SPECIAL MEETING Santa Monica-Malibu USD March 20, 2018 3:00PM District Administrative Offices: 1651 16th Street, Santa Monica, CA
The Board of Education will call the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. in the Board Room at the District Offices.
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Dr. Tahvildaran-Jesswein called the meeting to order at 3:10 p.m. |
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Present Oscar de la Torre – arrived at 3:46 p.m. Present Craig Foster Present Jon Kean Present Maria Leon-Vazquez – arrived at 3:25 p.m. Present Laurie Lieberman Present Ralph Mechur – arrived at 3:19 p.m. Present Dr. Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein |
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Dr. Drati led the Pledge of Allegiance. |
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These items are submitted for discussion. Any action that might be required will generally be scheduled for the next regularly scheduled Board meeting.
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3:00 PM |
Staff has prepared a report for the Board of Education to consider that explains the current SMMUSD budget profile. Additionally, staff has identified programming areas and priorities where staff believes that our district is atypical to other school districts in the State of California. The goal of today’s workshop is to educate the board on these matters and seek direction and/or input from the board as staff moves forward to address the structural deficit the district has acquired for quite some time. Please note that staff recognizes there may need to be some evaluating, reimagining, and restructuring of some identified priorities as staff moves forward to address the structural deficit starting as soon as possible and into the coming years. |
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Supporting document(s) will be uploaded to this item prior to the workshop. *The budget workshop presentation and multi-year projection has been added as of March 19, 2018. The chart comparing SMMUSD to other school districts was a handout at the meeting and was attached to this item after the meeting. |
Time start: 3:12 p.m. Time end: 4:58 p.m.
Staff answered board members’ questions regarding: GSH planned expenditures; revenue from the hotel lease; how staff determined the data for “typical schools” in the handout; the timeline associated with addressing deficit spending; and the rationale for strategically spending one-time funds.
During the conversation, board members suggested: reaching out to other districts or organizations to get expenditure data associated with their programs and staffing; and developing and implementing a uniform process to identify programs and efficiently evaluate them for effectiveness. |
Budget Workshop Presentation Multi-year Projection as of 3/13/18 SMMUSD vs. Typical Districts
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6:00 PM |
It is recommended that the Board of Education consider taking action on a concept related to Malibu unification. |
To amend the motion from: "It is recommended that the Board of Education consider taking action on a concept related to Malibu unification. " to: "It is recommended that the Board of Education adopt the concept of a 50-year revenue-sharing framework for Malibu unification. The board directs its leadership, along with the superintendent, to reach out to the City of Malibu and present this concept for unification. In presenting this concept, the board asks the Malibu City Council to withdraw or put on hold its current petition for unification until a time when we can collaboratively come to an agreement regarding the details of the concept the board adopted. Among other topics, the board would like to have the following points addressed during the conversations/deliberations:
* The framework for an equitable sharing of property taxes between both districts;
* The potential sharing of discretionary or local revenues for a limited period of time or a series of off-sets to create an equitable revenue stream;
* A structured mechanism for evaluating, rebalancing, and/or adjusting the formula at certain intervals;
* A performance objective/standards that any adjustments or rebalancing must continue to meet;
* A guiding principle that stability and equity for all students in both districts is essential; and
* The possibility that a charter configuration be utilized as an interim mechanism to unification, if desired by the City of Malibu.
This concept expressed in this agreement is valid only if the City of Malibu withdraws its current petition or ensures that the Los Angeles County Committee on School District Organization temporarily halts its consideration of the petition. " Passed with a motion by Ms. Laurie Lieberman and a second by Mr. Oscar de la Torre. |
Yes Mr. Oscar de la Torre. Yes Mr. Craig Foster. Yes Mr. Jon Kean. No Ms. Maria Leon-Vazquez. Yes Ms. Laurie Lieberman. Yes Mr. Ralph Mechur. Yes Dr. Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein.
