Board of Education Meeting
Serna Center Community Rooms

Board of Education Meeting

5:00 p.m. Closed Session
6:00 p.m. Open Session

Agenda

1.0 OPEN SESSION / CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL

2.0 ANNOUNCEMENT AND PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION

3.0 CLOSED SESSION

While the Brown Act creates broad public access rights to the meetings of the Board of Education, it also recognizes the legitimate need to conduct some of its meetings outside of the public eye.  Closed session meetings are specifically defined and limited in scope.  They primarily involve personnel issues, pending litigation, labor negotiations, and real property matters.

3.1 Government Code 54956.9 – Conference with Legal Counsel:

a) Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(2) of Government Code section 54956.9 (One Potential Case)

b) Existing litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(1) of Government Code section 54956.9 (OAH Case No 2024100648) 

3.2 Government Code 54957.6 (a) and (b) Negotiations/Collective Bargaining SCTA SEIU, TCS, Teamsters, UPE, Non-Represented/Confidential Management (Cancy McArn)

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

4.0 CALL BACK TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4.1 The Pledge of Allegiance

4.2 Broadcast Statement

4.3 Stellar Student introduced by Board Member Jose Navarro

5.0 ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION

6.0 AGENDA ADOPTION

7.0 PUBLIC COMMENT               

Members of the public may address the Board on non-agenda items that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board.  Public comment may be (1) emailed to publiccomment@scusd.edu; (2) submitted in writing through the district’s website at https://www.scusd.edu/submit-public-comment; or (3) provided in-person at the meeting.  The submission deadline for written public comments shall be no later than noon on the day of the meeting.  If you intend to address the Board in-person, please fill out a yellow card available at the entrance.  Speakers may be called in the order that requests are received, or grouped by subject area.  We ask that comments are limited to two (2) minutes with no more than 15 minutes per single topic so that as many people as possible may be heard.  By law, the Board is allowed to take action only on items on the agenda.  The Board may, at its discretion, refer a matter to district staff or calendar the issue for future discussion.  

WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT

8.0 CONSENT AGENDA                                                                  

Generally routine items are approved by one motion without discussion.  The Superintendent or a Board member may request an item be pulled from the consent agenda and voted upon separately.

8.1  Items Subject or Not Subject to Closed Session:

8.1a Approve Grants, Entitlements and Other Income Agreements, Ratification of Other Agreements, Approval of Bid Awards, Approval of Declared Surplus Materials and Equipment, Change Notices and Notices of Completion (Janea Marking)

8.1b Approve Contracts Report >$15,000 (Janea Marking)                    

8.1c Approve Personnel Transactions (Cancy McArn)

8.1d Approval of Unauthorized Vendor Payments (Janea Marking)

8.1e Approve minutes for the December 19, 2024, Regular Board of Education Meeting (Lisa Allen)

8.1f Approve minutes for the January 16, 2025, Regular Board of Education Meeting (Lisa Allen)

8.1g Approve Labor Partner Agreements (Cancy McArn)

8.1h Approve Adult Education High School Diploma Approval of Credits (Yvonne Wright)

8.1i Approve Job Descriptions (Cancy McArn & Dan Schallock)

8.1j Approve Salary Schedules (Cancy McArn & Dan Schallock)

9.0 COMMUNICATIONS

9.1 Employee Organization Reports: 

  • SCTA
  • SEIU
  • TCS
  • Teamsters
  • UPE

9.2 District Advisory Committees:

  • Student Advisory Council
  • Community Advisory Committee
  • District English Learner Advisory Committee
  • Local Control Accountability Plan/Parent  
  • Advisory Committee
  • Black/African American Advisory Board
  • Community Schools Advisory Committee
  • American Indian Education Program Parent  

9.3 Student Member Report (Justine Chueh-Griffith)

9.4 Superintendent’s Report (Lisa Allen)

9.5 Information Sharing by Board Members

10.0 SPECIAL PRESENTATION

10.1 Resolution No. 3475: Black History Month, February 2025 (Board Member Chinua Rhodes)

10.2 Black Parallel School Board Action Plan Second Quarterly Update (Dr. Gregory Peters)

PPT

10.3 English Learner Parent Engagement: SCUSD ELAC Implementation Update (Dr. Olga Simms)

PPT

11.0 PUBLIC HEARING

11.1 Public Hearing on Sacramento City Unified School District’s Initial Proposal (“Sunshine Proposal”) To The Sacramento City Teachers Association For 2025-2026 Successor Negotiations (Cancy McArn & Dan Schallock)

PPT

11.2 Approval of Sacramento City Unified School District’s Initial Proposal (“Sunshine Proposal”) To The Sacramento City Teachers Association For 2025-2026 Successor Negotiations (Cancy McArn & Dan Schallock)

12.0 BOARD WORKSHOP/ STRATEGIC INITATIVE

12.1 Board Committees and Assignments (Yvonne Wright)

PPT

13.0 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION/REPORTS        

13.1 Business and Financial Information:  Calendar Year 2025 Investment Policy for the Pooled Investment Fund (Janea Marking)

14.0 FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES / LOCATIONS

  • February 20, 2025, 5:00 p.m. Closed Session, 6:00 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting
  • March 6, 2025, 5:00 p.m. Closed Session, 6:00 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting

15.0 ADJOURNMENT

NOTE:  The Sacramento City Unified School District encourages those with disabilities to participate fully in the public meeting process.  If you need a disability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, to participate in the public meeting, please contact the Board of Education Office at (916) 643-9314 at least 48 hours before the scheduled Board of Education meeting so that we may make every reasonable effort to accommodate you.  [Government Code § 54953.2; Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, § 202 (42 U.S.C. §12132)]   Any public records distributed to the Board of Education relating to an open session item will be available for public inspection at the Serna Center, at 5735 47th Avenue, Sacramento, during normal business hours or on the District’s website at www.scusd.edu.

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Live Stream

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Cable Viewing

This meeting of the Sacramento City School Board is being videotaped in its entirety and will be cablecast without interruption on Metro Cable 14, the government affairs channel on the Comcast and SureWest Cable Systems.