Board of Education Regular Meeting-----------------------------------------------Video Recording & Closed Captioning provided by Zoom - May 14, 2025

001Good evening. This is the Solano County Board of Education regular meeting. Wednesday, May 14th, 2025. It is 6.02 p.m. Welcome you. Glad you're here. Public comments, we're going to just address public comments so people know that they can make public comments. They may be submitted for any item on the agenda or items not on the agenda that are under the Solano County Board of Education's jurisdiction. Please pay attention to where the item is on the agenda. Public comments for items not specifically listed on the agenda that are under the Solana County Board of Education jurisdiction are accepted in real time before or during the comments From the community portion of the agenda? Public comments for items specifically listed on the agenda are accepted in real time before the board considers the item. There are two

002options to submit public comment for these purposes in person or remotely. Members of the public wishing to address the board in person are asked to submit a request to speak form. The secretary of the board, who is the county superintendent Request to speak forms are available at the meeting room entrance. Members of the public wishing to address items on the agenda remotely may do so using the link Hello. Speaker forms are available at the entrance. Comments submitted remotely are limited to 2,500 characters. There's a two minute time limit per individual speaker. Solano County Office of Education does not discriminate against persons with disabilities The meeting is being held in an accessible facility. Persons with disabilities who wish to attend this meeting and require assistance in order to Participate should contact the chief assistant to the

003county superintendent at least 24 hours in advance make accessibility request for American Sign Language or interpreters. Right. And the rest is readable in the yellow We'll do the Pledge of Allegiance. I like allegiance to the flag. And to the republic for which it stands. Function for God. Hey, can we have a roll call, please? Trustee Coleman? Here. Trustee Sharp? Here. Musty Cohen Thompson? Present. Here. Busty Dunn. Trustee Lavelle. Here. I'll entertain a motion for approval. Option of the agenda? Still moved. Second. Moved by Trustee Dean and seconded by Trustee Fusty cheek. Sd Cohen Thompson? Yes. Sd Dean? Yes. Trustee Dunn. Dusty Lavelle? Yes. Dusty Sharp. Trustee Coleman. Yes. Consent item. All matters listed under the consent items are considered to be routine and will be enacted by the board in one motion. There'll be no

004discussion on these items prior to the time the board votes on the motion unless members of the board or staff request specific items to be From consent items. For discussion and individual consideration for action. Are there any items that need to be removed? Being none, I'll entertain a moment. I'll second move by Cohen Thompson and seconded by Crusty cheek? Yes. Presty Cohen Thompson? Yes. Sd Dean? Yes. Rusty Dunn. Trustee Lavelle. Yes. Sd sharp? Yes. Trustee Coleman. Yes. Okay, now moving on to comments from the community. The County Board of Education is aware of the importance of providing an opportunity For community members to address the board regarding matters within the board's jurisdiction. That are not on the agenda. Those wishing to speak are asked to submit a request to speak form or submit comments electronically

005in real time. But prior to or during consideration of this item. Request to speak forms are located near the meeting room entrance. The board president will recognize those who wish to speak in the order in which the request to speak form for Submitted or an electronic comments will be read at the end of these two We have two requests to speak for them. One online. So Glenn Amboy. Correct. You got two minutes. Thank you for coming. Pardon me. Before the speaker. Speaker's time starts. Now everyone's quiet. I was going to say I was having, it was loud. So maybe we, I don't want to close the doors. A little hard to hear. If we could please ask those that are waiting outside in the foyer to Please just quiet down a little bit so that

006we can hear the speakers and the trustees. Thank you. Good evening, Solano County Board of Education members. And superintendent Strayla Henderson. My name is Glenn Amboy, Vice President of Vallejo City Unified School district? School board. Thank you for the opportunity to speak today. I'm here tonight to urge Lee. From VCUSD's commitment to strengthening our district's practices around interdistrict permits. This decision stems from years of declining enrollment a challenge that has profoundly impacted our district financially And operationally. The fiscal implications of declining enrollment cannot be overstated. Making it essential to take immediate and decisive steps to stabilize and strengthen our district. We asked the county board of education to support us in keeping our students in Vallejo. Under the dedicated leadership of Superintendent Ruben Aurelio VCUSD has established strong, stable governance. Our mission, vision, and clearly

007defined strategic plan now in its second year, reflect our unwavering dedication Continuous improvement. The strategic plan guides us as we make challenges yet necessary decisions including the difficult task of school closures and consolidation. Valleo City Unified School District is not content with the status quo. And we are a district on the move. We've been allotted by the state superintendent of instruction tony thurman more than once this year for our work. We undertake these measures with one primary goal. To enhance educational programs and offerings that generally reflect the desires and need of our Vallejo community. I think VCUSD first is more than the mantra. It represents our students within the Solano County and ensuring our immediate tax base continues to support the students who live within our boundaries. Every child that leaves are Yes. Thank you.

008Every child that leaves for our neighboring district to the north means your dollars going to support the schools within Solano County. We respectfully asked the solowno County board of education to support VCUSD in these efforts tonight. We are at a pivotal moment. Voice to exit state and county receivership Having responsibility. Responsibly managed and paid off a state loan exceeding $60 million. We are moving in the right direction. Your support is crucial and greatly appreciated. It helps ensure our students remain within the the community they call home and access the high quality education they deserve. Right here in Vallejo. Thank you again for your unwavering partnership and invaluable support. We deeply appreciate your commitment to our students and district. Thank you. Okay, and the next speaker is micah Studer? All right i'll be brief. Good evening,

009Chairperson superintendent and board members. My name is Micah Studer. I'm going to be applying for the appointment for the Solano County Schools, I simply wanted to introduce myself and say thank you for letting me come and observe your work on behalf of the community. Online? Yes, this was received online. I hope this letter finds you well. I am reaching out to share an exciting opportunity to support our local JFK library educational efforts to offer free online tutoring by sending out flyers. To all students and families during the school year. The JFK Library currently has a free online tutoring service through your free library cards. It would be great to be sure students and parents know that it's there and how to use it. Food recycle of Vallejo volunteer nonprofit organization promoting this idea by adding

010this letter to be read at the meeting. It's a great idea that can help kids in Solano County. Advertising library program. Programs could help people be able to use the programs. Everyone is trying to help students succeed academically. The program offers access to various resources for K-12, including expert tutors in multiple subjects. Study materials and interactive learning sessions tailored to meet the needs of each student. We believe that your support in advertising this initiative, we can reach more students and make a meaningful impact. If you would like to learn more about how you can get involved or if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. They have a phone number or via email and they have an email Thank you for considering this opportunity to support education in our community. Together we

011can help students achieve their full potential. Everyone is encouraged to support sending flyers to all students multiple times during the school year. At all schools so they can get homework help anytime. Please support sharing this information with all Solano County students and flyers And in whatever way possible at all schools. It was submitted by Antonia or H. Washington. Moving on correspondence. Yes, I have three items of correspondence I wanted to bring to your attention. That in your most recent California Schools publication from CSVA, On page 30, there is a great article on the critical role of county offices of education. So I would encourage you to enjoy reading it as I did. I have two other pieces of correspondence. One is from Dr. Linda Darling Hammond. President of the State Board of Education. I am

012in receipt. Dear Superintendent Estrella Henderson, I am in receipt of your letter dated April 24th, 2025. Requesting my and superintendent of Public Instruction Thurman's concurrent pursuant to Education Code Section 41320.1, subdivision A3 with your recommendation to provide notice to the legislature department of finance and controller of your intent to conclude the service of the Vallejo City Unified School District Trustee on June 30th. On behalf of the California State Board of Education. I would like to thank you and the Solano County Office of Education staff For your hard work and efforts to get VCUSD to this point. It is because of the leadership and technical expertise of you and your team that VCUSD is now on a path towards fiscal stability and renewed local governance. I agree with your statement that now that this fiscal structure

013is in place, it is important that we move to local accountability and ownership. Where decisions are made by the locally elected VCUSD governing board and community. At the same time, I think it's important that we acknowledge that VCUSD still has a lot of work ahead of them. The uncertainty at the federal level and possible impacts on funding will make this work even more difficult. I appreciate your commitment to a continued partnership with the district so that VCUSD continues to receive the support they need successfully serve their students and community. Please consider this correspondence my formal concurrence with your recommendation as set forth In your April 24th, 2025 letter. Best regards dr linda Darling Hammond, president of the California State Board of Education. And there's one more that goes with it. Yes, absolutely. And that's why

014I wanted to make sure and read it. This is from Mr. Abel Guillen on behalf of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Dear President Darling Hammond and Superintendent Estrella Henderson. Subject concurrence with Solano County Office of Education request For Vallejo City Unified School District to exit trusteeship. Pursuant to the California Ed Code Section 41320.1a3 and 4, this letter confirms that the California Department of Education State Superintendent of Public Instruction Concurs with the Solano County Superintendent of Schools recommendation made on April 24th, 2025. At the Vallejo City Unified School District VCUSD exit. Trusteeship, effective June 30th, 2025. The CDE commends Superintendent Ruben Aurelio assistant superintendent Ruben Fernandez the governing board and the Solano County Office of Education's dedication to long-term financial recovery and student-focused leadership. If you have any questions regarding this subject. And it provides

015who to contact sincerely Abel Guillen, deputy superintendent, Operations and Administrative Bridge. So that is very good news. And yes, I agree. I believe that we should applaud. That's my correspondence. Thank you. And now moving on to the superintendent's report. Yes, thank you. President Coleman and trustees We will begin with the student of the month recognition And at this time, staff will introduce SCO student of the Month, who will be recognized by the board. And the superintendent. And our first student is Edward Russell, who is going to be introduced. By Deanna Vanderhooth and Amy Semory. You do get to come up to the mic. We need to turn it on in the middle. Is it working? Oh, my God. Okay, good evening, President Coleman, Trustees, Superintendent Estrella Henderson, colleagues and guests. My name is Amy Samrick.

