON SAYS HE'S LEARNED SO MUCH AND SHARES HIS LEARNINGS WITH THOSE NEW TO THEIR CAREER, SPECIFICALLY WORKING WITH CHILDREN. TRYING TO BRING AS MUCH OF YOUR GENUINE SELF AS POSSIBLE, SPIDER SAID, KIDS HAVE AN INTUITIVE SENSE. SPIDER'S EMPATHY MAKES EVERYONE FEEL SEEN AND VALUED, AND HIS CONSISTENT PRESENCE HAS WOVEN A WEB OF CONNECTION THAT TOUCHES EVERY STUDENT, VOLUNTEER, AND TEACHER. YOU KNOW WHO SAID THAT? MARIE BOVIS, DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. IF EXCELLENCE, COMPASSION, AND JOY HAD A MASCOT, IT WOULD BE SPIDER. [APPLAUSE] AS WITH ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH, THIS IS THE BEST PART, WE ACKNOWLEDGE SPIDER FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON THE JOB, DEDICATION TO EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS, CONTRIBUTIONS OUTSIDE THE USUAL SCOPE OF THE JOB, AND OVERALL COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE. AS A REWARD AND SHOWING OUR APPRECIATION, YOU WILL RECEIVE A PLAQUE, RECOGNIZING YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SCCOE, AN ENGRAVED CROSS PEN, AND A RESERVED PARKING SPOT. [APPLAUSE] WE HAVE SPIDER AND PINEAPPLE HERE, AND THEY WILL BE JOINING US THIS EVENING, AND THEY CAN SAY A FEW WORDS. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] >> ACTUALLY, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK VERY LONG BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL VIDEO THAT THE STAFF PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU. BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IN THE 28 YEARS, HE HAS SERVED 21 YEARS AS A FIELD INSTRUCTOR, AND THEN HE WAS SEVEN YEARS AS A PROGRAM LEAD. HE'S AFFECTED 57,000 CHILDREN, AND MORE. THAT'S JUST OUTDOOR SCHOOL BECAUSE HE ALSO WORKED SOME OF OUR SUMMERS AS WELL. HERE. ARE WE READY? TAKE IT AWAY. [00:10:06] [MUSIC]. MY GOD. MY JAW HURTS FROM SMILING SO MUCH FROM THAT. YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME CRY, DUDE [LAUGHTER]. I WAS LIKE, I TOLD SQUIRREL, IF SQUIRREL'S WATCHING THIS, HE'S LIKE, HEY, MAN, DON'T CRY. DON'T CRY WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE. I'M LIKE, MAN. WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S WHO I WORK WITH, EVERYONE. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE. THAT IS 99% OF THE REASON WHY I STILL AM AT WALDEN WEST AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. I HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS WRITTEN DOWN, BUT I WAS GOING TO SAY. BUT NO, IT'S OKAY. WHEN I FIRST THOUGHT ABOUT GETTING INTO EDUCATION, YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT WALDEN WEST, AND I APPLIED FOR THE JOB. I ACTUALLY DIDN'T GET CALLED BACK RIGHT AWAY. I DON'T KNOW IF SOME PEOPLE HERE MIGHT ACTUALLY KNOW THIS STORY AT THE TIME. MY NOW GOOD FRIEND, ANITA, WHO WAS A DIRECTOR, AND [LAUGHTER], SHE DIDN'T CALL ME BACK FOR A WHILE. THIS IS ALL WAY BACK IN 1997. IT TURNS OUT THE REASON WHY SHE DIDN'T END UP CALLING ME BACK WAS BECAUSE OF A POSTED NOTE. SHE HAD HAD MY NAME AND NUMBER ON A POSTED NOTE, AND SHE HAD PUT IT IN THE RECYCLING. AND IT TURNS OUT THAT MY NAME AND NUMBER JUST HAPPENED TO BE AT THE TOP OF THE PILE. SO SHE NEEDED TO CALL SOMEBODY AND SHE WAS LIKE, LOOK AT THIS GUY. WHO'S THIS GUY, RON? CALL HIM. THEY CALLED ME AND THE REST IS HISTORY, AS THEY SAY. [00:15:01] IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING RUN. I THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A STEPPING-STONE POSITION. HONESTLY, WHEN I GOT INTO DORET, I THOUGHT I'M GOING TO GO ON TO OTHER ASPECTS OF TEACHING, GET A CREDENTIAL, AND WHATNOT. WELL, YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENED THERE. [LAUGHTER] I JUST GOT COMPLETELY ABSORBED BY WALDEN WEST. I GOT ABSORBED BY OUTDOOR EDUCATION. ALL OF MY LIFELONG FRIENDS ARE FROM OUTDOOR ED. MY WIFE. [LAUGHTER] I MET MY WIFE THROUGH WALDEN WEST, AND SHE DROVE ALL THE WAY FROM SANTA CRUISE TO BE HERE RIGHT NOW. [APPLAUSE] SHE ACTUALLY WORKED AT WALDEN WEST, WAS AN AMAZING SCIENCE CAP TEACHER HERSELF, AND NOW IS A FOUR OR FIVE SCIENCE TEACHER IN WATSONVILLE, AND SHE'S THE VP OF HER UNION. SHE'S A BIG DEAL. BUT LET'S BRING IT BACK AROUND. [LAUGHTER] >> I LOVE EXPLAINING TO PEOPLE THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY JOB IS. IT'S ALWAYS REALLY FUN TO EXPLAIN IT TO PEOPLE WHO ASK ME, "HEY, WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING?" SHE SAID IN THE INTRO. I GET TO TELL PEOPLE, I GET TO GO OUT IN NATURE. I GET TO BE IN FRONT OF A BUNCH OF KIDS AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. I GET TO PLAY A LOT OF MUSIC. THERE ARE THE OCCASIONAL DAD JOKES THAT HAPPEN ONCE IN A WHILE. IT'S JUST A LOT OF FUN. I'M VERY FORTUNATE. I'M VERY LUCKY TO BE A PART OF THIS TEAM RIGHT HERE AND LOOK AT THE TURNOUT OF THE TEAM. ACTUALLY, THEY NEED TO GO BACK TO CAMP AND GO ON A NIGHT HIKE TONIGHT. A LOT OF THEM DO. I'M SO THANKFUL. BUT I HAVE TO SAY OF ALL THE THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR AND BE MOST GRATEFUL FOR AND BEING RECOGNIZED IS FINALLY, AFTER 28 LONG YEARS [LAUGHTER] OF WAITING AND HOPING AND PRAYING. I FINALLY GET TO PARK IN THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH PARKING SPACE. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANKS FOR COMING OUT. >> CHEST, IF YOU'LL JOIN FOR A PICTURE. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, SPIDER. OUR SECOND SPECIAL RECOGNITION THIS EVENING, [B. Recognition of the Santa Clara County Youth Poet Laureate] WHICH IS FOR OUR YOUTH POET LAUREATE, WHICH I WILL BE PRESENTING, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR YOUTH POET LAUREATE KURN SUNDARAM TO THE SIDE PODIUM. TEES, PLEASE FLOW FOLLOWING THE RECOGNITION, MET AT THE BACKDROP FOR A PHOTO. [APPLAUSE] IN HONOR OF POET LAUREATE DAY ON DECEMBER 20, THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION IS RECOGNIZING THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY YOUTH POET LAUREATE AND PROGRAM. IN THE WINTER OF 2020, THE COUNTY BEGAN ITS SEARCH FOR THE FIRST YOUTH POET LAUREATE. THE PROGRAM IS YOUTH FOCUSED AND CELEBRATES LITERACY THROUGH POETRY AND CONNECTS YOUNG WRITERS TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERFORMANCES AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS. YOUTH PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM SERVE AS AMBASSADORS FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, [00:20:04] LITERARY EXCELLENCE, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH LITERACY, ARTS, AND EXPRESSION. SINCE 2021, THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR COUNTY YOUTH POET LAUREATES. THE CURRENT YOUTH POET LAUREATE KURN SUNDARAM, IS BEING HONORED THIS EVENING. KURN IS A PERFORMANCE POET, WHOSE WORK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN MULTIPLE PUBLICATIONS. HE WAS NAMED A 2024 YOUNG ARTS WINNER IN SPOKEN WORD. AMONG OTHER ACCOLADES, HE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE IOWA YOUNG WRITERS STUDIO, THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR ARTS, THE ALLIANCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND WRITERS, AND LOS GATOS POET LAUREATE. HE FOUNDED JADE AND COMPASS, A LITERARY MAGAZINE ADVOCATING FOR MARGINALIZED VOICES ACROSS THE WORLD. I'D LIKE TO INVITE KURN TO PERFORM A PIECE HE HAS CREATED. [APPLAUSE] >> THIS POEM IS CALLED PUNCTUATION IN ABSENTIA, AND IT'S DEDICATED TO ALL OF THE VICTIMS OF THE BROWN UNIVERSITY SHOOTING. WHAT DID THEY CALL YOU IN SCHOOL? TODAY, I SEEK TO REMEMBER. RECALL THE WEIGHT OF YOUR NAME BEFORE YOUR LIFE LINE WAS SLICED INTO IMMORTAL BRUISES, BURIED DOWN BY AN OBITUARY. WHAT WAS AND WHAT IS? SEVERED BY AN ACHING HAND, A CLEAVING OF THE SELF. LINE MADE DOT, MADE PERIOD, MADE STAIN, MADE STORY IN SWAT VALLEY. THEY SHOT A GIRL FOR HOLDING A PENCIL. IN AMERICA, THEY SHOOT YOU FOR HOLDING ANYTHING AT ALL. ASK ME ABOUT ANGELS, ABOUT THE BLUE BONES APOCALYPSE, WHERE ALPHABETS INCURSIVE LINE THE WALLS OF EVERY CREMATORIUM. THEY CALL IT MAGIC, BUT I CALL IT RELEASE, A BULLET FROM A GUN, DUPLICATED INTO A PAIR OF BINOCULARS, TRIPLED, AND NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT AN ELLIPSES. IS THIS STILL COINCIDENCE, A FOURTH, AND NOW IT IS A DOTTED LINE, THE RECKONING OF TWO PATHS CONJOINING ONTO A TARRED ROAD. TELECOM YELLOW, MADE CADMIUM RED. I TELL MYSELF THIS POEM IS AN ELEGY. FOR EVERY CHILD TOLD THAT THE PEN IS POWER, BUT THE RIFLE PROVED ITSELF LOUDER, YET THE TRUTH IS. I CANNOT WRITE POETRY FASTER THAN ELEGIES CAN ESCAPE THE BARREL OF A GUN. I PROMISE I AM TRYING TO REMEMBER THE CONTOUR OF YOUR EXISTENCE, BUT I FORGET. STANDARDIZED TEST MADE STANDARDIZED BREATH, TURNED SHALLOW GAS BETWEEN BUBBLES, A, B, C, D, NONE OF THE ABOVE, BECAUSE ALL THESE LETTERS BELONG TO YOU. I'M SORRY THEY CUT THE ART OUT OF THE HEART OF EDUCATION. I DON'T WANT TO FORGET YOU. BUT BY FRIDAY, I PROBABLY WILL. YOUR FOREHEAD IS MARKED BY CROSS HAIRS BECAUSE YOU ARE IN THE FOREGROUND. YOU ARE TARGET PRACTICE. YOU HAD TO TEXT YOUR PARENTS. I LOVE YOU WITH A LOWER CASE EYE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO MAKE YOUR LETTERS BIGGER WHILE YOU'RE MAKING YOURSELF SMALLER BEHIND A DESK, HIDING FROM THE HUNTER'S EYE. FROM THE HUNTER'S EYE. I AM UNMEMORIZED, BECAUSE I DON'T NEED YOUR NAME TO KNOW HOW YOUR BODY BECAME A COFFIN, BECAME A COIN, SLIPPING INTO THE SOFT SOIL OF THIS BROKEN EARTH. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HOW WE PAY TO BE HERE. THIS DEGREE SHOULD NOT BE A RECEIPT FOR A LIFE WE MUST CASH IN. THIS ELEGY IS A BIRD IN A SEA OF RED RAIN, EACH FEATHER, A BLADE, EACH BODY, A BURDEN, EACH ORGAN AND OFFERING, EACH SHOOTING A SACRIFICE. I AM SORRY THAT YOUR LIFE HAS BEEN REDUCED TO YOUR DEATH. I AM SORRY THAT WE WON'T EVEN REMEMBER THAT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [00:25:03] >> THANK YOU, KURN. THAT WAS INCREDIBLY MOVING, AND THE TEAM SUPPORTING THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY YOUTH POET LAUREATE PROGRAM. ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION SIGNED BY THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND THE PRESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND TRUSTEES, IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN FOR A PHOTO? [APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND] >> WHAT AN INCREDIBLE WAY TO START OUR BOARD MEETING. THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING. WE WILL GO TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, [A. Bargaining Units' Reports] WHICH IS OUR BARGAINING UNIT REPORTS. PLEASE NOTE THAT STATE LAW PROHIBITS THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM DISCUSSING OR ACTING UPON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. WE WILL PRESENT A FIVE MINUTE TIMER. 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 SEIU LOCAL 521 1423 PERMANENT AND SUBSTITUTE CLASSIFIED STAFF HERE AT SCCOE. I'M SARAH JENA CARO, CHAPTER PRESIDENT AND DEFENDER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. AS WE REFLECT ON THE LAST YEAR, WE DO HAVE MUCH TO CELEBRATE HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE TO HEAR OUR TALENTED YOUTH POET LAUREATE. A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO SPIDER ON HIS RECOGNITION AS EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AND A TWO THUMBS UP TO THE WALDEN WEST TEAM FOR THAT AMAZING VIDEO. GREAT WORK CONTINUES TO HAPPEN AT WALDEN WEST, AND BEING PART OF CAMP IS ONE OF MY DAUGHTER'S FAVORITE PARTS OF THE SUMMER. IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE SEVEN SEIU, ONE A, AND ONE PSWA MEMBER RECOGNIZED THIS YEAR. WE ALSO CELEBRATE THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT OUR MEMBERS DID FIGHTING TO ENSURE THAT WE RECEIVED CRITICAL HEAD START AND MIGRANT EDUCATION FUNDING, SUPPORTING OUR COLLEAGUES AT DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY IN THEIR CONTRACT NEGOTIATION WINS. WE CELEBRATE THE OVERTURNING OF A WRONGFUL TERMINATION OF ONE OF OUR MEMBERS. WHEN IT COMES TO THE ORGANIZATION'S GOALS, THOUGH, WE COULD HAVE READ THE SAME REPORT LAST YEAR BECAUSE THE SAME ISSUES AND PATTERNS REMAIN. WHILE WE KNOW THAT CHANGE CAN TAKE TIME, WHAT ARE EACH OF YOU DOING TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE MOVING THIS ORGANIZATION IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? DOCTOR TOSTON, HOW ARE YOU HOLDING OTHER LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT IS TAKING PLACE AND IMPROVING OUR PROGRAMS? BOARD MEMBERS, HOW ARE YOU HOLDING YOUR EMPLOYEE ACCOUNTABLE FOR ADDRESSING ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE AGREED ARE CRITICAL PRIORITIES. GOAL NUMBER ONE, IMPROVE ACCESS TO INCLUSIVE, EQUITABLE, HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION. LAST YEAR, WE GAVE THE ORGANIZATION A FAILING GRADE. UNFORTUNATELY, PREVIOUS STRENGTHS, INCLUDING OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION AND HEAD START CO TEACHING CLASSROOMS WHICH PROVIDE MODEL SUPPORT SYSTEMS TO BOTH SPECIAL EDUCATION AND GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS NO LONGER EXIST? ACCESS TO INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTS HAVE BEEN DIMINISHED? SPECIAL EDUCATION HAS EXPANDED ACCESS TO PROGRAMS LIKE GARDENING, MUSIC, ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY, AND JOB AND VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. BUT WHAT WE STILL NEED ARE SUPPORT TO STAFF AND USING PRINCIPLES OF UNIVERSAL DESIGN, MODIFYING AND ACCOMMODATING FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES OR CHALLENGING MALADACTIVE BEHAVIORS IN GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS. AGE APPROPRIATE OUTDOOR PLAY STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES, SENSORY AND WELLNESS SPACES FOR STUDENTS AT ALL GRADE LEVEL, WHICH ADDRESSES BOARD PRIORITY NUMBER ONE, IMPROVED FACILITIES FOR EARLY LEARNING. SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS NEED ACCESS TO GENERAL EDUCATION, INCLUDING FACILITIES, PROGRAMS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND ACTIVITIES. WE NEED MORE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE SPECIAL EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY FOR STUDENTS IN SOUTH SAN JOSE AND SOUTH COUNTY WITH BETTER GEOGRAPHICAL BALANCING OF PROGRAMMING. WE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR STAFFING SO THAT STUDENTS MAKE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS ON THEIR IP GOALS, WHICH IS BOARD PRIORITY NUMBER 2, AND BOARD PRIORITY NUMBER 5. WE NEED TO EXPAND STAFFING TO ENSURE CONSISTENT STAFFING, BEHAVIOR SUPPORT TEAMS, MEDICAL PERSONNEL WHERE NEEDED, PARA EDUCATORS, WELLNESS SPECIALISTS, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT STAFF ARE AVAILABLE. WE NEED ACCESS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THEIR ELECTIVES, WHATEVER THEIR CHOICES ARE THROUGH BETTER STAFFING OF ASL INTERPRETERS AND TILINGAL STAFF. WE NEED TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO ONSITE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR ALL PROGRAMS AND SITES, ACCESS TO HOT FOOD AND MEALS WHILE ATTENDING SCHOOL, AND INCLUSION OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS. SOUND FAMILIAR? GOAL NUMBER 2, PROVIDE QUALITY SUPPORT TO DISTRICTS, SCHOOLS, STUDENTS, AND COMMUNITIES ALSO RECEIVED ENOUGH LAST YEAR. [00:30:01] WE CONTINUE TO HAVE HIGH QUALITY TEACHER PREPARATION AND CREDENTIAL PROGRAMS IS AN AREA OF STRENGTH, ALTHOUGH BUILDING A COLLEGE HERE AT SCCOE WILL NEED MORE STAFF SUPPORT. OUR WELLNESS CENTERS ARE MEETING STUDENT, SCHOOL, DISTRICT, AND COMMUNITY NEEDS. WE'VE EXPANDED ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND OUR SCCOE PROGRAMS AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT WALD AND WEST, WHICH IS BOARD PRIORITY NUMBER 4. HOWEVER, WHAT WE STILL NEED ARE EXPANDED SCHOOL BASED PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT SUPPORT CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS, BOARD PRIORITY NUMBER 3, ACROSS PROGRAMS AND SITES. STRONGER WORKPLACE ACCOMMODATIONS, SO EMPLOYEES CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT DISTRICT, SCHOOL, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES AND ENSURE THAT STUDENTS DO NOT SERVICES. MORE ON THE JOB SUPPORT AND TRAINING TO TEACHER PREPARATION AND CREDENTIAL PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS AND NEW SCCOE PAIR EDUCATORS, UTILIZING ALL AVAILABLE EARNED GRANT FUNDING TO PROVIDE QUALITY SUPPORT TO DISTRICTS, SCHOOLS, STUDENTS, AND COMMUNITIES, AND TRANSPARENT BUDGET ALLOCATIONS THAT ACTUALLY REFLECT THE NEED. IN FACT, IN TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IN THE UNRESTRICTED CARRYOVER, OVER $6.5 MILLION IS NOT ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN THE BREAKDOWN. NEARLY $14 MILLION HAVE BEEN PARKED IN FUNDS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN UTILIZED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS. MORE THAN $69 MILLION IN RESTRICTED FUNDS, MUCH OF WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN UTILIZED IN SALARY AND BENEFITS, HAVE THE SAME PATTERNS OF BUDGET HIGH SPEND LOW, WHICH HAVE EXISTED FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. EACH YEAR, WE'VE BEEN TOLD THERE'S NO MONEY, YET THAT'S NEVER COME TO FRUITION. WE NEED TO END RETALIATION AND FAVORITISM. THE OFFICE ELIMINATED THE TWO PAY STAFF AND THEN TRIED TO ESTABLISH A NEW POSITION DOING THE SAME WORK, WHICH MUCH OF THE SAME FUNDS, CREATING A HUGE LOSS FOR DISTRICTS WHO NO LONGER HAVE THE EXPERIENCE STAFF TO SUPPORT THEM. WE NEED TO END THE REPEATED ILLOGICAL PATTERNS IN BUDGETING. TAKE A LOOK AT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES. THE 2024-2025 AUDITED ACTUAL SHOWS AN EXPENDITURE OF ABOUT $1.7 MILLION. YET OUR ADOPTED BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR IS OVER $8 MILLION, AND WE'VE ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE ONLY SPENT $324,000. >> IN SERVICES OF OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES, THE 2024/2025 UNAUDITED ACTUALS HAD A NET EXPENDITURES OF ABOUT $11.4 MILLION. THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR IS $61 MILLION, AND WE'VE ALREADY ASKED TO INCREASE THAT TO $110 MILLION, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE ONLY SPENT $18.6 MILLION. LAST YEAR, SIMILAR INFLATED PROJECTIONS WERE USED TO JUSTIFY LAYOFFS AND DENY A RETIREMENT INCENTIVE. >> SARAH, IF YOU COULD WRAP UP. THANK YOU. >> WHAT JUSTIFIES THESE EXPENSES? WHAT DOCUMENTATION SUPPORTS THESE MOVES? HOW DO YOU EXPECT WORKERS TO BELIEVE THESE ARE LEGITIMATE WHEN THEY HAVE HISTORICALLY NEVER COME TO FRUITION? THE BARGAINING UNITS STAND TOGETHER. HOW WILL YOU, DR. TOSTON, PRESIDENT BERTA, VICE PRESIDENT CHON, TRUSTEE SPEISER, TRUSTEE LARI, TRUSTEE PACHECO, TRUSTEE ROCHA, AND TRUSTEE SHREE KRISTAN, SHOW THAT YOU STAND WITH US AND PRIORITIZE SAFETY, EQUITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY FOR ALL? WE CAN'T WAIT AND NEITHER CAN OUR STUDENTS. SEIU, ACE AND PSWA, DEMAND A FAIR CONTRACT, INCLUDING REALIGNMENTS, RESTROOM BREAKS, REMOTE WORK, 3%, AND $147 FOR HEALTHCARE, AND URGE YOU TO PRIORITIZE REMEDYING THE ABOVE ISSUES. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INVITE THE DESIGNEE OR PRESIDENT OF THE PSYCHOLOGIST AND SOCIAL WORKERS ASSOCIATION, PSWA FORWARD. SEEING NO REPRESENTATIVE, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE DESIGNEE OR PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY EDUCATORS, ACE FORWARD. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENTS. >> CAN I PLEASE HAVE THE TIMER UP? THANK YOU. RIJU KRISHNA, DEFENDER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION PRESIDENT AND OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON FOR ACE. WE ALL KNOW THAT ACE IS CURRENTLY AT AN IMPASSE OVER CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. THIS IMPASSE WAS NOT CHOSEN BY ACE. IT WAS CAUSED BY SCCOE. DR. TOSTON, WE HAVE REPEATEDLY AND CONSISTENTLY ASKED YOU TO GUIDE COE TEAM TO ENGAGE IN GOOD FAITH BARGAINING. BUT LIKE BEFORE, AGAIN, YOU HAVE NOT LISTENED TO US. DR. TOSTON, YOU'RE THE SUPERINTENDENT. THIS LEAVES ONLY TWO POSSIBILITIES. EITHER YOU DID NOT DIRECT YOUR NEGOTIATIONS TEAM TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH OR YOU DID, AND THEY CHOSE NOT TO FOLLOW YOUR DIRECTIONS. IN EITHER CASE, RESULT IS THE SAME. WE ARE NOW AT AN IMPASSE, AND THAT IS SOMETHING ACE NEVER WANTED. THE FACTS. WE HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A CONTRACT SINCE JULY 2025, ALMOST SIX MONTHS. COE ENGAGED IN SURFACE AND BAD FAITH BARGAINING DEMONSTRATED BY SPARSE BARGAINING DATES, SPREAD WEEKS APART IN VIOLATION OF OUR CONTRACT. SESSIONS SCHEDULED OUTSIDE EMPLOYEE WORK HOURS. COE ARRIVING REPEATEDLY UNPREPARED. MAJOR PORTIONS OF PROPOSALS WERE DISMISSED. STATEMENTS SUCH AS, WE HURT YOU, BUT THIS WOULD BE TOO MUCH WORK FOR US, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT GOING TO AGREE TO IT INSTEAD OF BARGAINING. A 15 MINUTE BREAK FOR ELA STAFF WHO WORKED 9 HOURS PER DAY WAS JUST TOO MUCH FOR COE. THE FINAL BREAKDOWN OCCURRED WHEN COE PROPOSED BARGAINING DATES MORE THAN A MONTH AFTER OUR LAST SESSION, WHILE EMPLOYEES CONTINUED WORKING UNDER AN EXPIRED CONTRACT. THIS DELAY DID NOT OCCUR IN A VACUUM. IT OCCURRED EVEN AFTER ACE BROUGHT FORTH CONCERNS REPEATEDLY. [00:35:03] THE SUPERINTENDENT FAILED TO INTERVENE, FAILED TO QUESTION, AND FAILED TO REQUIRE ACCOUNTABILITY FROM HIS OWN TEAM. WE ARE URGING THE BOARD TO HOLD THE SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE DETERIORATION OF NEGOTIATIONS THAT LED TO THE IMPASSE WHEN ALL ACE WANTED TO DO WAS BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH AND RETURN OUR FULL FOCUS TO SERVING THE STUDENTS. BUDGET INFLATION PATTERNS THAT THE BOARD HOPEFULLY WILL BE CHALLENGING. COE AGAIN BEGAN THIS YEAR WITH $109 MILLION CARRYOVER, YET LEADERSHIP REPEATEDLY CLAIMS FISCAL CONSTRAINTS WHEN ADDRESSING STAFF NEEDS. IN THE SECOND INTERIM OF 24/25, ACE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT UNEXPLAINED BUDGET INCREASES, $55 MILLION IN SERVICES AND OTHERS, 9 MILLION IN BOOKS AND SUPPLIES. BUSINESS SERVICES DESCRIBED THESE AS A ONE TIME DEPARTMENTAL NEED. UNAUDITED ACTUALS FOR 24/25 SHOWED THESE FUNDS WERE NEVER SPENT. WE ASKED DR. TOSTON TO GET US THE ANSWER FOR WHY THE MONEY WASN'T SPENT, AND YET THIS EXPENSE WAS USED TO JUSTIFY LAYOFFS. WE STILL DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS. WE DON'T HAVE THOSE ANSWERS. EVEN WORSE, NOW THE SAME PATTERN REPEATS IN 2025/26. BOOKS AND SUPPLIES, 24/25 UNAUDITED ACTUALS WAS $1.7 MIL, 25/26 ADOPTED BUDGET $8 MILLION, AND 25/26 FIRST INTERIM, WHICH WAS POSTED ON $103,116.9 MILLION. SIMILAR SERVICES AND OTHERS, UNAUDITED ACTUALS WAS $11.4 MILLION, 25/26 ADOPTED BUDGET $61 MILLION, AND 25/26 $110 MILLION. LAST YEAR SIMILAR INFLATED PROJECTIONS WERE USED TO JUSTIFY LAYOFFS AND DENY A RETIREMENT INCENTIVE. YET AGAIN, THE SAME STORY. THE BOARD MUST NOW ASK AND REQUIRE ANSWERS. WHY ARE THESE INCREASES OCCURRING AGAIN, AND AGAIN? ARE THESE NUMBERS BEING USED ONCE MORE TO CLAIM COE HAS NO MONEY FOR HEALTH CARE, SALARY INCREASE, OR BASIC CLASSROOM SUPPLIES, SUCH AS CHAIRS, PAPER, GLOVES, WIPES. WHAT OVERSIGHT DID THE BOARD EXERCISE BEFORE APPROVING THESE FIGURES? IF THESE INCREASES ARE DUE TO PROGRAMMATIC NEEDS, WHAT ARE THOSE NEEDS? GIVE US THE FACTS, AND ARE THEY ACTUALLY BEING MET? THE PATTERN OF ADDING MONEY TO BOOKS AND SUPPLIES, SERVICES AND OTHERS AND NOT SPENDING AND USING THAT MINIMAL BALANCE THEN TO JUSTIFY TO US THAT COE HAS NO MONEY. THIS NEEDS TO EITHER BE EXPLAINED WITH FACTS OR IT NEEDS TO BE STOPPED. CLARIFYING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POLICY, DISAGREEMENT AND FISCAL WRONGDOING. I DO UNDERSTAND I ONLY HAVE 41 SECONDS. AT THIS POINT, I'M URGING THE BOARD, TRUSTEE SPEISER, TRUSTEE LARI, TRUSTEE ROCHA, PRESIDENT BERTA, VICE PRESIDENT CHON, TRUSTEE, JORGE PACHECO, AND TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. PLEASE HOLD OUR SUPERINTENDENT, YOUR ONLY EMPLOYEE ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE WE WANT TO GO BACK INTO OUR CLASSROOMS AND DO WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, WHICH IS TEACH. WE DID NOT WANT TO GO ON AN IMPASSE, BUT HERE WE ARE. WHY? ASK YOURSELF. WHY? THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES OUR BARGAINING UNIT REPORTS. [4. PUBLIC COMMENTS OF PERSONS DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD] NEXT, WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS RESERVED FOR PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION REGARDING ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA AND WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE SCCBOE. STATE LAW PROHIBITS THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM DISCUSSING OR ACTING UPON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. IT 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 54957.95, THE SCCBOE 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 ALSO 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? >> WE DO. WE HAVE 17 CARDS. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. AS THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW COMMENCING, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCEPT ADDITIONAL COMMENTERS. PLEASE PRESENT THE 1 MINUTE TIMER. IF LANGUAGE SUPPORT IS NEEDED, TIME WILL DOUBLE. TIMER WILL BE DISPLAYED. 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 PUBLIC 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 [00:40:01] 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. OUR FIRST TEN SPEAKERS ARE FAVIOLA BATAZ, MERCEDES HILL, MINDY SHEPHERD, MICHELLE MAYES, ELSA GUTIERREZ, SARAH STEINBACH, RIJU KRISHNA, CHRISTINE HEADLEY, AND RENEE LOU. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS FAVIOLA BATAZ. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS FAVIOLA BATAZ. I'M FROM FROM SOUTH COUNTY. I JUST CAME TO SAY, THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE PLAYGROUND. KIDS LOVE IT. I LOVED IT. IT WAS A VERY AWESOME DAY. WE THOUGHT IT WAS IN A RAIN. I DIDN'T RAIN. IT WAS NICE AND SHINY. ALL I CAN SAY IS MONEY WELL SPENT. RESPECT FOR YOU GUYS. