August 10, 2021 Board Meeting/Public Comment Information Page:

http://www.egusd.net/about/leadership/board-of-education/egusd-board-meeting-august-10/

NOTICE:  Information for Board Meetings

Effective beginning on August 10, 2021, unless otherwise ordered by the Sacramento County Public Health Department, the State, or by other legal mandate, the Board of Education will resume full in-person Board meetings.  Live streaming of full in-person Board meetings will be available to the public via the Zoom platform.

Public Comment for Items on the Agenda or Not on the Agenda

NOTICE:  Effective beginning August 10, 2021, unless otherwise ordered by the Sacramento County Public Health Department, the State or by other legal mandate, the following processes shall be available for public comments during Board meetings.

During the Board meeting, the public may make public comments (1.) in-person in the Board Room location or (2.) virtually, via the Zoom platform, through the District’s pre-registration process located on the District’s website. The total amount of time allocated for public comments to the Board will be limited to a maximum of three (3) minutes, with a total of thirty (30) minutes designated for public comment on an item. Time limitations are at the discretion of the President of the Board of Trustees.

• For in-person public comments – Blue Cards will be available outside the Board Room and will be collected at the beginning of each board meeting and organized by topic for in-person public comments.
• Zoom audio public comments – The public may submit an online form to the District in advance of a Board Meeting requesting to speak during public comments through the Zoom platform at the designated time on the Board agenda. Requests for public comment via Zoom must be received by 4:30 p.m. the day of the meeting to allow for sorting and organization of speakers by Board meeting agenda topic. Additional information can be found on the District’s website:  http://www.egusd.net/about/leadership/board-of-education/egusd-board-meeting-august-10/

Agency designated representatives: Christopher R. Hoffman,
David Reilly, Robert Pierce, Karen Rezendes

Employee Organizations: All Elk Grove Unified School District
Bargaining Units and Unrepresented Employees 

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.   Although suicide prevention is important to address year-round, Suicide Prevention Awareness Month is dedicated time to work together and act to:

• Reduce stigma

• Encourage help-seeking

• Connect individuals with suicidal ideation to services

• Reduce the impact of suicide on family and friends

Suicide is a preventable health problem, yet suicide is the 10^th leading cause of death among adults in the United States and the 2^nd leading cause of death among people aged 10-24, and the overall suicide rate in the United States has increased by 35% since 1999.

The stigma associated with mental health conditions and suicidality work against suicide prevention by discouraging persons at risk for suicide from seeking life-saving help.

By recognizing Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, the District is shedding light on this highly taboo and stigmatized topic and is dedicated to educating and encouraging students, staff and families to recognize the warning signs of suicide, and guide those in need to appropriate services and supports.

While the District has communicated the importance of suicide awareness in the District Parent/Student Handbook, through school messages and on ID cards, this resolution memorializes the District’s intent to further amplify the importance of Suicide Awareness and build an annual public awareness campaign on the support and services available to our students and families.

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Public Comment for Items on the Agenda or Not on the Agenda

NOTICE:  Effective beginning August 10, 2021, unless otherwise ordered by the Sacramento County Public Health Department, the State or by other legal mandate, the following processes shall be available for public comments during Board meetings.

During the Board meeting, the public may make public comments (1.) in-person in the Board Room location or (2.) virtually, via the Zoom platform, through the District’s pre-registration process located on the District’s website. The total amount of time allocated for public comments to the Board will be limited to a maximum of three (3) minutes, with a total of thirty (30) minutes designated for public comment on an item. Time limitations are at the discretion of the President of the Board of Trustees.

• For in-person public comments – Blue Cards will be available outside the Board Room and will be collected at the beginning of each board meeting and organized by topic for in-person public comments.
• Zoom audio public comments – The public may submit an online form to the District in advance of a Board Meeting requesting to speak during public comments through the Zoom platform at the designated time on the Board agenda. Requests for public comment via Zoom must be received by 4:30 p.m. the day of the meeting to allow for sorting and organization of speakers by Board meeting agenda topic. Additional information can be found on the District’s website:  http://www.egusd.net/about/leadership/board-of-education/egusd-board-meeting-august-10/

The Board is requested to approve the attached list of personnel changes as indicated in the actions below.