016I'm here tonight to welcome SCO Special Education student of the month, Edward Russell, along with his dad And his lovely girlfriend and friends who are All right. Oh, they should come in if they're in the hallway. Please come in. Yes, go get them. Oh my gosh, they're way down the hallway. Come on in. You can stand up there with us. So they are all present tonight to Onward Edward. Honor Edward. I am one of the two Dixon adult teachers, and I'm going to talk What makes Edward so special for our May 2022 of the month. I first had the pleasure of working with Eddie over three, almost four years ago when I was a paraeducator and he was in his first year of the adult program in Miss Grace Garcia. Now I'm one of the

017two adult teachers and have continued to watch Edward grow shine and succeed over the last three and a half years. There's so much I could say, but the first thing is always, since I've known Eddie, he is the most kindest soul He's so hardworking. You're such an intelligent young man. He's always the first person to give a helping hand to a peer and a staff member he has just this warm you you have this warm bright personality and a heart to match. He's very outgoing, always initiating conversations with peers and staff. You have a true genuine empathy for his community Catherine, who's also present here tonight, who has been his substitute teacher since February. Said that she has observed Eddie being a terrific student and a friend every single day. You are definitely the go-to

018student when his peers need assistance. When Eddie is around, his confidence, genuine spirit, and fun personality is just absolutely contagious. And he always has the room laughing and feeling energized with his unmatchable positive energy. And speaking with other students about Eddie, they of course only had the best things to say. One student said that Eddie is fun to hang out with because he makes me laugh. He's a good role model and a good friend. Another student said that he always wants Eddie to be his partner in class. And lastly, another student said that Eddie makes him smile and he enjoys talking to him about their similar taste in music and video games, which I'm sure you probably know who that is. But also, Eddie, you excel in academics by always taking initiative. You always are

019communicating being extremely respectful and always asking for help when needed and working hard in the classroom and also at work. Both of the Dixon adult classes, peers and staff are incredibly proud of you. I'm pleased to announce you as the Solano County Office of Education May Student of the Month. All right. Congratulations. Way to go, Edward. And now we get to take pictures. We would love to have his entire family and support system. Come on now. Come on up, Jennifer. Before Jennifer. Congratulations, Edward. Congratulations. To his family, his girlfriend, his support system. You are all part of Edward's success. Way to go, Edward. Thank you, Dad. All right. Our next student, Natalia Rosas, is going to be introduced by Dr. Carrot and Nicole Druin. Good evening, trustees. It is my sincere honor to stand here

020tonight representing the JCCS department To recognize our student of the month for May 2025, Miss Natalia Rosas. And before I get started, I want to extend a welcome to her beautiful mother who's sitting in this audience. Her Aunt Melissa, who I found out works with my husband. He absolutely adores her. Lena and Julian, thank you for here. I'm going to try to get through this tonight because this is a hard one for me, but I'm going to do it. The reason why Natalia is standing before our superintendent and our board of trustees is because this young lady epitomizes what it means to go through challenges and to not give up. She is a hard worker. She's doing so well in her classes that she's actually going to graduate from high school early. I think that

021deserves a round of applause. She is one of the strongest students I've ever met in my professional life. And I just want to say to our superintendent and the board that Natalia represents why we go into education. Why we don't give up on our young people why we use education as a vehicle of strength. This young lady is going to use her life to be a spokesperson, a representative for children who are in foster care. That is what she's going to dedicate her career to. And I want everybody to give her a round of applause for that. Just want to take a moment to say to Natalia's mother And her beautiful aunt, raising girls in this world is not easy. And I know you guys have been on this journey and it has not been

022easy with Natalia. But every single thing that you guys did every conversation. Every moment a challenge led to this moment. This little girl has touched Every staff member at Golden Hills and Waze that I don't even think I could capture. With the depth and breadth. Of how much we respect your family and this young girl i can't even find the words. I don't even know if they're coming out right now. But I want you guys to feel and understand that it is an honor. To have been a part of this young lady's education. Natalia, I want you to take a moment. I want you to look at this Board of Education. I want you to look into the faces of these trustees And the superintendent and remember this moment. That no matter how hard he

023gets. You always stand on the foundation of grace. Dignity and strength. You were born into greatness. You came into this world with greatness. And I will say this until I can't say it anymore. If the staff at Golden Hills could have been with you before when you had those moments. We would have been there on our hands, our knees, our teeth. And our eyelashes to make sure that you are a success. The day is about you. And I want you to stand in this moment, young lady, because you did it. And I'm so honored to be a part of your life. And those staff members who are listening to me online, because I know it's a few of you that weren't able to make it. I'm speaking for all of you. I cannot wait until

0242026, Natalia. When I see you get out of that car and walk across that stage to accept. Your high school diploma. And I cannot wait and neither can the staff. And everybody else is cheering you on because young lady, you were always Always filled with greatness. And don't you ever forget this moment that tonight You made history with the Solano County Office of Education because you decided to stand on excellence and your beauty on the inside and your intelligence Have led you to this moment. And I'm proud of you. On behalf of Golden Hills Community School, as part of The Solano County Office of Education Family It is my esteemed pleasure to present to this board and our superintendent our May 2025. Jccs Student of the Month, Natalia Rosas. Congratulations, Natalia. Congratulations to her family

025as well. We know that it takes a whole system of support. To support our children as they're learning And they're growing and on their way to thriving. Come on up and also be recognized. Congratulations, Natalia. Way to go. We're so happy for you. Thank you so much, Dr. Garrett, for that lovely recognition. Our next student recognition is going to be by two individuals. We'll start with Steph Morgato And she is our program manager of STEAM and robotics. And she's going to be recognizing students from the Solano County Science and Engineering Fair. We can invite the students from the science, technology. Engineering and math fair to come on in to be recognized. Come on in. You guys can just stand up here. The students can come on up to the front. Money, young people. I'll have

026the students come to the front to be recognized. There we go. All right. All right. Ms. Morgano, take it away. Thank you for being… Thank you. Sorry. Our amazing students participated in the annual Solano County Science and Engineering Fair. This year we had over 150 entries. Competing across three divisions. Elementary, middle, and high school. And across seven science and engineering divisions. If we can go on the next slide. I don't know. Thank you. Today, we're excited to celebrate again. And recognize our students that were in first place and the overall division winners. We are going to present them with certificates from the California State Senate. California state legislature And their local U.S. Congressional representative. Students, we are going to call you. So continue to stand here. And Dr. Suleman over there will present you with

027your three certificates, please remain standing so that way the entire community can celebrate you at the end. And of course, take a picture as a group. So we'll get started. First up with our elementary division, we have Frank Sanchez. Joshua Ibargon. And Baraj Singh. Please stand to the front. Come on up to the front. Come on up. There we go. Next slide. We also have Kaylin Cognot. And JV and Jones, apologies for the typo. Congratulations. And our overall… division winners. It was a four-way tie. We had a lot of celebrations in March and I'm glad we can celebrate Again, yes, our judges were incredibly impressed with the work of our young students. Next, our middle school division. We have Nawal. Hi, dear. Jalen Dream Perez. Julia Miller. Jewel Casa? Rebecca Green. Jenny Shen. The middle

028school division was the largest one this year. We had Normandy Guate. And then we have the group projects Sumerath Jillian, Anvit Plaha. Ezra Egloff. And last in the middle school division. Another project, a partner project Maya Lira and Kira Zander. Congratulations. Our overall division winners. We also had another tie, but this time it was a two-way or three-way tie with Sumeroth, Normandy, and Julia. Congratulations. Last up, we have our high school division. We have Annika Jadha. And a partner project with Ebeline Mejia. And Sherilyn Ponce. Congratulations. And the lady duo, our partner team won overall for our high school division Thank you, Evelyn and Sherilyn, for being here. Congratulations. Thank you for being here and celebrating with our students. We hope that you all return next year. Maybe we'll see some faces in 2026. So

029please stand up and we'll give you all Final round of applause. Thank you. I was so impressed with these projects. I went out to the fairgrounds and looked at the exhibitions and I frankly could not even pronounce some of the projects. But they were so impressive. And I continue to say that our future is in very good hands. These young people are the future and are certainly going to continue to make our world a better place in which to live. So congratulations to each and every one of you. Go ahead and turn around. And see your family who's here to give you an applause. Maybe Ms. Leonard, we can organize the young people to take a group photo. Hold up your awards. There you go. Thank you also to the families. We recognize that our

030young people don't succeed without you. Supporting them every step of the way, sometimes pushing them along the way and that's okay too. Well done. Our next recognition will be provided by Kelly Birch, Director of Career and College Readiness and Youth Development, and she's going to recognize students from the spelling bee and the academic decathlon. Congratulations to all of our steam fair winners. If we could have our students from the academic decathlon go ahead and come on in. And our spelling bee, I think I already see our Young people. Smart. I think there's enough room for our students to have a seat. I think it's a great sign that there's so There's room on both sides of the room. There's chairs on both sides of the room. Absolutely. There's more than that. As you walk into

031your right, there's more spaces. All right. Okay. Miss Birch, take it away. Thank you. Good evening, President Coleman trustees cabinet guests and friends. We are excited tonight to recognize two of our big events this year. So we're going to recognize some academic competitors tonight okay Our first one comes from our Solano County spelling bee. And we were very excited this year to be able to expand the spelling bee. And so it wasn't just elementary school. We added a middle school component to that as well. So we have our winners tonight, first and second from both. So when I call your name, if you'll come up. And Miss Becca here has your certificates. From SCO as well as our elected officials. So in our elementary school, our first place was Sadie Hennis. From Virtual Academy. Second

032place was Kayla Wu from Green Valley Middle School. And then for our middle school competition, first place was Alyssa Wong from St. Dominic Catholic School. And in second place was Gwen Sabio from Virtual Academy. I'm very proud and pleased to present to you our four winners from this year's event. Standing. This was another event that was so fun to watch in action. And to see the young people's faces of concentration and faces of glee And they were just so much fun to watch in action. And these young people, again, are excellent examples. Of what it takes. To continue to learn, grow, and thrive and achieve at every level. So congratulations to these young people. Well, they're… While they're gathering, I just want to think, I think we should take a moment to really Acknowledge what

033you have in your hands which are resolutions from your elected officials. It's not a small thing. You've done something really remarkable that they felt it was appropriate to hand those over. It looks like you've got something from the Senate. And possibly assembly possibly one or both of our conversations. That's very that's that means a lot. They don't pass those out to everyone. You've done something remarkable. I just wanted to say that myself. You've done something remarkable. Thank you, Trustee Dean. Thank you, Trustee Dean. Congratulations. So your family can see you. Turn around. Smile to the paparazzi out there. Spell that, paparazzi. Awesome. I have to say I'm looking at the word list as they're doing them and there were some words I said, I didn't even know that was a word. They're very impressive. Yay.

034Way to go. Thank you very much, ladies. Okay. This one will be a big feat. We have a large group. We are really excited today. To recognize our Bay Region Academic Decathlon winners for Solano County, first place. They were regional fourth place. And in their state division, they took first place. So we're very excited to present to you tonight Mr. David Kenyon, their wonderful advisor. Come on up. Rowan Kamas, Captain. And Braden Lamb. Hannah Libert. Bjora Guevara. Kendall Reddick. Beer a lot. Alyssa Patterson. And Timothy TJ Nabreda. You also are receiving certificates from Solano County Office of Education along with our elected officials. That you will soon be voting for or against whichever you so choose. Because they're reaching that age. But it is a great honor to receive those as well. And this recognition.