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS THAT I CANNOT HELP IN BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. BUT LET'S MAKE 2026 THE BEST YEAR WHERE EVERYBODY GETS WHAT THEY NEED, AND THAT THEY DESERVE. I THINK EVERYBODY HAS EARNED THAT LITTLE SPACE IN THIS COUNTY. LET'S CHERISH IT, LET'S PROTECT IT, LET'S OWN IT. ALL I CAN SAY IS, YOU GUYS GOT ME. YOU GUYS GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO WORK. LET'S GET EVERYTHING GOING. IT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SAY, YOU WANT TO WORK, LET'S GO. DON'T SHUT NO MORE SCHOOLS DOWN. LET'S UPGRADE THEM, MAKE THEM BETTER. HONESTLY, I THINK THAT'S THE BEST OPTION. KIDS NEED THE SCHOOLS. KIDS ARE NOT STOPPED. KIDS ARE KEEP COMING. LET'S PROVIDE WHAT THEY NEED. THANK YOU GUYS. [NOISE] >> NEXT SPEAKER IS MERCEDES HILL. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT. >> GOOD EVENING, DR. TOSTON AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS MERCEDES HILL AND I WORK IN THE HEAD START PROGRAM HERE AT THE SCCOE. I'M ALSO A SEIU MEMBER. AS AN ORGANIZATION, ONE OF SCCOE'S ESTABLISHED GOALS IS TO BE A PREMIER SERVICE ORGANIZATION, WHICH MEANS TO PROVIDE THOSE WE SERVE, STUDENTS, PARENTS, DISTRICTS, AND COMMUNITIES WITH THE UTMOST CARE AND ATTENTION. HOWEVER, IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO VISUALIZE THIS, LET ALONE SUSTAIN IT WHEN ALL STAFF WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION ITSELF ARE TREATED WITH THE MOST CARE AND ATTENTION. LEADERSHIP'S EXPECTATION THAT ALL STAFF IS TREATED WITH RESPECT AND EQUITY FAILS TO SEE THAT THERE IS STRUCTURAL INEQUITY BUILT INTO EVERY SUPERVISOR SUBORDINATE RELATIONSHIP. IT IS CRITICAL, DR. TOSTON, THAT IN LIGHT OF YOUR EFFORTS TO CHANGE MANAGEMENT CULTURE HERE AT THE SCCOE, YOU FACE THAT STRUCTURAL INEQUITY AND IMPRESS UPON YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAMS TO SEE THAT AS WELL. SCCOE MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO RUN A MUCK FOR TOO LONG, AND WE ARE SEEING THE INERTIA OF THAT CORRO DEPARTMENTS FROM WITHIN. PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAMS TO BE SOURCES OF DEESCALATION RATHER THAN ESCALATION. THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MINDY SHEPHERD. >> HI. MY NAME IS MINDY SHEPHERD, AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A TEACHER. MY NAME IS MARCELA MARTINEZ, AND I'M AN ELS TEACHER, HUMAN BEING, AND AN EMPLOYEE WHO DESERVES A SAFE, RESPECTFUL AND AN EQUITABLE WORKPLACE. IN OUR CLASSROOM, WE ARE GIVEN HAMMY DOWN FURNITURE, BROKEN OUTDATED EQUIPMENT, AND INSUFFICIENT STORAGE SPACE, WHILE OTHER CENTERS RECEIVE NEW OR LIKE NEW FURNITURE, HAVE DESIGNATED SPACES TO TAKE LUNCH BREAKS, COMPLETE PREP WORK WITHOUT CONSTANT INTERRUPTIONS, NURSE OR PUMP, AND SPEAK CONFIDENTIALLY WITH PARENTS. THAT INCONSISTENCY IS NOT ONLY UNFAIR, IT IS DISCOURAGING AND CAUSES UNNECESSARY STRESS. POLICIES AND SAFETY EXPECTATIONS SHOULD BE APPLIED EQUITABLY, NOT SELECTIVELY. SOUTH COUNTY HEAD START HOLLISTER SITE NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THESE CONDITIONS AND TO ENSURE ALL STAFF ARE TREATED FAIRLY AND PROVIDED THE BASIC RESOURCES NEEDED TO DO OUR JOBS. ISSUES SUCH AS PREP TIME, SALARY CONCERNS, THE NUMBER OF IEP. [NOISE] >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHELLE MAYES. >> HI. I'M SPEAKING FOR MICHELLE MAYES, AND I'M TERRY CASSIO. MICHELLE MAYES HOLLISTER HEADSTART TEACHER. I AM A TEACHER, BUT I'M ALSO A HUMAN BEING. DO NOT RECEIVE BREAKS. MY LUNCH COMES NEARLY 5 HOURS INTO MY SHIFT. I AM EXPECTED TO STAND AND ACTIVELY SUPERVISE FOR MOST OF A NINE HOUR A DAY. I'M TOLD NOT TO SIT AT ALL. STANDING, WALKING, AND RUNNING FOR 8 HOURS WITHOUT REST IS INHUMANE. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED. I ALSO LACK BASIC ADULT APPROPRIATE CLASSROOM FURNITURE. I WAS GIVEN TODDLER FURNITURE AND AN OUTDOOR WATER TABLE. I STILL DO NOT HAVE AN ADULT SIZE TABLE AND WORK ON A TWICE SHELF, WHICH CAUSES PHYSICAL STRAIN. STAFF DESERVE SAFE FUNCTIONAL FURNITURE AND GOOD CONDITION. SOME STAFF COULD NOT ATTEND TODAY BECAUSE SOUTH COUNTY TEACHERS MUST LEAVE WORK EARLY AND USE PERSONAL TIME TO BE HERE. NO ONE SHOULD LOSE PAY OR LEAVE JUST TO BE HEARD. MEETINGS MUST ALSO ALLOW THOSE ATTENDING BY VIDEO TO SPEAK EQUALLY. I URGE, LEADERSHIP, AND [NOISE] [OVERLAPPING] [00:45:03] >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ELSA GUTIERREZ. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS ELSA GUTIERREZ, AND I'LL JUST KINDLY SHOW YOU WHAT I WROTE HERE. IT STATES THAT I AM A HEAD START TEACHER. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CHILDREN SINCE 1986. IT'LL BE 40 YEARS NEXT MONTH. THERE WAS A TIME IN MY LIFE WHERE I HAD TO WORK FIVE JOBS. I WAS A SENIOR CAREGIVER. I WORK AT COSTCO, STILL DO HOUSE CLEANER AND WAS ALSO A TUTOR. I DON'T THINK THERE'S A TEACHER HERE ON THIS EARTH THAT SHOULD BE WORKING FIVE JOBS, JUST TO PUT A DOWN PAYMENT ON A HOUSE, BUT THAT'S WHAT I DID. MY HOUSE IS NOT HERE. MAYBE YOURS IS, BUT NOT MINE, MINE'S ALL WAY IN LOS BANOS. I ALSO WANT TO SHARE THAT IT MAY LOOK LIKE I MAKE GOOD MONEY, BUT AFTER TAXES, I MAKE VERY LITTLE TO SUPPORT ALL MY BILLS. I'M ASKING, PLEASE PAY US AND WHAT WE'RE WORTH, INCLUDING OUR BENEFITS, IMPROVING THAT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'M POOR, AND NO TEACHER SHOULD FEEL LIKE THAT. THANK YOU. [NOISE] >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAH STEINBACH. >> SARAH STEINBACH, I AM A TEACHER FOR THE COUNTY OFFICE OF DD. I WANT TO ADDRESS THE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES ISSUE. FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A $9 MILLION OVERAGE. TEACHERS ARE ALLOWED $300 A YEAR TO GET CLASSROOM SUPPLIES. ROUNDING UP TO 500 EDUCATORS. THAT MEANS CURRENTLY, SCULLY IS SPENDING $150,000 ON SUPPLIES FOR THE CLASSROOM. WHERE'S THE REST OF IT GOING? IF THEY COULD GIVE EACH TEACHER $5,000 A YEAR. THAT WOULD ONLY COME UP TO 2.5 MILLION. THEY'D STILL HAVE OVER $7 MILLION LEFT. BEFORE TEACHING, I SPENT OVER 30 YEARS WORKING AT AT&T AND APPLE, AND I CAN GUARANTEE THAT IF MY BUDGET CONSISTENTLY WAS UNDER USED EVERY YEAR, I WOULDN'T STILL HAVE A JOB. WHY IS IT ACCEPTABLE IN THIS SITUATION? [NOISE] >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS RIJU KRISHNA. >> KRISHNA, TEACHER OI. DURING DISCUSSION OF AGENDA ITEM 5B DURING LAST MEETING ABOUT THE FISCAL IMPROPRIETY, TRUSTEE SPEISER, YOU HAD STATED THAT THE BOARD WAS NOT 100% ON THE SAME PAGE AND YOU HAD REFERENCED DIFFERING OPINIONS. I SAY THIS RESPECTFULLY. BOARDS OFTEN DISAGREE ON POLICY DIRECTION OR EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIES. HOWEVER, WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY, THERE IS NO DISAGREEMENT. EITHER MONEY WAS USED THE RIGHT WAY, OR IT WASN'T USED THE RIGHT WAY. EITHER WRONGDOING HAPPENED OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. AS OF THIS POINT IN TIME, DR. TOSTON, LAST TIME, WE HAD ASKED YOU FOR A PLAN ON HOW ARE YOU GOING TO HOLD THESE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE FISCAL IMPROPRIETY. WE STILL HAVE NOT HEARD AN ANSWER FROM YOU. WE ASKED THE BOARD MEMBERS. I'M ASKING THE BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE HOLD ANYONE AND EVERYONE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THAT FISCAL IMPROPRIETY ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR JOB. HOLDING PEOPLE WHO STEAL MONEY ACCOUNTABLE IS YOUR JOB. >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTINE HEADLEY. >> GOOD EVENING. I WANT TO TELL YOU, CHRISTINE HEADLEY, SCHOOL NURSE. TELL YOU A QUICK STORY. MY STUDENT, SUZIE Q, HITS HER HEAD HARD WITH HER FISTS 30-50 TIMES A DAY SOMETIMES. TEACHERS AND STAFF WORK TIRELESSLY IN THE ROOM, BUT RUN UP AGAINST CUTS ON SUPPLIES FOR CLASSROOMS AND HAVE TO OFTEN PURCHASE THEMSELVES SUPPLIES TO HELP HER STAY SAFE. HOW DO WE GIVE SUZIE Q HELP WITH SENSORY MATERIALS TO DISTRACT HER AND KEEP HER SAFE AT SCHOOL? QUESTION. WHO DECIDES WHAT THE ALLOTTED SUPPLIES FOR CLASSROOMS ARE? IF IT'S SO HARD TO ORDER MATERIALS AND WE'RE TOO STRAPPED WITH FUNDS TO HELP SUZIE Q STAY SAFE? WHY ARE WE HIRING STAFF AT EXORBITANT SALARIES? CAN THEY SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS? WHO WILL HELP HER? WHO WILL HELP US HELP HER? HOW ARE WE SERVING OUR STUDENTS? ARE THEY OUR FIRST PRIORITY? THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RENE LOU, AND BEFORE THEY GO, I'M GOING TO CALL THE NEXT BATCH OF SPEAKERS AS WELL IF THEY CAN START LINING UP. STEPH PEDOR, CYNTHIA PUNO, MICHELLE OLIVER, CHRISTINA MOORE, KELLY SHEPHERD, SANDY FAKAOSI, RAJ PEREK. RENE, PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR COMMENT. >> MY NAME IS RENE LOU, AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF VERONICA RAMOS. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS DR. VERONICA RAMOS, [00:50:01] AND I AM A MEMBER OF ACE NEGOTIATIONS TEAM. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEP CONCERNS REGARDING THE CURRENT CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. WE RECOGNIZE THAT OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT HAS BROUGHT IN AN INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY TO HANDLE THESE CRUCIAL NEGOTIATIONS. THIS IS CONCERNING. NEGOTIATIONS HAVE STALLED. WE ARE AT IMPASSE. THIS INTERIM APPOINTEE MAY LACK OF VESTED INTEREST IN OUR COUNTY, AND BY NOT GUIDING THE SCCOE NEGOTIATION TEAM TO ENGAGE IN GOOD FAITH BARGAINING, THE SUPERINTENDENT APPEARS DISENGAGED FROM THE VERY EDUCATORS WHO ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE STUDENTS WE SERVE. IT'S TROUBLING, ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT THIS NEGOTIATION AFFECTS ALL OF OUR FRONTLINE CERTIFICATED STAFF. WE ARE NOW WORKING WITHOUT A CONTRACT FOR ALMOST SIX MONTHS. AS ONE OF THE HIGHEST-PAID SUPERINTENDENTS. >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS STEPH PEDOR. >> HI. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE PEDOR, AND I'M A VETERAN EDUCATOR OF 28 YEARS, A DEFENDER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND A PROUD GRADUATE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. IN 1974, I LEARNED SOME VERY IMPORTANT THINGS IN KINDERGARTEN. I LEARNED ENGLISH. I LEARNED TO KEEP MY HANDS TO MYSELF, AND I LEARNED THAT 2+2 = 4. MY FAVORITE SUBJECT WAS MATH BECAUSE MATH HAS RULES, 2+2 = 4 IN ANY LANGUAGE. THE RULES DO NOT CHANGE NO MATTER HOW WE FEEL ABOUT IT. I HAVE CARRIED THAT MATH LOGIC WITH ME MY ENTIRE LIFE. TO MY SURPRISE, 2+2 DOESN'T SEEM TO EQUAL FOUR ANYMORE. ACCORDING TO THE BUDGET ANALYSIS PRESENTED BY BUSINESS SERVICES, 2+2 IS NO LONGER FOUR. I EXAMINED THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS MYSELF. THERE AGAIN, 2+2 DID NOT ALWAYS EQUAL FOUR. APPARENTLY, FIVE MILLION PLUS NINE MILLION UNSPENT DOLLARS EQUALS ONLY 400,000 AVAILABLE FOR STAFF AND FOR STUDENTS. I THINK PERHAPS. >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CYNTHIA PUNO. >> HELLO, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CYNTHIA PUNO. I'M A PARA EDUCATOR WORKED FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES. WE ARE NOT ASKING SCCOE TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW. WE ARE ASKING THEM TO RESTORE WHAT ALREADY WORKED. OUR PRESCHOOL STUDENT WITH DISABILITY WERE THRIVING IN INCLUSIVE HEAD START CO TAUGHT CLASSROOM, REMOVING THOSE OPPORTUNITY HARM STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND EDUCATORS. INCLUSION IS NOT A LUXURY. IT'S A LEGAL RIGHT, AND EQUITY ISSUE, AND EDUCATIONAL IMPERATIVE. ALSO, OUR MEMBERS PROVIDES ESSENTIAL ONGOING SERVICES. A ONE-TIME PAYMENT DOES NOT ADDRESS INFLATION, RISING HEALTH CARE COSTS OR LONG-TERM RETENTION, ZERO WAGE INCREASES AMOUNT TO A REAL PAYOUT. WE ARE ASKING FOR A FAIR, SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION THAT REFLECTS THE VALUE OF OUR WORK AND PROTECTS THE SERVICES. SCCOE PROVIDES TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHELLE OLIVER. >> EVENING, DR. TOSTON AND THE BOARD. MICHELLE OLIVER, 28-YEAR TEACHER WITH THE COUNTY OFFICE. WE CAN TALK ABOUT MONEY EVERY TIME WE'RE HERE. WE CAN TALK ABOUT CONTRACTS. BUT THE REALITY IS, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE STUDENTS. I CONTINUE TO COME TO THIS MEETING TO ADVOCATE FOR COE TO REPRIORITIZE INCLUSION. WHY THIS HAS TO BE SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS BEYOND ME. I INVITE YOU DR. TOSTON AND TO INCLUDE DR. WAYNE TO MEET WITH ME. HEAR THE HISTORY OF HOW THE COUNTY OFFICE HAS HANDLED INCLUSION. HEAR THE CREATIVE IDEAS THAT HAVE BEEN USED IN THE PAST. PLEASE CONSIDER WHAT THE DECISION MAKERS OF OUR PRESENT NEED TO LEARN FROM THE DECISION MAKERS OF OUR PAST. MONEY IS NOT A REASON FOR THIS NOT TO OCCUR. THERE ARE MANY VIABLE OPTIONS THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT. INSTEAD OF SAYING CAN WE, WE NEED TO STOP AND TELL OURSELVES, HOW WILL WE? THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTINA MOORE. >> CHRISTINA MOORE. THE INFORMATION FROM THE INVESTIGATION REPORT WAS A GOOD START, BUT HALF-TRUTHS ARE REALLY JUST UNTRUTHS. CLEARLY, THE SCCOE HAS ENOUGH MONEY TO PRIORITIZE STAFF AND STUDENTS IF THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY THAT WAS ABLE TO SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS OF MISMANAGEMENT UNNOTICED. CLEARLY, THE SCCOE HAS ENOUGH MONEY FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS IF WE HAVE THE SECOND-HIGHEST-PAID SUPERINTENDENT IN THE ENTIRE STATE. CLEARLY, THE SCCOE HAS ENOUGH MONEY TO PRIORITIZE STAFF AND STUDENTS IF THERE WERE ADMIN THAT WERE ABLE TO FUNNEL MONEY FOR PERSONAL PURPOSES. WE WANT FACTS, NOT OPINIONS. ETHICAL REPORTING DOESN'T TWIST FACTS WITH OPINIONS. WE WANT FACTS, NOT VAGUE TIDBITS OF INFORMATION THAT ALLOW THE WHOLE TRUTH TO BE SWEPT UNDER THE RUG. WE IMPLORE YOU TO HOLD YOURSELF ACCOUNTABLE BY HOLDING THOSE IN MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABLE. COMMIT TO REALLY GETTING US BACK ON TRACK BY SHOWING US THE MONEY TRAIL... [00:55:02] >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KELLY SHEPHERD. >> I'M SPEAKING FOR KELLY SHEPHERD. SCCOE DIRECT HIRED SIX LVNS TO PROVIDE CARE TO STUDENTS IN NEED OF HEALTH PROCEDURES, REQUIRING A LICENSED NURSE. THE CREDENTIAL SCHOOL NURSE DEVELOPS PROCEDURES, TRAIN, AND SUPERVISE THE LVNS IN THE SAME MANNER THAT IS DONE FOR OTHER STUDENTS SCHOOL CARE PROVIDERS. HOWEVER, THE NATURE OF THE SPECIALIZED PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE PROCEDURES, SUCH AS DIABETES, SECTIONING, NG TUBES, ORAL SEIZURE MEDICATIONS, ETC., BEING ASSIGNED TO LVNS IS MORE INTENSIVE AND TIME-CONSUMING. NOT ONLY DO SCHOOL NURSES SPEND MORE TIME WITH THESE LVNS, BUT THERE IS MORE LIABILITY AS WELL WITH THEIR LICENSE. AN MOU AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE A STIPEND FOR COMPENSATING THE EXTRA TIME INVOLVED WITH SUPERVISING THESE LVNS HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED AS OF JUNE 25 AND WILL NOT BE RENEWED DESPITE A CLAUSE IN ED CODE THAT ALLOWS FOR ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR THE CREDENTIAL SCHOOL NURSE TO ACT AS A SUPERVISOR. THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SANDY FAKAOSI. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS SANDY. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR OVER A QUARTER CENTURY WORKING FOR COE. WE'RE CERTAINLY HERE SPEAKING FOR OUR NEED FOR WAGES AND BENEFITS. WITH NO INCREASE TO OUR HEALTH CARE CAPS, THE EXTRA EXPENSES THAT WILL BE COMING OUT OF OUR POCKETS WILL CERTAINLY SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL YEAR AFTER YEAR. I ALSO WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH IN THE PAST YEAR. A PEAVAL AND UNCERTAINTIES HAVE HAD REAL IMPACT ON OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR MENTAL HEALTH. REPORTS RECENTLY THAT THERE WAS A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING ON MONDAY HAVE CAUSED NEW CONCERNS. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, NOR AM I ASKING YOU FOR SPECIFICS, OF COURSE. BUT I HOPE THAT YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THIS ORGANIZATION'S NEED FOR STABILITY. PLEASE, IT USED TO BE IN OUR MISSION STATEMENT THAT WE WERE TO BE A PREMIER EMPLOYER, AND WE HAVE GONE FAR AWAY FROM THAT. I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER BRINGING THAT BACK AS A PRIORITY TO OUR ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU. >> OUR LAST SPEAKER IS ROGEL PARK. >> HELLO. I'M ROGEL PARK, AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A TEACHER IN THE DEF AND HEART OF HEARING AT ASTER LESLIE BANKS. LESLIE WRITES, "I AM WRITING AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION EMPLOYEE WITH OVER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE TO EXPRESS SERIOUS CONCERN REGARDING WAGES, RISING HEALTH CARE COSTS, AND COMPENSATION EQUITY. DESPITE DECADES OF DEDICATED SERVICE, I CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET AS HEALTH CARE EXPENSES INCREASE AND WAGES FAIL TO KEEP PACE WITH THE COST OF LIVING. IT IS DEEPLY CONCERNING THAT THE COUNTY HAS AVAILABLE FUNDS. MANAGEMENT RECEIVES ANNUAL SALARY INCREASES WITHOUT QUESTION, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S COMPENSATION EXCEEDS THAT OF THE GOVERNOR, WHILE FRONTLINE SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE ON INCREASING DEMANDS WITHOUT MEANINGFUL FINANCIAL RELIEF. THIS DISPARITY IS DEMORALIZING AND UNSUSTAINABLE. SPECIAL EDUCATION EMPLOYEES FACE SIGNIFICANT PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SAFETY DEMANDS. >> THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE WILL PROCEED WITH ITEM 5, [5. CONSENT ACTION ITEMS] OUR CONSENT ACTION ITEMS. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS A-E. >> I SO MOVE. >> A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE SPEISER AND A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE ROCHA. TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN VOTE BOARD DOCS. THANK YOU. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS SIX, [6. CONSENT INFORMATION ITEMS (Information items provided for review that do not require presentation or action.)] OUR CONSENT INFORMATION ITEMS. THIS ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA FOR TRANSPARENCY. THERE'S NO PRESENTATION AND NO ACTION REQUIRED UNLESS THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS. WE WILL MOVE TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM. TONIGHT'S FIRST ACTION ITEM IS A DISCUSSION AND [A. Discussion and Appointment to the CSBA Regional County Delegate Seat] APPOINTMENT TO THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION DELEGATE ASSEMBLY. EACH YEAR, BOARD MEMBERS ELECT OR APPOINT, I SHOULD SAY, EVERY OTHER YEAR, REPRESENTATIVES FROM 21 GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS TO CSBA'S DELEGATE ASSEMBLY. DELEGATES WILL SERVE TWO-YEAR TERMS BEGINNING APRIL 2026 THROUGH MARCH 31ST, 2028. THIS IS THE NOMINATION PERIOD, JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY. [01:00:04] I HAVE SERVED AS A DELEGATE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS BECAUSE OF TAKING OVER A TERM. AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP AND WANTED TO SEE IF TRUSTEE PACHECO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN BEING NOMINATED FOR OR I GUESS I SHOULD MAKE A NOMINATION AND SEE IF YOU ACCEPT IT. I'LL FIRST SEE TRUSTEE PACHECO, ARE YOU INTERESTED? IF I MOVE TO NOMINATE YOU, DO YOU ACCEPT A NOMINATION? >> I ACCEPT. >> THEN PROCEDURALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF WE SEE IF THERE'S OTHER NOMINATIONS OR IF WE PROCEED TO A VOTE. >> PRESIDENT BERTA, COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS ONE AND THEN THE ONE WE NOMINATED TRUSTEE SPEISER FOR? [OVERLAPPING] >> THIS IS THE COUNTY-APPOINTED SEAT SO OUR COUNTY BOARD GETS TO APPOINT A COUNTY SEAT AND THEN THERE'S WE ALSO NOMINATED TRUSTEE SPEISER FOR THE AT-LARGE. >> I GUESS, YEAH. >> MINE WOULD BE VOTED ON BY THE ENTIRETY OF ALL TRUSTEES IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY BY THEIR BOARDS. >> JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU ARE OUR SELECTED REPRESENTATIVE TO BE VOTED ON, AND THIS ONE IS OUR APPOINTED COUNTY SEAT, WHICH YOU'VE BEEN SERVING IN? >> CORRECT. >> THANK YOU. >> PROCEDURALLY? >> PROCEDURALLY. MUCH LIKE YOUR OFFICERS. YOU COULD HAVE TWO CANDIDATES IF THERE ARE TWO NOMINEES AND THEN YOU JUST DO THE VOTES FOR EACH CANDIDATE AND THE CANDIDATE WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER OF VOTES WOULD BE THE SELECTED CANDIDATE. >> I GUESS IF THIS IS A MOTION, IS THERE A SECOND TO MY MOTION TO NOMINATE? THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO NOMINATE TRUSTEE PACHECO. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? >> I DO NOMINATE. >> TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? >> [INAUDIBLE] >> WE'LL GO TO A VOTE. DO YOU LIKE US TO VOTE IN BOARD DOCS OR? PERFECT. TRUSTEE ROCHA SECONDED THE MOTION. TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS. >> THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. NEXT, WE'LL GO TO ITEM 7B, [B. Approval of the Budget Revisions for the Month of October 2025] THE APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET REVISIONS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. THIS ACTION ITEM WILL BE PRESENTED BY STEPHANIE GOMEZ, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF BUSINESS SERVICES, AND LAUREN NUNN, DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL BUSINESS SERVICES. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BOTH OF YOU. I THINK THAT THE INTENT WAS TO SEE IF TRUSTEES HAVE QUESTIONS OR IS THAT FOR THE BUDGET ITEM? >> IT'S FOR FIRST INTERIM. >> PERFECT. THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BYRD, DOCTOR TOSS AND TRUSTEES. WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE ITEMS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. IN OUR BUDGET REVISION REPORTS, WE DID RECORD 22.7 MILLION FOR THE CALIFORNIA STATE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM GRANT. THIS IS ONE THAT WE HAD BROUGHT UP TO THE BOARD A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK BECAUSE WE HAD THE EXTENSION OF THE CONTINUATION OF ENROLLMENT VERSUS ADA. THAT WAS WHERE WE WERE PROJECTED TO DROP DOWN 22 MILLION. IT GOT REINSTATED FOR THE 25 26 YEAR. WE DO HAVE THAT REFLECTED IN OUR BUDGET REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS ONE TIME FUNDING, AND WE HAD MADE A MENTION THAT WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THE ENTIRETY OF THE GRANTS, BUT MOST LIKELY WE WILL NOT EARN THE FULL 22 MILLION. WE'RE PRODUCING ABOUT 10 MILLION BASED ON OUR ENROLLMENT AT THIS POINT, BUT WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR BUDGET IS ABOUT 2.57 MILLION IN NEW RESTRICTED REVENUES. THESE ARE TO SUPPORT SOME KEY INITIATIVES. WE HAVE SOME SUPPORT FOR DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS, TOBACCO USE PREVENTION, MEDICAL BILLING SUPPORT, AND EXPANDED STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH AND [01:05:01] SERVICES THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA. THAT CONCLUDES THE UPDATE AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. I SEE A HAND FROM VICE PRESIDENT CHON. >> I HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE 22 MILLION FOR THE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM. IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO USE ALL OF THAT BECAUSE OF OUR ENROLLMENT, IS THAT MONEY RETURNED OR CAN IT CARRY OVER INTO THE NEXT YEAR? >> IT'S REIMBURSEMENT BASED. THE WAY WE BUDGET IT, MOST OF OUR BUDGET IS WE BUDGET THE GRANT AWARD TO 22 MILLION GOES IN THE BUDGET AND OUR DIFFERENT OBJECT CODES. WE EARN IT, WE SEEK REIMBURSEMENT, THE EXPENSES ARE INCURRED. WHATEVER WE DON'T EARN, WE TAKE OUT OF THE BUDGET BECAUSE IT'S NOT REAL MONEY. IT'S JUST BUDGET UNTIL WE EARN IT, AND WE GET THE REIMBURSEMENT. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> TESSY SPICER AND THEN TRUSTEE ROCHA. >> IT'S A QUICK JUMP OFF FROM HER QUESTION. YOU SAID IT, BUT I WANT TO JUST BE TRULY EXPLICIT. THE 22 MILLION YOU SAID IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO PUT IN NO MATTER WHETHER WE ONLY THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE EXPENDING 10 MILLION. WE HAVE TO PUT IT IN THE BUDGET. >> YES. THAT'S AN ACCOUNTING ROLE. WE HAVE TO BUDGET BASED ON OUR GRANT AWARD NOTIFICATIONS WE RECEIVE. THAT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO RECONCILE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES WE GET. WE HAVE TO BUDGET THE ENTIRETY OF THAT GRANT IN EACH RESPECTIVE CATEGORY, AND THEN WE SEEK REIMBURSEMENT AS WE INCUR THEM. IF WE DON'T, THEN END OF THE YEAR WE CLOSE THE BOOKS, AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT FUNDING ANYMORE. >> I APPRECIATE THAT THOSE ROLES ARE NOT HELPFUL TO US THAT EXTRA PERCEIVED 10 MILLION IS IT'S NOT GOOD TO HAVE ON THE BOOKS WHEN WE DON'T TRULY HAVE IT. >> I THINK THAT'S THE B Y. IT'S NOT REAL CASH. IT'S NOT REAL CASH. IT'S A BUDGET. RIGHT? IT'S A PLAN. IT'S A BUDGET, AND IF WE EARN IT, THAT'S AMAZING, AND THEN WE GET REIMBURSEMENT AFTER WE EARN IT. BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF IT WAS REAL CASH IN THE BANK. >> YES. THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> TRUSTEE ROCHA. >> THANK YOU. A QUESTION RELATED TO ONE OF THE BULLETS IN THE BOARD MEMO, THE 1.1 MILLION FOR THE THREE YEAR MOU WITH THE COUNTY SANTA CLARA. QUESTION IS, TYPICALLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT A REVISION, THIS IS A MODIFICATION THAT WASN'T ALREADY BUDGETED, SO TO SPEAK. >> WHENEVER WE BRING THE BUDGET REVISIONS, THERE'S ONE OF TWO THINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE. WE'VE GOT A NEW CONTRACTS, OUR NEW REVENUE THAT WE'RE BUDGETING, WHICH IS THE CASE HERE, AND THAT'S HOW WE BRING THEM EVERY MONTH. YOU CAN SEE ANY NEW REVENUES THAT WE'RE BRINGING THROUGH GRANTS FOR CONTRACTS. THIS WOULD BE A NEW ONE. GO AHEAD. NO, NO, PLEASE. THEN THE OTHER PIECE OF IT AS WE'LL SEE IN OUR NOVEMBER REVISIONS IS IF THERE'S A DECREASE. FOR EXAMPLE, WE BUDGETED X AMOUNT OF REVENUE BASED ON PROJECTIONS, AND THEN WE FIND OUT THAT ADAS DROPPED AND OUR REVENUE PRODUCTIONS HAVE DROPPED. THAT WOULD BE THE OTHER THING THAT YOU WOULD SEE IN THESE REPORTS. >> THESE ARE NEW REVENUES. WE'RE ALLOCATING FOR NOW, WAS THIS A FORESEEN MOU, SOMETHING WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, WAS THIS NEW? >> THE NEW CONTRACT. >> THESE SERVICES ARE NEW? THEY'VE NEVER BEEN PROVIDED FOR. >> I BELIEVE SO. BECAUSE WE SO WHAT WE RECEIVE, WE ONLY REPORT THE NEW REVENUES THAT WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE, LIKE NEW SERVICES THAT WE WILL DELIVER BASED ON THE CONTRACT. YES. >> I GUESS SO. >> I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE 1.1 MILLION THAT'S LIKE THREE YEAR CONTRACT. THEN LIKE WE HAVE SOME MULTIPLE YEAR CONTRACT IN HERE THAT WE HAVE TO BECAUSE OF OUR ACCOUNTING PRACTICE, WE HAVE TO BUDGET THE ENTIRE AMOUNT IN OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM. >> ONE THING TO ADD TO TO THAT IS IF WE DO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE DID HAVE A CONTINUATION OF SERVICES, RIGHT, DON'T BUDGET IT UNTIL WE GET A FULLY EXECUTED AGREEMENT. THAT STIPULATES WE'RE GOING TO GET THE MONEY. IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WERE GOING TO RENEW, LET'S SAY IF IT WAS A PRIOR YEAR SERVICE, WE WOULD NEED TO GET THE FULLY EXECUTED CONTRACT AND THAT NOTIFICATION BEFORE WE WOULD BUDGET IT, JUST LIKE WE DO WITH OUR GRANT AWARD NOTIFICATIONS. WE HAVE TO GET THE FULLY EXECUTED ONE BEFORE WE BUDGET. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. FORGIVE ME IF I'M MISUNDERSTANDING, BUT WHAT I'M HEARING THEN IS THAT THESE MENTAL HEALTH PREVENTION, EARLY INTERVENTION, AND SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AT SCHOOL SITES. WE'VE NEVER PROVIDED THAT BEFORE, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE AN EXISTING CONTRACT OR MOU WITH ANYBODY ELSE. THIS IS ALL NEW SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING AT OUR SCHOOL SITES. >> IT'S NOT A NEW SERVICE WE'RE PROVIDING, BUT IT'S A NEW CONTRACT FOR THE TIME PERIOD, CORRECT. >> THAT'S WHAT I HAD ASKED EARLIER. MY APOLOGIES WASN'T CLEAR. SO DID WE HAVE ONE PREVIOUSLY WITH THE COUNTY OR WAS THERE SOME OTHER AGENCY PROVIDING IT? >> WE'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT TO SEE THE ANSWER. >> THANK YOU. >> I DON'T KNOW IF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, NO FROM PRIOR YEARS. [01:10:02] >> ANOTHER QUESTION, TRESTAN, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO VICE PRESIDENT CHON. >> YES, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. BUT ON TRUSTEE ROCHA'S POINT, WERE WE PROVIDING THAT SERVICES JUST FROM OUR OWN FUNDS BEFORE? >> WE'VE HAD A VARIETY OF GRANTS FROM THE COVID DOLLARS THROUGHOUT THE PAST FEW YEARS WHERE WE GOT THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP GRANTS. WE'VE HAD THOSE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SELECTED DISTRICTS. I KNOW WE'VE DONE VARIOUS WORK WITH THE COUNTY, SO THIS IS A NEW AGREEMENT THAT'S GOING TO HELP US TO SUPPORT THAT WORK. >> CAUSE I MEAN, WE DEFINITELY HAD OUR WELLNESS CENTER. >> THAT WAS DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES AND STREAMS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGHOUT THE COVID DOLLARS. YES. >> BUT THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. I MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD/ CAN YOU TOUCH ON THE STATE PRESCHOOL AGAIN? ARE WE APPLYING FOR THE SAME AMOUNT, AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE THIS MONTH AT 22 MILLION, AND YOU MENTIONED 10 MILLION. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS? >> CORRECT. SO THE 22 MILLION IS WHAT OUR ALLOCATION HAS BEEN. WE REMEMBER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET CYCLE, WE DIDN'T IT WAS POST TRANSITION TO ADA. IT WAS GOING TO BE 6.2 MILLION WAS THE AMOUNT WE WERE ELIGIBLE TO EARN UP TO. THEN THEY DECIDED TO EXTEND THIS FROM ENROLLMENT BASED KEEPING THAT METHODOLOGY FOR ONE MORE YEAR, WHICH IS 25 26. WE INCREASED THE BUDGET FOR THE 22 MILLION AND THAT'S REIMBURSEMENT-BASED FUNDING. TYPICALLY IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, HAVE ONLY EARNED UP TO ABOUT 10 MILLION OF THAT GRANT. WE HAVE TO BUDGET THE ENTIRETY OF THE 22 MILLION FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES. BUT BASED ON OUR PROJECTIONS AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST WITH OUR ENROLLMENT AND REIMBURSEMENT AND THE ABILITY TO INCUR EXPENSES, WE'VE ONLY INCURRED ABOUT 10 MILLION OF THAT. >> THEN WE RETURN THE REST? >> YOU DON'T RETURN. IT'S A GRANT AWARD NOTIFICATION. SO WE BUDGET THE 22 MILLION, WE PUT IT IN THE DIFFERENT OBJECT CODES, AND THEN AS WE INCUR THE COSTS IN THE BUDGET, WE GET REIMBURSED. WE HAVE TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT AS WE INCUR THE COSTS. WE'VE REIMBURSED 10 MILLION TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. >> I'M SURE YOU'VE EXPLAINED THAT BEFORE. THERE ARE SOME REDUCTIONS IN ED. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? I'M LOOKING AT PAGE 3. >> I WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT ONE M FOR MICRON E. THAT'S THE REDUCTION OF THE FUNDING FROM THE MIGRANT FROM THE ALLOCATION FROM CDE. THEN WE HAVE TO REVISE THE BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALIGN WITH THE REALLOCATION FROM THE CDE. >> DO YOU KNOW IF THAT'LL IMPACT STAFFING LEVELS? >> FOR THAT REDUCTION OF $470,000, WE REDUCE THE BOOKS SUPPLIES, AND THEN WE REDUCE THE SERVICES AND OPERATING THE OPERATING BUDGET. OKAY. THAT'S IMPACT. >> I MAY TOUCH ON THAT LATER BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALKS ABOUT SUPPLIES AT THIS MEETING. >> I HAD ONE MORE THING TO ADD TO THAT. WHEN WE GET THE GRANT AWARD NOTIFICATIONS, IT'S ALWAYS SUBJECT TO AVAILABLE FUNDING OR SUBJECT BASED ON THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. WHEN WE HAVE DECLINING ENROLLMENT, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THIS MONTH'S REPORT, BUT ALSO NEXT MONTH FOR NOVEMBER, WE'LL TOUCH ON THAT. IT IS PRETTY TYPICAL FOR OUR GRANT AWARDS TO BE DECREASED. BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY STAFFED UP FOR THE YEAR, DEPENDING ON THE PROGRAM, WE LOOK AT AREAS WHERE WE HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY. THOSE WOULD BE THE AREAS. >> YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT MIGRANT E. >> CORRECT. >> FOR BACK TO STATE PRESCHOOL, THAT GRANT WILL END THIS YEAR. >> IT GOT EXTENDED ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR FOR 25-26. FOR THE ENROLLMENT-BASED, MEANING THE 22 MILLION. BASED ON OUR PROJECTIONS, WHAT CE GAVE US FOR IF WE WERE TO TRANSITION TO ADA, IT WOULD HAVE GONE TO 6.2 MILLION AS THE MAX THAT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REIMBURSE UP TO. >> I ALSO CAUGHT THE ALTERNATIVE ED LCFF. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU TOUCHED ON THAT. THERE WAS A DECREASE AND I KNOW WE'VE DONE A LOT OF STATE ADVOCACY IN OUR COURT AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. WELL, A LOT OF THAT DIDN'T PASS. FYI. DR. TOSTON, I'LL FILL YOU IN LATER. >> JUST A QUICK QUESTION INTO THAT. WHAT PAGE ARE YOU REFERENCING? >> I'M ON PAGE 2. >> PAGE 2. THANK YOU. FOR COURT GOALS. I SEE THAT. THAT'S BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE FOR OUR LCFF BASED ON OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE. WE HAVE THAT THREE YEAR AVERAGE, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. BUT IF IT FALLS BELOW THAT, I BELIEVE, WE DO HAVE TO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS. >> I MEAN, THIS JUST MAYBE WE CAN GET AN UPDATE IN ALL OF OUR UPDATES, [01:15:03] DR. TOSTON ABOUT SOME OF OUR STATE ADVOCACY ON THAT. I'M NOT JUST IMAGINING THAT. WE DID DO THAT. >> YES, WE DID. THERE WAS ADVOCACY FOR THAT. WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE STATEWIDE, THEY TRANSITIONED TO DOING A THREE YEAR AVERAGE. THEN WHEN WE BUDGETED IN OUR FIRST INTERIM BOOKLET, WE PUT THE AVERAGES AND WE HAVE THEM THERE AS TO HOW WE BUDGET. >> WE DID ADVOCATE FOR THAT. >> THERE WAS ADVOCACY AROUND IN THAT. >> THAT YET QUITE HELPED US. >> NO. WHAT HAS IT? THE WAY THAT WE MANAGE OUR PROGRAM IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN OTHER COUNTY OFFICES, BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP OUR NUMBERS LOW, THE WAY THAT THE FORMULA WAS ULTIMATELY TURNED OUT FOR THE AVERAGE, IT DIDN'T BENEFIT US AS MAYBE OTHER COUNTY OFFICES THAT MAYBE HAVE A HIGHER POPULATION. >> I KNOW THERE WAS MORE WE DID THERE. IT WAS WE WERE TRYING TO GET YOU IN ANOTHER BUCKET OF FUNDING. I FEEL LIKE THAT BILL DIDN'T PASS. >> NO. IT WAS JUST A THREE YEAR AVERAGE IS WHERE WE LANDED BECAUSE THERE WAS THAT COVID CLIFF, AND SO THEY WERE LIKE THE NUMBERS WERE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. THEY WERE GOING TO DROP, SO THAT WAS TO HELP PROVIDE STABILITY TO THE COURT SCHOOLS FUNDING. >> WELL, I'M SURE, DR. TOSTON, YOU'RE UP TO SPEED ON THAT. THIS WAS BEFORE YOUR TIME, BUT MAYBE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ, CAN THERE WAS, LIKE, A GIBSON BILL, AND I'M PROBABLY MAKING THINGS UP, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THIS HAPPENED. >> LOOKING TO I WAS. I ALSO HAVE ONE MORE CLARIFICATION AROUND MIGRAN. WE ARE THE REGIONAL LEAD, AND SO THAT REDUCTION IN FUNDS ISN'T SOLELY BORNE BY THE COUNTY OFFICE FOR OUR PORTION OF IT. THERE ARE DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY AND SOME I BELIEVE OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY AS WELL, AND SO IT'S AN OVERALL REDUCTION FOR THE PROGRAM. >> MISS CHON, PRESIDENT CHON, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? >> I THINK WE'VE ANSWERED THIS BEFORE, BUT I WOULD JUST IF YOU COULD REFRESH MY MEMORY. IN TERMS OF THE CYBHI FEE OR THE INCREASE IN REVENUE THAT WE'RE GETTING FOR THIS FEE SCHEDULE PROGRAM, IS THAT DIRECT BILLING THAT WE'RE DOING FOR COUNTY STUDENTS, OR IS THAT FUNDING THAT WE GET IN SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM FOR OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY? I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER THE ANSWER. >>I BELIEVE I CAN'T SEE WHICH PAGE ON, BUT THAT REPRESENTS THE FEES THAT WE HAVE EARNED OR BEEN REIMBURSED FOR FOR SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO OUR STUDENTS. >> DIRECTLY FOR OUR STUDENTS. >> THEN THESE WOULD BE LIKE OUR STUDENTS AT OYA AND THINGS LIKE THAT. >> BECAUSE THE CYBHI GRANT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR BILLING FOR SERVICES PROVIDED VIA IEP. >> RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU. >> NO PROBLEM. I DID HAVE A QUESTION AND I'LL E MAIL IT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A BIT MORE IN DEPTH INFORMATION JUST AROUND THE CONTRACTED SERVICES AND WHETHER THOSE ARE DIRECTED BY GRANTS OR IF THERE IS SOME THAT WE'RE ELECTING A CONTRACT AS OPPOSED TO POSITIONS OURSELF, BUT I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THAT SEPARATELY. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM FROM THE BOARD. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET REVISIONS FOR OCTOBER? >> I SO MOVE THE MOTION FROM TRUSTEES. >>SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE SPEISER AND A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE LARI. TRUSTEES, PLEASE BT AND BAR DOCKS. >> THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL GO NEXT TO ITEM 7C, [C. Approval of the Budget Revisions for the Month of November 2025] THE APPROVAL OF BUDGET REVISIONS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. >> ASSIST. THANK YOU. DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, WE RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 515,000 RESTRICTED REVENUES. THAT FUNDING WAS TO SUPPORT TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, BILINGUAL EDUCATION TRAINING, AND THERE'S A THREE YEAR GRANT TO STRENGTHEN OUR CALIFORNIA TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM. ALSO IN THE REPORT, WE TYPICALLY HIGHLIGHT NEW REVENUES, BUT THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DECREASES AS WELL THAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. WE HAD A REVENUE DECREASE IN THE PROJECTIONS OF ABOUT 1.1 MILLION AND A COMBINATION OF AREAS. WE HAD A SLIGHT DECREASE IN TOBACCO USE PREVENTION PROGRAM FUNDING, OUR HOMELESS EDUCATION FUNDING, BUT THE LARGEST ONE WAS IN OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION AREA, AND THAT WAS A SPECIAL AND MONEY THAT COMES IN FOR PROGRAMMING. BASED ON COUNT STATEWIDE ADA OR COUNTYWIDE ADA, THERE WAS A DECREASE THERE AND SO THAT ONE WAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DECREASE. IT WAS A LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION 33,004 18. WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE WHEN THAT REDUCTION HAPPENS, WE'RE A PASS THROUGH FOR DISTRICTS, BUT IT WILL ALSO IMPACT OUR DISTRICTS IN THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT THEY WOULD POTENTIALLY GET FOR THEIR STUDENTS. THAT CONCLUDES OUR UPDATES, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> PLEASE NEXT QUESTION? >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT DECREASE IN THE SPECIAL ED SOMEONE? [01:20:04] >> SPECIAL ED FUNDING IS COMES TO THE SLPA. IT'S BASED ON COUNTY WIDE ADA AS WE DECLINE IN ADA. THE REVENUE DECLINES AS WELL AND SO THIS ADJUSTMENT REFLECTS THE REDUCTION IN COUNTY WIDE ADA AND REVENUE THAT WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE SPA FOR PASS TO THE DISTRICTS. I'M BASED ON THE SPA ALLOCATION PLAN. >> WHY DOES IT SAY NON PUBLIC SCHOOLS? >> THAT IS THE TITLE OF THE POT OF MONEY FROM THE CATEGORY THE STATE DECIDE. THAT IS THE CATEGORY OF FUNDS FROM THE STATE. >> THAT GOES PART OF THE SLPA LOCAL PLAN AREA. THEY HAVE A BUDGET FOR EACH RESPECTIVE AREA, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S TITLED THAT WAY. >> ONLY OUR NON PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL SEE A DECREASE, DR. TOSTON. >> NO. THIS IS A DECREASE IN OUT OF HOME CARE REVENUE. IT'S REALLY COMPLEX. IT CAN INCLUDE LICENSED CHILDREN INSTITUTIONS, CARE FOR STUDENTS WHO MIGHT BE RECEIVING FOSTER SERVICES. IT'S A POT OF MONEY THAT SPAS RECEIVE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THOSE STUDENTS. >> N&PS. >> N&PS. YES. >> THEN NOT EVERYTHING ELSE, THOUGH. >> SPECIAL ED, THERE'S MULTIPLE POTS OF FUNDING, FEDERAL, STATE, MENTAL HEALTH, PRESCHOOL, OUT OF HOME CARE FUNDING IS SPECIFIC TO CALIFORNIA, AND IT'S A POT OF MONEY THAT THE SPA RECEIVES, AND ALL OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS IN THE RESPECTIVE SPAS IDENTIFY HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS. THE COUNTY OFFICE IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT FOR THE SPA, WHEN THERE ARE CHANGES IN SPA FUNDING, WE HAVE TO SHOW IT ON OUR BOOKS. >> YOU'RE GOING TO HATE ME BECAUSE I'M GOING AND ASKING ABOUT THE PREVIOUS MONTH, BUT SO PLEASE CUT ME OFF. BUT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION STUDY, IS THAT FOR OUR PROPERTY? IS THE STUDY GOING TO BE OURS? >> NO. >> WHAT PROPERTY, IS THAT? >> I DON'T KNOW A SPECIFIC PROPERTY, BUT IT'S WITH THE COUNTY, SO IT'S LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES OR AN OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE COUNTY. WE'VE DONE PREVIOUS STUDIES ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY RELATED TO CHILDCARE FACILITIES OR WORKFORCE HOUSING. >> I WILL SAY WHEN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ TALKS TO YOU ABOUT COURT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, WE'VE ALSO DONE A LOT ABOUT LA BILLING OPTION. LA BO AND I'M NOT THE PERSON TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU, DR. TOSTON. THIS IS REALLY COMPLICATED, BUT WE'VE DONE A LOT AND ALSO AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. I REALLY THINK WE WERE A LEADER ON THAT SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS FITS INTO THAT, BUT PLEASE CHECK IN WITH. >> WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THESE FUNDING SOURCES AND OTHERS. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM TRUSTEES? OTHERWISE, I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. A MOTION FROM VICE PRESIDENT CHAN TO APPROVE THE BUDGET REVISIONS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER? >> A SECOND. >> SECOND FROM TRUSTEE SPEISER. >> TRUSTEES PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS AND THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, BOTH. NEXT, [D. Second Reading and Adoption of Revised Board Bylaw 9005 – Governance Standards] WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ACTION ITEM, WHICH IS 7D, THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF REVISED BOARD BY LAW 9005, THE GOVERNANCE STANDARDS. THIS IS ONE THAT WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED THE FIRST READING FOR. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN? >> I JUST WANT TO MENTION, I'LL EITHER BE VOTING NO ARE ABSTAINING ON THIS. JUST FOR THE SECOND RED LINE, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE FULLY YET ON THAT. IT'S THE ONE THAT SAYS, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, MAY A COUNTY BOARD MEMBER REPRESENT THE POSITION OF THE BOARD OR THE COUNTY OFFICE WITHOUT THE EXPRESS APPROVAL OF THE COUNTY BOARD. I'M A BIT WORRIED ABOUT SOME OF THESE PUTTING CONSTRAINTS ON US AND MAKING IT EASIER TO CENSURE AND WHATNOT. BUT I WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD. I SUPPORT THE FIRST ONE SO I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT. THE FIRST RED LINE IN NUMBER 5, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT NOT DISCLOSING CLOSED SESSION. >> ARE THERE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >> PRESIDENT BERTA, ARE WE GOING TO DO THESE ONE AT A TIME? ARE WE GOING TO ADOPT? >> YES. THESE ARE ACTION ITEMS, SO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THEM INDIVIDUALLY. BUT I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION IF WE ARE READY. I HAVE A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE ROCHA, [01:25:03] AND A SECOND FROM VICE PRESIDENT CHAN. TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BAR DOCK. THAT MOTION PASSES WITH SIX S AND ONE ABSTENTION. WE'LL GO TO OUR NEXT ACTION ITEM, [E. Second Reading and Adoption of Board Bylaw 9007 – Censure Policy and Procedure] WHICH IS 7E, THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF BOARD BYLINE 9007, THE CENSURE POLICY AND PROCEDURE. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE. AGAIN, THIS IS THE SECOND READING, TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN? >> I HAVE A QUESTION SO WAS THE INTENT OF THIS TO JUST MAKE IT EASIER TO PUT CENSURES ON THE AGENDA? WAS THE RED LINE MORE SO ABOUT ADDING IT TO THE AGENDA BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I READ IT, JUST MAKING IT EASIER TO ADD IT TO THE AGENDA OF CENSURES. >> THEN I GUESS IT SAYS, WHERE APPLICABLE REFERRING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT? >> I DON'T KNOW THAT I'D CHARACTERIZE IT THAT WAY, BUT I'LL LEAVE IT TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNANCE AD HOC IF THERE'S CLARIFICATION. >> I MAKE MOTION FIRST. >> EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS. >> MOTION FIRST, THEN WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION. >> THE DISCUSSION ALREADY STARTED. >> I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE POLICY JUST LINE BY LINE, SO IF YOU COULD BE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC. >> TO MAKE IT EASIER TO ADD CENSURES TO THE AGENDA OR WHAT WAS THE INTENT BEHIND IT? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE INTENT OF THIS ONE. >> I THINK THE INTENT WAS TO CLARIFY THE PROCEDURES OF OUR CONDUCT OR THE EXPECTATIONS UNDER THE CODE OF CONDUCT SECTION, SPECIFIC TO WHAT WE EXPECT GOVERNANCE STANDARDS AND SPECIFIC TO THE CENSURE POLICY AND PROCEDURE. >> I APOLOGIZE THAT THESE SHOULD BE TO ADRIAN. I DON'T KNOW IF I SAW HER HERE. >> I CAN SECOND WHAT SHE WAS SAYING. IT WAS JUST MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS OF CENSURE. THAT'S THE BACKGROUND OF IT, AND IT JUST CLARIFYING IT. >> THIS WAS TO CLARIFY THE CENSURE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE BECAUSE THE PRIOR EXCUSE ME, BYLAW DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT CLARITY PRESENT. >> WAS THE INTENT BECAUSE I KNOW THE BOARD HAS CENSORED. BEFORE WE ALL GOT HERE, TRUSTEE TO SALVAN EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. BUT WERE THERE ISSUES AROUND NOT BEING ABLE TO CENSURE BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CAUSED THIS. WAS IT JUST WE'RE REVIEWING ALL OF OUR POLICIES OR WAS IT THAT PEOPLE FELT LIKE WE CAN'T CENSURE FOLKS ENOUGH? >> NO, I THINK WE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING ALL OF THE POLICIES SO POLICIES WERE WITH THE POLICY COMMITTEE, SOME WERE WITH THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. AS THEY CAME UP, THEY WERE REVIEWED. I DON'T THINK THIS ONE WAS PARTICULARLY TARGETED FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. >> WAS THERE ISSUE THAT CAUSED THIS? >> I WOULDN'T SAY THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT CAUSED THIS. I WOULD SAY THAT THE BOARD HAD A DESIRE, THERE WAS A NEED TO CLEAN UP SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT WERE PRESENT AND EITHER MAKE THEM CONSISTENT WITH LAW OR LOOK AT WHAT A BOARD COULD REALLY DO WITH RESPECT TO CENSURE. >> WAS OUR PREVIOUS ONE NOT CONSISTENT WITH LAW? >> THAT IT WASN'T CONSISTENT. IT WAS NOT NECESSARILY CLEAR, AND IT DIDN'T HAVE THE THOUGHT THAT WAS PRESENT WHEN YOU LOOK AT AG OPINIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE SO WHAT IS ESSENTIAL? WHAT ARE THE PRACTICES, BEST PRACTICES AND LOOKING AT THAT AND DETERMINING IF, IN FACT, IT NEEDED TWEAKING OR CHANGING TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT? >> THANK YOU. >> SURE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHAN. >> TRUSTEE, I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THIS WASN'T MADE. THIS UPDATE TO POLICY WAS JUST TO REALLY UPDATE OUR POLICIES. IT WASN'T MADE WITH THE INTENTION OF TARGETING ANY INDIVIDUAL OR ANY BOARD TRUSTEE, WAS REALLY JUST TO MAKE THE PROCESS REALLY CLEAR SO THAT IF THIS EVER DID HAVE TO HAPPEN, THEN ANY BOARD MEMBER IS ABLE TO FOLLOW THE PROCESS CLEARLY AND UNDERSTAND THE REASONING THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO CENSURE A FELLOW BOARD MEMBER IF EVER NEEDED. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AS I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? I HAVE A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE PACHECO, SARA SECOND. >> SECOND. >> SECOND FROM TRUSTEE SPEISER. TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS. [01:30:02] THAT MOTION PASSES WITH SIX EYES AND ONE ABSTENTION. THANK YOU. NEXT, WE'LL GO TO ITEM 7F, [F. Second Reading and Adoption of Revised Board Bylaw 9011 – Disclosure Confidential/Privileged Information] SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF REVISED BOARD VIL 9011, DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL PRIVILEGE INFORMATION. AGAIN, THIS IS THE SECOND READING. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION OF A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE ROCHA. SECOND FROM VICE PRESIDENT CHAN. TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE BOARD DOCS. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL GO TO ITEM 7G, [G. Second Reading and Adoption of Revised Board Bylaw 9124 – Attorney] THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF REVISED BOARD BYLAW 9124 FOR ATTORNEY. TRUSTEE PACHECO, AND THEN I'LL GO TO TRUSTEE CHAN AFTER. >> THAT MOTION WITH SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TOO. >> IS YOUR MIC ON? >> SORRY I HAVE A MOTION WITH ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TO INCLUDE IN IT SO I'M GOING TO MAKE IT. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TIFFANY, IF YOU'RE READY TO CAPTURE. >> I'LL SEND IT TO HER. >> PERFECT. >> I MOVED TO APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH THE ADDITION OF ONE SENTENCE TO THE FOURTH PARAGRAPH. THE PARAGRAPH THAT BEGINS WITH, THE COUNTY BOARD MAY CONSULT WITH, ETC. THE NEW SENTENCE IS THE BOARD PRESIDENT MAY CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNCIL. WHEN THE BOARD PRESIDENT DEEMS SUCH CONSULTATION NECESSARY, PROVIDED THE BOARD PRESIDENT ACTS PROMPTLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS BY LAW FOR FURTHER CONSULTATION WITH COUNCIL. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> I'M NOT SECOND. >> AS A CLARIFYING QUESTION ON THE MOTION. >> I'LL REQUIRE A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD REQUESTING THAT ACTION OR IS THIS ON THE BOARD PRESIDENT'S OWN DISCRETION. >> OWN DISCRETION. >> WHY WOULD YOU SUGGEST THAT IF YOU MIND ME ASKING? >> THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN. THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN IS THAT IF ANY OF US WANT TO TALK WITH COUNCIL OR REQUIRE MAJORITY VOTE, SOMETIMES THERE MAY BE SITUATIONS WHERE THE BOARD PRESIDENT WOULD NEED TO CONSULT ON MATTERS THAT ARE QUITE SENSITIVE AND SO HAVING THAT FLEXIBILITY FOR THOSE VERY RARE SITUATIONS WILL BE HELPFUL. >> BUT YOU'RE REMOVING THE REFERENCE TO THE BOARD MAJORITY. >> NO, I'M NOT REMOVING THAT THAT'S STILL THERE. >> IN ADDITION TO IT. >> IT'S IN ADDITION. I'LL READ IT AGAIN. THE NEW SENTENCE IS LIKE THE FOURTH PARAGRAPH, IS THE SAME. NOTHING'S CHANGED WITH THAT. THE NEW SENTENCE THAT IS ADDED TO IT. >> I OUGHT THIS WAS IN PLACE. >> NO. I'M NOT REPLACING IT. THE ONE THAT BEGINS WITH THE COUNTY BOARD MAY CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNCIL WHENEVER ETC. EXACTLY. ADDING A SENTENCE TO THAT PARAGRAPH. >> SORRY. >> NO, PLEASE. >> I WAS GOING TO ASK HIM TO REPEAT IT JUST ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE. >> I ACTUALLY WANT TO IT'S NOT COVERED BY THE COUNTY BOARD MAY CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNCIL. SORRY. NO THAT ONE. THE ONE WHERE IT SAYS YOU CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY BOARD, WHERE THE PERSON IS DESIGNATED. WE DID I SEE IT? >> THE END, THE PRIOR AUTHORIZATION BY MAJORITY OF THE COUNTY BOARD GIVEN IN PUBLIC SESSION ARE CLOSED, AS ALLOWED BY LAW IS REQUIRED BEFORE AN INDIVIDUAL COUNTY BOARD MEMBER MAKES CONTACT WITH THE DESIGNATED LEGAL COUNCIL? >> I THINK PACHECO'S MOTION IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THAT ONE ALLOWS ANY INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER TO MAKE CONTACT AFTER IT'S BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNTY BOARD. TRUSTEE PACHECO'S ADDITION WOULD JUST ALLOW THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO MAKE THAT DISCRETION ON THEIR OWN. PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. THAT'S RIGHT. >> IT IS TAKING THAT POWER AWAY FROM THE BOARD. IT IS. >> I WONDER. >> I COULD NO LONGER SPEAK WE CAN ATTORNEY. I WASN'T DONE. >> I KNOW I'M JUST AS A GENERAL MINOR TO EVERYONE. TRUST YOU ROCHE, YOU DO HAVE THE FLOOR. [01:35:02] I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M KEEPING TRACK OF WHO'S SPEAKING RIGHT NOW. >> THEN FOR SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION. >> CAN WE LET HIM FINISH? THEN I'LL COME BACK TO YOU. >> THAT'S JUST WHERE I WAS GOING SO THEN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS, WE'VE ENTERED INTO AGREEMENT WITH LEGAL COUNCIL. IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY ALL OF US. WE'VE HAD A DISCUSSION, LET'S SAY, HYPOTHETICALLY IN CLOSED SESSION. I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION FOR THAT ATTORNEY. I NO LONGER CAN SPEAK WITH THAT ATTORNEY ON MY OWN. IS THAT THE INTENT? >> I DON'T THINK SO. >> BUT IS THAT WHAT YOU JUST LAID OUT. >> NO. >> AS LONG AS IT'S ONE AT A TIME SO ARE YOU. TRUSTEE PACHECO, AND THEN WE'LL COME TO VICE PRESIDENT JOHN. >> I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING. THAT'S NOT THE INTENT. IT'S JUST MERELY ALLOWING THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO HAVE CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNCIL, WHEN THEY NEED. >> THIS IS JOINT COUNCIL OR OUTSIDE COUNCIL? >> THE TERM IS LEGAL COUNSEL. >> IT COULD BE EITHER JOINT OR LEGAL, AND WOULD THIS COUNSEL BE UNDER CONTRACT BY THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD AGREE, OR THIS IS DISCUSSING SOMETHING WITH AN ATTORNEY OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW OF THE BOARD? >> THAT ARE CONTRACTED WITH US. >> CAN I ASK COUNSEL FOR ANY COMMENTS ON THIS, PLEASE? >> YES. THE LANGUAGE SHOULD BE REVISED TO REFLECT EITHER THE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL THAT THE BOARD HAS ALREADY HIRED OR JOINT COUNSEL THAT THE BOARD HAS ALREADY HIRED. THIS DOES NOT TAKE AWAY FROM MY READING OF IT, THE ABILITY OF OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO DEAL WITH COUNSEL, BUT IT DOES TAKE AWAY IT DOES PRECLUDE THE BOARD FROM HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS OR CONDUCT OR A COMMUNICATION, IS WHAT I MEAN, WITH OUTSIDE COUNSEL BEFORE THE ENTIRE BOARD IS AWARE OF IT. THAT PART OF YOUR COMMENT, TRUSTEE SPEISER, IS CORRECT. THE PART OF THAT ALLOWS THE PRESIDENT TO DO IT IN THE EVENT OF AN URGENT SITUATION, I BELIEVE IS WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS, TRUSTEE PACHECO. THERE'S ALSO SOME LANGUAGE IN HERE THAT IS CONFUSING. WHEN IT SAYS ACTS PROMPTLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BYLAWS OF FURTHER CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROMPTLY REFERS TO. I THINK IT SHOULD BE REWORDED TO ME IF THERE IS AN URGENT NEED. I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET AT VERSUS PROMPTLY, OR COUNSEL FOR THE PRESIDENT TO SPEAK WITH COUNSEL. I DON'T THINK THE PRESIDENT IS PRECLUDED FROM DOING THAT EVEN WITHOUT THIS. >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK IS IT STATED SOMEWHERE WHERE OUR BOARD PRESIDENT DOESN'T HAVE THAT ABILITY ALREADY? >> WELL, WHAT IT SAYS IS PRIOR AUTHORIZATION BY A MAJORITY OF THE COUNTY BOARD. BUT IN OTHER PLACES, YOU'VE ALREADY DELEGATED AUTHORITY TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO SPEAK WITH COUNSEL. I CAN'T ENVISION A SITUATION WHERE THE BOARD PRESIDENT, PARTICULARLY UNDER THE NEXT TO THE AF PARAGRAPH, IT SAYS, HAVE ACCESS TO LEGAL COUNSEL ONLY ON ITEMS AND ISSUES DIRECTLY INVOLVING THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY BOARD. THAT GIVES THE PRESIDENT OR ANYBODY ELSE AUTHORITY TO SPEAK. >> THANK YOU. THAT WAS THE LAST OF MY QUESTIONS. >> VICE PRESIDENT? >> I'M SORRY. >> I GUESS THAT WOULD BE MY QUESTION IS THAT IF WE ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH SOME ABC LAW FIRM TO LOOK AT X, Y, AND Z. I DON'T KNOW. IN EXECUTING THAT CONTRACT, CAN WE AT THE SAME TIME, SAY THE BOARD PRESIDENT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO TALK TO THOSE ATTORNEYS ON AN AS NEED BASIS? THEN THAT WOULD THEN NO LONGER THAT STILL FOLLOWS THE SPY LAW, WHERE THE SECOND TO LAST PARAGRAPH SAYS THAT INDIVIDUAL COUNTY BOARD BECAUSE THAT COULD BE ANYBODY WOULD HAVE AUTHORIZATION TO TALK TO THE LAW FIRM. >> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, TRUSTY CHON. I THINK THAT WHEN YOU HAVE SITUATIONS, YOU CAN DO THE DELEGATION PER ITEM ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. YOU DON'T NECESSARILY NEED THIS IN ORDER FOR THAT TO OCCUR. >> I GUESS MY PREVENTION WOULD BE IF THERE WAS A SITUATION, I WOULDN'T WANT OUR BOARD PRESIDENT TO HAVE TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING TO ASK THE BOARD, CAN I TALK TO THE ATTORNEYS ABOUT COVID SHUTDOWN, THAT WAS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION WHERE THINGS HAD TO HAVE BEEN DECIDED. IS THERE LANGUAGE IN HERE THAT WOULD STOP US AS ANY BOARD PRESIDENT FROM DOING? >> NO, PARTICULARLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT TO THE LAST PARAGRAPH, INDIVIDUAL COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ACCESS TO LEGAL COUNSEL ON [01:40:03] ITEMS AND ISSUES DIRECTLY INVOLVING THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY BOARD. THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY PRE-APPROVAL. ANY ONE OF YOU COULD, IF IT'S UNDER YOUR JURISDICTION, TALK TO COUNSEL UNDER THIS PARTICULAR PROVISION. >> IS MY ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE YOU THINK NOT NEEDED? >> I DON'T BELIEVE YOUR ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE IS NEEDED UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE MORE EXPLICIT IN THE PARAGRAPH SECOND FROM THE BOTTOM. >> I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. IN THAT CASE, I WANT TO RETRACT THE SUGGESTED LANGUAGE AND JUST APPROVE IT AS IS. I MOVE TO APPROVE AS IS. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE PACHECO AND A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE SPEISER. TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE BOARDDOCS. THAT MOTION PASSES WITH SIX AYES AND ONE ABSTENTION. [H. Second Reading and Adoption of Revised Board Bylaw 9322 – Agenda/Meeting Materials] WE'LL GO TO ITEM 7H, THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF REVISED BOARD BLAINE 22, THE AGENDA AND MEETING MATERIALS. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TRUSTEE SREEKRISHMAN? >> [INAUDIBLE]. >> CAN YOU JUST TURN OFF YOUR MIC, PLEASE? >> I WAS A BIT CONFUSED ABOUT IT MENTIONED HERE IN THE EXPLANATION THAT SAY A THIRD-PARTY AGENCY WANTS TO REVIEW, AND IT NAMED FICMAT, AS AN EXAMPLE. IT SAYS IT HAS TO INCLUDE A COORDINATION DISCLOSURE INDICATING CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S INDEPENDENT AND SHARED LEGAL COUNSEL. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS IF FICMAT WANTS REVIEWS, WE HAVE TO HAVE A DISCLOSURE WITH AN AGREEMENT. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANT. >> THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO PRECLUDE INVESTIGATIONS AND OR REPORTS FROM FICMAT OR ANYBODY ELSE ABOUT THE BOARD UNLESS THE BOARD KNOWS ABOUT IT. THERE HAS TO BE SOME COORDINATION BETWEEN COUNSEL IN ORDER FOR THIS TO OCCUR. >> IF FICMAT WANTED TO REVIEW US OR A WATCHDOG AGENCY WANTED TO REVIEW US. THEY'D HAVE TO GET OUR COUNSEL'S PERMISSION TO REVIEW US? >> WATCHDOG AGENCIES ARE DIFFERENT. NO, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET OUR PERMISSION, BUT FICMAT IS A QUASI PUBLIC AGENCY. PRIVATE, THEY DO MOSTLY PUBLIC WORK. IN ORDER FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY COME IN, THEY HAVE TO BE INVITED IN OR SOMEONE HAS TO ORDER IT. YOU CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT COORDINATION WITH THE BOARD. >> THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ALTHOUGH, WHY DID I THINK FICMAT. >> IT'S COMMON FOR PEOPLE TO BELIEVE FICMAT IS A GOVERNMENT AGENCY. THEY ARE NOT, THEY'RE PRIVATE, BUT THEY DO A LOT OF GOVERNMENT WORK AND HAVE BEEN GIVEN A BROAD RANGE OF AUTHORITY. >> DOES THIS EXCLUDE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES? >> I DON'T BELIEVE SO. >> THAT'S MY CONCERN. I'M GOING TO BE VOTING, NO. >> I'M GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVE. >> A MOTION FROM VICE PRESIDENT CHON TO APPROVE THE SECOND READING OF ITEM 7H, AND A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE ROCHA. TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARDDOCS. THAT MOTION PASSES WITH SIX AYES AND ONE NO. WE'LL GO TO OUR FINAL ACTION ITEM ON THIS LIST, 7I, [I. Second Reading and Adoption of Revised Board Bylaw 9323 – Meeting Conduct] SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF REVISED BOARD BYLAW 9323 MEETING CONDUCT. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHMAN. >> I HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS ONE, AND YOU CAN TELL ME TO BE QUIET IF I'M SPEAKING OUT OF TURN. BUT IF WE REFUSE A GOVERNMENT AGENCY'S INVESTIGATION, IS THAT LEGAL? >> IT DEPENDS ON WHICH GOVERNMENT AGENCY IT IS AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT GOVERNMENT AGENCY HAS REGULATORY AUTHORITY OVER THE BOARD OR OVER THE COUNTY OFFICE. [01:45:01] THAT'S HOW THAT'S DETERMINED. THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE SIMPLY ADVISORY, AND YES, YOU CAN REFUSE THOSE. THERE ARE OTHERS WHICH ARE MANDATORY AS DETERMINED BY LAW. >> I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD REFUSE THOSE, BUT I THINK THAT, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE ON THE NEXT ONE. ON THIS ONE, DOES THIS INCLUDE NON PROFITS? I KNOW I WAS ASKING YOU, IF A NONPROFIT COMES TO OUR BOARD AND WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH THE LAW AND NONPROFITS, DO THEY HAVE TO DISCLOSE THEIR CONTRACT? >> IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT THEY HAVE TO DISCLOSE, BUT IN THE AGREEMENT WITH THEM, WHATEVER CONTRACT THEY AGREE TO DISCLOSE. YOU CAN'T CHILL THE RIGHTS OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK, BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE THINGS IN THE CONTRACT, WHICH REQUIRED. >> THAT'S CONCERNING BECAUSE I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT IT AND IT SAYS BUSINESSES, BUT I GUESS IT SAYS BUSINESS CONTRACTS, BUT IT'S NONPROFITS, TOO. >> ANYONE RECEIVING MONEY FROM SCCOE. >> THAT'S CONCERNING TO ME, SO I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO ON THIS. >> TRUSTEE SPEISER. >> I THINK THE DISTINCTION IS THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY AGREEING IN AN AGREEMENT TO ACTUALLY SAY IT. IF THEY AGREED TO IT, THEN THEY HAVE TO SAY IT IN THE BOARD MEETING. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT CLAUSE IS UNDERSTOOD. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT. >> TRUSTEE ROCHA. >> THANK YOU. THIS IS THE ONE I RAISED AN ISSUE WITH LAST TIME, AND IT'S PRETTY BROAD IN THE SENSE AND IT'S NOT THAT I DISAGREE WITH THE INTENT, I AGREE WITH IT WHOLEHEARTEDLY. IT'S MORE OF CURRENTLY IN A CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY OFFICER EDUCATION OR PREVIOUSLY IN A CONTRACT WITH COUNTY OFFICE EDUCATION WITHIN THE CALENDAR YEAR. BECAUSE IF THEY HAD BEEN UNDER CONTRACT AT SOME 2, 03, 4, 5, 6 YEARS AGO, I WOULDN'T EXPECT THEM TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT OR MAKE IT CLEAR OR EVEN RECALL THAT THEY MAY HAVE HAD A CONTRACT COUNTY OFFICE EDUCATION. FOR ME, WHEN YOU MOVE TO THE AGREEMENT SIDE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEEDS TO BE SPELLED OUT HERE, AS LONG AS WE ARE PUTTING IN WHATEVER CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH FOLKS THAT DURING THIS CURRENT CONTRACT AND/OR UPON EXPIRATION WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR, THE TERMINATION OF THAT CONTRACT, SHOULD YOU SHOW UP, YOU'RE GOING TO DISCLOSE THAT YOU HAD A FINANCIAL INTEREST WITH COUNTY OFFICE EDUCATION? >> IT'S EITHER CONTRACTS MOVING FORWARD WHERE THAT TERM IS EXPLICIT IN THE CONTRACT. PRIOR CONTRACTS, IF THEY AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT, IF THEY DON'T AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT, THEN NO, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO IT. IT'S, BASICALLY, A LAW OR RULE THAT WOULD BE PROACTIVE OR PROSPECTIVE FOR MY ONE COMING UP. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? >> YEAH, IT DOES. THANK YOU. >> JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT WOULD BE COVERED IN THE CONTRACT AND DOESN'T BECAUSE THIS JUST REFERENCES CONTRACT OBLIGATIONS. >> HEARING NO OTHER QUESTIONS. I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION, OR MOVE A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE ROCHA ON ITEM 7I, AND I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. >> PRESIDENT BERTA, WHO WAS SECONDED? >> I SECONDED IT. YES. >> PRESIDENT BERTA WILL BE A VERBAL FOR ME. >> A VERBAL I FROM TRUSTEE LARI, AND THAT MOTION PASSES WITH SIX AYES AND ONE NO. >> NO, WE JUST VOTE ON THE ACTUAL BUDGET. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR ITEM 8A, [A. 2025-2026 First Interim Financial Report] WHICH IS OUR FIRST INTERIM REPORT FOR '25-'26. ON THIS ITEM, I'M JUST GOING TO REQUEST AS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ AND DIRECTOR WINNER COMING UP. IF TRUSTEES HAVE QUESTIONS, IT'S EASIER TO REFERENCE THEM AS THE SLIDES ARE UP. JUST RAISE YOUR NAME CARD SO THAT I CAN RECOGNIZE YOU SO THAT QUESTIONS CAN BE DIRECTED TO THEM. THANK YOU. >> GREAT. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BERTA, DR. TOSIN AND TRUSTEES. THIS EVENING, WE'LL BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE ABOUT OUR COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUNDS AND OUR FIRST INTERIM REPORT. THE BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING IS A TWO-YEAR PROCESS, AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME, FIRST INTERIM IS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR '25-'26 ADOPTED BUDGET, AND THEN UPDATING ANY UPDATES FROM OUR JULY 1ST THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST TIME FRAME. THIS ALSO INCLUDES BUDGETING ANY CARRYOVER FUNDS FROM THE '24-'25-YEAR BECAUSE WE DO CLOSE THE BOOKS AFTER WE DO ADOPT THE BUDGET, AND THE BUDGET HAS ESTIMATED ACTUALS THERE AND THEN WE ACTUALLY FINALIZE THE NUMBERS AND THEN UPDATED AT THIS POINT IN TIME. THE OTHER PART OF THIS PROCESS IS TO ENSURE OUR FISCAL SOLVENCY FOR THE CURRENT BUDGET YEAR AND THE OUTLYING TWO FISCAL YEARS. A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT BEFORE WE DIVE IN, [01:50:02] IS OUR BUDGET AS A WHOLE IS VERY DIFFERENT FOR A COUNTY OFFICE IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE 30,738 MILLION WE GET IN LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA, WHICH IS A VERY SMALL PORTION OF OUR BUDGET. UNLIKE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEY HAVE THE ENTIRETY OF THE BUDGET. IF THEY HAVE $140 MILLION BUDGET, THAT IS THEIR LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA TO OPERATE THEIR SCHOOLS, AND THEY HAVE FLEXIBILITY, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THE LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA. OUR IS DIFFERENT IN THAT WE'RE A COE, WE'RE AN ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT, SO 38 MILLION OF OUR BUDGET IS FOR OUR MANDATED SERVICES, SUCH AS OUR ALL DEAD COURT SCHOOLS. IT ALSO IS FOR AB 1,200 FISCAL OVERSIGHT TO OUR 31 DISTRICTS, AND ALSO THE BOARD'S AUTHORITY FOR THE OVERSIGHT FOR OUR AUTHORIZED CHARTERS. THE OTHER ADDED COMPLEXITY, BEFORE WE JUMP IN, IS WE HAVE OVER 221 DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES THAT MAKE UP OF OUR BUDGET, WHICH IS WHY OUR BUDGET IS SO COMPLEX AND THE BULK OF IT IS RESTRICTED FUNDING, THAT A LOT OF IT IS BUDGETED BECAUSE THERE ARE MULTI-YEAR GRANTS, BUT PRIMARILY IT'S BUDGET THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, NOT ACTUAL CASH AND REVENUE IN THE BANK. WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO, LAUREN, TO GO OVER THIS SLIDE, AND THEN I APPRECIATE ASKING QUESTIONS AS WE GO BECAUSE IT HELPS FOR US TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. >> I ALREADY ASKED TRUSTEE SREEKRISHMAN FOR BACKGROUND BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN ON THE BOARD LONGER THAN I. BUT WHEN I WAS A LOCAL TRUSTEE, WE WOULD TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE THE INTERIM REPORTS. DO COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION NEED TO TAKE ACTION OR IS IT JUST INFORMATION ITEMS? >> IT'S THE INFORMATION ITEM. >> BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT AS WE DID AT THE LOCAL LEVEL? >> NO, IT'S DIFFERENT. FOR THE BOARD, YOU GUYS HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ADOPT OUR BUDGET, AND THEN THE INTERIMS ARE INFORMATION ITEMS. >> BUT LOCAL DISTRICTS, THEY DO HAVE TO APPROVE. >> IT'S DIFFERENT. YES. >> GOT IT. THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> GO AHEAD. >> OH, HERE YOU GO. SORRY. >> IS IT ON THIS SLIDE? YOU DID HAVE A QUESTION OR YOU DID ASK? WE'RE DOING QUESTIONS AS WE GO. THAT WAS THE REQUEST JUST SO IT'S EASIER, IF IT'S ON THE SLIDE. >> I THOUGHT WAS WE WOULD GIVE THE HIGH LEVEL AND THEN ASK ANY QUESTIONS AS WE GO THROUGH SO THAT WAY, IF YOU HAVE THINGS THAT COME UP, WE DON'T FORGET AND MORE INTERACTIVE, IF THAT'S OKAY. >> THAT SOUNDS GOOD. >> GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ. THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A NAPSHOT OF OUR COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND REVENUES, INCLUDING BOTH UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED FUNDING SOURCES, AND HIGHLIGHTS THE CHANGE FROM ADOPTED BUDGET. THE TOTAL REVENUES INCREASED FROM 379.19 MILLION AT THE ADOPTED BUDGET TO 414.797 MILLION AT THE FIRST INTERIM, AND THE INCREASE IS PRIVATELY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE RECOGNITION OF THE CARRYOVER OF THE UNEARNED REVENUES FROM FISCAL YEAR '24-'25 AFTER WE CLOSED THE BOOK, AND THAT WERE INCORPORATED AT FIRST INTERIM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FUNDING TERMS AND CONDITIONS. WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE. >> GETTING CONFUSED WITH THE GRAPHIC. I'LL WAIT.. EXCUSE ME. >> THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A COMPARISON OF REVENUES BY SOURCE CATEGORY FROM THE ADOPTED BUDGET TO THE FIRST INTERIM FOR FEDERAL STATE AND LOCAL REVENUES, IS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY AS YOU SEE ON THE BAR CHART. THE PRIMARILY DUE TO THE INCLUSION OF CARRY OVER REVENUES FROM GRANTS CONTRACTS FINALIZED AFTER THE BUDGET ADOPTION. IN CONTRAST, YOU SEE THE LCFF, REVENUES ARE PROJECTED TO DECREASE, REFLECTING THE LOWER PROJECTED ENROLLMENT AND THE REDUCED AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE OR ADA, WHICH DIRECT IMPACTS THE FUNDING LEVELS OF THE COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND. >> THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATE THE COMPONENT OF FUNDING SOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND AND HOW THEY ARE USED TO SUPPORT EXPENDITURES OF THE TOTAL RESOURCES, APPROXIMATELY 374.3 MILLION REPRESENTS THE CURRENT YEAR REVENUES THAT WE PROJECTED TO RECEIVE. AN ADDITIONAL 40.7 MILLION REFLECTS THE CARRY OVER REVENUES, WHICH ARE THE REVENUES THAT EARNED FROM FISCAL YEAR 24/25 THAT ALLOW TO CARRY OVER TO 25/26 UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE FUNDING SUCH AS MULTI YEAR GRANTS AND CONTRACTS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, 50.36 MILLION REPRESENTS THE USE OF FUND BALANCE OR THE CARRY OVER FUNDING. THAT TO SUPPORT THE EXPENDITURES THAT EXCEEDS THE TOTAL REVENUES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. FOR THAT WE ALSO PROVIDED DETAIL IN THE BOOKLET, [01:55:02] IF YOU WANT TO SEE BY EACH FUNDING SOURCE IN THE BOOKLET. >> ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO ADD TO THE UNEARNED REVENUES. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MULTI YEAR GRANTS, AS I MENTIONED, DO WE HAVE A $5 MILLION GRANT, WE SUBMIT THE APPLICATION OR WE'RE AWARDED TO USE $1 MILLION EACH YEAR. THE MILLION DOLLARS, THERE ARE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. SOME GRANT TOURS WOULD ALLOW US IF WE DIDN'T UTILIZE THAT MILLION IN THAT YEAR TO CARRY IT OVER, SOME MAY NOT AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING THAT ANY OF THE REVENUES WE DO CARRY OVER, IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE MULTI YEAR IN NATURE AND WE'RE ALLOWED TO CARRY THE FUNDS FORWARD OR THAT FISCAL YEAR HASN'T HAPPENED YET THAT THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE AWARDED WAS ALLOCATED FOR. THE BULK OF OUR GRANTS ARE MULTI YEAR, SO WE DO CARRY THEM OVER AS WE DO USE THEM. >> IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CARRYOVER, I DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO PAGE 24 OF THE ACTUAL REPORT, THE RATHER LENGTHY DOCUMENT, AND YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS RESOURCE CODES AND WHERE THE CHANGE IN CARRYOVER AMOUNT ADOPTED TO FIRST INTERIM FOR EACH OF THOSE RESOURCES IS PROVIDES ADDITIONAL DETAIL. WHILE THIS PRESENTATION IS TALKING ABOUT THE OVERALL BUDGET IN THE AGGREGATE, THOSE NUMBERS REPRESENT THE TOTAL OF ALL OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE LISTED ON PAGES 23-24 IN THE BOOK. >> WE WERE TRYING TO ADD MORE DETAIL BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF FUNDING SOURCES, BUT WE WANTED TO ADD THE TITLES AND THEN ALSO GIVE THAT COMPARISON FROM BUDGET TO FIRST INTERIM TO SHOW WHAT THE CHANGES WERE AND THE RESPECTIVE LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS THAT PERTAIN TO THAT AMOUNT. I HOPE THAT'S HELPFUL. >> THANK YOU. THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF THE 40.7 MILLION CARRYOVER REVENUES OF THIS AMOUNT. APPROXIMATELY 15.9 MILLION REPRESENTS THE CARRYOVER FROM MULTI YEAR STATE FUNDING PROJECTS, GRANTS AND CONTRACTS, INCLUDING THE TACH RESIDENCY IMPLEMENTATION AND EXPANSION GRANT. OR STATEWIDE RESIDENCY, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER GRANT AND INTEGRATED DATA FOR STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT INITIATIVE, AND THE REMAINING OF THE CARRYOVER FROM FEDERAL GRANTS AND CONTRACTS, AS WELL AS THE LOCAL FUNDING SOURCES, SUCH AS GRANTS AND CONTRACTS AS WELL OR THE SPONSOR PROJECT WITH OTHER LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES, INCLUDING, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE SCHOOL HEALTH DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE EFFORT. THOSE CARRYOVER REVENUES ARE RESTRICTED IN NATURE AND MAY ONLY BE USED TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES AND MET DELIVERABLES IN ACCORDANCE WITH EACH FUNDING SOURCE SPECIFIC TERMS AND REQUIREMENTS. THIS PIE CHART HIGHLIGHTS THE USE OF FUND BALANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $50.36 MILLION OR THE CARRY OVER FUNDING, THAT THE USE OF FUND BALANCE TO SUPPORT EXPENDITURES THAT EXCEED THE TOTAL REVENUES. THESE RESOURCES ARE STRATEGICALLY ALLOCATED TO SUSTAIN ONGOING AND PRIORITY PROGRAMS. FOR EXAMPLE, THAT INCLUDE $4.1 MILLION TO SUPPORT DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, $5.2 MILLION DESIGNATED FOR TECHNOLOGY AND DATA SERVICES, AND 3.1 MILLION IN THE STATE RESOURCES FOR THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE FUND BALANCE IS USED TO SUPPORT LOCALLY FUND FEE FOR SERVICE PROGRAM, CONSISTENT WITH FUNDING RESTRICTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS THE INCLUSION COLLABORATIVE SERVICE FEE OR THE MEDICAL BILLING OPTION PROGRAM. WE ALSO HAVE THE BREAKDOWN OF THE FUNDING SOURCES THAT HOW EACH FUNDING SOURCE, THE USE OF FUND BALANCE FOR EACH FUNDING SOURCE AS WELL IN THE BOOKLET. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN? >> I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ON THE RIGHT SLIDE FOR THIS, BUT ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ, THE STATE PRESCHOOL BACK TO THAT. THE 22 MILLION IS BUDGETED, AND THEN WE WILL LIKELY GET 10 MILLION, AND THEN THE REST IS FROM REIMBURSEMENTS. AM I SAYING IT RIGHT? >> THE WHOLE GRANT AWARD THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT UP TO IS 22 MILLION, WE AVERAGE ABOUT 10. WE WOULD BUDGET 22, WE WOULD INCUR WHAT WE WOULD PROJECT 10 MILLION OF THAT. WE SEEK REIMBURSEMENT AND GET THE FUNDING FOR THAT AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN WE CLOSE THE BOOKS, THE REST OF THE FUNDING THAT BUDGET WOULD NO LONGER BE THERE. [02:00:01] >> DOES THAT RESULT IN LAYOFFS THOUGH? IS THE FUNDING SPENT AND THEN REDUCTIONS HAPPEN? >> TO CLARIFY, NO. WE HAVE TO BUDGET FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR SO 22 MILLION, WE MAY ONLY GENERATE REVENUE BASED ON ENROLLMENT OR A HEAD COUNT OF 10 MILLION. THE GAP BETWEEN WHAT WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR AND WHAT OUR ACTUALS ARE GOES AWAY. WE NEVER RECEIVED IT TO BEGIN WITH AND WE HAD TO BUDGET FOR IT, BUT THEY WEREN'T REAL DOLLARS NECESSARILY AND SO AT CLOSE OR ACTUALS, YOU WILL SEE LOWER EXPENDITURES THAN WE'RE BUDGETED. >> THAT COULD BE A CASE WHERE WHEN WE'RE BUDGETING THE FULL AMOUNT AND THE BUDGET IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, YOU MAY SEE NOW THAT WE HAVE THE BUDGET REVISION, WE'LL SEE AN INCREASE IN EXPENSES, AND THEN IT NEVER COMES TO FRUITION BECAUSE WE DIDN'T EARN THE MONEY. THAT'S THE CASE FOR A LOT OF OUR REIMBURSEMENT BASED PROGRAMS. >> THANK YOU. THIS SLIDE PRESENTS A SNAPSHOT OF ONGOING GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTIONS THAT SUPPORT THE CONTINUED OPERATION AND SUSTAINABILITY OF PROGRAMS, FOR EXAMPLE, A OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACADEMY, SCHOOL, COMMUNITY SCHOOL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. THE TOTAL PROJECTED CONTRIBUTION OF 4.4 MILLION REMAINS UNCHANGED FROM THE ADOPTED BUDGET, AND WHY THE CONTINUED GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION PLACES ONGOING PRESSURE ON THE COUNTY SCHOOL SERVICE FUND. IT ALSO REFLECTS THAT SCCS CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINING HIGH QUALITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT SERVE STUDENTS WITH THE GREATEST NEEDS. YES? >> NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT THIS IS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME, SO WE'RE ONLY THREE MONTHS INTO THE FISCAL YEAR. WE WILL START SEEING IF THE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE ADEQUATE AS PROJECTED OR NOT IN THE NEXT INTERIM CYCLE, WHICH WOULD BE SECOND INTERIM BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOT OUR P1 ADA YET. IF ADA COMES IN LOWER THAN THE AMOUNT OF LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA, WE ANTICIPATE TO RECEIVE FOR PROGRAMS LIKE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACADEMY ALTERNATIVE AT COURT SCHOOL. IF THOSE COME IN LOWER, THEN THE CONTRIBUTION MAY GO UP, AND THAT'S OUT OF OUR CONTROL SO THAT'S WHY WE REALLY NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT BECAUSE OUR UNASSIGNED BALANCE IS VERY LOW. THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING IT HERE. WE'LL BRING IT BACK AT SECOND INTERIM AND THEN ALSO FOR WALDEN WEST, MOST OF THEIR ACTIVITIES DON'T OCCUR UNTIL LATER IN THE YEAR SO THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR THOSE TO POTENTIALLY CHANGE, BUT WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING. >> THE BLUE I VIEW AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THOSE ARE BASICALLY STRUCTURAL DEFICITS? THESE PROGRAMS DON'T BREAK EVEN THUS THE BLUE, RIGHT? >> CORRECT. BUT I'LL CLARIFY THAT FOR LTD COURT SCHOOL, THAT'S OUR ONLY MANDATED PROGRAM, SO WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT PROGRAM. BUT CORRECT, THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING WE DO GET IN LCF REVENUE DOES NOT COVER THE FULL COST OF THE PROGRAM. BUT IF THERE WAS ANY PROGRAM THAT WE'D HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT, THAT WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WE WOULD BE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO BECAUSE THE BASE FUNDING WE GET IS FOR THAT MANDATED PROGRAM. >> IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE IT BREAK EVEN FROM THE STORE? >> CORRECT. YES. >> THEN WITH ALTD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, IT'S FULLY PAID BY LCFF REVENUES FEES FOR SERVICE. WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT EXPIRING GRANTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WITH THIS? THIS WILL ALWAYS BREAK EVEN? >> IT DEPENDS ON THE PARTICIPATION FROM DISTRICTS. RIGHT NOW, WE GET AN AMOUNT PRIOR TO THE INCREASE ENROLLMENT FROM DISTRICTS TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROGRAM. THERE WAS A GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION, BUT MORE DISTRICTS ARE SENDING STUDENTS, AND SO THEY PAY A FEE FOR SERVICE TO SEND THEIR STUDENT TO THE PROGRAM. IF THERE'S FLUCTUATIONS IN THAT, THAT COULD IMPACT IF WE DO NEED TO CONTRIBUTE, BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'RE PROJECTING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN IT WITH THE CURRENT FEE FOR SERVICE MODEL. >> LAST QUESTION IS YOU SAID THAT IN THE PAST, WE USED TO GIVE GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THIS? >> CORRECT. >> HAS IT HISTORICALLY BEEN VERY MINIMAL OR? >> AT ONE TIME, I WOULD SAY IN THE PAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, IT WAS A MILLION PLUS, AND THEN WE LOOKED AT THE SLOT AND THE CHARGES THAT WE PROVIDED DISTRICTS. WE ALSO DID A SLIGHT INCREASE LAST YEAR SO THAT HAS HELPED TO SUSTAIN, NOT NEEDING GENERAL FUND, BUT IT WAS A MILLION PLUS BEFORE AND PRIOR YEARS. IT REALLY HAS COME DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND NOW IT'S A MODEL THAT'S SUSTAINING ITSELF. >> THANKS TO YOUR SUSTAINABLE, BUSINESS PRACTICES TO HELP BALANCE IT ALL OUT, RIGHT? >> THE PROGRAM AND THE SUPERINTENDENTS LEADERSHIP. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A SNAPSHOT OF TOTAL EXPENDITURES, INCLUDING BOTH IN UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED PROGRAMS. TOTAL EXPENDITURES ARE BUDGETED AT $465.3 MILLION INCREASE FROM 396.1 MILLION AT THE ADOPTED BUDGET. [02:05:02] THE INCREASE PRIMARILY REFLECTS THE COMBINATION OF RESTRICTED PROGRAM ADJUSTMENT AND CARRY OVER ACTIVITIES, WHICH WE WILL EXPLAIN IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDE. >> I WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAX WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR, BUT WE HAVE TO SEND THAT BACK TO THE STATE. IN TERMS OF EXCESS TAX. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE $56.1 MILLION PI SQUARE. EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO RECEIVE IT, THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHERE WE HAVE TO INCLUDE IT IN OUR BUDGET, KNOWING THAT IT WILL NEVER HIT OUR COFFERS. >> THANK YOU. >> I HAD A QUESTION ON THIS SLIDE. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS OR INTERESTS AROUND THE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES AND SERVICES AND OTHERS. I'M JUST WONDERING, HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS TRANSPARENCY AROUND WHY THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DISCREPANCY? I KNOW I'VE GOTTEN OTHER EXPLANATIONS IN THE PAST WHEN I'VE MET WITH DR. TOT OR DR. HENMAN BEFORE THAT, JUST IN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND IT SEEMS LIKE COULD POTENTIALLY BE SOME RESTRICTED FUNDS. IT MIGHT ALSO BE DUE TO PROGRAMS, NEEDS AND NOT MAYBE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEEDS OF THE PROGRAMS ARE, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHY THERE CONTINUES TO BE SUCH A BIG JUMP IN THOSE TWO CATEGORIES SPECIFICALLY, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU CAN OFFER NOW OR AT LEAST THE COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHY THAT IS AT A LATER TIME TOO. >> THE BASIC RESPONSE ON THAT IS BECAUSE OF OUR MULTI YEAR GRANTS, THOSE ARE THE TWO CATEGORY AREAS WHERE BUDGETS FOR MULTI YEAR GRANTS ARE PLACED. IF WE GET A $5 MILLION GRANT AND WE'RE ONLY ALLOTTED A MILLION TO SPEND IN 25/26, YOU COULD SEE FOUR MILLION AS A HOLDING ACCOUNT THERE BECAUSE OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM, THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO SEPARATE THAT OUT IN MULTIPLE YEARS. WE HAVE TO BUDGET THE WHOLE GRANT AWARD FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRETY OF THE CONTRACT OR WHETHER IT'S A MULTI YEAR OR NOT IN THE CURRENT YEAR. WHEN WE'RE DOING THAT FOR EVERY GRANT, THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THOSE FLUCTUATIONS PRIMARILY. PART OF IT IS WE HAVE SOME GRANTS THAT WE DON'T EARN FULLY THE REVENUE SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT THE PROGRAM WHEN THEY SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION TO THE GRANT TOUR, THERE ARE CERTAIN CATEGORIES IN THERE THAT THEY BUDGET AND THAT'S THEIR GRANT APPLICATION AND APPROVE BUDGET. BUT THEN IF THINGS DON'T PAN OUT OR THEY DON'T EARN THE REVENUE, THEN IT'S JUST BUDGET THAT WE EARN AND WE NEVER RECEIVE. IT'S A COMBINATION, BUT BECAUSE OF THE WAY OUR BUDGET IS STRUCTURED, THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY REASONS WHY YOU SEE THOSE CATEGORIES FLUCTUATE. IT'S BECAUSE OF OUR HIGHLY AMOUNT OF RESTRICTED REVENUES THAT WE DO GET. >> IS THERE A WAY TO BREAK DOWN THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY RESTRICTED DOLLARS MAKES SENSE. IF IT'S TIED TO A MULTI YEAR GRANT, IT MAKES SENSE WHY THERE COULD BE A DISCREPANCY, BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF HERE'S WHY THERE'S THAT DISCREPANCY, OR NOT A DISCREPANCY MAYBE THE WAY THAT THE INFORMATION OR THE LACK OF INFORMATION IS MAKING IT APPEAR THAT THERE'S JUST A SUDDEN JUMP OR THOSE FUNDS ARE NOT BEING EXPENDED. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF IT IS THE GRANTS EXCLUSIVELY, IF THAT'S A LARGE PORTION OF IT TO GET A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR RESTRICTED GRANT DOLLARS, IF IT'S OVER MULTI YEARS. THEN IF THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE CAUSING THESE DISCREPANCIES, IF WE COULD BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT WITH SOME DATA OR LINE ITEMS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL. I THINK JUST IN TRANSPARENCY. >> THIS IS WHERE I DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO PAGES 25 AND 26 IN THE BUDGET BOOK. >> WE REALLY TRIED TO EXTEND IT AND EXPLAIN MORE. ALSO, IT'S NOT A VARIANCE. IT'S A SNAPSHOT IN TIME SO THAT'S THE THING WITH OUR REPORTING CYCLES. WE HAVE OUR ADOPTED BUDGET, WHICH IS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME IN FIRST INTERIM, SO I WOULDN'T CALL THEM DISCREPANCIES. IT'S JUST THAT POINT IN TIME AND WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR BUDGET. I'M SORRY, DR. HASSON, GO AHEAD. >> THE NUMBERS ARE ALL MIXED UP BECAUSE THIS RESETS EVERY COUPLE OF PAGES. >> THE LONG WORK IT'S. >> IT'S IN OUR FIRST INTERIM FINANCIAL BOOK. THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE OUR SAC BOOK, WHICH IS WHAT'S REQUIRED BY STATE. WE HAVE TO INPUT ALL OF THE INFORMATION IN THERE TO PRODUCE THAT [OVERLAPPING]. THE FINANCIAL INTERIM BOOK IS WHERE WE TRY TO PUT MORE DETAILS TO HELP EXPLAIN THE INFORMATION BETTER. >> FOR EXAMPLE, ON PAGE 25, I'M LOOKING AT STATE RESOURCE 7826 PATHWAY. A ADOPTED BUDGET, THERE WAS NOTHING BUDGETED. THEN IT APPEARS IN FIRST INTERIM, WE HAVE 1.9 MILLION. I DON'T KNOW THAT PROGRAM INTIMATELY RIGHT THIS MOMENT SO APPEARS A NEW GRANT CAME AND SO THAT'S THE AMOUNT IN BOOKS AND SUPPLIES FOR THAT GRANT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A MULTI YEAR GRANT OR ONE YEAR GRANT, BUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES ARE LISTED THERE. [02:10:04] THERE'S 221 DIFFERENT RESOURCE CODES. NO ONE PERSON IN THE COUNTY OFFICE HAS IN DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF EACH OF THOSE. AS WE DRILL DOWN, AT A CERTAIN POINT, WE CAN TALK TO THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC INTEREST IN A PROGRAM, BUT AT THE AGGREGATE, THERE'S REALLY NO SIMPLE ANSWER TO EXPLAIN WHY THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES IN 221 DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS OR RESOURCES. WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL DETAIL IF THERE'S A PROGRAM OF INTEREST OR DETAIL THAT YOU WANT TO TRACK AROUND A PROGRAM, IT WOULD BE IN THE INTERIM BUDGET BOOK. >> JUSTICE SREEKRISHNAN. >> I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS POINTED OUT, BUT SO I HAD THAT SAME QUESTION AND ON PAGE 3 OF THE 100 PAGE REPORT. WHEN YOU GO UNDER EXPENDITURES, BOOKS, AND SUPPLIES, IT SAYS, ORIGINAL BUDGET 3.17, BOARD APPROVED BUDGET 3.19 ACTUALS TO DATE, 324,000 PROJECTED YEAR TOTALS, 3.9. I'M NOT SURE WHY THE FIRST INTERIM WOULD BE 324,000, BUT THEN WE'RE PROJECTED TO BE 3.9. >> I'M SORRY WHICH DOCUMENT ARE YOU REFERENCING? >> THE 100 PAGE. ONE AND ON PAGE 3 OF THE SACHS REPORT. I GET EACH PROGRAMS DIFFERENT, BUT IT SAYS ACTUALS TO DATE 324,000, THEN PROJECTED 3.9 MILLION. >> LINE 4. >> WHICH PAGE ARE YOU LOOKING AT? >> ON PAGE 3 OF THE 100 PAGE 1. >> THREE OR 31. >> THREE. >> I WILL SAY THAT THE BOOKLET HERE, WE'RE PUTTING OUR BUDGET, ADOPTED BUDGET FIRST INTERIM. THE SAC IS PUTTING WHAT THE ACTUALS ARE TO DATE. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT PAGE YOU ARE, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE. >> IT'S PAGE 3. YOURS IS DIFFERENT. >> MINE IS DIFFERENT, MINE IS ON REVENUES. >> IT'S OBJECT CODES 04,000-4,900. >> IT HAS THE ORIGINAL BUDGET, AND THIS IS ONLY FOR OUR UNRESTRICTED. >> BECAUSE RESTRICT IS RESTRICTED. I'M LOOKING AT JUST UNRESTRICTED. >> WHEN WE PRESENT, WE COMBINE THEM ALTOGETHER. THIS IS A COMBINATION OF BOTH. >> I REALIZED THAT. >> THE QUESTION IS, WHY DO WE HAVE 3.1? THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED IN THAT CATEGORY. >> MY QUESTION IS THE ACTUALS TO DATE ARE 324,000. THE PROJECTED YEAR TOTAL IS 3.9 MILLION AND THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT, A BIG DIFFERENCE. >> WHEN WE'RE LOOKING, THIS IS AS OF OCTOBER 31. WE'RE NOT EVEN HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR. THOSE ARE THE PROJECTIONS, BUT THEN THIS HAS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THE ACTUALS THAT WE'VE POSTED THROUGH OCTOBER 31, POTENTIALLY. >> WE'RE A QUARTER. HAVE I LOST MY MIND, STEPHANIE? >> OCTOBER 31, BUT THAT'S ALSO ANY EXPENSES, INVOICES, ANYTHING WE'VE RECEIVED AS OF OCTOBER 31. WE COULD HAVE INVOICES THAT COME BEYOND THERE THAT HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED. THAT'S A SNAPSHOT IN TIME. THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF OUR BUDGET AS OF OCTOBER 31. >> WELL, I WILL JUST SECOND PRESIDENT BERDA'S COMMENTS. IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT, YOU GUYS. MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A WHOLE BUDGET SESSION ON BOOKS AND SUPPLIES, DR. TOSTON. >> SOUNDS GOOD. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> I THINK PERHAPS JUST BRAINSTORMING AGAIN, IF THERE IS A WAY TO CONTINUE BECAUSE I AM LOOKING AT THE PAGE THAT YOU ALSO REFERENCED IN TERMS OF THE MORE DETAILED BOOKS AND SUPPLIES. BUT THAT DOESN'T IDENTIFY, IS THAT A MULTI YEAR GRANT? THEN ARE THERE OTHER COSTS THAT ARE NOT COMING FROM THE GRANTS THAT ALSO, WHAT ABOUT ACTUAL BOOKS AND SUPPLIES THAT ARE NON GRANT FUNDED THAT WOULD GO TO THE AMOUNT THAT TEACHERS GET, FOR INSTANCE, FOR THEIR CLASSROOM OR OTHER ADVANCEMENTS. IT'D BE HELPFUL TO GET YES, THIS PORTION IS ALLOCATED FOR MULTI YEAR GRANTS OR EVEN A SINGLE YEAR GRANT. BUT WHAT ARE THE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT MAKE THAT UP? I THINK THAT THAT DETAIL WOULD BE HELPFUL. AGAIN, DOESN'T NEED TO HAPPEN NOW, BUT JUST AS A CIRCLE BACK CONVERSATIONS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE THIS INFORMATION MORE DIGESTIBLE FOR THE BOARD, BUT ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC. >> TO MAKE SURE I THINK I UNDERSTAND. SEEMS LIKE THE FOCUS ON BOOKS AND SUPPLIES FOR OUR [OVERLAPPING] CONTRACTED SERVICES AND STUDENT PROGRAMS. [02:15:02] >> AS IT PERTAINS TO OUR BUDGET. I WOULD SAY YES. IF THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE BEING CAPTURED, NOT JUST FOR STUDENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE INDIRECT GRANTS THAT WE OPERATE, THAT MAY NOT DIRECTLY SUPPORT A SPECIFIC COE STUDENT PROGRAM. BUT IT WOULD STILL BE HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT THOSE DOLLARS ARE GOING. YES, IT MAY INCLUDE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES MAY INCLUDE DIRECT STUDENTS PROGRAM SUPPORT, BUT IT MAY ALSO FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, INCLUDE GRANT DOLLARS THAT ARE VERY RESTRICTED TO A SPECIFIC POTENTIAL NON STUDENT PROGRAM. >> I'M GOING TO SAY LIKE HEAD START, BUT THAT'S A STUDENT PROGRAM. >> THERE ARE ACCOMMODATIONS. WE HAVE OUR TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM, THERE'S A BUDGET THAT THEY WOULD HAVE CONTRACT SERVICES SUPPLIES. EVERY GRANT WOULD HAVE A BUDGET CATEGORY LIKE THAT STUDENT PROGRAM OR NOT. WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO LOOK AND WE'LL WORK WITH DR. TOSTON TO SEE THAT BECAUSE WE GAVE A SNIPPET OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE BY FUNDING SOURCE BY STUDENT PROGRAMS AT BUDGET ADOPTION TO KIND OF SHOW WHAT THE BUDGET WAS AND THE DIFFERENT RESOURCE CODES. WE CAN DIG A LITTLE DEEPER TO SEE THE HIGH LEVEL ONES. I JUST WANT TO SEE HOW WE CAN DO IT WITHOUT HAVING SOMEONE MANUALLY DO 221 DIFFERENT RESOURCES BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF MANUAL WORK, BUT WE CAN FIGURE OUT THE HIGH LEVEL AND THEN COME UP WITH SOMETHING AND BRING IT BACK AND SEE IF THAT'S MORE ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE. >> WELL, AND EVEN JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT GOT TO THIS NUMBER. BECAUSE I'M SEEING THE BREAKDOWN OF THE GRANTS, BUT WHAT ABOUT FOR THE STUDENT PROGRAMS THEN? >> THE STUDENT PROGRAMS ARE INCORPORATED IN THE GRANTS. >> ALL OF THE SPECIFIED GRANTS ON PAGE 25. >> ALL OF THE DIFFERENT GRANTS MAJORITY OF THEM ARE FOR STUDENT FACING PROGRAMS OR WORK. WE HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WITH DIFFERENT GRANTS. >> ALL OF THE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES AND ALL OF THE SERVICES, I GUESS THIS IS SPECIFIC TO BOOKS AND SUPPLIES. >> YES. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. DISCONNECTING THE CONVERSATION WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT STUDENT PROGRAMS, OYA, AL TED, CORDON COMMUNITY SCHOOL, WALDEN WEST. THE GRANTS ARE BENEFITING STUDENTS, BUT IT MIGHT BE A CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT WHERE WE'RE PROVIDING TRAINING. THAT'S WHY I WAS TRYING TO FIND THE SLIVER OF INFORMATION WE'RE LOOKING FOR. IS IT THE STUDENT PROGRAMS WHERE YOU ARE DIRECTLY SERVING STUDENTS THAT WE WANT TO SEE INFORMATION ABOUT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES OR? >> I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT GOT TO THOSE NUMBERS. ARE THESE STUDENT PROGRAMS, ARE THESE NON STUDENT GRANTS? I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THAT. >> WHEN YOU SAY THIS NUMBER. >> THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ADOPTED BUDGET AND THE FIRST INTERIM WHEN IT COMES TO THE INCREASE IN BOOKS AND SUPPLIES AND THE SAME THING FOR SERVICES AND OTHER. BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE THAT PATTERN. WE WENT THROUGH THE SAME DISCUSSION LAST YEAR, AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHY WE'RE HERE AGAIN, NOT HAVING MUCH MORE CLARITY BECAUSE I THINK WE DO NEED CLARITY. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT OTHER INFORMATION COULD BE PROVIDED, AND MAYBE THAT'S PART OF WE COME BACK TO THIS SO THAT WE CAN DO A DEEPER DIVE ON FIGURING OUT WHAT INFORMATION IS NEEDED. BECAUSE EVEN THOSE NUMBERS THAT ARE HERE, ALL OF THAT DOESN'T EXACTLY ADD UP TO THE NUMBERS ARE ON HERE. I JUST MEAN FOR THE SAKE OF THE EXAMPLE OF PAGE 25. HOW DID WE GET TO THE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES NUMBERS FROM THE ADOPTED TO THE FIRST INTERIM? >> WE'LL PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND SEE IF WE CAN'T COME BACK AND ADDRESS THAT MAYBE AT A FUTURE BUDGET STUDY. I SAY A QUESTION. >> THAT'S FINE. I JUST WANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT THAT ON THE TOP OF PAGE 24, THAT WAS THE DETAILS OF THE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES OBJECT CODES, AND THESE ARE THE FUNDING SOURCES WHERE THERE WERE CHANGES. WE DID LIST THAT OUT AT THE TOP, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY BRING IT BACK, BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE TEAM WE DID STRIVE TO ADD MORE CLARITY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE DETAILS OF BOOKS AND SUPPLIES OBJECT CODES, WE RAN THOSE AND WE RAN THEM BY RESOURCE CODE AND WHAT THE ADOPTED BUDGET HAD IN FIRST INTERIM TO ADDRESS ANY INCREASES OR DECREASES IN EACH RESPECTIVE RESOURCE CODE AND FUNDING SOURCE CATEGORY. WE CAN DEFINITELY BRING IT BACK AND WE CAN EXPAND. >> MAYBE IT'S A MATTER OF THE SNAPSHOT IN TIME. BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THE NUMBERS HERE, THEN WHAT POINT IN TIME ARE WE LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS AND WHY ARE THEY NOT LINED UP WITH THESE NUMBERS? I RECOGNIZE EVEN THE FIRST INTERIM, IT'S A SNAPSHOT IN TIME. I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE MAKING SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SAME I GUESS POINT IN TIME WHEN IT COMES TO THE NUMBERS SO THAT IT'S CLEAR THIS IS WHERE THOSE NUMBERS ARE COMING FROM. WOULD BE HELPFUL. >> SOUNDS GOOD. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE SLIDE? THANK YOU. [02:20:06] THIS SLIDE IS ANOTHER LOOK OF THE COMPARISON SIDE BY SIDE OF THE EXPENDITURE BY EACH CATEGORY BETWEEN THE ADOPTED BUDGET AND THE FIRST INTERIM. AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, THE BOOKING SUPPLIES, AS WELL AS SERVICES AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY, AND ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ ALREADY EXPLAINED THE PRIMARY REASON BECAUSE OF THE COMBINATION OF THE MULTIPLE FACTORS, INCLUDING NEWLY AWARDED OR AMENDED AWARDED AFTER THE ADOPTED BUDGET, THE REALIGNMENT OF PRIOR YEAR CARRYOVER, PARTICULARLY FOR MULTI YEAR GRANTS AND CONTRACTS, AND THE PROGRAM ADJUSTMENT NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION AND MEET FUNDER REQUIREMENTS. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MULTI YEAR GRANTS, OUR STANDARD PRACTICE IS THAT IF WE HAVE, FUTURE FUND THE FUNDING INTENDED FOR FUTURE USE, AND WE HAVE TO BUDGET IT IN THE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES CATEGORY AS A PLACEHOLDER, BECAUSE WE CANNOT BUDGET IT IN THE PERSONNEL COST, SALARIES AND BENEFITS BECAUSE OUR PERSONNEL COST BUDGET HAVE TO ALIGN WITH THE APPROVED FTES. THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE ALWAYS PLACE THOSE MULTI YEAR GRANT BUDGET IN THE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES AS A PLACEHOLDER. >> THERE IS A SPECIFIC OBJECT CODE THAT SAYS HOLDING BUDGET SO THAT WAY PROGRAMS KNOW THAT IF THEY GOT A $5 MILLION GRANT OVER FIVE YEARS, AND THEY'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO SPEND BY THE GRANT OR THE 1 MILLION, WE PUT IT THERE SO THEY KNOW, I CAN'T TOUCH THAT BUDGET BECAUSE THAT'S ALLOTTED FOR THE NEXT YEAR. THAT'S ONE OF OUR PRACTICES TO ENSURE WE STAY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE GRANT OR TERMS AND WHAT WE AGREE THAT WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH GRANTORS MONEY. >> THAT'S A POINT I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES, THE 4,000 SERIES. THE CODE THAT WAS JUST CALLED OUT, THERE'S ONE LINE. THERE'S A LINE FOR BOOKS AND SUPPLIES UNDER $5,000. SUPPLIES OVER $5,000, AND I'M SPEAKING IN REAL TIME, AND THEN THERE'S A OBJECT CODE FOR HOLDING ACCOUNT THAT'S FALLING UNDER THE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES BROADER HEADING. IT'S NOT ALL DIRECTLY ALLOCATED TO BOOKS AND SUPPLIES. IT'S IN THAT HOLDING ACCOUNT CODE, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THAT CODE NOW, BUT THAT IS WHERE ALL THOSE DOLLARS ARE PARKED, NOT ACTUAL RESOURCES WHERE STAFF CAN PURCHASE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES IN A GIVEN YEAR. >> THANK YOU. THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATE THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES RETURN TO THE STATE OVER TIME. SINCE FISCAL YEAR 2013-14, THE TOTAL OF $333.16 MILLION IN LOCAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUES HAS BEEN REMITTED TO THE STATE CONTROLLER, AND THIS AMOUNT IS PROJECTED TO CONTINUE INCREASING IN FUTURE YEARS. WE ARE SCCOE AND COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION UNLIKE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE'RE NOT PERMITTED TO RETAIN ACCESS PROPERTY TAXES REVENUES AS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ EXPLAINED EARLIER. AS A RESULT, EVEN THOUGH THE LOCAL PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS HAVE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, THESE EXCESS REVENUES DO NOT ENHANCE THE SCCOE OPERATING REVENUES AND CANNOT BE USED TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OR OPERATIONAL SERVICES. THIS SLIDE PRESENTS THE THREE YEAR FUND BALANCE PROJECTIONS AND UNDERSCORE THE VERY SLIM FUND BALANCE PROJECTED FOR 27-28, AS YOU SEE IN THE GREEN ARROW. SUCH A LIMITED UNDER BALANCE, SIGNIFICANTLY CONSTRAIN SCCOE ABILITY TO RESPOND TO MERGING STUDENT NEEDS AND REDUCES OVERALL FISCAL FLEXIBILITY WHILE ON AND RISING OPERATING COSTS CONTINUE TO PLACE PRESSURE ON THE BUDGET. >> ONE THING TO ADD TO IS WE'RE SUPER BRINGING THIS, WHICH IS WHY I APPRECIATE THE MULTI YEAR PROJECTIONS THAT WE HAVE TO DO BECAUSE IF WE DID A YEAR BY YEAR BUDGET, WE WOULD NOT HAVE TIME AND DISTRICTS WOULD NOT HAVE TIME TO ADJUST THEIR BUDGETS OR ADJUST THEIR PROGRAMMING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION AND KEEP FISCALLY SOLVENT. WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING THIS BECAUSE AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH SECOND INTERIM AND ANY FLUCTUATIONS THAT WE SEE IN ADA, WE SEE MORE DECLINES OR FOR CONTRIBUTIONS UNEXPECTEDLY GO UP. WITH THE ADDITION OF ANOTHER YEAR WHEN WE GET TO OUR BUDGET ADOPTION PROCESS FOR 26-27, WE WILL HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THAT IS POSITIVE FOR US TO KEEP A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION. THAT'S WHY WE HIGHLIGHT IT WITH THE GREEN ARROW, JUST TO CALL IT OUT, BUT THERE IS TIME FOR PLANNING TO HAPPEN TO ENSURE THAT WE REMAIN POSITIVE WITH THAT THIRD YEAR. >> THANK YOU. THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THE PROJECTED DECLINE IN [02:25:03] THE INDIRECT COST RECOVERY TO THE GENERAL FUND OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THE DECREASE IS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE UNEARNED OR MULTI YEAR GRANTS CONTRACT THAT WERE BUDGETED, BUT NOT FULLY EARNED OR THE EXPIRATION OF SEVERAL MULTI YEAR GRANTS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE RESTRICTED REVENUES FROM FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GRANTS AND CONTRACTS PROJECTED TO DECLINE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THREE YEARS, AND THAT REDUCES THE BASE USED TO RECOVER THE INDIRECT COSTS. AT THE FIRST INTERIM, RESTRICTED REVENUES WERE PROJECTED AT 180 MILLION IN THE FEDERAL STATE AND LOCAL. HOWEVER, THEY EXPECT TO DECREASE TO $138 MILLION IN 26-27 AND FURTHER TO $124.7 MILLION IN 27-28. THIS REPRESENTS A ACCUMULATIVE REDUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 55 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS RESULTING THE DECLINE IN INDIRECT COST RECOVERY FOR THE GENERAL FUND. THE DECREASE IN RESTRICTED REVENUES WOULD IMPACT SIGNIFICANTLY ON INDIRECT COST RECOVERY AS WELL AS JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE INDIRECT COST RECOVERY IS CRITICAL TO SUSTAINING THE COUNTY OFFICE CORE ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS. >> THIS SLIDE, WE JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR FORMULA DOES