CERTIFICATED:

New Hire(s) [33]

Leave(s) of Absence

Partial Resignation(s)

Promotion(s)

Rehire(s)

Resignation(s)

Retirement(s)

CLASSIFIED:

New Hire(s) [12]

Promotion(s)

Rehire(s)

Resignation(s)

Retirement(s)

Status Change(s)

The Senior Duplicating Room Operator job description is being revised to Lead Print Shop Equipment Operator.

Currently, the Senior Duplicating Room Operator position is vacant. This job description is outdated for various reasons and in collaboration with AFSCME, Human Resources and the Purchasing and Warehouse leadership is proposing a revised job description and title.

• The previous job description contained references to operating and servicing equipment that is no longer being used at the print shop, i.e., offset printing press
• The updated job description references the graphic arts knowledge required to operate several pieces of newly acquired equipment
• The updated job description includes the administrator functions that the lead operator must perform on the recently purchased and implemented on-line printing job submission program
• The updated job description specifies that the lead is to distribute and balance the workload amongst the print shop staff as well as provide training and assistance to other print shop staff. 
• The new job description references the need for the lead to participate in the newly implemented Braille training program. The District will at some point be replacing all of its Braille signage at its school sites.
• In addition, each of its new schools will require Braille signage. The print shop purchased a piece of equipment and software that will allow the District to fabricate all of its Braille signage at a fraction of the cost. Training is needed in order to be able to make sense of the software and operate the equipment.

The Board is asked to approve the hiring of Speech Language-Pathologist, Hillary Dietrich, in alignment with the Education Code Option request for Speech-Language Pathologists

The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC) allows local school governing boards to employ individuals who hold a license issued by the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board and have earned a master’s degree in communication disorders to provide speech and language services if that individual meets the requirements of Section 44332.6 before employment or execution of the contract.  Ms. Dietrich has met the requirements listed above.

Approve Warrant Register No. 12 – Warrant Numbers 083734 - 083907, 083914 - 085417, 416091 - 417389.  All Funds:  June 1, 2021 through June 30, 2021

Education Code 42632 requires that all payments from the funds of a school district shall be made by written order of the governing board of the district.

It is also required that district orders (warrants) must be numbered and include the following per Education Code 42634:

• The particular fund or funds of the district against which it is drawn
• The amount of payment to be made
• An itemized bill showing separate items and the price of each item (this information is retained in Fiscal Services)
• The rate of salary and the period of service of any employee of the district for whom an order is issued for payment of salary or wages (this information is retained in the Payroll office)

The Board is asked to approve Warrant Register No. 12 – Warrant Numbers 083734 - 083907, 083914 - 085417, 416091 - 417389.

See attached report for Warrant Register No. 12 expenditures.

Total expenditures for all funds from June 1, 2021 through June 30, 2021 are $66,932,684.23.

Under current Board Policy 3312 “contracts under the bid limits can be approved by the Designated Personnel, subject to Board ratification.  Amendments to contracts, including construction contract change orders both under and over bid limits, may be approved by the Designated Personnel, subject to Board ratification.”  Staff recommends that the Board ratify the contracts on the attached sheet, which are under the bid limit of $95,200 and have been approved by authorized district staff.

The purchase order encumbrance modification history from July 3, 2021 – July 19, 2021 is listed below.  The originals are on file in Fiscal Services if you wish to review them.

Modifications:    

Public Code Section §20118 provides a statutory exception to the competitive bidding requirements set forth in the Public Contract Code by allowing districts to utilize cooperative bids secured by other districts or public entities for the purchase of materials, supplies and equipment.

It is in the best interest of the Elk Grove Unified School District to utilize the contract and pricing from a RFP secured by NCPA Region 14 ESC/NCPA, RFP #08-16

Group 4 of the security camera installation project at twenty (20) sites will be complete by August 31, 2021. To streamline project delivery and maintain continuity and consistency of products and installation, Staff recommends subsequent camera systems be procured and installed using a cooperative or “piggybackable” contract. Use of these contracts meets competitive bidding requirements and allow California public agencies to achieve greater cost savings.