035It is amazing to me to watch the things that these young people have taken all of this time all year long to learn. And to study and to practice with each other the hours that they put in along with Mr. Kenyon. To make sure that they're prepared to answer the questions that are presented to them And the speech And there are interviews, there's so many things that these students have to do at that academic decathlon. Besides just know things, they have to be able to present themselves in very specific ways. And I've always been so impressed with the fact that the experience that they gain from this event is going to play a huge role in the success they're going to have as adults because they are so well prepared to speak To smile, to

036shake your hand and to answer. And very amazingly eloquent. Responses. So congratulations on your wins Plural. Thank you so much for participating. Thank you so much. Just a few things. Just a few. First of all, this is our 24th straight year here So members. Put that in there. And fifth state championship. Members of the board. And I do have to say there's truly to our outgoing superintendent. Who has been a true supporter of this program And she will truly be missed. Heartfelt. Really missing her. She has… many ways been an inspiring part of the program. Which I am most happy to say that Rebecca Floyd will continue on. And it is in really good hands in her leading this program. Very happy. And of course, for my decathletes. They're outstanding. Some of them are going

037far away off to college. Any of them are leaving and some unfortunately or going overseas so we're going to lose one because of the military but the military She will be greatly missed. All of the seniors of which are are majority of them will be greatly missed. But I know Rohan had a few words to say, but again. Superintendent pastrella Henderson. Heartfelt goodbye best wishes Lots of… Good luck and love in your future. Thank you. Thank you very much. Hi, everyone. So as Mish Kennedy said, my name is Roland Comet, and I'm a senior on this team and i'm very sad to say that I won't be returning next year. I just wanted to use this time to reflect on the amazing year that I've had with all of these people. I know that we've

038had our ups and downs. We had our challenges throughout the season, but Under our amazing coaching, under our amazing teamwork. I feel like we were able to just get past that. Get those speeches down, learn those facts. And then we were able to go to state and just get it done. I'm just really proud of everybody, all the work we've put in. And I really can't wait to see where everyone returning here next year is going to take us. Congratulations to these young people. This is another event. That is so much fun. To be involved in and to watch. And announcing the names is like the highlight of my evening These are truly incredible examples. Of what can be accomplished when you work together as a team And you have great coaching and support from

039your families and parents. And it truly does exemplify what Solano County stands for. And we're incredibly proud of you. Congratulations on your accomplishments. You might have to squeeze in, young people. Act like you like each other. Thank you, Kelly. Thank you, Becca. And thank you, Coach Kenyon. Thank you. The next item is our student services update. And I believe… Dr. Parr and Camden are… Coming in. So as you recall, I have notified the board that on April 29th The U.S. Department of Education issued a formal notice of non-continuation For our federal grant award. Stating it would not be renewed beyond the current budget period. The department cited a shift in federal policy priorities, asserting that the funded program aligns with previous administration's initiatives and is now viewed as inconsistent with the best interests of the

040federal government. Concerns raised include perceived misalignment with federal civil rights law. Equity priorities and use of funds. This grant has been instrumental in expanding our mental health intern program. An initiative that strengthens strengthens the local pipeline of school-based mental health professionals and ensure students across Solano County have greater access to timely, culturally responsive mental health support. In response, as I have mentioned to you previously, I am working actively with our congressional delegation to appeal the decision. And to advocate for the continuation of this vital work. Additionally, we are also collaborating with AXA and the California County Soups Association to develop coordinated approaches, strategies, and messaging. I've also reached out to legal counsel megan macy from Lozano Smith. And her team are reviewing the matter to assess the federal agency's authority and explore potential legal recourse.

041We are following the closeout procedures outlined by the department but remain focused on protecting student access to mental health services and preserving the progress that we've made thus far. In the meantime, Dr. Parr and Camden Webb are here to specifically provide an update on this grant. Including services provided and the potential impact of non-continuation of services. So at this time, Dr. Barr and Canada. Good evening. President Coleman, trustees. Colleagues and guests, I'm here this evening to talk about our Wonderful and phenomenal. And impactful mental health services that here at the Solano County Office of Education. Camden Webb is here with me. Director of Clinical Services. I serve as the Senior Director of Student Services and Educational In terms of funding, I'm going to turn this over to Cam going to talk about some of our

042current grants. Good evening. Yes, we just wanted to broadly, before getting into the mental health demonstration grant that's being discontinued. Just kind of lay the groundwork of where our department is currently at in regards to funding Some other funding streams and services that we provide. So you'll see the Behavioral Health Services Act routed through the state to county for a contract where we provide social emotional learning experiences for you throughout all of Solano County. So we were partnered with all districts. We do whole classroom social emotional learning as well as small groups. Social emotional learning that also covers our suicide prevention and stigma reduction workshops and trainings that we do. Community. Then there's the Behavioral Health Student Services Act Sustainability Grant. So this is a relatively new three-year grant that we have. It was really

043the state outreach to us and the county outreach to us asking us to apply. This is pulling together workshops or work groups from across COEs across the state of California. To look at sustainability options and recognizing that a lot of the funding, particularly post covid is going away. And so COEs are really struggling with how are we going to maintain mental health services So this is essentially going to be a think tank and Vera Lau, one of our clinical coordinators Is the position that was selected for that to sit on these work groups. And help us come up with what is going to be the braiding and blending sustainability strategies So that we can continue over the long term. Mental health services for our students. Our local control accountability plan, clinical services So we have

044a clinician that is actually based at our Golden Hills Community School. Providing trauma-informed and attachment informed services to our students there. We also have a contract with probation, so we have two clinicians that are actually housed, co-located in the probation department in the juvenile detention facility. Also very heavy trauma-informed, attachment informed focus. Within that facility. Services and they're expanding to actually offer group services beginning this summer. Our school-based mobile crisis program, which is funded by Solano County Office of Education. We are in our fifth year of this particular program. I do want to just give a little background information. Back in 2019, My team wrote with In partnership with Solano County Behavioral Health. A grant to start the mobile crisis response program. What we realized is that we were relying too heavily on our law

045enforcement to be responding to young people in schools that were suicidal or homicidal. We wanted to change that because our outcomes were not where they should be. At that time, we didn't have a structure in place to track the number of students, but we had some data. And based on the information we had, we wrote that grant back in 2019. Based on believing that we would have 45 to 60 calls per year. And that first year coming back from COVID, we had 252 calls. Camden is going to get a little bit more into the data. So we have been consistent with a huge uptick over the last school year. There is definitely need for us to continue to do the work around prevention. Identification and early intervention. And that's something that we continue to work

046on. The capacity and infrastructure grant is the next grant that's listed here. Funded by the Department of Healthcare Services. And that particular grant. Started as a result of the $5 billion of school-based mental health infrastructure funding that was allocated. And there have been a variety of different grants. This particular funding stream requires that county offices of education be placed in the position to support our school districts, our LEAs. And how to build private insurance. That's something that we have never done before. We are completely re Just, I mean, completely changing the way that we provide school-based services. Many LEAs have already been providing these services for years, but there was not a mechanism in place for billing. So now, not only can we bill for students who receive Medi-Cal services. But we can also bill

047private insurance of Kaiser. Promise and Blue Shield and all of the other end insurance companies that our families have. And that is going to require community involvement because now we're going to be asking parents for information about insurance that we probably haven't been asking for before. We're going to have to track. That information in some sort of a data system. We're going to have to train our school-based clinicians on all of the… technical steps that they need to be able to bill. You have to have all of your documentation in place. You have to show that you've done the appropriate assessments and that you're providing Appropriate evidence based intervention for that young person. You also have to work. With a clerical type person whether it be a manager or a billing specialist, but someone has

048to be communicating with the insurance companies through our third party administrator that was administrator assigned by the state. So it is Huge. And a lot of work. And we're planting seeds right now that we probably won't see come to full bloom. For a couple of years right now, but we're working diligently with each one of our districts. And our LEAs. Having collaborative meetings where we are walking them through this process. We decided that we wanted to be a part of cohort one with this particular funding. Because it was in development. There were a lot of questions and we were tapped to be a part of that process. And we were supposed to have started the billing process last school year in March. And we actually were just able to bill and receive funding We were

049one in seven in the state. Actually one in four in the state initially. To successfully submit a bill. So these are services that we are providing to our young people at Golden Hills Community School. And we're serving as a model to help support our districts as they endeavor to do this difficult work as well. So exciting times to be able to have a rev revenue stream. And so that we're not solely relying on grants. The next funding here. On this one. So we wouldn't. This isn't a grant. This is just billing now. We're invoicing different insurance companies for the services we're providing so we don't have to go out and get grants to be able to Provide those services. Is that correct? So each county received basically seed money and allocation. Based on their size.

050And so we received funding to support that work that we have the next three years to utilize to be able to do the work internally as part of cohort one on behalf of Golden Hills. But then also act as the lead for our county. So there is funding that's allocated as seed money. As an allocation for Solano County. Are we getting paid? I mean, I can send a bill to a lot of people. It doesn't mean they're going to write me a check. They sent the check. I have a picture of the check. We put the picture of the check In our… PowerPoint for our districts that we met with. So last week, last week. You were in a little disbelief. I didn't hear that. You were in a little disbelief too then? Well, you

051know, it was a lot of start and stops. And the other thing is you have to have alignment with all of your systems So we relied heavily Joe Bassinet and his team for the IT part. When you're talking about sending health information electronically, you need to make sure that you have all of your systems in alignment. And there were some things that we had never done before because we've never been asked to do this. And so there were some systems that we had to develop. We also have to work with our HR team around what that looks like in terms of additional staffing or changes to current job descriptions. So we're working with our districts And our message was lessons learned. We've learned some lessons. It's been a year and a half now. Since we've

052been working on this. This endeavor and it's a lot of work. I will add it's a lot of work and it's very complex. And it's been starts and stops from the state. And yes, we were very surprised to be receiving But it wasn't a lot of money. It's, I think, was it 20? It was $24 for one group for one student. So what that speaks to is the complexity of the billing process. It's very exciting and we look forward to moving forward in another direction and continued direction. I think part of the challenge also for us as a system for us to be aware of is Medicaid and Medicare and the federal impact Because the state is relying on federal dollars. To backfill some of the things that they are already required to provide. And

053so that actually leaves resources in order. This is the cybhi work, but we also need to Proceed cautiously because we also don't know what the federal impact of Medicare and Medicaid cuts will be on the state. Which then will cause a trickle down effect. That we need to be well aware of. So the floodgates have not opened. I just want to be very cautious of that. The team has done a tremendous job of lifting up this work. And I think we also need to continue to move forward cautiously about whether or not these resources will continue to come down the pike. So we were thrilled to receive the resources. And we also need to be aware of the risks that the federal resources that will not continue to come down to the state, how that

