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SANTA
CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
1290 Ridder Park
Drive
San Jose,
California 95131
BOARD AGENDA
March 5, 2014
Regular Meeting
#2134
San Jose Room
5:00 p.m.
OPEN SESSION 5:00 p.m. (San Jose Room)
1. CALL TO ORDER
A. Roll Call (Including Action on Absences if Necessary)
B. Adoption of Agenda
C. Pledge of Allegiance
2. EMPLOYEE OF THE
MONTH: Rachel Zlotziver, Communications/PR
Specialist, Office of the Superintendent
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS OF PERSONS DESIRING TO
ADDRESS THE BOARD
At
this time members of the public may address the Board on any issue within the
subject matter jurisdiction of the Board or agenda item. Members of the public may also address the
Board on an agenda item before or during the Board’s consideration of the item. No action can be taken on an item not on the
agenda at this time, but may be referred to the administration or put on a
future agenda. In accordance with Board
Bylaw 9323, individual remarks will be limited to 3 minutes each, unless
otherwise stipulated.
CLOSED SESSION (Board Room)
4. The Board will hold a Closed Session to
consider the following items:
A.
Conference with Real
Property Negotiators
(Government Code Section 54956.8)
Property: 38 North Almaden
Blvd., Unit 1800, San Jose, CA 95110
Agency Negotiator: Micaela Ochoa, Chief Business Officer, SCCOE
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms
B.
Conference with Legal
Counsel-Potential Litigation
(Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)) 2 Cases
C. Conference with Legal Counsel-Existing Litigation (Government Code Section 54956(d)(1))
Alum Rock Union Elementary School District et al. v. Santa Clara County Board of Education et al. Santa Clara County Superior Court Case No. 114CV260070
OPEN SESSION Immediately
Following Closed Session ― Approximately 6:15 p.m. (San Jose Room)
5. Report of actions taken in Closed
Session
6. PUBLIC COMMENTS OF PERSONS DESIRING TO
ADDRESS THE BOARD
At
this time members of the public may address the Board on any issue within the
subject matter jurisdiction of the Board or agenda item. Members of the public may also address the
Board on an agenda item before or during the Board’s consideration of the
item. No action can be taken on an item
not on the agenda at this time, but may be referred to the administration or
put on a future agenda. In accordance
with Board Bylaw 9323, individual remarks will be limited to 3 minutes each,
unless otherwise stipulated.
Correspondence
addressed to the Santa Clara County Board of Education. Correspondence addressed to individual board
members will be mailed to them directly.
·
Email, Feb 16, 2014, Joe Seither,
Subject: Illegal Bullis Charter School Lottery Entry Conditions
·
Email, Feb 21, 2014, Joe Seither,
Subject: Letter to Bullis regarding application process and Brown Act
·
Email, Feb 22, 2014, Dave Cortright,
Subject: Letter to Bullis regarding application process and Brown Act
·
Email, Feb 27, 2014, Joseph Di Salvo,
Subject: Rocketship to expand in San
Jose
8. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
9. CONSENT ACTION ITEMS
* A. Request Approval of Minutes of Regular Board
Meeting of February 19, 2014 (#2133)
* B. Request Approval of Purchase Order in the
Amount of $198,762
This purchase order will be for maintenance/license contract for
Financial, Human Resources and Payroll System.
The vendor is Quintessential School Systems (QSS). Funds have been incorporated for this purpose
in the 2013-14 budget. Administration
recommends approval of purchase order exceeding $100,000 for Quintessential
School Systems. (Dr. Xavier De
La Torre)
On January 14, 2013 the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE)
received notice from the California Department of Education (CDE), identifying
the district as a Title III Year 4 Program Improvement district. As a Local Education Agency which received
Title III funding to support our English Leaners, the SCCOE is required to
demonstrate student growth in three specific areas referred to as Annual
Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAO’s).
In
addition, the SCCOE is also required to develop an improvement plan that will
ensure the LEA meets future AMAO objectives.
The Title III Action plan will be submitted March 14, 2014 to CDE and
requires Board President signature certifying all rules and regulations will be
observed by the SCCOE and that the information contained in the Plan is correct
and complete. Administration recommends
approval of Title III Action Plan for submittal to CDE. (Dr. Mary Ann Dewan)
* D. Request Approval of Campbell Successor Agency
Surface Lot Profit Participation Agreement
The California State Legislature enacted Assembly Bill x126 to dissolve
redevelopment agencies formed under the Community Redevelopment Law
(“Dissolution Law”). According to the Dissolution Law, the Successor
Agency is required to dispose of all Agency-owned properties and distribute the
proceeds to the taxing entities. Pursuant to an exception the Successor
Agency may transfer the property to the city or county that created the agency
as long as it reaches a compensation agreement with the taxing entities. Staff
recommends approval of the Profit Participation Agreement.
10. PUBLIC HEARING
* A. Public Hearing on the Charter School
Petition Renewal (Appeal) for Sunrise Middle School
On January 21, 2014, the Office of Innovative
Schools of the Santa Clara County Office of Education received a petition from
Sunrise Middle School seeking renewal of its charter. This petition was submitted on appeal from
San Jose Unified School District, having been denied by the District’s Board of
Education on January 14, 2014.