CMAS Contract #3-18-84-0054D (valid 5/9/2018-4/12/2023)/General Services Administration (GSA) Contract #37QSWA18D003K, Schedule 84 (valid through April 12, 2023) was awarded to ICU Technologies, Inc., for security products, services, and solutions. The contracts, also known as a Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), are  cooperative or "piggybackable" contracts which contain cooperative purchase language that allows other public agencies to utilize it as required by provision 20118 of the Public Contract Code.

ICU Technologies is a security system company whose core business is security solutions. They are able to provide both the design and installation of camera systems and also have the capacity to manage and implement large projects. Further, they are authorized integrators for the District’s sole source Avigilon cameras. 

It is staff’s determination that the District would derive more benefit by utilizing this cooperative contract than to seek separate bids for each of the District’s school sites where security cameras are needed. Staff proposes that the remaining District security camera systems be implemented on this next phase at thirty nine (39) school sites listed on the attached page.

Staff recommends approval to utilize ICU’s GSA contract for camera system installations and specifically recommends approval to issue a contract to ICU Technologies in the amount of $14,422,549.38 for this next phase of security camera installations. 

During construction of the Franklin Elementary School at 5401 Dorcey Avenue, Elk Grove, California, a field change was made to the sewer improvement plans. That change resulted in a deviation from SASD’s standard requiring a sewer cleanout at the property line. The change was deemed necessary to avoid damaging existing utilities within the easement where the cleanout would be located.  In lieu of the sewer cleanout, a maintenance hole was installed on the EGUSD side of the property line that will facilitate inspection and maintenance of the line both upstream and downstream to the point of connection to the SASD line. 

Ownership and maintenance responsibility of the respective lines would typically be designated by the cleanout location; however, due to the field change the Private Sewer Maintenance Agreement is deemed necessary to delineate and define ownership, maintenance and repair of the sewer line. 

The Administration requests the Board of Education to ratify the agreement between Sacramento Area Sewer District and Elk Grove Unified School District.   

The Board of Education is asked to (1) approve Change Order No. 1 with Madsen Roofing & Waterproofing, Inc., and (2) authorize a District Representative to sign the approved change order. 

On May 18, 2021, the Board of Education awarded a contract to Madsen Roofing & Waterproofing, Inc., for the Charles E. Mack Elementary School, Roofing 2021 project.  Change Order No. 1 consists of one (1) item.  The complete change order with backup is on file in the Facilities and Planning Department for review.

(See Attachment 1)

Attachment 2 provides detailed information on distribution of change order requests between Contractor and District.  Change Order No. 1 changes the contract amount of $109,954.00 by ($9,191.68) to $100,762.32.

Funded with Measure M funds.

The Board of Education is asked to (1) accept the construction of the Charles E. Mack Elementary School, Roofing 2021 project, and (2) authorize the filing of the Notice of Completion.

On May 18, 2021, the Board of Education authorized Administration to negotiate with Madsen Roofing & Waterproofing, Inc., for Charles E. Mack Elementary School, Roofing 2021 project. The work has been completed and is recommended for acceptance by the District.

The Administration will file the Notice of Completion with the County Recorder within the statutory ten-day period.

Not applicable.

Public Contract Code §3400, intends to establish uniform, complete and compatible service systems for elementary band instruction for three school years, starting the 2021/2022 school year at all 42 elementary sites through their Mandarins Music Academy program. They would serve up to 1260 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students.

Mandarins of Sacramento, Inc.

Year One – 2021/2022

$535,500.00

Year Two – 2022/2023

$535,500.00

Year Three – 2023/2024

$535,500.00

TOTAL CONTRACT:$1,606,500.00

The Board of Education is requested to appoint a replacement representative for Sheldon High School to serve as the school’s league/conference representative for the 2021-22 school year.