054may in fact impact this critical work. I'm definitely feeling a sense of urgency in that We do need to… fully understand the process. How to maximize our resources. So some of the work that we're doing is working with our clinical team. Clinicians who have been at school sites. Providing services but didn't have the requirement to do all of the data collection. And the note taking for audit purposes and review. And so retraining some of our clinical staff on how do you balance your time to maximize your time with clients because that's what you can bill for. You're not able to bill for a lot of the other items. And we're building private insurance. So these are individuals who These are our students. Families have private insurance. And as many of you know, it's still difficult

055to receive services Even if you have the best insurance plan. Because there's a shortage of clinicians. Moving on to our other funding, which is the certified wellness coach. And that is funded by the Department of Health Care Access and Information. So what we're doing, what we know from our young people is that they're not necessarily interested or requesting a clinician, what they want and what they need is a caring adult. And they tell us that time and time again. So what we have to do is make sure that we are training our staff at all levels how to be that caring adult. We need to train them in a mental health 101 training So that they understand what normal adolescent development and behavior is versus behavior that is concerning. They need to understand how the

056systems work. Whatever that ecosystem looks like at that school So that young people can get access quickly to services and then we have to as part of that infrastructure and fee schedule billing. The opportunity to recoup some, not all some of the costs of that particular services. So this particular grant allows for lay people. Perhaps you have an associate's degree in something and you are trained and we train you up and many, many different types of suicide prevention and mental health 101 trainings at no cost. We are working in partnership with one of our professors at Solano Community College to help us identify individuals that are in Health and Human Services program there. Making sure that the community is aware there is this certification that they can receive. So you don't have to be a

057clinician to be able to build. Which is the good thing. These individuals, as long as they have been trained. They are supervised. We can actually bill for their services. And as I said, the young person doesn't necessarily want the therapist, they want the caring adult. Those caring adults can now bill for those Well, I shouldn't say now. It's in the works. We're waiting for final approval. But they did send us some information to show exactly how much funding we would be able to draw down for services rendered by a wellness coach. This is similar to this is similar to A village high used to be. Health students. Village High was… I was a mental health high school Leo that was run by Department of Mental Health health and social services here in Solano County. That's

058how they were able to keep their school open and funded because Did the Medi-Cal billing and the private billing Private insurance like that and it worked for for a long time that way. It's braiding and blending of funding. The other grant recast is a federal grant. It's another one that we're looking closely at. Because it was written based on the criteria at the time which was identifying communities where there has that have experienced stressful situations, trauma And… We were one in 10 in the nation. To receive that funding based on our local data. And I believe I had presented to you maybe a couple years ago about this grant that at that time. Solano County had the largest or highest percentage of deaths. By gun than any other Bay Area county. So we were not

059trending in the right direction. And so this particular grant focuses on violence prevention. We're doing a lot of work around restorative practices, restorative justice. We actually just started a cohort of train the trainers today training about 20 individuals in the community. The different LEAs to provide restorative practices services in schools. And so we're really pleased with that. We also, through this particular grant. Are able to fund postvention. So for many years, we've kind of piecemealed a response team when there has been a loss at a school whether it's a student that has died by suicide or a staff member that we lost or some other A tragic incident that has occurred. Rather than relying on the local education agency to provide their own clinicians who many of them were also traumatized because they're happening in

060their community and at their schools. It's our clinical team that comes in And as the postvention service is working with that clinical team wrapping around the school working with the families and working with the students to get through that grief period. The recast grant, since that's federally funded, was that grant cut? Well, what the pattern is, we receive notifications so for the MH demo grant, we received notification that we were to strip out any language related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. That was the first request. And then shortly thereafter, about a month after we received notification of cancellation. We have recently received similar notification around how we are filing our our reports and the language that we're using in those reports as well. And so we are looking closely day by day to see whether

061or not we receive a cancellation letter. But I'm very concerned. Particular funding may also be cut. Because it is a federal grant and the way that it was written and the community that it was. Designed to support may or may not be in alignment with the current administration's Focus. I just want to make sure I'm keeping track. So the first one where we were notified that it's being canceled. It still had two years. The first one we were talking about. It still had two years left on the grant cycle to of about $2.7 million? Yes. And the one we're just talking about now, the recast grants. We have not received notification of cancellation. But I thought I heard two. Were there two that we've received? We receive notification on recast around language around language which

062was… you know one of the things that we're looking at closely. So they're looking at our reports and looking at alignment And so we're concerned. And are there others? I hate to jump. The line here, but are there others that are in that i'm going to call it a Q. We get a notice that says, uh-oh. Then we get another notice that says you must do something. And then we do the something and then we get canceled. What else is in in that These are the only two federal grants. Is that right? Yes. Very good. Unless there's a change to Title I because some of our services are also funded. And my staff are funded under Title I funding. Well, I appreciate the information. This is what I was asking about initially. Yeah, absolutely. What

063was that risk? So I appreciate that. But in terms of the recast grant. You know, I'm not even going to put it out there. Never mind. I was going to ask a number question. I'm not Okay, you want to go ahead and continue? Okay, and then the last grant is Department of Education Mental Health Demonstration grant Oh, I'm sorry, that was the last one that we were just talking about. And that particular grant, we were actually able to hire two clinical supervisors. Whose sole job it is to bring in clinicians who are interns. Who live here or in the adjacent area. And… place them in our schools providing services because the trend is If you are living in Fairfield or in Solano County and you attend school in San Jose. For Sacramento. Those programs place

064you in schools in their cities. And if you've had your one or two years of internship, you're building relationships, you have connections and more likely than not, you're going to start working there. So we wanted to make sure that we were capturing individuals in our community that live here, that have families here, that have connections here. Provide them internships locally. And then we have Oh, in terms. About 12 interns that are going to be graduating. We have a ceremony for them. Next week. Very excited about that. We invite the school districts out. To meet them. We invite our community-based organizations, including Solano County Behavioral Health. Come out to meet these wonderful individuals. And to discuss openings that they have. So we're working basically to create a grow your own program Here in Solano County. And

065so that's the thing that is so concerning about if this cancellation goes through. We would lose those two clinical supervisors in our clinical intern program. And so that would be a heavy loss for us. We also, under that grant, have an individual that coordinates all of our training so those trainings that I was talking about to train the adults. That particular position would close. And then also there's a position of a student support specialist who provides services to students and what really works closely with them on making sure that young students in high school know about careers in mental health and all of the different varieties. So those are the positions and the services that are funded under that particular grant. Can I ask you how many interns do we have right now? 17. So

066with 17 people. Community would no longer be getting that stipend as an intern. We wouldn't be finished with their program either. Yes, they usually typically finish in May and sometimes in early June. Next slide. We just wanted to do some broad stroke program updates. So the certified wellness coach grant you can see the schools that we partner with. We've supported them in the hiring of wellness coaches, the certification, and then ongoing training and And then we're doing some additional work with Vallejo City and Benicia Unified. On developing, taking some positions that they already have But working to get them certified so they have them. Sustainability track for those individuals providing mental health services. Under our capacity and infrastructure grant that Nikki was talking about. So 13 out of 14 LEAs are participating in the cohort

067four of the fee schedule. Have them ready by 2026 to begin billing. With an employee that's not yet involved on getting them signed up for a cohort as well. I mentioned the 17 interns that we have placed at schools in Solano County. That's just for this year. Placed more and had impact on thousands of students through the intern program. And then our recast grant this year we've 37 mental health stigma reduction trainings four of those postvention responses. Within the school community and we step into and support them through the grieving and healing process. Next slide. And then we just wanted to take a moment. I mean, I think we're really interesting perspective having a student mobile crisis unit. So essentially anytime there's a suicidal or homicidal student Here in Solano County, we get a call

068to our intake line Assess whether we're going to respond. Have staff available. We're responding and doing that assessment So we have a unique way of looking at just how big the issue of our most high needs young people are looking at suicidality and homicidality. So that first year, Nikki spoke about how we had anticipated between 45 and 60 responses, we ended up doing 252 that first year that we opened post pandemic. So we anticipated that the trend would be as we got beyond the pandemic that young people would start to socialize, get better. But as of today, we are trending. We are three away from that number of 252. We anticipate that by the end of this school year in June, we are going to our highest year in regards to serving young people who

069are suicidal. And or homicidal. In addition to that number. We frequently have to go on what we call diversion So that if a call comes in and our clinicians are already out in the field, we essentially have to say, sorry, we can't respond. Please contact your SRO or call 911 and if community-based mobile crisis is available they're responding. This just really speaks to the acuity and the need. Our clinicians this year are saying. What they're responding to is really high level suicidality. A couple of weeks ago, we actually had a clinician who had to One person grabbed a lamp and wrapped the cord around their neck during the assessment. Move the lamp cord from the young person. So just the level of mental health. Impact that we're seeing with our young people is not trending

070that it's getting better post pandemic. But continuing to be. Grave concern. Mental health demo grant being taken away and those hundreds of students that were able to get Really concerning given the state of mental health. Slide. I wanted to take a moment so that you can see the names of the managers who oversee these programs that we were talking about and their impact is great. They hold up. Teams of individuals. So the individual clinician that Camden was talking about You know, I was there and their supervisor when they came back from that call. Our clinicians are seeing some really horrible things in the schools. Students cutting themselves. Schools that are traumatized because of the incident that occurred on that campus. So one of the unique things that we're able to do is go in and

071work with the school community. And on the healing process. But… things that I'm trying to get across to you, the gravity of the the impact and the need. And it's difficult when you're not there living it every day. But these individuals are living it every day. Bonding and showing up and They are professionals. They care about this community. The majority of them live in this community and have children in this community. And I'm just very proud of them and the work that they do every day. Keep our community safe and healthy. To do the prevention work, but then also to do the really difficult work of postvention. And suicide response. Any other questions? So I'm hearing clinicians, where are we meeting these students? Are we building clinics somewhere? Are we utilizing the wellness center? It

072depends on each school site. So we work with the administrator and we work with the mental health lead at that school to identify places that are And it varies. Some schools may opt to use the wellness center depending on how their wellness center is structured, if there's a private office there. But each school is a little bit different, which is why it's important for us as SCO We have those relationships where we are in and out of the schools and we can help guide those schools on the best places to provide those assessments. The other piece is if a student, what we didn't share with you is about 75% of the students were able that we respond to through mobile crisis. We're actually able to safety plan. So we are diverting those young people who

073would have probably then taken to an emergency room or a crisis stabilization unit We're able to work with the family, keep that child safe, work with the school community Provide the resources and the support that that young person needs to continue to stay in school while they're addressing their mental health needs. But we work with those schools to identify For those 25% of students who need to be hospitalized. Where on campus the ambulance should come. At what time should they get there to transport the student? To help reduce the number of individuals who may see this and students and to maintain that student's privacy. My other question would be in the past. Work it sounds seems like you're describing as stuff that behavioral health county behavioral health might have dealt with. And in my experience.