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During the board meeting on November 16, 2017, during which the Board of Education discussed Malibu unification, the board directed the superintendent to bring back an agenda item by February 15, 2018, (this date was postponed to March 20, 2018) based on further analysis by School Services of California (SSC), that provides details of a revenue-sharing model for a fifty-year period and a charter pathway. Currently, the petition for unification submitted by the City of Malibu is devoid of any discussion or analysis of how the adverse financial impacts to a remaining SMUSD would be mitigated. An agreement around a viable financial pathway is a prerequisite for supporting such a petition and is crucial to insure the long-term viability of both districts. For this reason, SMMUSD has worked with SSC to explore potential financial pathways that would ensure the long-term viability of both an MUSD and an SMUSD. The purpose of today’s meeting is to discuss the SSC report and findings and provide an opportunity for the board to deliberate and take action on which, if any, of the conceptual financial pathways to a potential Malibu unification to support. There was an additional request that Dr. Drati made for SSC to discuss conceptually the impact of a perpetual shared revenue arrangement on an MUSD and an SMUSD. The motivation for the additional request was for staff to provide additional conceptual information to further discussions that might lead to a vote of support by the SMMUSD Board of Education for a potential Malibu unification pathway. Please note that all concepts presented are ideas that still need to be explored in greater specificity. The process of unification would require such work to be done in future years, should both the petitioners of Malibu unification and SMMUSD board agree on a concept.
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Minutes: Time start: 5:58 p.m. Time end: 9:04 p.m.
Public Comments: * Laura Rosenthal, Rick Mullen, and Kevin Shenkman addressed the board regarding this item.
Staff and SSC representatives answered board members’ questions regarding: if SSC were familiar with other examples of the trust fund concept; the assumptions included in the formulas; how revenue is distributed in and the timeline associated with a charter school scenario; if legislation would be required in any of the scenarios; and what happens if the state formula for school district funding changes. The board requested that staff research whether the board took action on the other aspects of the MUNC reports. Dr. Drati will share this action with legal counsel and also ask about a timeline for next steps. He will then reach out to the Los Angeles Office of Education to determine if they confirm the legal opinion we receive. |
School Services of CA Analysis Report School Services of CA Presentation
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A Board member may make a brief announcement or report on his/her own activities relative to Board business. There can be no discussion under “BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.”
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Time start: 9:04 p.m. Time end: 9:06 p.m.
* Dr. Tahvildaran-Jesswein announced that the Santa Monica Rent Control Board was holding a meeting later this week. He encouraged everyone to look at the agenda, as there is an item that relates to bonding measures. |
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Items for future consideration will be listed with the projected date of consideration. The Board of Education will be given any backup information available at this time.
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This meeting will adjourn to a regular meeting scheduled for Thursday, April 12, 2018, at 5:30 p.m. at the district office: 1651 16th St., Santa Monica, CA 90404. |
It was moved by Mr. Mechur, seconded by Mr. Kean, and voted 7/0 to adjourn the meeting at 9:08 p.m. in memory of three former SMMUSD students: Donald Quintana, Manuel Soto, and Jorge Garcia. This meeting will adjourn to a regular meeting scheduled for Thursday, April 12, 2018, at 5:30 p.m. at the district office: 1651 16th St., Santa Monica, CA 90404. |
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The live stream of regular board meetings in progress are available online. Meetings in Malibu City Hall: https://www.youtube.com/user/CityofMalibu.
Meetings at the district office: https://www.youtube.com/user/Citytv16santamonica. Meetings held at the District Office and in Malibu are taped and rebroadcast in
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rebroadcast in Malibu on Government Access Ch. 3 every Saturday at 8pm. ----------------
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Absent | Mr. Oscar de la Torre |
Present | Mr. Craig Foster |
Present | Mr. Jon Kean |
Absent | Ms. Maria Leon-Vazquez |
Present | Ms. Laurie Lieberman |
Absent | Mr. Ralph Mechur |
Present | Dr. Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein |
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Present | Ms. Maria Leon-Vazquez |
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Present | Mr. Oscar de la Torre |
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