At the May 4, 2021 Board meeting the Elk Grove Unified School District Board of Education approved individuals from each of the nine comprehensive high schools to serve for the school year as the school’s league/conference representative. The Board is asked to approve the replacement member for Sheldon High School due to retirement:
 
Sheldon High School                          Paul Duncan, Principal

                                                            Denise Aguilar, Athletic Director (RETIRED)

                                                            Jason Bumbaca, Athletic Director (replacement)

Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) is a national college-readiness program designed to prepare students for college-level work.  AVID utilizes research-based methods of instruction in the classroom, supports teacher practice through professional development, and accelerates and promotes student learning in order to better prepare students for college entrance and persistence.  The AVID program targets students who traditionally have been under-represented in our highest-level courses and in college, many of whom would be the first in their families to attend college, and provides them with instruction and resources to strengthen college-readiness. 

As background, the AVID program was first implemented in Elk Grove Unified School District in the early 1990s and since that time has been expanded to include programs at every middle school and comprehensive high school.  AVID has now expanded into the elementary schools starting with Isabelle Jackson in 2017-2018; for the 2018-19 school year, three additional elementary schools were added: Elk Grove, Barbara Comstock Morse, and John Reith; for the 2019-2020 school year, five additional elementary schools were added: Raymond Case, Florin, Anna Kirchgater, Herman Leimbach, and James A. McKee.  For the 2020-2021 school year eleven additional elementary schools were added to include Maeola R. Beitzel, Arthur C. Butler, Robert J. Fite, Samuel Kennedy, Charles E. Mack, Prairie, David Reese, Sierra Enterprise, Mary Tsukamoto, Union House, and Irene B. West. For the 2021-2022 school year Franklin Elementary school will be added as well as James Rutter will be adding AVID Excel which focuses on our English Learners to help accelerate academic language acquisition. This year 7,276 district students were served by the district’s AVID program.  Of these 7,276 students, 34% were Hispanic; 31% were Asian; 14% were African American; 9% were White; 1% were American Indian; 3% were Pacific Islander, and 9% were Multi-Racial.

Karen Malkiewicz has retired as of July 30, 2021. We are requesting the Board approve Jane Ross as the EGACE designated member of Capital Adult Education Regional Consortium.

The Board of Education is requested to approve the 2021-2022 Consolidated Application for funding Federal Categorical Aid Programs.

The Consolidated Application is used by the California Department of Education (CDE) to distribute categorical funds from various state and federal programs to county offices, school districts, and charter schools throughout California. Each year, every local educational agency (LEA) submits the Spring Data Collection portion of the application to document participation in categorical programs and provide assurances that the LEA will comply with the legal requirements of each program.

The Consolidated Application Spring Data was delayed by CDE this year due to COVID-19 and subsequent school closures. LEAs were given an extension until August 16, 2021.

This application has been completed, due to the combined efforts of School Improvement Support (formerly Learning Support Services), English Language Services, Student Support and Health Services, Human Resources and the Budget Department, and we are requesting to participate in the following programs for the 2021-2022 school year:

                       Federal Programs     Title I, Part A –  Basic Grant

Title II, Part A –  Supporting Effective Instruction

Title III – Immigrant

Title III –  English Learner

Title IV, Part A – Student Support

Our District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC) and District Advisory Committee (DAC) review and advise regarding the application on an annual basis. This application must be approved by the Board and submitted to the California Department of Education by August 16th.

The purpose for the Board self-assessment is to…

1. Provide the Board with an opportunity to self-account for actual performance compared to the protocols.
2. Celebrate successes and identify areas where improvement and/or corrective actions can be taken.
3. Create a board development plan.
4. Build Board cohesion.

The purpose of the Superintendent’s evaluation is to…

1. Provide an opportunity for the Superintendent to account for actual performance compared to district priorities and goals.
2. Give feedback to the Superintendent on successes and areas where improvements and/or corrective action can be taken.
3. Identify ways the Board support the superintendent in improvement initiatives and professional growth.
4. Build Board and Superintendent cohesion.

Pursuant to Board Policy, Administrative Regulations and recommendations from the School Names Committee, on January 3, 2000, at the Board of Education meeting, Trustees approved four names for elementary schools in the East Franklin Specific Plan area.  The approved school names were Arlene Hein, Helen Castello, Carroll, and Miwok Village.  The Miwok Village Elementary School was previously assigned by the Board for the school site that ultimately became the New Franklin Elementary School.  As a result, Staff has worked closely with the Local Tribal Council and is recommending that the Board take formal action to name the site formally referred to as Laguna Ridge East as the Miwok Village Elementary School.