RECEIVE A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, THE 38 MILLION THAT WE RECEIVE. HOWEVER, WHEN WE TRANSITION TO RECEIVING A COOL, WE ALSO WERE IMPACTED BY COUNTY WIDE ADA. WE'RE PROJECTING A DECREASE OF APPROXIMATELY 1.33% ANNUALLY OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, AND THAT'S INCLUDED IN OUR MULTI YEAR PROJECTIONS BASED ON THE TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WHILE OUR PROJECTED COLA IS ONLY ON THAT PORTION, AND MAJORITY OF OUR GRANTS AND CONTRACTS DO NOT ALLOW FOR A COLA. IF THERE ARE FLUCTUATIONS IN COSTS, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO GO BACK AND REVISIT WITH THE PROGRAM AND DEPARTMENT HOW TO ADJUST THE BUDGET TO ALLOW FOR THE EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE OR MAKE SOME REDUCTIONS AND EXPENSES. FOR EXAMPLE, 25-26, THE COLA IS PRODUCED AT 856,000. WE'RE PROJECTING AN ADA DECREASE OF ABOUT 46,000, SO OUR NET REVENUE WOULD BE 809,000. WE HAVE BEEN SAYING THOUGH THAT WHEN WE DO GET THE ACTUAL AMOUNTS, IT'S USUALLY IN JUNE, JULY OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THEY HAVE COME IN A LITTLE BIT LOWER, SO WE'RE CLOSELY WATCHING THAT. SAME THING FOR 26-27, WE'RE PROJECTING 1.1 MILLION. THIS IS BASED ON THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE PART OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET. THE GOVERNOR'S JANUARY PROPOSAL WILL BE COMING IN. THAT WILL GIVE US NEW INSIGHT AS TO WHAT THOSE COLAS MAY LOOK LIKE, BUT AS THEY ADJUST OR AS THEY FLUCTUATE THROUGHOUT THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, IF IT GOES DOWN, THEN OUR AMOUNT OF REVENUE WILL GO DOWN, IF IT INCREASES, IT MIGHT HAVE A SLIGHT UPTICK, BUT THEN WE DO HAVE THE IMPACT FROM OUR ADA. THAT'S REDUCING YEAR AFTER YEAR. WE'RE PROJECTING A REDUCTION OF 454,000 FOR 26-27 AND THEN 27-28, IT'S ABOUT 407,000. WE'RE CLOSELY MONITORING THAT, BUT WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION AS WELL. THEN OUR ELECTION COSTS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE COMING UP. IT'S EVERY OTHER YEAR THAT WE HAVE THESE ELECTION COSTS. THIS ALSO DOES COME OUT OF OUR MANDATED LCF FUNDING. WE DO NOT RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE STATE FOR THIS. IN 18-19, WE WERE ARRANGING 489,000. OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE COUNTY HAS INCREASED THEIR COSTS, AND SO WE'RE PROJECTING 1.6 MILLION FOR 26-27. WE HAVE TO INCLUDE IT IN OUR BUDGET BECAUSE WE KNOW IT IS A COST THAT WE WILL HAVE AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ADEQUATE FUNDING AVAILABLE. BUT IF THERE IS ANY CHANGES IN THAT OR IF WE HAVE A MORE SOLID NUMBER, WE'LL BE UPDATING OUR PROJECTIONS AND THE ADOPTED BUDGET. THEN THIS IS A SLIDE THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE WAS HIGHLIGHTING THAT ADA. WE HAVE OUR ENROLLMENT ON OUR ADA. THE ENROLLMENT WHERE WE'RE SEEING FOR OUR ADA. WE'RE LOOKING AT 216,000, AND SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A DOWNWARD SPIRAL AND ADA THAT'S PROJECTED. I KNOW SANTA CLARA COUNTY WAS ONE OF THE TOP 10 COUNTIES THAT IS PROJECTED OVER 10 YEARS TO SEE A DECLINE, AND SO WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING THAT AS IT NOT ONLY IMPACTS OUR BASE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE, BUT WE ALSO KNOW IT DOES HAVE IMPACTS ON OUR LOCAL DISTRICTS AND THEIR FINANCIAL STABILITY. WE'RE CLOSELY MONITORING THAT AS WELL. >> TRUSTEE JORGE. >> ENROLLMENT VERSUS ADA, LIKE THE 216,000 VERSUS 229,000? >> MY QUESTION IS WHY IS THERE SUCH A LARGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ENROLLMENT VERSUS ADA? I IMAGINE THAT THE ENROLLMENT IS THE PHYSICAL KIDS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CLASSROOMS RIGHT NOW THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTY. BUT THEN THE ADA IS THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE FOR THOSE KIDS, [02:30:05] WHICH DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR THE DIFFERENCE. I'M I UNDERSTANDING THAT RIGHT? >> YES. THE ENROLLMENT IS, FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S A SNAPSHOT ON TIME. THIS IS HOW MANY STUDENTS WE HAVE ENROLLED, BUT THE ADA IS THE AMOUNT OF KIDS THAT STAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THAT THE DISTRICTS OR THE PROGRAMS EARN MONEY ON. IT'S A CONSISTENT ATTENDANCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE HAVE OUR P1 WHERE WE GET OUR NUMBERS OR P2 TO CERTIFY HOW MANY STUDENTS ACTUALLY WERE IN THE PROGRAM FOR THIS PORTION OF THE YEAR, THAT PORTION OF THE YEAR. THERE'S A CHANGE. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IN BUDGET STUDY. WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT ARE POSSIBLY LEAVING THIS AREA, WHICH COULD BE PART OF IT, MAYBE THEY START THE YEAR, BUT THEY DON'T FINISH. I ALSO KNOW THAT DR. TOSTON, YOU HIGHLIGHTED THAT THERE COULD BE PREFERENCES TO SEND TO OTHER SCHOOLS OUTSIDE OF OUR COUNTY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. >> JUST HURLING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF KIDS WHO COULD ENROLL. BUT IN OUR COUNTY, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES WHO ELECT OR USE THEIR CHOICE FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS, WHICH MEANS STUDENTS NOT ENROLLING IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. A NUMBER OF DRIVERS, WHERE NOT EVERY CHILD IN THE COUNTY IS ENROLLED IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL OR GENERATING ADA. >> DOES THE 229,000 ACCOUNT FOR KIDS BOTH IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL? >> THIS IS COUNTY WIDE. IT'S FOR THE COUNTY. I WANT TO SAY ON THE BOTTOM IT'S PART OF DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, WHAT THEY DO TO LOOK AT OUR OVERALL ADA. >> ORANGE KIDS IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BLUE KIDS BOTH IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS? >> NO. I WOULD SAY ADA IS A WHOLE FOR THE COUNTY. BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A CHARTER SCHOOL, THEY HAVE TO ALSO SUBMIT FOR ADA. THEY HAVE TO DO THAT REPORTING. I DON'T KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT PRIVATE, BUT I DO KNOW FOR THOSE THAT RECEIVE FUNDING, THEY DO HAVE TO REPORT THEIR ADA. >> I WOULD SAY ADA IS THE FIGURE WE'RE FUNDED ON, OR SCHOOLS ARE FUNDED ON. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT. YOU JUST BROUGHT UP LOSING KIDS TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND STUFF. WHY IS THAT RELEVANT TO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN OUR COUNTY? >> ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT IS PART OF THE DECLINING ENROLLMENT. FAMILIES ARE RELOCATING. FAMILIES MAY BE CHOOSING PRIVATE SCHOOLS OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. SOME FAMILIES MAY TRANSPORT THEIR KIDS TO WHERE THEY WORK OUTSIDE OF COUNTY. >> I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM NOTE, IT'S PUBLIC K THROUGH 12. THAT'S WHY SOME OF THOSE FACTORS COULD BE THE FLUCTUATIONS AND MAYBE THE STUDENTS STARTED ENROLLED, AND THEN THEY WERE REMOVED FOR WHATEVER REASON, WENT TO ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT MAYBE ISN'T PART OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM. >> IS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN BOTH LINES TYPICAL OR IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO AS LAS IN THE COUNTY TO SHRINK THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO LINES? >> A GREAT QUESTION. >> NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. I SHARED THIS DURING BUDGET STUDY, I KNOW, ALL OF THE DISTRICTS HAVE RESOURCES TO RECRUIT STUDENTS AND UPLIFT THEIR PROGRAMS AND ARE SHARING WITH THEIR COMMUNITY. WE WILL KEEP WORKING AT THAT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> IN THIS SLIDE, SORRY. >> SORRY I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. IN TERMS OF OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS, ARE THEY INCLUDED IN THE STATE OR IS THE SAME AS PRIVATE SCHOOLS? IN TERMS OF WHAT TRACY PACHECO WAS ASKING, ARE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE BLUE, IF THEY LEAVE THE LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL TO ATTEND A CHARTER SCHOOL, WOULD THEY BE STILL ACCOUNTED IN THE ADA OR NO? >> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WOULD BE BECAUSE THIS IS PUBLIC K-12 ENROLLMENT. >> CAN WE GET A CLARIFICATION BECAUSE ACTUALLY THINKING IT WAS OPPOSITE AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED BECAUSE DO WE RECEIVE ADA FUNDING FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS? >> YEAH, WE DO. >> IT'S IN OUR COUNTY WIDE. >> THEN IT HERE IS THAT INCLUDED IN HERE THEN FRESHA? >> IF THEY GET LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA, FUNDING, THEN IT WOULD BE INCLUDED BECAUSE THE ADA IS WHAT THE STATE USES TO DETERMINE THE ALLOCATIONS BASED ON HOW THEY PAY EACH RESPECTIVE SCHOOL. IF THEY DO GET LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA, WOULD SAY THEY WERE, BUT WE CAN CONFIRM THIS IS PART FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. WE CAN DIG A LITTLE DEEPER, BUT THIS IS HOW THEY'RE DETERMINING WHAT THE ADA AND WHAT THEY'RE PROJECTING THE FUNDING WOULD BE. >> IF WE CAN JUST GET CONFIRMATION ON THAT, JUST TO SEE HOW THAT BREAKUP WORKS BECAUSE I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THAT REFLECTS. THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> SORRY. >> NO. THANK YOU. >> IN THIS SLIDE, WE WANT TO ADDRESS THE GROWTH IN EMPLOYEE SALARY COSTS SINCE FISCAL YEAR 2021, SHOWING A SIGNIFICANT AND ONGOING INCREASE OVER TIME AND THE SALARY COST INCREASES ARE ONGOING RATHER THAN ONE TIME AND THEREFORE HAVE ACCUMULATIVE IMPACT ON OUR FUTURE BUDGETS. [02:35:03] THE GROWTH REFLECTS THAT ADJUSTMENT ACROSS ALL SALARY SCHEDULES, INCLUDING STEP AND COLUMN ADVANCEMENTS AND STIPENDS. IN SEVERAL YEARS, SALARY INCREASES HAVE EXCEEDED THE COLLLAR, DEMONSTRATE SCC COMMITMENT TO EMPLOYEE RETENTION AND RECOGNITION OF EXPERIENCE AND LONGEVITY, WHILE ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO SUSTAIN COST PRESSURES IN THE FUTURE FISCAL YEARS. ANY QUESTION ON THIS SLIDE? THIS CHART ILLUSTRATE THE GROWTH IN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT COSTS OVER TIME, DRIVEN IN PART BY INCREASES IN SALARIES AS WELL. THE PENSION COST BUSTERS AND PERS CONTINUE TO RISE WHILE HEALTH AND WELFARE COSTS FLUCTUATED FROM YEAR-TO-YEAR. TOGETHER, THESE TRAINS UNDERSCORE SCCR COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING A HIGH QUALITY WORKFORCE, AND MAINTAINING A PREMIER SERVICE ORGANIZATION WHILE ALSO HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED FOR CAREFUL LONG TERM PLANNING AS PENSION OBLIGATIONS REPRESENT A GROWING AND SIGNIFICANT SHARE OF TOTAL EMPLOYEE BENEFIT EXPENDITURES. THIS SLIDE WE'LL SHOW YOU THE TOTAL NUMBER OF THE FTE POSITIONS AS SLIGHTLY DECREASED OVER TIME WHILE YOU SEE THE INCREASE IN SALARY COSTS AS WELL TO BENEFITS COSTS. THIS GAP BETWEEN STAFFING LEVELS AND RISING COSTS HAVE RESULTED IN HIGHER OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE PROGRAMS. PARTICULAR ELECTIVE SERVICES, MAKING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR DISTRICT TO AFFORD THE PROGRAMS. CONSEQUENTLY, SCCOE HAS SEEN DECLINING DISTRICT PARTICIPATION IN ENROLLMENT IN ELECTIVE SERVICE PROGRAMS, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE SPECIAL EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, WHICH IMPACTS PROGRAMS SUSTAINABILITY. >> THIS SLIDE AND GOOD NEWS, WE'RE MAINTAINING A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO MEET. WE'RE ABLE TO MEET OUR OBLIGATIONS IN THE CURRENT AND TWO FISCAL YEARS. AS DR. TOSTON MENTIONED EARLIER IN BUDGET STUDY, WE'RE CONTINUING TO PURSUE AND LEVERAGE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND CONTRACTS, AND ALSO PARTNERSHIPS TO HELP STRENGTHEN AND MAXIMIZE OUR CAPACITY AND OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO GROW FISCALLY. WE ALSO NEED TO BE CONSERVATIVE AND BE PRUDENT TO ENSURE FISCAL STABILITY. THERE'S A VARIETY OF COST FACTORS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN BUDGET STUDY AS FAR AS INCREASING PER STARS, UNCERTAINTY AND THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS FOR THIS AGENCY, BUT ALSO WITH DECLINING ENROLLMENTS. THAT'S NOT ONLY IMPACTING US, BUT ALSO OUR DISTRICTS. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR, AND ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE STATE'S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK BECAUSE ANY MAJOR FLUCTUATIONS IN THE BUDGET WILL ALSO IMPACT US AND THE DISTRICTS THAT WE PROVIDE OVERSIGHT TO. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? >> PRESIDENT BERTA, I JUST HAD A COMMENT ACTUALLY. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT I TALKED ABOUT AT THE BUDGET MEETING IS, IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY, A LOT OF US ARE IMMIGRANTS AND IN OUR HOME COUNTRIES, WE JUST ASSUME THAT PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE BETTER THAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I JUST FEEL WE REALLY NEED MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO JUST LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE A LOT MORE VALUE THAT A LOT OF IMMIGRANTS DON'T RECOGNIZE. I JUST FEEL THAT WOULD HELP WITH THE ENROLLMENT SOMEWHAT, NOT TOTALLY. BUT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO REALLY CAN'T AFFORD PRIVATE SCHOOL SEND THIS KIDS TO PRIVATE SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY ASSUME THAT IT'S BETTER QUALITY. WE NEED SOME KIND OF MARKETING EFFORT TO DISPEL THAT IMPRESSION. IS JUST A COMMENT AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN WORK WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. THANK YOU. THAT IS ALSO IN TERMS OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT. >> THANK YOU. THAT WAS AN INFORMATION ITEM, SO I APPRECIATE THE PREPARATION OF THE REPORT AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS ON THAT. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT, WE'LL GO TO 8B, [B. Future Agenda Items] WHICH IS OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT, ITEMS MENTIONED UNDER THIS ITEM ARE BEING SUGGESTED, SO THEY MAY BE CONSIDERED AND EXPLORED ACCORDING TO OUR BOARD BY LAWS, AND TOPICS UNDER THIS ITEM ARE NOT AGENDIZED FOR BOARD DISCRETION, BUT JUST CREATING A SPACE FOR TRUSTEES TO MENTION TOPICS FOR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION AS FUTURE ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO MENTION AT THIS TIME? TRUSTEE SPEISER. [02:40:07] >> I THINK WE'VE COVERED IT IN THE DISCUSSION OF THE FIRST INTERIM, AND YOU HAVE SAID THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE, DR. TOSTON. BUT A TRUE STUDY SESSION FOR THE WHOLE BOARD ABOUT THE BUDGET COVERING STUFF THAT WAS BROUGHT UP TODAY AND REALLY EVERYTHING THAT YOU THINK WE NEED TO KNOW BASED ON A LOT OF THE COMMENTS WE'VE RECEIVED TOO IS WHEN WE BECOME BETTER EXPERTS, AND I KNOW EVERY TIME I HEAR THE FIRST INTERIM, THE BUDGET, EVERY TIME I HEAR ABOUT THE BUDGET, I LEARN SOMETHING NEW, AND I LOVE LEARNING SESSIONS. I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. THANK YOU. >> JUST MENTION ALSO ON THE ARTICLE, WHAT TRUSTEE SPEISER SAID. THEN ON THAT ITEM THAT I MENTIONED, I THINK IT'S LISTED AS THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT WONDERING IF THAT CAN ALSO BE PERHAPS A TOUCH POINT OR MEETING TO WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION, THE COUNTY LEVEL AND SOME OF OUR LOCAL PARTNERS AND ORGANIZATIONS. JUST WANTING TO RE-ELEVATE THAT, OBVIOUSLY, I DEFINITELY HAVE SOME CONCERN ABOUT INCREASED IMMIGRATION ACTIVITY, AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY WITH THE LARGE SPORTING EVENTS COMING TO OUR AREA, AND JUST WANT TO TRY TO BE AS PROACTIVE AS WE CAN. LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS ON THAT TOPIC. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. >> I WANT TO THANK TIFFANY AGAIN. FIRST OF ALL, I FORGET I WAS MEETING WITH, LIKE, A TEACHER LEADER IN A CCOE. AND THEN I WAS LIKE, OH, YEAH, LET ME JUST ASK TIFFANY, AND THEY'RE LIKE, TIFFANY IS SO GREAT. TIFFANY WORKS THERE. OH, MY GOD. ANYWAY, SHOUT OUT TO YOU. BUT TIFFANY, I TALKED TO HER ABOUT ADDING, AS THE BOARD KNOWS, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MOHAN AND ADVEY, WHO ARE LOCAL STUDENTS ON THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT THROUGH FBLA AT HOMESTEAD. ONE THOUGHT I HAD, IF WE HAVE TIME IS TO RECOGNIZE THEM HERE AT THE BOARD. I DO KNOW THROUGH TIFFANY, THEY GOT A CERTIFICATE FROM US. THAT WAS MY ONE ITEM. THANK YOU. >> I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD MAYBE COME UP WITH WHAT THE PROCESS WILL BE FOR THOSE TYPES OF REQUESTS. I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REFLECTIONS I'VE HAD JUST AS PRESIDENT AND IN WORKING WITH TIFFANY AND DR. TOSTON AS WELL AS WHEN WE DO GET REQUESTS FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHAT'S THE PROCESS THAT THIS BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ENGAGE IN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RESPONSIVE AND ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING THE BEST WE CAN, BUT MAYBE WORKING THROUGH A PROCESS THAT WE CAN REVISIT. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER ITEMS? AT THIS TIME, I DO HAVE TO REQUEST TO TAKE A BREAK, SO WE WILL TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS AND RECONVENE AT I'M GOING TO SAY 52. VICE PRESIDENT, CHAN WANTS TO GIVE THREE MORE MINUTES. WE'LL DO 7:55. THANK YOU. WE'RE READY TO RESUME. THIS IS ITEM 9A. [A. Election of President of the County Board of Education] IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW AND THE PROVISIONS OF BOARD BYLAW 9100, THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COUNTY BOARD SHALL HOLD AN ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING TO ELECT A PRESIDENT THROUGH A PROCESS THAT SHALL NOT INVOLVE VOTING BY SECRET BALLOT OR THE MAIL BALLOT. LET'S BEGIN WITH 9A ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, SO WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST 9A. >> IF YOU SUBMITTED A CARD TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL ASK YOU TO LINE UP AT THE DS NOW. I'M ASSUMING IT'S ONE. YOU'RE THE ONLY TEAMMATES NOT REQUIRED TO BE HERE AT THIS MOMENT, SO PLEASE, AND WE'LL READ. [BACKGROUND] >> I THINK RIJI KNOWS HOW TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT. >> HERE WE GO. [02:45:05] >> WHEN YOU'RE READY. >> GO AHEAD. >> MY NAME IS RIJI KRISHNA. I'M A TEACHER WITH OI, PRESIDENT OF ACE. WHOEVER IS GOING TO BE THE BOARD PRESIDENT TODAY AND THE VICE PRESIDENT, MAY YOU RISE TO THE CHALLENGE OF THIS POSITION, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE BARGAINING UNITS. MOST IMPORTANTLY, DO THE RIGHT THING AND HOLD HERE ONE EMPLOYEE, WHICH IS THE SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE. AGAIN, THAT IS NOTHING TO DO AGAINST YOU, DR. TOSTON. THAT IS BASICALLY TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT. ENSURING THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FUNCTIONS, THE MOST CRITICAL PIECE FOR YOU IS MAKING SURE THAT YOU AGENDA IS EVERYTHING CRITICAL. THIS IS NOT ABOUT PHOTO OPS, THIS IS NOT ABOUT ATTENDING EVENTS. THIS IS ABOUT DOING WHAT'S RIGHT, AND I HOPE THAT EACH ONE OF YOU IS REALLY HOLDING THIS. WHETHER YOU'RE VOTING OR YOU'RE NOMINATING OR YOU'RE NOMINATING YOURSELF, WHATEVER IT IS, I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU'RE TAKING THIS VERY SERIOUSLY BECAUSE AS PRESIDENT AND AS AN EMPLOYEE, WE ARE GOING TO BE HOLDING YOU ACCOUNTABLE. YOU OWE THAT TO US AND TO THE STUDENTS. THANK YOU. >> THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THANK YOU. I KNOW I SAW SEVERAL HANDS PRETTY MUCH GO UP SIMULTANEOUSLY. >> I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY NOMINATION. >> GO AHEAD TRUSTEE ROCHA. I DO BELIEVE YOURS WAS FIRST. >> I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU FOR YOUR TWO YEARS OF SERVICES, BOARD PRESIDENT. I CAN'T THINK OF A MORE DIFFICULT TIME TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE, AND I APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING UP TO DO THAT MORE THAN YOU KNOW. YOU HAVE MY SINCERE APPRECIATION. YOU'VE HANDLED THE ROLE WITH HONOR, WITH POISE, WITH RESPECT, AND WITH STRENGTH, ALL IN THE FACE OF PUBLIC AND POLITICAL PRESSURE, PUBLIC CRITICISM FROM MANY DIFFERENT PERSONS OR GROUPS WHO CLAIM TO HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS AGENCY AND ITS STUDENTS. SADLY, EVEN FOLKS FROM INSIDE THIS ROOM, WHO SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OR AT LEAST SHOWN MORE COMPASSIONATE AND UNDERSTANDING FOR THE OBLIGATION AND COMMITMENT THAT YOU MADE TO THIS ROLE. ALL THIS WAS AS A RESULT OF YOU DOING YOUR JOB OF SERVING THE PUBLIC THAT WE ALL SWEAR AN OATH TO. I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE FELT AND KNOWN MY SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THIS TIME. I STOOD BY YOU, WITH YOU, BEHIND YOU, ON OCCASION IN FRONT OF YOU. I WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE SERVING AS BOARD PRESIDENT HAS PROVIDED ME A SEMBLANCE OF COMFORT, TRUST, AND CONFIDENCE THAT THE INTERESTS OF THE STUDENTS, THE PUBLIC, AND THE SELECTED BOARD WERE YOUR PRIORITY, RATHER THAN PERSONAL INTERESTS OR OUTSIDE INTERESTS OR OPINIONS OR POLITICAL INTERESTS, OR THOSE WHO SEEK TO PUSH THEIR OWN AGENDA OVER THE INTERESTS OF THE STUDENTS AND THIS AGENCY. I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT OUR NEXT BOARD PRESIDENT WILL HONOR, RESPECT THE ROLE WHILE STANDING UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT AND JUST AS YOU HAVE, NO MATTER WHO ATTEMPTS TO PERSUADE THEM OTHERWISE. YOU HAVE MY DEEPEST RESPECT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, JOHN. REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. >> YOU'RE CALLING ON ME HERE. >> I WAS. JUST OUT OF RESPECT, ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE VICE PRESIDENT CHON AS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD AND SEE IF SHE ACCEPTS THE NOMINATION FIRST. >> I WILL ACCEPT THE NOMINATION. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERTA. HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT I WILL BE ABSENT FOR JUST A COUPLE OF MEETINGS. I STILL AM VERY COMMITTED TO THE ROLE. I JUST WANT THAT TO BE CLEAR, BUT ALSO WOULD JUST LIKE THAT TO BE KEPT IN MIND MOVING FORWARD IN THE ROLE FOR VICE PRESIDENT WHO WILL HAVE TO BE ACTING PRESIDENT AT THAT TIME. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR TO MY FELLOW TRUSTEES. >> FULL TRANSPARENCY. I WAS GOING TO NOMINATE JESSICA BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS. I WAS BROWN ACTED WITH VICKI, SO EVERYONE KNOWS I SUPPORT HER A LOT. MAYBE WE JUST VOTE ON THAT AND I CAN NOMINATE JESSICA FOR VP IF EVERYONE'S OKAY WITH THAT. >> IS THAT A SECOND TO THE MOTION? >> SECOND. >> SECOND. CAN WE DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME? >> THEY'RE SEPARATE ITEMS. >> I THINK RAYNA SECONDED. YES. >> I'LL JUST SUPPORT THAT ONE. >> WE'LL GO TO A VOTE UNLESS THERE'S OTHER. >> I'LL FACILITATE THE ROLL CALL VOTE. PRESIDENT BERTA? >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHON. >> AYE. >> TRUSTEE LAURIE. >> AYE. >> TRUSTEE PACHECO. >> AYE. >> TRUSTEE ROCHA. >> AYE. >> TRUSTEE SPEISER. >> AYE. [02:50:01] >> TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. >> AYE. >> THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> PRESIDENT CHON. >> THANK YOU, FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. >> WE'LL TAKE A MINUTE JUST TO REORG OR YOU WANT ME TO CONTINUE? >> I ACTUALLY AM OKAY IF TRUSTEE BERTA TO CONTINUE FACILITATING THE REST OF THE MEETING. >> JUST CONFIRMING WE'RE ALLOWED PROCEDURALLY. >> IF YOU WANT TO JUST CONTINUE ON, THAT'S FINE. >> THAT BRINGS US TO CONGRATULATIONS, PRESIDENT CHON, AND WE WILL GO TO ITEM 9B, [B. Election of Vice-President of the County Board of Education] THE ELECTION OF THE VICE PRESIDENT. IS THERE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM AS WELL? >> NO. ONLY ITEM 9H. >> THANK YOU. HOLD ON. LET ME JUST READ MAKING SURE THERE'S NO PROCEDURAL THINGS I NEED TO READ. NO, THAT WAS ONLY FOR ITEM A. WE ARE NOW ON 9B, THE ELECTION OF VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. NOT SURE HONESTLY WHO WAS FIRST, WHETHER IT WAS TRUSTEE LAURIE, BUT I'M GOING TO TAKE TRUSTEE PACHECO, AND THEN I'LL COME BACK, TRUSTEE LAURIE IF THERE'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. >> I NOMINATE TRUSTEE SPEISER TO BE VICE PRESIDENT. >THERE'S A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE PACHECO TO NOMINATE TRUSTEE SPEISER AS VICE PRESIDENT. >> I'LL LET RAYNA SECOND THAT, BUT I WANT TO SAY, PLEASE JUST SIT ME NEXT TO JORGE, BECAUSE HE'S GREAT TO SIT NEXT TO [LAUGHTER]. I MEAN THAT. >> THAT WILL BE FOR PRESIDENT CHON TO DECIDE. TRUSTEE LAURIE. THERE'S A MOTION. WERE YOU ABLE TO HEAR THAT? >> I'D LIKE TO SECOND. >> THERE'S A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE PACHECO, NOMINATING TRUSTEE SPEISER FOR THE POSITION OF VICE PRESIDENT AND A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE LAURIE. DO YOU ACCEPT THE NOMINATION, TRUSTEE SPEISER? >> I DO. THANK YOU. >> GREAT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS? PRESIDENT CHON? >> IT DID JUST POP IN BOARD DOC. DO WE WANT TO DO BOARD DOC OR SUPERINTENDENT? >> MY CONNECTION WENT AWAY. I DON'T KNOW IF ITS. >> I'LL DO THE ROLL CALL. >> OKAY. >> TRUSTEE BERTA. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT CHON. >> AYE. >>TRUSTEE LAURIE. >> AYE. >> TRUSTEE PACHECO. >> AYE. >> TRUSTEE ROCHA. >> AYE. >> TRUSTEE SPEISER. >> AYE. >> I'M AN AYE. >> THANK YOU. LET'S GET INTO THE SECOND PAGE. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> CONGRATULATIONS, VICE PRESIDENT SPEISER. >> NEXT, WE'LL GO TO ITEM 9C. [C. Request Adoption of Calendar for Regular County Board of Education Meetings for 2026] THE REQUEST ADOPTION OF CALENDAR FOR A REGULAR COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGS FOR 2026. THE PROPOSED MEETING DATES FOR 2026 ARE LISTED IN THE AGENDA. I DO HAVE A COMMENT, BUT YES, PRESIDENT CHON. >> I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THE TWO JUNE MEETINGS USUALLY THEY'RE EVERY OTHER, SO IN JUNE, THEY'RE RIGHT AFTER ANOTHER AND IT IS OUR SUMMERTIME. WILL WE REQUIRE TWO MEETINGS IN JUNE AND THEN IF WE DO, IS THERE A REASON THEY'RE NOT SPLIT MORE? >> I BELIEVE THAT IS TO ALLOW FOR ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET BEFORE JUNE 30TH SO WE CAN DO ALL THE BACK END STUFF BEFORE THE 30TH. >> I SEE, SO WE WANT TO KEEP THE TWO MEETINGS JUNE THEN. >> PUBLIC HEARINGS IN ECA. >> I'M NOT GOING TO TOUCH THAT THEN. >> TRUSTEE ROCHA. >> ALSO, HOLDING ONE JUST IN CASE WE DIDN'T ADOPT IT AT THE FIRST MEETING AND HAVING ONE PRIOR TO. THANK YOU. >> MY QUESTION ACTUALLY TWO FOLD. ONE WAS A REQUEST FOR THE FEBRUARY 18 DATE. THAT'S LIKELY TO BE THE FIRST DAY OF RAMADAN, SO I'M REQUESTING TO EITHER MOVE IT A DAY FORWARD OR BACKWARD. ACTUALLY, PREFERABLY A DAY FORWARD BECAUSE THE NIGHT BEFORE IS SIGNIFICANT AS WELL, AND I WOULD LIKELY MISS IT OR MOVING IT BY A WEEK, WHATEVER THE BOARD PREFERS. >> I'M GOOD WITH A WEEK OR FORWARD. IT IS THE FEBRUARY VACATION WEEK. >> CAN I PROPOSE THAT WE JUST MOVE IT TO THE FOLLOWING WEEK BECAUSE KEEPING IT ON THE WEDNESDAY, I THINK SCHEDULE HELPS. [02:55:01] >> THAT DOES PUT TWO BACK TO BACK, I BELIEVE THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY AND THEN THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE PROCEDURALLY IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. >> THE TIME THE SCBA MEETING IN THE EVENING. I THINK IS THAT THE FOURTH WEEK OF FEBRUARY? >> I DON'T KNOW. >> I'M NOT SURE. TRUSTEE LAURIE. I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST IF WE NOTE THE DATES THAT WE NEED TO FIND ALTERNATIVES, THAT WE BRING THAT BACK AND MAYBE ADOPT A REVISED CALENDAR, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE GOVERNANCE CALENDAR IN TERMS OF IF THERE'S ANYTHING TOPICAL OR TIME SENSITIVE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THAT WINDOW, WE CAN ADJUST IT APPROPRIATELY. >> OKAY. >> YOU MEAN JUST FOR THAT MEETING? >> FEBRUARY 18TH, YES. I BELIEVE THERE WAS A QUESTION AROUND THE APRIL 15TH MEETING BECAUSE OF A CONFLICT WITH COSTCO WHERE SOME TRUSTEES ARE INVOLVED. >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER CONSIDERATIONS FROM TRUSTEES? >> DO WE HAVE A LOT IN MARCH? WILL THERE BE A LOT OF CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWALS COMING FORWARD? I ASSUME WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY INTER DISTRICT TRANSFERS AT THAT TIME. >> THERE ARE ONLY TWO PETITIONS UNDER REVIEW THIS YEAR, SO NOT ANTICIPATING MULTIPLE A PETITION REVIEWS. >> GIVEN TRUSTEE SPEISER BRINGS UP THE POINT OF THE MIDWINTER BREAK IN FEBRUARY OR THE SKI WEEK. MARCH ALSO IS THE TIME SPRING BREAKS ARE SO OFTEN. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN REDUCE DOWN TO ONE MEETING IN MARCH IF WE DON'T WANT TO DO THE BACK TO BACK, BUT IF WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY HAVE ENOUGH BUSINESS FOR THOSE, THEN WE'LL CONTINUE THEM. >>WE'LL MOVE THEM IN APRIL ALSO. >> I THINK WE JUST LOOK AT THAT. I KNOW WE CAN NEVER AVOID ALL THE SPRING BREAKS, BUT I THINK THAT COULD BE AN OPTION. IF WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO BACK TO BACK, WE JUST HAVE TWO BACK TO BACK. >> I THINK THE A SUGGESTION IS TO ADOPT THE CALENDAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE TWO DATES, THE FEBRUARY 18TH, AND THE APRIL 15TH? >> YES. >> POTENTIALLY COME BACK TO ADD ADDITIONAL MEETINGS BACK INTO THE CALENDAR. >> TO REVISE THE CALENDAR ON THOSE DATES, AND WE CAN LOOK AT IT IN CONTEXT OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE IN FEBRUARY, THERE MAY NOT BE A NEED TO HAVE TWO MEETINGS JUST BASED ON THE GOVERNANCE CALENDAR AND TOPICS THAT NEED TO BE REVIEWED. >> I KNOW IN THE PAST THERE'S ALSO BEEN THE JUNE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF JUNE. >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK. >> IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF THAT ALSO BEING JUST PUSHING IT UP A WEEK, BOTH OF THOSE. >> YOU'RE RIGHT. IT WOULD BE BE PROBABLY THE TENTH. >> AS WE GET INTO THE LATE SPRING, THERE ARE OTHER THE HOFFMAN AWARDS AND DIFFERENT OTHER THINGS ON THE CALENDAR, SO WE'LL LOOK AT THAT IN CONTEXT OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON. >> HOFFMAN AWARDS IS MAY 13TH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT >> WE'LL LOOK AT IT IN CONTEXT OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON FOR THE FEBRUARY MEETING. THE APRIL 15 MEETING AND THE JUNE MEETINGS, I THINK I'M HEARING AS WELL? >> YEAH. >> OKAY. >> ANY OTHER CONSIDERATIONS? OTHERWISE, I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CALENDAR WITH THE WITH POTENTIAL REVISIONS TO THOSE DATES COMING FORWARD, TRUSTEE ROCHA. >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO OFFER THAT AND I DON'T KNOW FROM MY COLLEAGUES, BUT MONDAYS HAVE TENDED TO WORK OUT, SO RATHER THAN MOVING IN ANOTHER WEEK IF THERE ARE CONFLICTS WITH SPRING BREAKS OR WHATEVER, MONDAY NIGHTS OF THE SAME WEEK COULD ALSO WORK OUT. AS YOU EXPLORE OPTIONS, IT'S OFTENTIMES A PRETTY DEAD DAY. WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE THE MOTION WITH THOSE FEW EXCEPTIONS FOR STAFF TO LOOK INTO. >> WE HAVE A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE ROCHA. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN >> JUST TO CLARIFY FOR NOW WE'RE GOING WITH THIS? >> YOU ARE ADOPTING YOUR ANNUAL CALENDAR WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WILL COME BACK AND REVISE IT ONCE YOU'VE ADDED A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE SPECIFIC DATES, BUT SURE. >> WITH STAFF INPUT AND RECOMMENDATION AS WELL ON ADJUSTING IT. >> OKAY. >> IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? >> I'LL SECOND. >> SECOND FROM PRESIDENT CHON. >> THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. [03:00:02] NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO ITEM 9D: [D. Discussion/Action on Annual Board Compensation Increase per Assembly Bill 1390] THE DISCUSSION ACTION ON ANNUAL BOARD COMPENSATION INCREASE PER ASSEMBLY BILL 1390. BOARD COMPENSATION IS BASED ON THE COUNTY'S AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, BASED ON SANTA CLARA COUNTY'S ADA, THE COUNTY OFFICE IS CLASSIFIED AS A CATEGORY 2 COUNTY UNDER ASSEMBLY BILL 3090, WHICH TOOK EFFECT IN 2025. THIS SETS BOARD COMPENSATION AT $2,000 PER MONTH. THIS LEGISLATION UPDATED COMPENSATION LIMITS THAT HAD NOT CHANGED IN MORE THAN 40 YEARS, REFLECTING LONGSTANDING COST OF LIVING, AND INFLATIONARY CHANGES, AND ALLOWING BOARDS TO CONSIDER ADJUSTMENTS THROUGH A TRANSPARENT PUBLIC PROCESS. INCREASING THE BOARD COMPENSATION EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2026 WOULD INCREASE THE CURRENT BOARD COMPENSATION FROM $1,228.63 TO 2,000 PER MEMBER. THIS ADJUSTMENT REPRESENTS A MONTHLY INCREASE OF $771.37 FOR EACH BOARD MEMBER AND AN ANNUAL INCREASE OF $9,256.44 PER MEMBER. IF APPROVED AND ALL SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS DECIDE TO RECEIVE THIS INCREASE, THE TOTAL ANNUAL BUDGET IMPACT WOULD BE $64,795.08. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. >> DOES IT JUST MEAN A MAJORITY HAVE TO APPROVE IT, OR EVERYONE HAS TO APPROVE IT? >> MAJORITY. >> IT'S A MAJORITY. >> OH, OKAY. I MISSED THIS. >> YES. TRUSTEE PACHECO. >> A MOTION NOW? >> GO AHEAD. >> OKAY. LET'S SEE. WELL, FIRST, I WANT TO CHECK IN WITH YOU, AM I ABLE TO MAKE THIS MOTION I PREPARED? OKAY. SUBSTITUTE MOTION, BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME MOTION JUST WITH THE CAVEAT. OKAY. >> IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? >> OKAY. I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE INCREASE TO BOARD COMPENSATION PER ASSEMBLY BILL 1390 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2026. >> OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? YOU MEAN TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS IS, CORRECT? BECAUSE THIS IS THE ITEM ON THE FLOOR. >> THEN I HAVE A CHANGE. >> BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT. >> OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM, IS THERE A SECOND? >> DEFINITELY NOT A SECOND. I WOULD WANT SOME CHANGES. JUST PROCEDURALLY, TRUSTEE PACHECO, IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, I BELIEVE PER ROBERT'S RULES, YOU CANNOT MOVE THE MAIN MOTION AND THEN SUBSTITUTE YOUR MAIN MOTION. >> OKAY. CAN I JUST READ WHAT I HAD ORIGINALLY PREPARED? >> SO I WOULD RESCIND YOUR MOTION. >> YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOUR SUBSTITUTE MOTION, WHICH MUST FIRST BE VOTED UPON BEFORE YOU GO BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION. OKAY? >> I RETRACT THE MOTION. >> OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? >> YOU'RE SAYING WE NEED TO MOVE. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. >> SECOND. >> YOU CAN'T SECOND. >> OH, SORRY. >> ANYBODY ELSE CAN SECOND. >> OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION FROM VICE PRESIDENT SPEISER TO APPROVE THE ITEM. >> I WILL SECOND FOR THE SAKE OF HEARING TRUSTEE PACHECO SUBSTITUTE MOTION. NOW, TRUSTEE PACHECO, PLEASE MAKE YOUR MOTION. >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CURRENT MOTION ON THE FLOOR? >> TRUSTEE PACHECO. >> I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO I CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND WHY. >> I THINK IT'LL MAKE MORE SENSE ONCE TRUSTEE PACHECO EXPLAINS WHAT HE HAS. >> STILL, IT'S A QUESTION AS TO ANY RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHY THIS IS HAPPENING THIS WAY, AND WHY IT CAN'T BE MADE A MODIFICATION SUCH AS I MOVED TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS IT'S LISTED WITH ONE MODIFICATION, WHICH IS IMPLEMENTATION AT A DIFFERENT DATE. WHY IS THAT NOT ALLOWED? >> BECAUSE THE MODIFICATION IS A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN THE LANGUAGE, AND IT WASN'T AGENDIZED SO THAT YOU COULD MAKE THAT MODIFICATION TO IT. [03:05:03] THIS MODIFICATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED LATE, SO THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. >> OKAY. I'M SURE THERE'S DIFFERENT OPINIONS AND LEGAL OPINIONS THAT MANY BOARDS OR ELECTED BOARDS, AND YOU SAY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE? OKAY. I WOULDN'T SEE IT AS SUBSTANTIAL, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF THIS OPERATION PROCEEDING IN A UNIFORM WAY, I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU. >> I PERSONALLY AGREE WITH YOU. >> TRUSTEE PACHECO. >> PROCESS. HERE'S A NEW LANGUAGE. I WOULD LIKE TO DO A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, AND THIS IS IT. I MOVE THAT THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVE THE INCREASE TO BOARD MEMBER COMPENSATION CONSISTENT WITH THE CATEGORY 2 COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION CATEGORY PURSUANT TO ASSEMBLY BILL 1390, SETTING COMPENSATION AT $2,000 PER MONTH EFFECTIVE, LET'S SEE, TO JANUARY 1ST, 2026, PROVIDED THAT PAYMENT OF THE INCREASED PORTION, ALTHOUGH AUTHORIZED BY LAW SHALL BE HELD UNTIL RESOLUTION OF THE CURRENT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IMPASSE, AT WHICH TIME BOARD MEMBERS SHALL RECEIVE THE PAYMENTS ALLOCATED SINCE JANUARY 1ST, 2026. >> THAT IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE MAIN MOTION. >> IS THERE A SECOND TO THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION? >> I SECOND. >> SECOND FROM TRUSTEE SPEISER. SO NOW THAT IS THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION. >> WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION? >> YES, FIRST. OKAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION, WHICH IS THE ACTIVE MOTION CURRENTLY BEING VOTED ON FIRST? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST. >> WE'RE VOTING TO MAKE THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION THE MAIN MOTION, AND THEN AFTERWARDS, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON IT. SO WE'RE GOING TO VOTE TWICE? >> YES. >> OKAY. >> LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED A ROLL CALL. >> THE VOTE IS ON THE ORIGINAL? >> THE FIRST VOTE IS ON WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE AGREEING TO SUBSTITUTE THE MOTION, AND THEN THE SECOND VOTE WOULD BE, IF THAT PASSES, WE WOULD VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION. >> IF YOU DON'T VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION, THEN IT FAILS, AND THE MAIN MOTION REMAINS IN EFFECT. IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS CHANGE, YOU GOT TO VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST. >> OH, FOR SURE, BUT WE'RE VOTING TWICE. ONCE TO AGREE THAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION? >> YES. YOU'RE VOTING TO AGREE TO AMEND THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE AGENDA. >> OKAY. >> PRESIDENT CHON? >> IT'S NOT CORRECT. [OVERLAPPING] I THINK IT DOESN'T IT NEED TO SAY APPROVED TO MAKE THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION THE MAIN MOTION? >> I THINK THAT'S THE SECOND THAT WILL POTENTIALLY. >> THAT IS THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION, AND IT SHOULD SAY SUBSTITUTE MOTION. >> RIGHT, BUT IT DOESN'T. >> FOR THE SAKE OF NOT MAKING THE TEXT SO COMPLICATED, IF WE COULD JUST REPEAT WHAT THE MOTION IS JUST FOR THE RECORD, AND THEN WE'LL DO A VERBAL VOTE IN THAT WAY, BECAUSE I THINK TRUSTEE LARI, IS ALSO NOT TRACKING. SHE'S JUST SAYING WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN. CAN YOU REPEAT THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION, PLEASE? >> OKAY. >> YES, PLEASE. BECAUSE I COULDN'T REALLY HEAR THAT. >> I READ WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN? >> NO, READ YOUR SUBSTITUTE MOTION. >> ALL RIGHT. MY SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS THAT I MOVE THAT THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVE THE INCREASE TO BOARD MEMBER COMPENSATION, CONSISTENT WITH THE CATEGORY 2 COE, PURSUANT TO ASSEMBLY BILL 1390, SENDING COMPENSATION AT $2,000 PER MONTH, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2026, PROVIDED THAT PAYMENT OF THE INCREASED PORTION, ALTHOUGH AUTHORIZED BY LAW SHALL BE HELD UNTIL RESOLUTION OF THE CURRENT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IMPASSE AT WHICH TIME BOARD MEMBERS SHALL RECEIVE THE PAYMENTS ALLOCATED SINCE JANUARY 1ST, 2026. >> THAT WAS THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION MADE BY TRUSTEE PACHECO, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE SPEISER. WE ARE CURRENTLY VOTING ON WHETHER TO ACCEPT THAT A SUBSTITUTE MOTION WOULD WILL BE CONSIDERED PRIOR TO DISCUSSING AN ACTUAL VOTE ON THE ITEM. DR. TOSTON, WOULD YOU TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE? >> TRUSTEE BERTA? >> AYE. [03:10:02] >> PRESIDENT CHON? >> AYE. >> TRUSTEE PACHECO? >> AYE. >> TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN? >> SREEKRISHNAN. >> SREEKRISHNAN? >> YES. >> TRUSTEE SPEISER? >> AYE. >> TRUSTEE ROCHA? >> AYE. >> TRUSTEE LARI? >> AYE. >> THE MOTION PASSES. >> SIX WITH ONE ABSTENTION. NOW WE CAN CONSIDER THE MOTION AS READ BY TRUSTEE PACHECO AS THE CURRENT MOTION. >> THAT IS NOW THE MAIN MOTION? >> YES. AS THE CURRENT MOTION, WHICH IS DOES IT NEED A SECOND? >> IT STILL NEEDS A SECOND. >> OKAY. >> TINT IT AGAIN. >> OKAY. >> YOU VOTE ON IT NOW. >> OKAY. WE'LL GO THROUGH THE SECOND. NOW WE CAN USE THE MOTION THAT'S UP HERE, I BELIEVE. >> YES, BUT THERE'S TWO WORDS IN THERE THAT I WANT TO TAKE OUT BECAUSE I DIDN'T SAY THEM TO TIFFANY. IT SAYS RETROACTIVE TO, SO IT'S JUST EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST. OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARDDOCS. THE MOTION PASSES WITH SIX AYES AND ONE ABSTENTION. THANK YOU. NEXT, WE'LL GO TO ITEM 9E. THEY REQUEST APPROVAL FOR THE ANNUAL ADDENDUM TO THE BOARD BYLAW 9250, [E. Request Approval of Annual Addendum to Board Bylaw 9250 Approved Routine Travel Items for 2026] APPROVED ROUTINE TRAVEL ITEMS FOR 2026 AS ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY BOARD IN ITS ANNUAL ORGANIZATION MEETING, THE FOLLOWING ROUTINE TRAVEL FOR WHICH THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION FUNDS MAY BE EXPENDED FOR COUNTY BOARD MEMBER TRAVEL AND FOR WHICH COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS MAY RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THEIR EXPENDITURES IS CONSIDERED TO BE PRE-APPROVED BY THE COUNTY BOARD. NO FURTHER APPROVALS ARE REQUIRED AS LONG AS THE BUDGETED FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN DEPLETED. ALL COSTS AND FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE MEETINGS SHALL BE CHARGED TO THE COUNTY BOARD'S TRAVEL FUND, REIMBURSEMENT FOR ANY TRAVEL COSTS OR OTHER EXPENDITURES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CONFERENCE REGISTRATION NOT LISTED HERE AND MUST BE APPROVED BY THE COUNTY BOARD BEFORE TRAVEL IS INITIATED. EXPENDITURES, SUCH AS REGISTRATION TRAVEL, COSTS, AND OTHER EXPENDITURES SHOULD NOT BE PAID OR REIMBURSED WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? >> I SO MOVE. >> I'LL SECOND. >> MOTION FROM VICE PRESIDENT SPEISER AND SECOND BY TRUSTEE PRESIDENT CHON. >> I HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE WE VOTE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE. IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY, AND I READ IT. WE COULD BE REIMBURSED FOR TRAVEL TO OUR REGULAR MEETINGS AND SPECIAL MEETINGS? >> I THINK IT'S WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THAT. EXPENDITURES SUCH AS TRAVEL SHALL NOT BE PAID OR REIMBURSED WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL. THEN IT LISTS THESE. >> I DO KNOW CURRENTLY, THEY SUBTRACT THE REGULAR COMMUTE TO BOARD MEETINGS FROM ANY REIMBURSEMENT FOR OUTSIDE OF COUNTY TRAVEL. I THINK THAT'S PART OF OUR POLICY. >> WHO'S "THEY"? I'M SORRY. >> JUST THE OFFICE THAT PROCESS IT. >> THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS, AND I BELIEVE IT'S THE FEDERAL REGULATION. SO YOU DEDUCT YOUR REGULAR COMMUTE TO THE DESIGNATED PLACE OF BUSINESS, AND THEN AFTER YOU'VE EXCEEDED THAT AMOUNT, YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR A MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT. MY COMMUTE TO THE OFFICE IS FOUR MILES. IF I WAS TRAVELING OUTSIDE OF COUNTY, I WOULD BEGIN BEING ABLE TO BE REIMBURSED AFTER I EXCEEDED THE FOUR-MILE REGULAR COMMUTE TO THE COUNTY OFFICE, WHICH IS MY PLACE OF WORK. >> AGAIN, THIS IS NOT ALLOWABLE REIMBURSEMENT, IS OUR TRAVEL FROM OUR HOME OR WORK TO A MEETING. >> I SEE WHAT HE'S SAYING. IT DOES MAKE IT SOUND LIKE WE COULD GET REIMBURSEMENT. THAT SENTENCE MAKES IT SOUND LIKE IT. >> WE COULD CLARIFY THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S FEDERAL REGULATION, SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SUPERSEDE THAT ANYMORE. >> THIS IS YOUR PRE-APPROVED LIST OF AREAS YOU CAN TRAVEL TO. [03:15:03] IF YOU WANT TO REMOVE BULLET 1, I BELIEVE THAT'S WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW. >> YEAH. I DON'T SEE ANY REASON OR CAUSE FOR ANYBODY TO BE REIMBURSED FOR TRAVELING TO OUR MEETINGS, OR REGULAR SCHEDULE WITH A SPECIAL MEETING. >> OUTSIDE THE COUNTY OR IF WE COME HERE? >> IS THAT YOUR MOTION? >> I INTERJECTED, YOU FINISH. >> OKAY. I GUESS, I'M LOOKING FOR SOME GUIDANCE FROM STAFF OR LEGAL, WHICH IS MODIFYING THIS TO SAY COUNTY BOARD. OUR REGULAR SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNTY BOARD OUTSIDE OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY. I JUST, AGAIN, WHEN OR HOW THAT WOULD HAPPEN, UNLESS A NATIONAL EMERGENCY, BUT EVEN THEN, I WOULDN'T BE ASKING FOR REIMBURSEMENT TRAVELING TO A SPECIAL MEETING. I JUST DON'T SEE THE PURPOSE OF THIS. >> PERHAPS SOMETHING LIKE OUTSIDE NORMAL COMMUTE, I DON'T KNOW. >> I PREFER TO JUST REMOVE THIS. >> YOU ARE ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR MILEAGE OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY. IT IS CONTEMPLATED THAT YOUR STIPEND WOULD COVER TRAVEL WITHIN THE COUNTY FOR WORK THAT YOU DO, AND CERTAINLY YOUR TRAVEL TO AND FROM BOARD MEETINGS. >> ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GOMEZ, DO YOU MIND ALSO COMING UP IN CASE THERE IS A QUESTION ON THE REIMBURSEMENT? TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. >> I THINK THAT MAYBE THIS WAS JUST WRITTEN IN A CONFUSING WAY. >> I THINK THAT WAS CRACKED BEFORE. >> WE'RE SAYING THAT ALL REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE COUNTY BOARD OUTSIDE OF COUNTY CAN BE REIMBURSED. >> CORRECT. >> BUT THIS BOARD MEETING IF I DROVE HERE FROM CUPERTINO, CAN'T BE REIMBURSED? >> CORRECT. >> IT WOULDN'T BE ANYTHING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE REGULAR DUTIES OF WHAT THE BOARD DOES. IF YOU GO TO A CONFERENCE, YOU GO TO A MEETING, THE IRS STILL REQUIRES US TO TAKE OUT YOUR REGULAR COMMUTE IF YOU CAME HERE, THAT WOULD BE YOUR STARTING POINT, AND THEN IF YOU DROVE LIKE 100 MILES, THEN THAT WOULD BE WHAT THE REIMBURSE WOULD BE BASED ON, BUT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE COMING HERE FOR MEETINGS. >> WHAT ABOUT NUMBER 4, THOUGH. DOES THAT INCLUDE COMING HERE? IT SAYS TRAVEL WITHIN THE COUNTY WHEN ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS. WE'RE ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS NOW. >> THAT COULD BE DIFFERENT. THAT'S A SITE VISIT. YOU DO A SITE VISIT, OR IF THERE'S A RIBBON CUTTING OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE THAT WOULD CONSTITUTE A SPECIAL EVENT, THEN THAT WOULD BE YOUR REGULAR COMMUTE HERE, THAT WOULD BE DEDUCTED, AND THEN YOU'RE DRIVING TO KILROY OR HOLLISTER TO A HEAD START SITE, THAT'S A SPECIAL EVENT. IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT. >> I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S FROM OUR BOARD POLICY VERSUS WHAT'S A FEDERAL RULE OR IS THIS ALL JUST THINGS WE CAME UP WITH OVER THE YEARS? >> THE REQUIREMENT THAT YOU HAVE AT YOUR ANNUAL MEETING TO PRE-DESIGNATE THINGS THAT ARE REIMBURSABLE IS ONE SILO, THE IRS RULES IS OUTSIDE OF THIS. >> BECAUSE MAYBE I'M TOO FAR IN ONE DIRECTION, BUT I'M LIKE, WHO EVEN GOES TO THE ED SOURCE FOR? NO OFFENSE TO ED SOURCE. I LOVE THEM. BUT SHOULD WE BE REIMBURSING THAT? I GET THE CSPA, WE ALL DO THAT. BUT I'M LIKE, I KNOW THERE'S THIS WHOLE SCANDAL WITH THE DUDE GETTING A PHD FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD, YOU KNOW THAT SO THIS WORRIES ME. >> PRESIDENT CHON. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. I WILL AGREE WITH TRUSTEE ROCHA, THE LANGUAGE IS CONFUSING BECAUSE NUMBER 1, ALL REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS. IT SEEMS LIKE WE CAN GET MILEAGE REIMBURSED TO COME HERE BECAUSE NUMBER 2 SAYS ALL CONFERENCES MEETINGS AND OFFICIAL BUSINESSES OF CSBA. IF WE WENT TO THE AEC IN SACRAMENTO, THERE WAS REIMBURSEMENT THERE JUST IN THE WAY THAT IT'S LISTED, BECAUSE WE GET THOSE REIMBURSEMENTS. IN THE WAY THAT IT'S LISTED, IT SEEMS LIKE WE WOULD GET THOSE REIMBURSEMENTS. HOW DO WE CLARIFY THIS LANGUAGE? >> YOU SHOULDN'T. WHAT IT SHOULD SAY IS FOR MEETINGS OUTSIDE OF YOUR REGULAR OR SPECIAL MEETINGS HELD AT THE COUNTY OFFICE. THAT'S WHAT IT SHOULD SAY. >> NUMBER 1? >> YES. >> BECAUSE THEN THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL FORM OF COMPENSATION IF YOU GOT REIMBURSED EVERY TIME AND SO YOUR STIPEND COVERS THE DUTIES OF THE BOARD WORK SO THAT WOULD BE CLARIFIED SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. I'VE NEVER SEEN THE BOARD GETTING REIMBURSED FOR THESE MEETINGS, BUT I KNOW THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATIONS OVER THE YEARS, AND YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF SOME OF THOSE WHERE THERE'S CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT CONFERENCES OR EVENTS THE BOARDERS GROUP WOULD APPROVE TO GO TO. I THINK THAT'S WHY THERE'S SOME THAT ARE LISTED IN PARTICULAR, BUT IT WOULD BE ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S NOT FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE HERE. >> BECAUSE I KNOW FOR AEC, WE DON'T DO AN ADDITIONAL MEETING OR COMPENSATION. [03:20:01] BUT FOR COAST TO COAST, THAT ONE, I THINK IT WAS COAST TO COAST THAT WAS IN WASHINGTON, DC. WE HAD A TRUSTEE THAT WANTED TO GO, AND SO WE NEEDED TO DISCUSS THAT, WHETHER THERE NEEDED TO BE APPROVAL FOR THAT CONFERENCE. CAN WE JUST CHANGE THE LANGUAGE ON ONE TO MAKE IT CLEAR BECAUSE I'VE NEVER PUT IN MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT TO COME TO OUR MEETINGS. >> I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT TOO, BECAUSE IF THAT EVER HAPPENED, THEN IT WOULD BE ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION. IT WOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED A MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FILE FOLLOW IRS GUIDELINES AND ALL OF THAT WOULD CONSTITUTE AS ADDITIONAL FORMAL COMPENSATION. IT WOULD BE TEXT. >> I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS AN ACTUAL MOTION OR NOT. BERTA. >> THANK YOU. I DID HAVE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION THEN AND YES, I'M MORE THAN COMFORTABLE MODIFYING THIS. BUT THE PRIOR APPROVAL AND THAT PRIOR APPROVAL, CAN YOU REFRESH MY MEMORY, IS THAT FROM THE FULL BOARD, IS THAT FROM STAFF? WHEN IT REFERENCES WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL, WHO IS THE APPROVEE? >> BY APPROVING THIS, YOU ARE APPROVING IT AS A BOARD, SAYING THAT THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL LAYERS. >> THIS IS THE PRIOR APPROVAL? >> YES. >> I'D LIKE TO ALSO POST THIS ACTION, MAYBE REFER THIS FOR AN UPDATE TO THIS PARTICULAR ONE. >> I THINK THERE IS ALSO A QUESTION. >> BOARD BY LAW, REALLY. I'M SORRY. GO ON. >> NO, I'M SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING BECAUSE I ACTUALLY WAS TAKING YOUR QUESTION AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON THIS LIST, HOW WOULD A BOARD MEMBER GET PRIOR APPROVAL? WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS FOR THAT? BECAUSE THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE FOLLOWED WAS THE LAST TIME IT WAS JUST BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. >> IT WOULD HAVE TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE BOARD TO GET APPROVAL. BUT WHAT I CAN ENVISION IS SOME AMENDMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS LANGUAGE AND THEN BRINGING IT BACK TO YOU BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED. >> THERE'S NO DEADLINE IN TERMS OF US ADOPTING THIS TODAY, JUST SAID ANNUAL? THIS IS JUST AN ANNUAL ADOPTION, NOT THAT IT'S DEPENDENT UPON SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO APPROVE IT TONIGHT. WE CAN STILL OPERATE AS WE CURRENTLY HAVE UNTIL WHATEVER SUBCOMMITTEE DEALS WITH UPDATING THIS PARTICULAR BYLAW. >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> I'D LIKE TO REFER THIS ONE FOR. >> JUST SOME ADDED CONTEXT, THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS AND PRIOR BOARDS THAT THERE WERE SPECIFIC EVENTS AND THINGS THAT THE BOARD AS A WHOLE FELT WERE IMPORTANT. I THINK THEY TRIED TO LIST IT THERE TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS SO THAT WAY, IF IT WAS THERE, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO GET THAT ADDITIONAL APPROVAL, TRUSTEE ROCHA. IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL EVENTS THAT MAY BE TRUSTEE SPEISER OR ANY OF YOU FELT WOULD BE PART OF THAT, IT WOULD BE ADDING IT THERE, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OR BRING IT BACK. IT'S SUPPOSED TO HELP STREAMLINE THE PROCESS FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS. >> THANK YOU. >> WELCOME. >> MY ONLY OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE ANY SUGGESTIONS TO WHOMEVER IS GOING TO BE WORKING ON THIS IN THE FUTURE IS TO THE POINT THAT TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN MENTIONED. I HONESTLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND GIVEN THE POINT THAT YOU MADE OF THE CONTEMPLATION THAT WHAT IS THE TERM THAT WE JUST COMPENSATION, WHATEVER WE RECEIVE, THAT YOU WOULD CONTEMPLATE THAT A NUMBER OF THE WORK THAT WE DO WITHIN SANTA CLARA COUNTY SHOULD BE IN MY OPINION, COVERED BY WHATEVER WE RECEIVE. I WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE STRINGENT ABOUT THIS FOR WHOEVER MODERNIZES THIS. THANK YOU. >> TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. >> TO ADD ON TO TRUSTEE ROCHA, I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND THE BOARD POLICY DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE BECAUSE I'M NOT ON THAT ONE, SO JUST KIDDING. >> HAVE FUN WITH THAT, VICE PRESIDENT AFZAL BERTA. >> ONE OTHER THING THAT I'LL JUST MENTION, SINCE I MAY HEAR A MOTION ABOUT THIS BEING BROUGHT BACK. WE ARE CURRENTLY MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS, AND SO I KNOW THEY ARE STARTING TO DO MORE CONFERENCES AND EVENTS SPECIFIC TO COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS, SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE THAT ON THIS LIST AS WELL. THEN TO TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN'S POINT, MAYBE REVISITING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I DON'T KNOW HAVE AS MUCH RELEVANCE RIGHT NOW, I WOULD AGREE WITH THE ED SOURCE FORUM POTENTIALLY EVEN THE ASSOCIATION OF CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZERS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH RELEVANCE THOSE PARTICULAR ONES, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT WE HAVE OUR STAFF WHO LIKELY ATTEND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AND WE GET A LOT OF THAT FROM CSPA IN TERMS OF OUR ROLE AS COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS SPECIFICALLY. THERE MIGHT BE SOME REDUNDANCY THERE AND NOT SURE THAT SOME OF THESE ARE NEEDED. >> I WOULD MOVE TO REFER THIS TO BOARD POLICY. >> A MOTION FROM TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN TO REFER TO BOARD POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE AND A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE PACHECO. [03:25:03] >> I THINK VICE PRESIDENT SPENSER AND I NEED TO RETRACT THE ORIGINAL MOTION. I MOVE TO RETRACT THE ORIGINAL MOTION. YES, I SECOND IT. >> JUST RETRACT IT. WE DON'T HAVE TO MOVE IT. >> THE ITEMS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED AGAIN TO BE REFERRED TO POLICY. TRUSTEES, PLEASE VOTE IN BOARD DOCS. >> YES, HE DID. >> THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO 9F. [F. Discussion of Board Appointments to Subcommittees for 2026] THIS IS AN INFORMATION DISCUSSION ONLY. IT'S JUST I THINK MORE OF A REMINDER ANNUALLY. THE BOARD PRESIDENT MAKES APPOINTMENTS TO THE STANDING COUNTY BOARD COMMITTEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXHIBIT E FOR 9130. FOR YOUR REFERENCE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA IS THE LIST OF THOSE ADVISORY BODIES. TRUSTEES ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT THEIR FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD PREFERENCES. FOR ASSIGNMENT TO THE COMMITTEES LISTED IN THIS AGENDA, PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR PREFERENCES VIA EMAIL TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND TO DR. TOSTON BY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2026. >> I ALSO WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU INCLUDE VICE PRESIDENT SPEISER ON THOSE EMAILS, PLEASE AND THANK YOU. >> YES. >> NOTED. >> THAT'S A INFO ITEM ONLY. NEXT, WE'LL GO TO ITEM 9G, [G. Announcement of the County Superintendent of Schools as Secretary and Executive Officer of the County Board] THE ANNUAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SERVING AS THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. NEXT, WE'LL GO TO 9H, [H. Request Adoption of Certification of Signatures for 2026] AND I KNOW WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, SO WE'LL GO TO THAT AFTER I READ THE DESCRIPTION. NINE H IS THE REQUEST ON THE ADOPTION OF CERTIFICATION OF SIGNATURES FOR 2026. THE BOARD ADOPTS THE CERTIFICATION OF SIGNATURES OF PERSON OR PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN IN THE ABSENCE OF THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS FOR ORDERS DRAWN ON THE FUNDS OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, NOTICES OF EMPLOYMENT, AND CONTRACTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF EDUCATION CODE SECTIONS 42632 AND 42633. WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, [INAUDIBLE] KRISHNA. PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] KRISHNA. I'M A TEACHER WITH OVER AGE. AGENDA ITEM 9 AUTHORIZES FISCAL SIGNATURE AUTHORITY IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S ABSENCE TO MEMBERS OF THE CABINET, INCLUDING ONE INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR. THIS RAISES A FUNDAMENTAL GOVERNANCE CONCERN. WHY IS THE BOARD AUTHORIZING FISCAL AUTHORITY WITHOUT FIRST RESOLVING ALL THOSE WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FISCAL FAILURES IDENTIFIED IN AGENDA ITEM 5B ON NOVEMBER 19? WAS THAT THE WORK OF ONE INDIVIDUAL OR WAS ANYBODY ELSE IN SECUE ALSO INVOLVED? WE'VE ASKED SUPERINTENDENT TOSTON EXPLICIT QUESTIONS ABOUT GOVERNANCE, ABOUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? A SPECIFIC PLAN? WE STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED THOSE ANSWERS. HAS THE BOARD ASKED THE SAME QUESTIONS OF YOUR ONE EMPLOYEE AND IF NOT, WE URGE YOU TO DO THAT. PRESIDENT JOHN, VICE PRESIDENT SPEISER, WE URGE YOU TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. AUTHORIZING SIGNATURES WITHOUT RESOLVING PAST FAILURES EXPOSES SIRI TO REPEAT RISK, AND THAT RESPONSIBILITY LIES SQUARELY WITH THE BOARD AND YOU DR. TOSTON. >> THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. >> I HAVE A QUESTION, DR. TOSTON. AM I READING IT RIGHT THAT FOR THE INTERIM PERSON TO SIGN IT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE ABSENT, AND STEPHANIE AND DEBBIE AND MATT WOULD HAVE TO BE ABSENT? >> YES. >> DOES THAT OFTEN HAPPEN? >> NO. >> NOT EVEN LIKE WHAT IF YOU ALL ARE ON A CONFERENCE, WOULD ROGER SIGN? >> MOST THINGS ARE SIGNED ELECTRONICALLY SO EVEN IF I AM OUT OF OFFICE, I CAN LOG IN TO DOCUSIGN. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT, THOUGH. >> BECAUSE I WILL BE HONEST WHAT REG SAID IS A CONCERN OF MINE, BUT THERE'S MAYBE 0.01% CHANCE THAT WOULD HAPPEN AT EVERYONE'S ABSENT. >> COVID, PART 2. >> I THINK IF WE ARE IN THAT SITUATION, THERE'S PROBABLY BIGGER PRIORITIES. >> I'M GOING TO BE AN AYE BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT REG SAID. >> PRESIDENT CHON. >> IS IT COMMON THAT WE HAVE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENTS PART OF THE CERTIFICATION OF SIGNATURES? [03:30:01] >> I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? >> I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENTS TOO OFTEN IN THE PAST. WE'VE HAD THEM RECENTLY, BUT ARE THEY NORMALLY ON THE CERTIFICATION OF SIGNATURES, OUR INTERIM SUPERINTENDENTS? >> I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT WAS DONE IN THE PAST, BUT WHEN DR. HINMAN WAS THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT, YOU AUTHORIZE HIM TO SIGN AND SO SIMILARLY, THERE ARE WORK PRODUCTS, COMMUNICATIONS THAT THE ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PERSONNEL SERVICES WOULD NEED TO SIGN. >> I SEE. THEN JUST ECHO TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN, I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION ON THAT, SO. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? >> I BELIEVE THERE MIGHT BE A TYPO. IS THE CURRENT TITLE THE ASSOCIATE OR IS IT ASSISTANT? >> THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING IT. IT SHOULD SAY ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, NOT ASSOCIATE. ADRIAN, THERE'S A TYPO ON THE DOCUMENT IN TERMS OF THE TITLE FOR THE INTERIM ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR PERSONNEL SERVICES. IT SHOULD SAY ASSISTANT, IT SAYS ASSOCIATE. CAN WE MAKE THE MODIFICATION VERBALLY? >> IF IT IS NOT JUST A TYPO, BUT A CHANGE IN THE TITLE BASED UPON A DISCUSSION BY THE BOARD, THEN IT WOULD BE SUBSTANTIVE, AND YOU CAN'T MAKE THE CHANGE. FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD SO FAR, IT'S SIMPLY A TYPO. YOU CAN CORRECT IT AND AMEND IT ON THE FLOOR. >> TRUSTEES, I WILL HIGHLIGHT UNDER SIGNATURE FOUR. IT SHOULD SAY INTERIM ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT. WE MADE THE CHANGE INTERNALLY, BUT THAT COMMUNICATION I DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THIS FORM, SO. >> I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THIS WITH THAT AMENDMENT. >> I SECOND. >> MOTION FROM TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN TO APPROVE THE CERTIFICATION OF SIGNATURES FOR 2026 WITH THE AMENDMENT TO THE TITLE FOR LINE 4 TO INTERIM ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT WITH A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE SPEISER. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? >> CAN WE GET CLARIFICATION ON WHAT HIS TITLE ACTUALLY IS? >> INTERIM ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES. >> I GUESS WE DO NEED TO ADOPT IT BEFORE 2026. >> IF THAT'S CORRECT, THEN THE TITLE THAT HE'S BEEN USING IS INCORRECT. >> BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME RIGHT NOW, HIS TITLE IS INTERIM ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES. THAT'S THE CORRECT TITLE. >> NO TIME YET? >> DO WE NEED TO PROCEED WITH THIS ITEM TODAY IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION? WE WILL VOTE ON THIS ITEM. >> DR. TOSTON, I WANT TO AS THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, ASK WHAT YOU WOULD PREFER IF WE PUSHED THIS A MEETING OR VOTED ON IT. >> I THINK THE INTENT IS PRETTY CLEAR AND I HOPE I'VE CLARIFIED WHAT HIS ACTUAL TITLE WILL BE. WE'LL BE UPDATING THE WEBSITE AND CLARIFYING. >> IT'S ALL OVER. IT'S NOT JUST ONE PLACE. >> YEAH. WE WILL BE TAKING CARE OF THAT, BUT HE IS INTERIM ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT. THERE ARE NO ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENTS AT THE COUNTY OFFICE RIGHT NOW. >> WELL, I'LL KEEP MY MOTION THERE. >> WE COULD VOTE ON VORTEX. >> JESSICA SPEISER, DID YOU SECOND THE MOTION? >> I DID. >> THANK YOU. >>THAT MOTION PASSES WITH SIX AYES AND ONE ABSTENTION. WE'LL GO TO OUR BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS NEXT. [A. Committee members may provide or report on recent committee activities.] AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HEAR COMMITTEE REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES THAT HAVE MET SINCE OUR LAST MEETING. FOUR COMMITTEES HAVE MET, THE HEAD START POLICY COUNCIL, SILICON VALLEY READS, BUDGET STUDY COMMITTEE AND THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION. DELEGATE. TRUSTEE SPEISER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? [03:35:03] >> TURN IT ON, APPARENTLY. HEAD START POLICY COUNSEL, I HAD PRETTY MUCH A 9:00 AM-2:00 PM MEETING ON SATURDAY. SOME OF IT WAS TRAINING TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO BE PART OF THE PERSONNEL INTERVIEWING, PEOPLE FOR POSITIONS. THEN THE REST WAS A LOT OF THE STUFF YOU GOT IN THE CONSENT INFORMATION, SO I WON'T RESHARE THAT. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THIS IS A GREAT GROUP OF MOSTLY WOMEN. THERE ARE SOME FATHERS THERE THAT ARE VERY ENGAGED IN MAKING SURE TO DO RIGHT BY THEIR CHILDREN AND THE LOCAL CHILDREN AT THEIR HEADSTART LOCATIONS. THERE IS NOT UNLIKE YOU HEARD ACTUALLY FROM THE SEIU STAFF, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE FOCUSING ON SOUTH COUNTY AND MORE ATTENTION TO SOUTH COUNTY AND HOLLISTER AS IT RELATED TO HEADSTART. THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT I NOTICED BUBBLE UP IN BOTH LOCATIONS, AND THAT'S IT. >> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. >> SILICON VALLEY READS MET, AND I DID NOT ATTEND, BUT OUR WONDERFUL ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, DEBBIE GORGULHO ATTENDED. SHE'S RIGHT THERE. BUT FROM WHAT I HEARD FROM DEBBIE IS THAT WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY OUR KICKOFF JANUARY 15TH, 2026, AT DE ANZA THEATER IN CUPERTINO. I'LL BE BRINGING MY MOM AGAIN. SHOUT OUT TO MOM. THE THEME IS BRIDGES TO BELONGING. I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT REALLY HITS HOME. SAL PIZARO WILL BE MODERATING AGAIN. I'M ALLOWED TO NAME THE BOOKS. THEY ARE JOHN A. POWELL, THE POWER OF BRIDGING, KEEONNA HARRIS'S MAINLINE MAMA AND ANNIE HARTNETT'S UNLIKELY ANIMALS. THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE AN ART EXHIBIT TITLED A SENSE OF BELONGING. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY THE BOOK SIGNING PORTION. REGISTRATION'S OPEN. SILICON VALLEY READS WEBSITE. IT'S ALL THERE. YEAH, THAT WAS MOSTLY IT. AS YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO BRING MY MOM TO MEET DEBBIE, BUT ALSO ANN REID MYERS, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BUT ALSO BECAUSE SHE WAS A SCHOOL LIBRARIAN. SHE ALWAYS WOULD ATTEND THESE ONES, AND NOW I GET TO TAKE HER BACKSTAGE AND DO ALL THAT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. FOR BUDGET STUDY, TRUSTEE PACHECO OR TRUSTEE LAURIE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE ANY UPDATES? >> ONLY THAT A LOT OF THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE LEARNED DURING OUR INTERIM REPORT TODAY WAS THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE WENT OVER DURING OUR BUDGET MEETING. YEAH, NOTHING ELSE TO ADD. >> THANK YOU. I'LL JUST PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE CSBA, ALTHOUGH WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE ANOTHER COLLEAGUE ON. WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY AS WELL AS AEC. FOR DELEGATE ASSEMBLY, A COUPLE UPDATES, AND I'LL SEND MAYBE SOMETHING MORE SUBSTANTIVE ABOUT THE REGION 14 MEETING AND SOME OTHER UPDATES, JUST MORE LEGISLATION RELATED THAT THEY PROVIDED UPDATES ON. THE COMMON THEME FOR DELEGATE ASSEMBLY AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP. THERE WAS A LOT OF UNIFYING DISCUSSIONS ON HOW TRUSTEES IN PARTICULAR CAN ADVOCATE FOR THAT. I REALLY HOLD THE STATE AND THE LEGISLATURE ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALSO PROVIDING THE RESOURCES AND FUNDING AND OTHER METRICS TO HELP US ACTUALLY TACKLE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP. THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THE COUNTY'S TRANSITIONAL WORKING GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS, SO A LOT OF PROGRESS TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNTIES GIVEN THE CHANGE IN STRUCTURE THAT COUNTY STILL CONTINUES TO RECEIVE, COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS RECEIVE SUPPORT. I THOUGHT WE HAD THE MOST PRODUCTIVE, AT LEAST IN MY EXPERIENCE, AND PART OF THAT WAS E PRESIDENT SPEISER WAS LEADING OUR POLICY PILLAR DISCUSSION, AND WE ACTUALLY GOT TO BREAK UP BY COUNTY, COUNTY BOARDS HAD OUR OWN SUBGROUPS. I WANT TO THANK DR. TOSTON, I BELIEVE, DR. GORGULHO FOR THE INPUT ON THOSE POLICY PILLAR DISCUSSION POINTS, THINGS LIKE DIFFERENTIATED ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TOPICS REALLY SPECIFIC TO THE COUNTY BOARD. IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME DIRECT INPUT ON ISSUES THAT ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTING US AND HOPE THAT GETS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AS THEY'RE HELPING ADVOCATE FOR LEGISLATURE, [03:40:03] BUT ALSO POTENTIALLY HELPING DEVELOP AND WRITE THE LAWS TO HELP SUPPORT OUR WORK. I WANT TO THANK AGAIN, TRUSTEE SPEISER, FOR HER COLLABORATION ON THAT. THAT BRINGS US TO THE END. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT I MISSED?WE'LL GO NEXT TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER REPORT AND AGAIN, [A. The members of the Board may give reports on any activities related to their duties as members of the Santa Clara County Board of Education] IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT. INFORMATION SHARED SHOULD BE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO OUR DUTIES AS TRUSTEES. TRUSTEE SREEKRISHNAN. >> YES. DOCTOR TOSTON AND I ARE TOMORROW, WE'RE MEETING WITH COMMUNITY SABA. THEY'RE A NONPROFIT, WHICH MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW THEM YET, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW THEM, THAT WORKS WITH THE UNHOUSED COMMUNITY. WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT, AND TIFFANY TOO, ABOUT HOW THIS NONPROFIT SERVES THOUSANDS OF MEALS, HYGIENE KITS DOES A LOT. THEY'VE ACTUALLY PARTNERED WITH DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY TO SERVE THEIR MCKINNEY VENTO YOUTH, AND I KNOW THAT THE COUNTY HAS THEIR RESOURCES AS WELL AND THEIR HOMELESS YOUTH LIAISON. TOMORROW, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN HELP YOU GUYS. THAT WAS ONE THING I WANT TO SAY, I KNOW WE'RE IN THE HOLIDAY TIME NOW, BUT I'VE REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH DR. TOSTON, AND ESPECIALLY WHAT'S BEEN FUN IS GOING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND INVITING EVERYONE AND MAKING PARTNERSHIPS, AND REALLY, HE IS GREAT AT THAT. HAPPY HOLIDAYS. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER REPORTS? HEARING NONE, I GUESS I'LL JUST MENTION NOW. I WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE GATEWAY INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND. THAT WAS INCREDIBLE. I KNOW DR. TOSTON, TRUSTEE SPEISER, OR NOT TRUSTEE SPEISER. NOT FOR THAT EVENT. YOU HAD A LOT OF EVENTS, BUT GREAT CELEBRATION AND EVENT AND ALSO PARTICIPATING IN OUR AEC WITH TRUSTEE SPEISER, TRUSTEE PACHECO, AND DR. TOSTON AS WELL. A LOT OF GREAT TOPICS AND READY TO DIVE INTO WHAT WE'RE TAKING AWAY FROM THAT AND WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE. WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES AND THE COUNTY OFFICE STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH TOGETHER AND CONTINUING TO SHOW UP TO DO THE WORK AND JUST KNOWING THAT IT'S ON BEHALF OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY AND AS A TEACHER, AS A PARENT, THAT REALLY GOES A LONG WAY TO KNOW THAT OUR STAFF AND OUR EDUCATORS ARE REALLY COMMITTED TO THAT, AND IT TAKES ALL OF US AS LEADERS IN OUR OWN WAY, WHETHER IT'S IN THE CLASSROOM OR DIRECTLY WORKING WITH STUDENTS OR AT HOME OR SITTING IN THESE FANCY SEATS. IT'S TRULY FOR THAT PURPOSE. I HOPE WE CAN ALL CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AND WORK TOWARDS THAT MOVING FORWARD AS WELL INTO THE NEW YEAR. HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. WITH THAT, THAT BRINGS US TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, DR. TOSTON. [A. The superintendent may give a report on any activities related to his duties.] >> THANK YOU. SOME OF THE AREAS THAT I WOULD HIGHLIGHT, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE CSBA CONFERENCE WITH TRUSTEE SPEISER, TRUSTEE BERTA AND TRUSTEE PACHECO. IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN TOGETHER, BUT ALSO ENGAGE AND INTERACT WITH THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS, AS WELL AS TRUSTEES FROM THE DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. WE HELD OUR COUNTY COMMITTEE MEETING. THE EASTSIDE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT APPROVED A NEW MAP FOR THEIR TRUSTEE VOTING THAT WILL BEGIN IN 2026. WE ALSO HAD TWO OYA GRADUATIONS, WHICH BRINGS OUR TOTAL CUMULATIVE GRADUATION COUNT TO 846, I BELIEVE. THE TEAM IS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT REACHING 1000 GRADUATES THIS YEAR, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE WILL BE IN THE END OF THE YEAR GRADUATIONS. ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE NORTH COUNTY COMMUNITY AND ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS, THE SNOLL AT CHANDLER TRIPP, AS WELL AS THE JUVENILE HALL AND ENGAGE WITH OUR STAFF THERE AND LEARN ABOUT THOSE PROGRAMS. I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO ARRANGE SITE VISITS IN THE SOUTH COUNTY, SO THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH ALL OF YOU IN THE PROGRAM. I WANTED TO CLOSE MY REMARKS WITH A TRADITION AT THE COUNTY OFFICE. [03:45:05] I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE PRESIDENT BERTA FOR HER LEADERSHIP OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENE, IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL MEETINGS, CONVERSATIONS AND PREP AND BEING WILLING TO ACCEPT A LATE NIGHT OR EARLY MORNING TEXT TO MOVE THINGS ALONG. ON BEHALF OF THE TEAM, WE WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR LEADERSHIP [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU. SINCERELY APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK LIKE DR. TOSTON SAID, THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES WORKING VERY, VERY HARD. SO WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE EVERYONE THE SHOUT OUT THAT THEY DESERVE. BUT THANK YOU. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, WHO MAKE EVERYTHING WORK. APPRECIATE IT. WITH THAT, I BELIEVE THAT BRINGS US TO OUR SESSION. THE BOARD IS NOW ABOUT TO ENTER CLOSED SESSION. [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 OF BUSINESS IN CLOSED SESSION. THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEM INCLUDES SIX ITEMS. A, CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, REAL ESTATE, GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 54,956.8. B, CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, EXISTING LITIGATION, GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 549F60.9D1, CASE NUMBER 24CV449859, SANTA CLARA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT. C, CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EXISTING LITIGATION, GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9D 1, CASE NUMBER 524CV08527 US DISTRICT COURT, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. D, CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, ANTICIPATED LITIGATION, GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 54956.9D4, INITIATION OF LITIGATION ONE CASE. E, CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, ANTICIPATED LITIGATION, GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 54956D2, SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION ONE CASE. F, COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 54957B1. THE BOARD WILL NOW ENTER CLOSED SESSION. WE WILL RETURN IN APPROXIMATELY, I'M GOING TO SAY TWO HOURS INSTEAD OF THREE THAT'S LISTED ON MY SCRIPT. TWI HOURS, HOPEFULLY, MAX OUT OR AFTER, THAT STILL BRINGS US TO 11:00. HOPEFULLY BEFORE 11:00 PM. THANK YOU. WE'RE READY TO RESUME OPEN SESSION. [14. OPEN SESSION (Immediately Following Closed Session)] THE TIME IS NOW 12:03 AM. UPON COMPLETION OF AGENDA ITEM 138, CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, REAL ESTATE GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 549F60.8. THERE'S NO REPORTABLE ACTION UPON COMPLETION OF AGENDA ITEM 13B, CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EXISTING LITIGATION PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9D1, CASE NUMBER 24 CV449859, SANTA CLARA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, THERE'S NO REPORTABLE ACTION. UPON COMPLETION OF AGENDA ITEM 13C, CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EXISTING LITIGATION, GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9D1, CASE NUMBER 524CV08527, US DISTRICT COURT, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. THERE'S NO REPORTABLE ACTION. UPON COMPLETION OF AGENDA ITEM 13D, CONFERENCE OF LEGAL COUNSEL ANTICIPATED LITIGATION, GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.D4, INITIATION OF LITIGATION. THERE WAS DIRECTION GIVEN TO COUNSEL. ON COMPLETION OF AGENDA ITEM 13E, CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL ANTICIPATED LITIGATION, GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 549569D2, SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION. ON CASE. THERE'S NO REPORTABLE ACTION. UPON COMPLETION OF AGENDA ITEM 13F, COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957B1. THERE'S NO REPORTABLE ACTION. BRINGS US TO ADJOURNMENT. THE NEXT SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 21ST AT 5:00 PM. MAY HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOVED BY PRESIDENT CHAN, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE PACHECO. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. VERBAL AYE NOTED FROM ALL TRUSTEES. WE'RE ADJOURNED AT 12:05 AM. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO STAFF WHO STAYED. >> THANKS, TEAM. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.