074Government gets something that they're excited about. They throw all kinds of money at it. They lose interest. It's not as exciting. They pull the funding and whoever gets someone gets left with a bag. How are we making sure that behavioral health isn't pushing off their responsibilities to the schools that already have the charter to they're supposed to be educating and now we're becoming healers too where's the how are we negotiating that line where we stay in our lane and yet still serve our students. No, that's a difficult and a great question. The challenge that we have, and actually we didn't bring that up but is that our grant, our original grant for mobile crisis actually sunsets Next month. And so we had to work with behavioral health To come up with a plan. On how

075we were going to sustain that. So we received funding for one additional year. And in that one year, we'll need to continue to have conversations with community Because the fact that we have this service We are reducing the number of youth that are in hospitals. So hospitals should have an obligation to also support in some way. If we did not have this program. Our school resource officers and police officers would be responding to many, many more calls. And so that would be concerning because that would mean more officers would be required to step in into that role. Who are not trained in mental health. Those officers are not trained in mental health. I don't care if they go through. I was an officer. So, you know, we do our standard eight hours a year or

076whatever. We're not trained in mental health. And so, and for some communities and for some students having a police officer there involved doesn't necessarily help to deescalate depending on the circumstances. So it's always best to have a trained, not just a clinician. Our clinicians are trained. They go through additional certification because they are authorized to place a student on a hold. That is a whole different level of responsibility and training and tracking and data that they have to adhere to. In order to maintain that authorization. What does that do to our insurance costs? Because anytime I hear a hold, I hear lawyers just There's muttering. I'm going to let Camden get into that because he speaks with our attorneys regularly. And knows about the insurance piece. I think that part goes to the extensive training

077that we provide to our clinicians. Annually and ongoing so that they're making sound clinical decisions. We rarely had a parent come back about a whole Two times where we've had a family outreach and we've had of legal counsel just to support us. And they ultimately upheld our decision based on documentation, the supervision. We have at least one supervisor always available for the clinical staff. They're constantly receiving feedback. On the decisions that they're making. And by hold, you mean a 5150 hold for 72 hours. I have a couple of things. Trustee Dean. First, following up on Trustee Sharp's comments. I think also the way I see it is there's a thread certainly the trend is for us to be responsible for the whole child. Day and night but um As opposed to when I was in

078elementary school elementary school I only needed my pencils. There's three here now. And, you know, line paper and that was all we got. But I think also there's this trend of if we're able to really impact 75% walk away with a plan They're probably staying in school and probably being educated. So that sounds to me like a a win-win. I also want to comment, is there time for comments? I want to comment on the notion of what we're doing to Communicate with our congressional representatives and everybody else. I appreciate that all of you are very skilled at that. And… I very much appreciate getting the detail here. So we, the seven of us. Who honestly are also quite skilled at that. Understand exactly where we're at because we see these folks. I see them all

079the time. So I think it would be, first of all, please use us. You know, let us make a call. Let us go visit the congressional staffers or whoever it is. Happy to jump in on that. But also, please do keep us informed in detail. As things are happening. Absolutely. And that's why I sent that notification as soon as we received it immediately to to make sure that you are well aware and will continue to do so. But for myself, I'd be happy to jump in on a I think, isn't it the mental health demo grant that we are We are in the process of putting together all of the documentation. Mindy's office could get a phone call from us saying we think you to grant this appeal. I mean, yeah, absolutely. That can be

080ours. Work and contacting I'd be happy to work with each of you to support that endeavor. Thank you. Right now, it's the And we're seeing them routinely. Yep. Absolutely. All of the Bay Area congressional representatives. So this would be the time for us to… Thank you very much, Dr. Parr and Camden. Very important work. I think it also speaks to the critical importance of building our local school district's capacity also to do this work. Because it can't all be on all the shoulders of the County Office of Education. We are one agency. But as Nikki said, this also is a community effort. And our school districts also need to be able to lift this work up. To build their capacity as well. As challenges with funding continue to come down the pipe. We need to

081be able to support them in supporting their students locally. I think that's critically important as well. May is Mental Health Month. Thank you very much, Dr. Parr. Thank you, Dr. Parr. Thank you, Camden. The next item is our charter school update and Ms. Jess Baines Wright will be providing that update. Good evening, trustees and superintendent Estrella Henderson Tonight I will be sharing updates from Elite and we're going to start the updates from Dr. Bishop, Elite's first ever boys volleyball team has completed their first season. While they did not move into the playoffs, they did have a strong showing. And Summer of the Stars, their summer program this year is called Summer of the Stars. They will start with guest speaker Jay King, a former Vallejo kid and now a Grammy-nominated recording artist. And president of

082the California Black Chamber of Commerce. He will teach the students about personal and business planning. They will also feature community leaders like the Vallejo police chief. City council members, musicians, community leaders. And each week has a theme, including justice. Technology, AI science health and et cetera. They will be adding things as they go along. It will be an exciting summer for their students. Their cast testing has begun and their scholars are more focused than ever. They look forward to powerful results this year and beyond. And for their promotion graduation season is here. Important dates. Are as follows. Thursday, May 15th. Is their senior brunch. Superintendent and boards should have received an invitation. Wednesday, May 28th at 10.30 a.m, they will have their TKK promotion. And at 1 p.m, fifth grade promotion in the elite gym.

083And Thursday, May 29th at 11 a.m, they will have their eighth grade promotion. And at 6 p.m, their seniors will be graduating at Morton Field. And there will be an outdoor celebration following from 7 to 10 Yeah. They're TK through 12 athletics program this summer. They will debut their elementary athletics program in partnership with local athletic organizations. They just finished their first year of competitive middle school athletics. And they look forward to creating a strong TK through 12 academic and athletic pathway for graduation for their scholar athletes. That's the updates from Elite. Now I will move on to our reporting schedule matrix. So these are the items that we received after April 18th. The May master schedule. The May substitute log the May Certificated Staffing List. The second principle apportionment, which is the p2 monthly

084cash flow for February. The oversight fee for April and May. And then the monthly bank statement for March. And April. And there are no past items due at this time. Moving on to the narrative, our next monthly meeting with Elite will be on June 4th. And updates on the snapshot. As of May 13th, Elite reported that it is still working with the California Department of Education. To resolve the 2023-24 audit findings. Are there any questions? Thank you. Looking at the snapshot narrative or the little Attachment. The last paragraph, the CDE sent a letter to a lead on April 15th, outlining the findings that need additional corrective action and documentation. Can you tell us what those were? Yes, they had a few audit findings. They had submitted some corrections for those audit findings. Cde has responded

085that they want more data We reached out to Dr. Bishop asking about those. She indicated that there's conversation going on between Elite's attorney and CDE at this moment. She had an update, she would let us know. Okay, may I follow up? So is that an indication that elite is disputing Those items? The types of findings that they have could be apportionment findings where they would reduce future apportionment. So yes, I think they are. Okay, thank you. Any update on the lawsuit? Megan, we didn't. You ask those questions, Jess? Yes. They didn't have an update for you? Well, there's Thank you very much, Ms. Bainswright. Gusto? Next item is the local control and accountability plan update and Dr. Garrett will take that item. A little comfortable this evening. Good evening, trustees. Tonight, I have the privilege

086of giving an update about our local control and accountability plan. Next slide. So first of all, I just want to take a moment to thank all of the students. At Evergreen Academy. And Golden Hills Community School, the staff members, parents. Community members, as you can see, we had a very robust educational partner meeting calendar And we're so proud that our plan truly reflects It reflects the voices of our community. And I just get joy Every time I look at this slide because it gives you a picture, a gallery walk Of the many voices that contribute to our plan. Next slide. So I wanted to provide the board this evening with a timeline. So I promise I'll go quickly. If you'll notice back in March, we provided an update to you about where we were with

087regards to the status of our LCAP. And then in May, you should have received, and I know you did, a draft copy of our LCAP plan. And I do want to say to the board and our community that's listening that in order to promote transparency as we go through this process of putting our LCAP together. We do submit to the board a draft so that you can see that this living and breathing document is in process. And then, of course, in June. We have two big dates. We have our public hearing. On June 11th. So community members can um share their thoughts about the plan. Again, thank you for all of the rich feedback that you provided. And then we will come before our esteemed trustees to ask for approval on June 25th, 2020. Next

088slide. Thank you. It always creeps up on you, doesn't it, Dr. Garrett? Any questions? Just a shout out. Dr. Garrett, you're awesome. That hug. That whole spectacle. That's why we're here. God bless you. Thank you. Thank you so much, Dr. The next item is an extended budget presentation. By Michelle. Henson or deputy superintendent of Administrative Services and Operations? And again, this is an extended presentation to into the budget documents that you're going to be receiving by the end. Burns tendon has said extended twice. So here's your chance if you want to make a run for it Good evening, everyone. I'd like to begin by thanking all of you again for this continued opportunity to take a deeper dive into budget development. How it's structured, how it's refined routinely, and to provide an update about the

089current state of the economy. Next slide, please. Starting with the economy, we're not hearing much actually. Leas were pleased, though, to hear that the April tax revenues for California met their projections. Hopefully that will translate into a possible increase in the Prop 98 guarantee. So we'll just wait and see. We'll find out more details about what we're going to be seeing in terms of budget dollars at the upcoming May revise workshop. And also along with more details outlining the federal funding. For now, we are relying on the reports that no specific federal proposals or legislative actions are aimed at reducing or eliminating major federal programs. However, Megan Macy in her presentation later I give you more than I can provide you at this time. Meanwhile, let's focus on what we do know in the mid-stages

090of budget development. Here is the dartboard document that you are all familiar with. This is published by School Services of California and is based on the governor's 2526 budget proposal. School services has provided the COLA and CPI figures based on the latest economic forecasts. They have also provided the local control funding formula forecast for use and planning. School services relies heavily on state agencies and outside sources and developing the factors for LEA use. This version of the dartboard is what SCO has used for building its budget assumptions. And an updated version will be published with the may revise But the timing is such that we may not be able to capture anything unless it's significant. Change at the last minute. In our proposed budget so it will be updated with the next major revision. Next

091slide. Here are the 2526 budget assumptions for the proposed budget. The governor's proposed budget was used as the source for estimating revenues for LCFF and specific restricted programs. It includes a COLA of 2.43%. Property taxes are calculated based on the 2425 P1 less the redevelopment. Staffing estimates include step and column increases for certificated and classified salaries. And all benefits are calculated based upon the percentages in the table provided in this slide. They could change and those will be adjusted as we can capture them. As appropriate as the next revision comes through. Next slide. Health benefits are based on the current monthly cap supplies, services, and capital outlay expenditures are based on program priorities. When budgeting these priorities, a consumer price index has been factored in. And those factors are listed here. Or the out years.