The Board Policy and Administrative Regulation cite the following regarding the naming of Elementary Schools:  Elementary schools shall be named to reflect the cultural diversity of the district, after persons or places prominent in the history of the area which is now the district, or after persons who have made contributions to education in the district.  In this regard and in very unique fashion the proposed name meets all three criteria.

The Miwok people were the original residents of the Cosumnes River.  They had many villages throughout the Elk Grove and Franklin areas.  The Elk Grove and surrounding communities have become familiar with names and references to words like Cosumnes, Mokelumne and Omochumne.  The similarity among these references is credited to the Miwok people who were the first residents of what is now the South Sacramento County region.  When the first explorers came to this area, in the very early 1800s, they found many groups of Native Americans living along the Cosumnes River and the little creeks and waterways which thread across what we now call Elk Grove, Laguna Creek, Wilton, Franklin, Sheldon, and Sloughhouse.

The Miwok people were the first to live along the Cosumnes River as it wound its way down from the high country of El Dorado County to the flatlands including the Elk Grove and Franklin areas.  In the waterways west of Highway 99, the Cosumnes River joins the Mokelumne River, and together, they flow on until they become one with the mighty San Joaquin.  This was home to many Miwok people who spanned south and east as far as Yosemite and into the Delta region.

It is with great honor, pride and respect that this recommendation is being made and as such the District extends its respect and appreciation to the Wilton Rancheria Tribal Council for their involvement and engagement with the District to bring this formal naming to fruition.  This effort and relationship will be of great value to the region.  Local tribal leaders and elders will play a critical role in the school planning, culture and overall school community now and forever.  Joining Staff for the presentation will be Mary Tarango, Antonio Ruiz, Raquel Williams and Jesus Tarango.

Administration has prepared the 2021-2022 Elk Grove Unified School District Community Facilities District Tax Report, which sets the tax rate for each parcel within the District.  The rate is based on information on each parcel in the District and tax formulas established by the passage of Measure A.  The Tax Report will be used by the County of Sacramento to prepare tax bills and collect tax revenues for the 2021-2022 tax year.  The Mello-Roos Act requires that the Board, acting on behalf of the Elk Grove Unified School District Community Facilities District No. 1, adopt the Tax Report as a regular agenda item.  The Act requires that the action taken by the Board is in the form of adopting an ordinance.  Ordinance No. 1, 2021-2022, when adopted by the Board, allows Administration to make changes to the Tax Report in response to appeals from taxpayers, or, otherwise, in order to correct errors in the application of the special tax to particular parcels.

The Board, at the July 20, 2021, meeting, opened the hearing to receive public testimony regarding the tax.  There was no testimony given. The Board then closed the meeting to public input.  The Board conducted a first reading of the Ordinance No. 1, 2021-2022 (Exhibit A) and continued the item to August 10, 2021, for a second reading and adoption of the ordinance.  Public Notices for tonight’s meeting were placed in the Elk Grove Citizen on July 23, 2021 and the Sacramento Bee on July 27, 2021.

The 2021-2022 Tax Report continues the current and maximum tax rate of $3.82 per month (or $45.84 per year) for “existing” development and $9.82 per month (or $117.84 per year) for “future” development per equivalent taxable unit according to the manner specified in Resolution No. 27, 1986-87.  Due to the March 10, 1998, bond election, future development occurring from July 1, 1998, through  June 30, 2001, was assessed at $15.00 per month (or $180.00 per year) per taxable unit.  Future development occurring from July 1, 2001, forward will be assessed $16.67 per month (or $200.00 per year) per taxable unit.