California Education Code Section 47605(b) requires that “no later than
30 days after receiving a petition… the governing board of the school district
shall hold a public hearing on the provisions of the charter, at which time the
governing board of the school district shall consider the level of support for
the petition by teachers employed by the district, other employees of the
district, and parents.” The Education
Code further requires that “the governing board of the school district shall
either grant or deny the charter within 60 days of receipt of the petition,
provided, however, that the date may be extended by an additional 30 days if
both parties agree to the extension.”
This item will be placed on the County Board agenda for a vote on March
19, 2014. (Toni
Cordova)
11. ACTION ITEMS
Educate Our State (EOS), a grassroots, parent-led organization
educating and uniting Californians to advocate for systemic change that will
provide all students with a high-quality public education, is seeking to place
on the ballot an initiative entitled “Protection of Local School Revenues Act”
and which the Attorney General titled “School Funding, Property Tax Revenues”
that would restore the schools’ rights to their allocated share of property tax
revenue, prevent the State Legislature from redirecting those funds in the
future and direct the State to compensate local governments for the actual
Vehicle License Fee revenue they have lost from the State’s General Fund, all
without raising taxes. Administration
recommends adoption of resolution in support of “Protection of Local Schools
Revenue Act of 2014.” (President
Beauchman)
Member Di Salvo has requested conference registration to the New
Schools Venture Fund 2014 Summit which is being held on April 30, 2014 at the
San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront in Burlingame, CA. Since the New Schools Summit is not on the
Board’s pre-approved travel item list (BB 9250(a)), a request for travel and
expense reimbursement is being brought to the Board for approval.
12. INFORMATION ITEMS
* A. PlayGarden – Rotary Club Centennial Project
The San Jose Rotary Club has plans to create an inclusive ‘Rotary
PlayGarden’ as their Centennial Project.
The purpose of the PlayGarden is to provide an environment where
children and adults of all abilities can play side-by-side. The PlayGarden is designed to be a legacy project
in celebration of the 100 Year Anniversary of the San Jose Rotary. Staff will provide the Board with an update
on the status of the PlayGarden project. (Dr.
Mary Ann Dewan)
* B. Update on Status of Santa Clara County School
Districts’ Funding
The 2013-14 Budget replaced the previous K-12 finance system of Revenue
Limits with a new Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). For school districts and charter schools, the
LCFF creates base, supplemental and concentration grants in place of previously
existing K-12 funding streams, namely revenue limits and categorical
programs. Administration will present an
overview of the estimated impact of LCFF on districts in Santa Clara
County. The data presented is based on
the Districts’ First Interim, December 2013 data. (Micaela Ochoa)
* C. Santa
Clara County Office of Education 2013-14 Second Interim Financial Report
The State requires county
offices of education and school districts to prepare two interim financial
reports per fiscal year. This Second Interim Report reflects the updates of actual
revenues and expenditures through January 31, as well as revised budget
projections for February through June and two subsequent years. (Micaela Ochoa)
* D. Santa Clara County Board of Education’s
Quarterly Expenses
The Board’s quarterly expenses covering October through December 2013
are being reported. (Dr. Xavier
De La Torre)
E. Board Committee Reports on:
Committee members may
provide or report on recent committee activities.
1.
Budget Study Committee (Dr. Xavier De La Torre, Chair)
2.
Policy Subcommittee (Vice-President
Green, Chair)
3.
Joint Legislative Advisory
Committee (Grace Mah, Chair)
4.
Head Start Policy Council (Grace
Mah)
5.
Regional Operations Committee [ROP] (Michael Chang)
6.
Santa Clara County School Boards
Association Executive Board (Anna Song)
7.
Joint Committee on Child Care
(JCCC) (Grace Mah, Joseph Di Salvo)
8.
Warmenhoven Inclusion Collaborative (Julia Hover-Smoot)
9.
California School Boards Association
(CSBA) Delegate (Vice President Green)
10. California
County Boards of Education (CCBE) Board of Directors (Vice
President Green)
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.
13. FUTURE
AGENDA ITEMS
Requested items by Board members
may be addressed at this time.
·
STRIVE and
Collective Impact, March 19 (Member Di Salvo)
·
Come Back Kids program (Independent
Study) — Riverside COE, March 19 (President Beauchman)
·
Kids in
Common, April 9 (Vice President Green)
·
Update on Alpha Middle School 2 MOU,
April 23 (Vice President Green)
·
Update on Discovery Charter School 1,
May 21 (Member Chang)
·
Update on Alternative Education Lunch
Services, June 4 (Member Di Salvo)
·
Update on the
Alternative Education Department’s After-Hours Family Mental Health Services
Pilot, June 18 (Member Mah)
14. ADJOURNMENT
The next Board
of Education meeting is scheduled for March 19, 2014. For Board agendas and meeting minutes please
see our Web site at www.sccoe.org.