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SANTA
CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
1290 Ridder Park
Drive
San Jose,
California 95131
BOARD AGENDA
October 2, 2013
Regular Meeting
# 2127
San Jose Room
5:30 p.m.
OPEN
SESSION 5:30 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: Jonathan Muñoz, Classified
Personnel Specialist II, Human Resources Branch
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS OF PERSONS DESIRING TO
ADDRESS THE BOARD OR TO PRESENT PETITIONS
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 item:
a.
Subject
Matter: Inter-District Transfer Appeal
Filed on Behalf of Student
Resident
District: Los Gatos Union School
District
Desired
District: Saratoga Union School
District
OPEN SESSION Approximately 6:30 p.m. (San Jose Room)
5. Report of Actions taken in Closed
Session
6. PUBLIC COMMENTS OF PERSONS DESIRING TO
ADDRESS THE BOARD OR TO PRESENT PETITIONS
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, Sept 17, 2013, forwarded by Grace
Mah, Subject: A letter from the
neighborhood of BCS and Egan
8. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
9. CONSENT ACTION ITEMS
* A. Request Approval of Minutes of Regular Board
Meeting of September 18, 2013 (#2126)
* B. Request
Approval of SCCOE Local Educational Agency Plan
At the January 6, 2010 State Board of Education meeting, Santa Clara
County Office of Education advanced to PI Year 3 and was identified in
Corrective Action. The Corrective Action
calls for the revision of the Local Education Agency Plan (LEA) and for the
plan to be regularly updated and approved by the local governing board. Administration recommends approval of SCCOE’s
Local Educational Agency Plan. (Dr.
Angelica Ramsey)
A non-competitive grant was offered by the Heising-Simon Foundation to
provide leadership and technical assistance to up to four local community
agencies that could receive $50,000 grants to develop birth through third grade
family engagement plans. This grant has been
awarded to the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) and all four
community agencies have been awarded planning grants. The work for this grant supports both the
Santa Clara County Early Learning Master Plan and SJ/SV 2020. Administration recommends approval of
acceptance of the non-competitive grant from The Heising-Simons Foundation to
support partners with birth through third grade family engagement planning
efforts. (Dr. Angelica Ramsey)
10. PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION
On November 6, 1979, the voters of the State of California approved
Proposition 4/Gann Initiative. This
initiative added Article XIII-B to the State Constitution which has the effect
of placing a limit on the amount of proceeds from taxes governmental entities
may authorize for expenditure during each fiscal year. The Board of Education is required to have a
public hearing and then adopt a resolution to establish the 2013-14 Gann
Appropriations Limit. Administration
recommends a public hearing on 2013-14 Gann Appropriations Limit and adoption
of resolution establishing 2013-14 Gann Appropriations Limit. (Micaela Ochoa)
11. INFORMATION ITEM
* A. Renaissance Academy School – Alum Rock Union
School District (15 mins)
Renaissance Academy is a college preparatory middle school in the Alum
Rock Union School District. They will be
presenting information on their background, model, best practices and
successes.
12. ACTION
ITEM
* A. Decision on the Charter School Petition for
Alpha Middle School 2 (2 hrs)
On September 4, 2013, the Santa Clara County Board of Education held a
public hearing on the provisions of the charter and to consider the level of
support for the petition pursuant to California Education Code Section 47605
(b) at which staff from the Alum Rock Union School District spoke and numerous
parents and students in support of Alpha 2 also addressed the Board. 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.”
While there are areas of concern and clarity is needed, staff finds no
legal grounds for denial of the petition.
13. INFORMATION ITEMS
* A. Communitas Charter School (30 mins)
Staff will present background information on the opening and closing of
Communitas Charter School and the issue of course credits earned at Communitas.
* B. 2012-13 Unaudited Actual Financial Report
through June 30, 2013 (5 mins)
Education Code 1628 states that on or before October 15 of each year,
the County Superintendent of Schools of each county office shall prepare and
file, in a format prescribed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, an
annual statement of all receipts and expenditures of the county office for the
preceding fiscal year and shall file the statement, along with the statement
received pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 42100, with the Superintendent
of Public Instruction. (Micaela Ochoa)
* C. Williams Complaint Report (5 mins)
Complaints filed for SCCOE school sites under the Williams Settlement
are limited to insufficient textbooks or instructional materials, unsafe or
unhealthy facility conditions or teacher vacancies or mis-assignments. No
Williams complaints were received during the April through June 2013 reporting
period. (Dr. Angelica Ramsey)
D. County
Board of Education Members Report
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.
14. FUTURE
AGENDA ITEMS
Requested items by Board members
may be addressed at this time.
·
Strategic
Plan Progress, Oct 16
·
Breakdown on
Ethnicity—HR Report, Oct 16 (Member Beauchman)
·
Ewing Study
Overview, Oct 16 (Member Beauchman)
·
Facilities
Plan, Oct 16 (President Mah)
·
Discussion on
Strategic Plan with Respect to Serving Districts and Supporting Charter
Schools, Oct 19, Special Board Meeting, 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. (Member Green)
·
Charter
Schools Study Workshop, Oct 19, Special Board Meeting, 8:30 – 11:30 a.m.
·
Update on
Legislative Climate, Nov 13 (Member Green)
·
Quarterly
Update on Universal Preschool, Nov 13 (Member Green)
·
Alternative
Education Department (AED) Academic and Counseling Resources Over Weekends, Nov
13 (Member Di Salvo)
·
Project Cornerstone Presentation, Nov 13
(Member Beauchman)
·
Update on
Revolution Foods, Jan 15 (Member Di Salvo)
·
Follow-Up on
$55M Bond Funds for Special Education Sites (Member Di Salvo)
·
STRIVE and
Collective Impact (Member Di Salvo)
15. ADJOURNMENT
The next Board
of Education meeting is scheduled for October 16, 2013. For Board agendas and meeting minutes please
see our Web site at www.sccoe.org.