The Board-adopted and voter-approved Financial Plan allows for the appeal of the tax rate for a parcel.  The Board should receive input from the public regarding appeals of a specific tax for a parcel of land only.  The actual tax formula cannot be appealed since the formula was established by the electorate when they approved Measure A.  All appeals should be directed to Administration for consideration and the Board should proceed with the adoption of the Tax Report and Ordinance No. 1, 2021-2022.  The Tax Report will be delivered to the Sacramento County Auditor's Office no later than August 13, 2021.  A summary of the revised Tax Report is attached.

The Board is asked to adopt the attached resolution to eliminate a classified position due to lack of work/lack of funds pursuant to Education Code Sections 45114, 45298, 45308, 45117.

The Technology Systems Administrator II position is currently a vacant position.  This position is currently being realigned to better support the needs of the department.  

Following a public hearing, staff recommends that the Board select a preferred trustee area boundary map and staggering schedule, and adopt Resolution #10, 2021-22, Resolution Initiating a Proposal to the Sacramento County Committee on School District Organization for the Adoption of By-trustee Area Elections.

The District’s Board of Education is currently elected using a hybrid version of an “at-large” election system, where Board members are elected by voters of the entire District, but Board members must reside in defined trustee areas.  Board members are elected in even-numbered years and serve staggered, four-year terms. 

On December 17, 2019, the Board adopted Resolution No. 32, 2019-20, a Resolution to initiate a Transition to a By-Trustee Area Election System Commencing with the 2022 Governing Board Election.  At that time, the Board intended to wait until the release of the 2020 federal census data, scheduled for March 2021, to develop its new trustee area boundary lines.  In light of COVID-19 pandemic-related delays to the release of census data, which is still not available, the Board determined it was in the best interests of the District to avoid further delay and move forward with the transition to by-trustee area elections using the 2010 Census data.  

On May 4, 2021, the Board adopted Resolution No. 67, 2020-21, redeclaring its intent to transition from at-large to by-trustee area Board elections, where each Board member must reside within the designated trustee area boundary and are elected only by the voters in that trustee area. 

Pursuant to Elections Code section 10010, the Board held two public hearings on May 4, 2021 and May 18, 2021, to gather community input on the trustee area map creation process.

On June 8, 2021, the District published three proposed trustee area maps on the District’s website for consideration by the Board and the community.  On June 15, 2021, the proposed trustee area maps were presented to the Board.  Following the presentation, the Board held the first of two statutorily required public hearings to receive community input on the proposed trustee area maps. On July 20, 2021, the Board held the second of two statutorily required public hearings to receive community input on the proposed trustee area maps.

Education Code sections 5019 and 5030 authorize the Sacramento County Committee on School Reorganization (“County Committee”), upon application from a school district’s governing board, to change the method of election in a school district under its jurisdiction. On August 10, 2021, the Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed maps, select a preferred trustee area boundary map and staggering schedule, and adopt Resolution #10, 2021-22, Resolution Initiating a Proposal to the Sacramento County Committee on School District Organization for the Adoption of By-trustee Area Elections, which would then be submitted to the County Committee for consideration.  

Pursuant to Government Code Section 65995.5 et. seq., the District is required to adopt a School Facilities Needs Analysis (SFNA) to justify the levy of alternative school impact fees on new residential construction (Level 2 and Level 3 Fees) that are higher than the statutory (Level 1) fees set by the State of California.  The SFNA, prepared by Odell Planning and Research, Inc. in June 2021, demonstrates that the District may impose Level 2 fees of $6.72 per square foot and Level 3 fees of $13.44 per square foot on residential construction.  Prior to adopting the SFNA, the Board must conduct a public hearing and respond to any comments received.

The proposed Level 2 fees of $6.72 per square foot of new residential construction represent an increase of 5.99% or $0.38 from the current $6.34 fee previously adopted by the Board of Education on September 15, 2020.  Based upon that rate, the school impact fee for the construction of a new 2,400 square foot home within the district would increase from $15,216 to $16,128.  The most significant factor contributing to the proposed increase in Level 2 fees is the increase in site acquisition costs, but an increase in State construction cost allowances also had a minor impact.

Level 3 fees are only collected in the event that the State Allocation Board (SAB) is no longer apportioning funds for new construction and the SAB has notified the Secretary of the Senate and Chief Clerk of the Assembly in writing of the determination that such funds are no longer being allocated.