092So they've been factored in in the actual line item in the proposed budget as it comes to you. But we've also included the figures so you can see what they look like in the out years if you're looking at them in the multi-year projection. Next slide, please. Goes indirect cost rate, which is approved by CDE, is calculated at 9.7%. However, special education, transportation, and the SOPA are capped at a rate of 5%. As per our approved council superintendent's rate. The Education Protection account funds are included and are also used to support the instructional programs for alternative education. And the components of the special education program approved by the Council of Superintendents Just last week will be included in the upcoming budget proposal. Next slide. Cisco's budget isn't only developed by planning factors and outside guidance.

093It is largely driven by SCO's own priorities. For job readiness and skill development. We commit to all students to having an academically rigorous and relevant college and career preparations. Scoe provides teaching and learning opportunities that build critical thinking communication collaboration and creativity. Equity access and enrichment ensures that high quality instruction is provided to all students and that students can and will learn regardless of ethnicity, language, economic background, gender or ability. Provides technical support. Resources and expertise to help schools and districts measure, monitor, and direct student learning. Student staff support and wellness. Scope provides leadership and support to districts and schools to implement a multi-tiered system of supports focusing on social emotional learning, positive behavior interventions. And supports for PBIS. And academic support to ensure that all students have the opportunity to learn and succeed. And

094through advocacy and leadership, SCO provides service and support to assist districts in meeting legal mandates operate cost effectively, and raise student achievement. Lastly, fiscal accountability. Sco maintains an organization that is fiscally solvent. And ensures that fiscal health of school districts under the jurisdiction and leadership of the Solano County Superintendent of Schools. Next slide. As we prepare for the upcoming budget, I thought it might be helpful have a refresher on some of the small items of how the budget is structured. We are restricted to a state developed standardized account code structure. Known as SACS. You've heard this figure before. All LEAs are required to use this structure This allows all LEA budgets to be submitted to one state system. And is reviewed by CDE. And report it out to the legislature. It also ensures consistency in

095reporting financial data. You will see that the budget is organized by these account strings. Made up of components that helps us to organize mass amounts of data. The first component is the fund. Typically, we are focusing on the county school service fund or fund 01 or sometimes referred to as the general fund. Next is the resource, which indicates a four digit code and defines what the funding source is. Such as state, federal, or local. Here is just that. It indicates a year. Full represents the program. Function the activity, object, the classification or category of revenue or expense or a balance sheet account. School, a physical location. And lastly, management, which is a locally defined digit or defined code for specific programs or managers that are managing that particular activity or program. However, don't worry about

096what I just gave to you because on the next slide. I provided a matrix with the different components. They're major subcategories. And description of their use. So you can keep this so when you get your SACS report. You can go back and say, okay, what is that about? What does that mean? And help yourself walk through the summaries. The SACS report is broken out by fund and within that fund by object and then by function. You will see that as you're going through the individual summaries. Some of those summaries within the fund you will see that they are sorted by resource. And if you just happen to find out that this is all very interesting to you and you want even more detail, next slide. Feel free to go to this URL. And I've included

097in this slide, and it will take you to the California School Accounting Manual. You will find all you can. With the instructions developed by the State Board of Education. And the California Department of Education. And it is 600 plus pages. And it will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about how revenues and expenditures should be accounted for and what their account code structure looks like. It's very complex. And I'll say it and I like numbers, boring document, but it is our manual and it's our go-to. It becomes very helpful to us wanting to do things in the right manner. In order for our own reporting or account and financial documents. It is our go-to for setting up the account strips. Next slide. I want to introduce you to another published document that assists

098staff in developing the budget. Since May of 2008, County Office Chief Business Officials, or CBOs. Through the California County Superintendent Association have crafted common messages to offer LEAs, so not just to us and our counterparts, but to our districts. Guidance. The assumptions for their budget and interim reports. Business and Administration Services Committee, or BASC, as you've heard me refer to. Their goal is to support this endeavor by providing county office CBOs with a uniform common message so we collectively work on this together. From the standpoint of what we would tell ourselves and also what we would tell our So this helps us to develop the assumptions used And to understand the guiding factors that come from the Department of Finance or the lao Or from any of the individual programs. It's done in consultation with

099those agencies along with FICMAT, And as well as our colleagues, and it provides BASC and our local education agencies The most up-to-date and by up to date. We don't even have it out yet. For the upcoming budget so it really is They're probably stalling a little bit to get more information about the mabry vice. So it is really as up to date as it can be without not being there in time. So we are expecting the updated version. This is just a picture of a prior year. In any moment. In the next probably week it'll come out. Next slide. Now that we have reviewed the account code structure, let's talk about the components of the SACS report. I mentioned that the report is broken out into sections. First, you will see that each fund has

100its own summary And they are broken out by unrestricted and restricted resources. They're also broken out by function and object detail. After breaking out the unrestricted and restricted summaries, each fund will have a combined summary so you can see it as a whole. After the fund summaries is the form MYP. This is the SACS version of the multi-year projection. And it's only done, the multi-year project is only done on the main fund, which is our school services. And it helps to include some of the projected ending fund balances, which we pay particular attention to because that helps to guide us in the out years. And to plan accordingly if we have some one-time funding going away. Next slide, please. Going back to the main fund on form 01, that's the first summary that you you

101see. And that's the one we pay the most attention to because it's where 75% of the the money is, is in that fund. You will see that the first thing outlined in the budget is what revenues are coming in. And that's where we focus You want to budget to what's coming in not what you necessarily want beyond what's coming in. You want to stick to what's coming in. So in section a of form 01. And all the fun forms after that will include the revenues. Include LCF funding. Lcff funding. Federal revenue, state revenue, and local revenues. And each are defined by specific object code series within the 8000s. And listed next to the revenue is the description of that revenue source. You might ask yourself, why did they have to have different object codes? If

102they're all revenues. Well, because we want to know what their funding source is. And that will help us to understand if there are any restrictions in how we expend that. Hence the unique object codes. Next slide. In previous presentations, we've talked about revenues and expenditures and their corresponding object codes. That are used in the budget. And I feel that everyone has a pretty strong grasp on that. But I do want to focus on this high level summary chart of the different types of revenue sources ESCO receives and remind everyone how a county office can be much different different than a district LEA. As you can see in this chart, as of second interim, so I use second interim datum, that's the last published budget that we've reviewed. The local revenue was at 29 million and

103it's the largest category. State is second at 28.5. And LCFF is just under 24. One might expect that LCFF would be the highest. That's what you normally would see in a district. But that's not the case. And especially since we receive so much in local grants from our partnerships and relationships we've built. And how we've aggressively gone out there And it tried to acquire funding. So we're a little bit different, even for a county office. That's like the superintendent says, you've seen one county office you've seen one our own locally defined goals and objectives. So another point to see in this chart is the amount of local revenue, which speaks to those grants and also I have included information in the table below the chart to show the title funding. There was a question about

104that in my last presentation. It actually isn't that much of the federal funding. As you see, it's only 397,000. I mean, we're not going to give it away, say we don't want it or anything like that. But you would have expected it to be much higher. But when you hear your district partner saying. Oh, we're losing title funding or we might be losing our federal funding they receive a lot more because it's usually allocated based on a count or an ADA count. We're much smaller in that regard. So out of the 5.9 million, we only have about 4,000 entitled. I thought that was interesting. Next slide. Also important to note in terms of revenues for scope based on second interim, the majority of our revenues come from restricted funding resources, as you saw there. You

105will see this broken out in the detail of section a a former one by the resource code. In the restricted revenue section of the SACS report. The unrestricted revenues will be broken out by resource code in the unrestricted summary and then again at the end, they'll bring them back together and combine them. They do that for each Single fund. They'll do that in the child development fund. They'll do that in the adult education fund each fund they do that. Next slide, please. As a reminder, expenditures like revenues are broken out into object code series. There are expenditure object codes that you will see In the expenditures section of each fund summary so then after they do their overall summaries. An object um or by function, then they go in by object. You could see where

106one resource might have more applies and one might have more salaries. But you can look at it by object category. Also, you'll see that they can be broken down even further within these series of numbers. Not everything is going to be under a 4300 you might see of 4,300 within the materials section of those of that series of numbers. And then you might see, and that's representing supplies. And you might also see a 4,400, which could be equipment. So within the series, there will be individual numbers depending on what type of subset it is in that series. Can I ask you a question, Michelle? And so within this They like object code number 1001. Where would we find what that is? I mean, will that be listed in the budget too? We give you, good

107question because my next sentence was a list of pertinent object codes will be included in your budget document. So we give you that when we give you the draft budget. We also give you a page. If it doesn't break it out into detail enough, like if there's an oddball one that comes up. You can go to the California School of Accounting manual and go to the object code section and it breaks them all the way down. 600 pages. But it has a very nice table of conduct. So you can get to it relatively easy. All right, next slide. As I mentioned before, the multi-year projections are included in the form NYP in the proposed budget. The form itself, Form NYP, is located just after the last fund summary. In this budget book, it's after Fund

10835. It shows the financial forecast for the proposed budget and the two following years. And it helps us to plan and assess fiscal sustainability, our funding resources, and manage trends And the loss of one-time funding. One of the most important areas to focus on if you are looking at the form NYP is Section D. We talk about the fund balance and how it is broken out It's a great way to compare what your beginning balance is in a given year to the ending balance. Are you spending within your means or were there some one-time carryover funds that you were spending down so you might have spent a little more? Kind of bringing that carryover in. It's also a great way to look at Are there any assignments within the ending fund balance, like a reserve

109for something? Prepaid for something. So you can see what the components are of the ending fund balance in Section D. Next slide. I've included a lot of information about outside resources that staff used to develop the budget in this presentation, just so you know we don't make that up as we go along. We're not spitballing. We're not spitballing. We're actually putting a lot of effort into this. And with a lot of guidance. We actually do have a lot of safeguards for us to have good benchmarks to you know kind of calibrate against And CDE has their own SACS manual. You can also go online. So if the California School Accounting Manual is too big, the SACS manual out on CDE's website under financial reporting. Is a little easier because they have some search mechanisms where

110you can drill in save you from having to go through all the pages. It's there. If you're also interested in looking at more on that site, they talk about some of the categorical programs and some of their restrictions under their categorical. Financial area. And they're also frequent school services of California updates that we receive. We rely heavily on those those updates as They're part of our membership as an organization. So we get those weekly. They talk about things like new funding, what the new resource code is going to be. How you might account for it, when you need to talk to your auditor because there might be some unique ways you have to create a plan. For something that's coming in. And then also we have also briefs or reports that we can rely on

111or going out to FICMAT. And we can use either school services or FCMAT when we have questions. They have a free form question and answer where you can just email and say. I had this question. And if you're lucky enough, if your question is really solid and they think this is a great question, they'll use it as one of their Q&As for the week, and then they'll share it with all other LEAs. So there's a lot of supports in place. So if you have questions or you want to see something about this type of information that we rely on. We'd be happy to share it with you. And also, if you just want to know more about the programs themselves. Becky and I are here for you. And I know we've met with a couple

112of you in the last year or so. We'd be happy to sit down and walk through some of this information together. Have we ever had a question feature? A question feature like you said that if we asked a good enough question, we'd be the weekly feature. Have we ever had one? I don't know. Historically we've had or not. Not for me personally. Okay, well now you know what you need to do. Okay, next slide. It's like 20. Okay, so what next? Staff continue to balance those resources and review those program budgets. Fine tuning anything that the programs are helping us with, making sure things are in place. We will attend a school services budget workshop next Wednesday and we'll receive those details about what's going on. With the May revise and if there's a need,

113if there's something significant staff will make the tweaks necessary as we can with that proposed budget. If not, it will be in the next revision that we bring to you in either August or September. And then we'll prepare the final touches as we bring it for public hearing. You're going to get it on the 28th. But we're going to come back on the 11th, provide it for the public hearing and then for adoption later that month. We're getting the printed budget. Right? Or are we just No, I have sent it electronically over the last couple of years. I would request. I'd like one too. You have delivered. I remember I emailed it to you electronically. Sorry. They have delivered it. The royal weed. I have emailed it to you electronically. Well, I didn't do it,

114but they handled it. So thank you to staff. Yes, so you will receive a printed. I'm so glad we could be so comfortable. Next slide. Me closing and turning it back over to the superintendent. We're going to go over the grants Oh, yes. As you will notice. Thank you so much, Michelle. Well, it's mostly… due to why don't you come up in case there are questions, please? We wanted to make sure and have it available for you. This is merely a spreadsheet that we use internally to keep track of all of this. There was a request that came forward from the board to add some additional items. Becky the queen took care of that for you. Added those items. I hope it all makes sense to you. She's here. Should you have any questions right

115now. Otherwise, as you have time to review it. You can always get back to us. Email Monica. I'm sure she'll forward it on to us I have one question. In your… explanation down here for allocation, competitive, non-competitive grants. I didn't see entitlements. Is that what you're calling ongoing renewed annually? Is that the entitlements like Title I We don't put entitlements on that because working documents. Okay. Final Fund. I don't track those. Are those just pass-through? Or do they stay with us? It depends. Like, I use the example of special. Special ed goes through. Model entitlement because based on student count and then once you earn it Entitlement. But then the final ongoing renewed annually is over here in the notes. Are those where That's ongoing. That's what you mean? That one? Ongoing means, yeah, they're

116reading. So listed here. Counted 24. Grants that end the next Of those, not all of them are Not a question. So are there, perhaps you can tell us Are there those here that are just I have it in front of me. A couple days. We're ending. The Friday Night Lights. Yes, that one is ending, but we Some of the contracts do go year to year and they have If they choose that case. Any of them are ending. For funding are renewing. Already part of budget development where we're various programs with these We have a lot of grants. Contracts with the county And so we work with them while we're doing budget early enough In that case it's a cluster. Like one of the funding is ARPA. They are working on cluster of funds. For those

117that are ending June 30th. So we've got Hewlett Foundation, Pfizer. County Board of Supervisors. Others when others the budget that we're going to be looking at. Are we… Considering these. If we have reasonable Like days. Grants. You guys are there one time. Allocate them. Ongoing funding. Would you say that they're also more project based? Especially like there were like there were funded for us to do a special project. We did the project and we completed it. And so that's why I think that we included that on their ending one time project. For example, on the kaiser education to employment are two examples of that. There were limited dime projects. And understand how that section. Appreciate that. Justified. The MH demo grant. That's the one we receive non-continuation notification on. The other fun thing is that

118every program And acronyms. Is that going to… I think that's part of the FTE. Is that your department? That's the 5.35. I think you asked me how many FTE were staffed out of that, 5.35 were stacked out of that. The good thing is, Nikki and her team have just recently May 2nd, Friday, May 2nd. Turned in another grant that would fund five FDE, I believe. Unfortunately, that one also needed uh to um trying to think of the wording that had to do with the benefits that it wouldn't cover all of the benefits and so We have worked with Nikki and said, okay, we're going to be able to cover these benefits because the grant won't. It has a cap. For a year, but we can't continue. Two. Be able to fund those benefits long term.

119So during that year, it allows us an opportunity to look for other funding sources. Continuous. Because again, the programs fund themselves So we've done a little stopgap approach To be able to get to where we can look at additional funding. That's one of the challenges of the paths I did, Brent. Is that it didn't fund all of the benefits it there was a cap on it. So there's all these maneuvers and wrangling with these different funding sources so We agreed to go ahead and fund it for one year. So that we can see long term how do we mitigate the impact of that on the budget. Thank you very much, Becky, and thank you, Michelle. Very much appreciate it. The next two items are the human resources report and the temporary certificates and Manolo Garcia

120Associate Superintendent of Human Resources and Educator Effectiveness. We'll provide that update. There we go. Is that better? Thank you. All right, so the board has the staffing report in front of them. As you see, we have Five paraeducators, one accounting specialist and a mental health and wellness clinician. That were hired. And just so you know, at the end of my report, I want to give an update to the board, follow up on our April information I provided regarding layoffs and And where we are with that. Any questions regarding the staffing report? Yes. All new positions or just replacing Replacing, yes. Where do we find it? No new positions Where do we find them? Well, it's a variety of places a couple were subs We found one individual who had been previously Abroad. And now has

121come back to our community. Two were previously paraeducators outside of SCO. We had, and then a couple of other individuals were coming. Private sector. Thank you. The temporary certificates of clearance are also there for your review. A short list, just two pages. Period. And so I'd like to follow up on… the information that I provided in April. Regarding layoffs as you know. March 15th by statute by ed code was the initial date for initial layoff notices to go out. And then we have in statute. That's correct. We have a May 15th deadline for final layoff notices so those have gone out. And have been served. So we have three FTE. That received final layoff notices, which become effective at the end of this fiscal year, June 30th. And so they're currently employed. Their employment ends

122on June 30th. And those individuals have reemployment rights first refusal to any position that they're minimally qualified for. Before we go public with the posting. Oh, and you have one in early learning. Was that a teacher? Was that a paraeducator? No, it was a clerical position. Clerical. Services. Student services was a wellness program assistant. And youth development with the youth activities specialist. Questions? Any other questions? Thank you. Thank you. And that ends my report. Thank you very much. Moving on to… We didn't have any agenda items removed so board Our presentation by Chris Rico, he had to leave. Who was here? Okay, I would like to make a comment. I've been asking for this presentation since last June. He was on the agenda finally last month and he was either sick or out of town.

123There seems to be some discrepancy depending on who you ask. And now tonight, first he asked to be moved up. In the agenda and then he left. When we didn't even make it to onboard just after eight o'clock. So I think it speaks not only to speak how little he thinks of the Board of Education and our membership and partnership with him. It was out there somewhere. So he asked to be moved up because he can't be troubled to stay for our meeting. And then provides what 20 plus slide presentation. Thoroughly about brevity. He can go on for 20 some odd slides. And can't be bothered to come here and answer. His importance and the role of how why we're spending this money I'm thinking there's not a single person in this room who works

124for SCO who couldn't spend that 7,500 plus On a program. Please raise your hand if you couldn't use $7,500 in your program. But the records show not a single hand came up. This is a joke. Edc has its own issues. I would go ahead and take a look at They're absolute… Praise and disregard for public transparency and meeting notices. In the Brown Act. But we keep spending money. They're taking away money from our classrooms. And they can't even be bothered to show up to a meeting. I hope that'll be considered in the June budget. I'm going to say that As to the first portion of Trustee Sharp's comments. One of my favorite Instagram characters often says she ain't wrong when she's right. I don't get it. And, you know, oftentimes perhaps we don't get the

125level of respect that we would otherwise expect from folks It's still true that a lot of people don't know what we do. Right. But this I'm not understanding. I don't agree really in the At this moment, I'm not going to foreshadow a vote, but I don't necessarily agree that the funding needs to be caught but I do agree it's a little odd. That um This is an ongoing problem. Little odd. I mean, it's a large organization. So it's a little odd. I think now he needs to show up. I'm going to start showing up to his meetings. Trustee LaBelle. I appreciate your your point on that, I would like to know from half about the value that they see in I understand that. There's some concern over the in um But it does. But what

126does it do for our children our kids? And having that access. So I'd be curious to know If there is benefit from our point of view, not necessarily from EDC's point And how that can impact the success for our kids. Added value. Thank you. Well, I can certainly answer it, but I also don't want to speak for Kelly Birch, who's our Director of Career and College Readiness. Who also sits as a representative on the EDC. I certainly, I was going to wait until suggestions for future board agenda items but I And then would you we're not there yet, but we can discuss Moving on to 9B. Department of Education closure reduction in and implementations. Megan Macy. Department of Education. Reduction in federal funds and possible Thank you for having me. I'm very pleased to be

127here with all of you. Thank you for staying, Megan. Very pleased to be here. With all of you. I'm ready um so okay so so There are 40 slides, 40 some odd slides. What I'm worth. What a preview What I want to preview is we quite intentionally included a lot of information. I'm going to talk about the themes in the information And then if folks have specific questions, I will do my best to Answer them. There are a ton of one thing you're going to see when we go through this there are a ton of I have noticed a lot of litigation going on in this You know, in the country right now around a lot of these issues So the idea isn't to get into the nitty gritty of each one of these cases,

128but it's to kind of talk about the themes and how it impacts And could potentially impact you at the county board and the county office. So with that, we can go ahead and dive in. We're going to talk about First, a brief overview we can all go back a minute maybe to high school. We're going to do a brief overview about separation of powers because It is really fundamental to a lot of the questions that we're going to talk about and that are teams here. We'll talk about federal agencies the Department of Education, the immediate effects of the executive orders on kind of three buckets, federal grants. Special education and the Office of Civil Rights. And big picture theme on this that I want to just share is a lot of this a lot of

129these issues are working their way up through the court system. We don't have definitive answers right now. I think that was shared with you either at your last meeting or the meeting before by Another person who's perhaps lobbyists or monitoring these things in Washington, D.C. Our goal with this is really to just talk about where we are from a legal lens. So we'll jump in. So going back. Go ahead to the next slide. So this is a visual for everybody about separations of powers and our in our country. There are two things I want to highlight here. One is around the executive branch and what executive orders are. Obviously a lot in the news. And we've been probably reading a lot about a lot of different executive orders that are impacting us. And executive order