The District’s June 2021 SFNA is attached.  The study was sent to all four local Planning Departments on June 18, 2021, and was made available for public review beginning on July 9, 2021, as required by law.  In addition to the public noticing required by law, staff contacted a representative from the North State Building Industry Association (BIA) to discuss the fee study.

It is recommended that the Board conduct a public hearing and review, consider, and adopt the findings contained in the attached Resolution No. 04, 2021-22 approving the June 2021 SFNA and adopt the increased Level 2 Fees and Level 3 Fees identified therein for new residential development. 

Pursuant to Government Code Section 3547, the following are stipulated for negotiations between a bargaining unit and the District.

1. The union's initial proposal is officially presented at a public meeting of the Governing board for public notice; and      
2. A public hearing is conducted to receive public input regarding the union's initial proposal.

CSEA's initial proposal is attached.

It is recommended that after the closure of the public hearing, the Board take action to accept CSEA's initial proposal.

The Board of Education is requested to (1) Open a public hearing and receive comments on Assembly Bill 130, related to Independent Study (Education Code section 51747 (a) and (b), 5 CCR 11701); (2) Close the public hearing after listening to comments.

After closing the public hearing, the Board is asked to take action to officially adopt BP 6158.1 – Independent Student to Implement Assembly Bill 130 (2021).

When setting policy regarding independent study, the governing board must consider, in a public hearing, the scope of its existing or prospective use of independent study as an instructional strategy, its purposes in authorizing independent study, and factors bearing specifically on the maximum realistic lengths of assignments and acceptable number of missed assignments for specific populations of pupils or adult education students.  This public hearing is reserved for the governing board to receive and consider comments on these matters.

It is recommended that after the closure of the public hearing, the Board take action to officially approve BP 6158.1.

The Board of Education is asked to (1) adopt Resolution No.5, 2021-2022 of Intention to Convey Electrical Facilities Easements to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District for the Elk Grove High School project; and (2) to set a public hearing on September 7, 2021 at 9510 Elk Grove-Florin Road, in the Board Room at 6:00 p.m.

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District has requested that the District convey, without cost, an Electrical Facilities Easement on the Elk Grove High School site at 9800 Elk Grove-Florin Rd., Elk Grove, California.

The final configuration of the easement will be determined, at SMUD’s expense, upon the completion of the installation of the electrical facilities, recording the easement accurately in relation to the facilities.

The purpose of the easements is to allow the Sacramento Municipal Utility District to access, construct and maintain electrical facilities serving the Elk Grove High School campus.

The Resolution of Intention must be adopted by a 2/3 vote by the Board. 

As prescribed, notice of this intention will be published in the Sacramento Bee, and posted at Elk Grove High School, the Robert L. Trigg Education Center, and the Elk Grove Post Office (8850 Williamson Drive).  

The District has begun construction of the “Laguna Ridge East Elementary School”.  As such the school is scheduled to open for the 2022/23 school year.  As a result, the school attendance area for the new school needs to be established.  The creation of the new attendance area for the school will also require necessary adjustments to at least one existing elementary school boundary.  The establishment of a “Laguna Ridge East Elementary School” attendance area will affect the Zehnder Ranch Elementary School attendance area. 

Historically the Board of Education has adopted attendance areas for new elementary schools approximately one year prior to the opening of the new school.  A timeline will be included as part of the presentation to accommodate the adoption of the new boundaries approximately one year prior to the new school opening:

Staff will be meeting with affected school staff and community members to share draft boundary plans, timelines and logistics.  Based upon feedback, a draft boundary plan will be recommended to the Board.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and California Executive Order N-29-20, those requiring special assistance to access the Zoom Board meeting, access and complete the Google Electronic Public Comment Form, or to access written documents discussed at the Board meeting that are available on the District’s website, please contact Ludi Avalos at (916) 686-7700.  Notification of at least 24 hours prior to the meeting will enable the District to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the Zoom board meeting and to provide any required accommodation, auxiliary aids or services.

Documents provided to a majority of the Governing Board regarding an open session item on this agenda will be posted online attached to the board agenda for public inspection.