130orders directs federal agencies on how to implement laws but cannot override or replace statutory ones. Keep that kind of in the back of your head. The second piece is about our legislative branch. And the idea of We call it the power of the purse, right? So the legislature is the body that controls federal spending. Taxation, appropriations. And what that means is that even if an executive order attempts to you know change something at the Department of Education dismantle funding. Congress can withhold and redirect funding to influence what ultimately So that tension, I think, is occurring right now and a lot of it's filtering up to, of course, our third branch of government. Which is our judiciary. To the next slide. So these are just buckets. We can go past this pretty quickly and talk about

131executive orders again. There are these other things that we see out there proclamations, memoranda. This slide talks about what the effects of all those are. Executive orders are the ones that were really What does this mean with our federal agencies and the Department of Education? So talk a little bit about the creation of the Department of Education. And want to just remind everybody again that the Department of Education and all federal agencies are formed by Congress, by the legislature. And so Congress and the legislature is the one who has the power to undo that. The executive authority of the president is to can shift priorities, can move things around, but cannot dismantle an agency. Without the support of Congress. We call this the it's called the take care clause And just. Nerdy historical points. Historically,

132the Presidential Reorganization Authority has been granted temporarily, enabling presidents to consolidate or restructure agencies without full legislative approval. However, the authority has not been broadly used since the Reagan administration. So this is kind of the first time we're seeing that that executive authority pressed a little bit. It's been, you know, it's been 40 years since we've really seen that. And… We can find that in Article 2 of our Constitution. Want to go do some additional reading there? I have all the legal citations for you in this PowerPoint. I did. I read the gospel, but I would know personally. To be excited about. There we go. So we can go ahead to the next slide. Talk about presidential influence over agencies And I want to really dial in on the administrative law constraints because when we

133shift gears in a minute and talk about some of these Court cases. This is really where our focus is. The Administrative Procedures Act is the Jillian's been the primary legal ground for challenging many of the executive Particularly related to grant terminations, which we've been talking some about. And some of the policy directives. And you may have read the Dear Colleague letter that's gone around. Apa is also being used to to challenge the dear colleague letters. That there hasn't been a proper rulemaking. And courts have ruled that agency actions Including shifts in funding priorities and rescinding guidance documents must follow proper administrative procedures. And so when we talk about grants being Descended or canceled. A lot of the legal wrangling that's happening around these revisions have to do with whether or not there was a proper

134rulemaking process that was followed. Because the APA ensures that citizens have the right to weigh in on the rules that go into how money is allocated then, of course. I just like. Yeah, so… It's complicated, but it's kind of like as simply as I would put it is that there's enacting law that provides for money to be allocated for certain purposes. The grants are the vehicle that the Department of Education uses to grant to different entities. The monies to fulfill the law. So I don't know if that answered your question, but so in that instance. A lot of money. Suspended category this year. It's here's a law and there's, you know, there's dozens or hundreds of different laws but here's a law to support mental health services. Here's what we want to see. Then there's

135rulemaking that happens at the Department of Education level. To implement the rules around how do those grants get distributed? What are they used for? What are the priorities of the And the priorities of the department is where There's a tension right now. Because under the last administration and with respect to some of these grants, even the first trump administration the priorities were consistent and so the grants were implemented consistent with those priorities. Trump administration now has said through these executive orders we have new priorities. These are the priorities for the department. But critics of critics Those executive orders are saying, yeah, but you didn't go through the rulemaking process. You didn't follow the APA. You change the priorities but you change the priorities we were following one set of rules and we didn't get a

136chance. There are a few different theories around that. And what you'll see in these grant appeals, which are widely circulating at this point and then working their way up in the legal system. Is that there are a number of different arguments that are being made around that. Some of them are contractual arguments based on the actual language of the grant. Others are around this rulemaking question. Of whether or not rules that everyone thought they were playing by are still in effect and whether or not that's appropriate. That's what the courts are trying to do. Great questions. You can keep them coming, Wally. Go through this okay so We have… presidential influence over agencies. Here's the different buckets. We can go ahead into the next slide. And… I want to make sure I'm on the right

137second one. The president can propose. Funding cuts to weaken agency operations. So the president, he or she, proposes those funding cuts to The funding cuts are proposed to to the agencies to the agencies, not to Congress during the budget process? To the agencies who will align them with policy goals. But we go back to the power of the purse, right? Which is the legislature is the one who is deciding what money is apportioned to these different departments. And that's where the tension is. Let's see. This is just a slide on the purpose and the functions of the Department of Education. I think sometimes at the local level we get very focused on what happens in California and we're following, you know. Governor's budget and the May revise and all the laws that we're attending to

138every day and This stuff is a little bit happening in the background sometimes. But the Department of Education Those federal education funding talked about a lot of those sources tonight. Data collection and research, education policy and advocacy, and civil rights enforcement, which I'll talk a little bit about at the end. Right to the next slide. This is kind of you want your summary takeaways. Executive orders cannot override congressional statutes. And so they're subject to legal challenges. The DOE's establishment by Congress means that an executive order cannot dissolve the Department of Education. Things can be pushed to different agencies, though. And so those are two different things that we're going to talk about, especially with So kind of what we're anticipating with special education And the Administrative Procedures Act is the administrative act Really the focus

139of a lot of the litigation. Okay. Talk a little bit about the executive orders. I'm not going to get into all these executive orders. You can go to the next slide. I have a list here. Just to highlight some of the ones that are under particular scrutiny right now. Everyone can go read them for themselves on the white house um web page and web page and But I do want to kind of highlight couple of things. The authority and the constraint the authority is restrained by a case called the Youngstown and the principal's If there's existing, the question is, is there existing congressional action or authority allowing existing statutes or regulations and the court interpretation of those things. So we just really need to focus on And the role of the legislature, the role of

140the president and figure out where those two different executive orders. There are some overarching themes, which I'll talk about really quickly. You probably are all well aware, but limiting diversity, equity and inclusion and ideological influences in education. That is a huge theme in the grant terminations that we're seeing. It was alluded to earlier. That is a huge theme that we're seeing. Grants that have particular language in them. Particularly in the applications are ones that are being targeted in a particular order. Second is parental rights and local control over education. Third is educational policy and school discipline. Fourth is, of course, regulation of gender and sports policies. And then the newest kind of bucket is technology and AI in education. And those seem to be the focuses right now. Go to the next slide. So this

141is a really high level summary and in the last week prepared this a week ago in the last week, there have been some additional grants that have been targeted. We've talked about some of these This evening, but this evening These are the buckets that we're really I'm concerned about and monitoring. We've learned a lot from the seed TQP and TSL grants and those processes because those are pretty far along in the judicial process and we'll go talk about that in the next slide. You can skip over. Let's go to These are some of a menu of the cases. There are many, many more than this, but these are the federal grant cases that are working their way up. What I will note is some of them, and this is just important to kind of keep

142in your mind, some of them of nationwide. Temporary or restraining orders. The Supreme Court hasn't been particularly favorable about the nationwide restraining orders. That's a separate kind of interesting legal issue It's playing out in some of these cases. So one thing that we are really monitoring is what is the impact on local grants of these nationwide lawsuits or lawsuits that are, for instance. There's a Maryland case and there's a Boston case and there's a few different ones and what's the impact at the local level that's another reason why it's important that as you're thinking about how to try to maintain grants if that's important that we're thinking about also holding your place in line to make sure that you're following the Appropriate appeal process. Go to the next next slide. Then there are the Department

143of Education closure cases. And… These really kind of stem out of a lot of reductions in force that have been happening. Probably followed some of this on the news but these are the the biggest. Three cases to be following. There are others, but those are the three you might want to follow. Go to the next slide. And then there's the dear colleague letter cases. These are the challenging the race conscious policies in education. Sorry about that. With these cases, again, if you want to kind of monitor them and read about them. Citations are here. We're literally getting updates on these. Every week and trying to track them all and see what the impacts are going to be. And then… Finally, we have the DEI cases. You know. This is pointing out in a lot of

144different ways. Politically and in the judiciary, obviously, the Harvard cases are pretty front and center in the news. And I think it'll be a matter of time before we get some answers from our Supreme Court. What this all means. I highlight all of these cases to say, and not go into the details of them, but I will will do my best to answer any questions you might have. To say that this is all a work in progress right now. And as it relates to the funding part of this. The ones that you're going to want to really be paying the most attention to are I would say that the way that the grant cases are playing out with the overlay of the DEI. And so if you're trying to pay attention to like what's happening

145out there. Follow the Supreme Court and how they're coming down on some of these cases. And I think it'll give us a better lens on where some of these are going. It's hard to say right now where any of this is going to land. There would have to be some pretty drastic changes i think in the approach and history of the Administrative Procedures Act and how the Supreme Court has interpreted that act. If we moved in a direction where that doesn't Mary. Questions on the legal part before we shift gears too? Idea. All right. So shifting gears. I want to focus on this executive order 14 to 42 improving educational outcomes by empowering parents, states, and communities. And this section we spend a lot of time with some quotes because I think they're instructive both

146in what the language is of the executive orders And also, what is the language from the Secretary of Education? Try to see where this is going. So return authority over education to the states. That's what the executive order talks about. Go to the next slide. It also says that nothing in the order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect authority of law to an executive department or agency or head of an agency. So this is interesting because We've said we want to return it to the states we're also measuring an executive order we're not going to overstep. We're still going to have some sort of an agency. The executive order does not change the implementation of the IDEA. Nothing has changed there. It's important to remember that and know that right now we're still

147in the same face when it comes to the IDEA. So we can go to the next slide. As it relates to federal funding We'll go back to the same premise that we talked about at the beginning. There's of course federal statutes that authorize grant programs that support special education and early intervention services. And… we don't we have not heard that that is going to be interrupted at this point, but that is something that we are monitoring and again seeing if there are additional executive orders and seeing how it plays out. Go ahead to the next slide. Part B of the IDEA includes these two different sections which talks about funding for students with disabilities and addressing preschool students with disabilities in zero through the five-year age range. In 2024, 15.4 billion was appropriated for the

148IDEA. And about 14.6 billion of that was appropriated for Part B. Which is these buckets that we buckets A lot of local LEAs relying on pretty significantly. As a source of federal funding. So what is all of that? Mean and where is it going? Let's go to the next slide. I want to talk a little bit about what the Secretary of Education has said here. So she has said. Programs for students with disabilities more likely rest with HHS. Which, by the way, is where they began. So we're talking about shifting from the Department of Education Health and Human Services. Go to the next slide. Here's a little history for anyone who's than that. And then… Go to the next slide. She said, let's certainly hope. I would like to see even more funding go to

149the states for that. And if it rests with HHS, the funding clearly is going to continue to come from Congress. So it's interesting and it's interesting see kind of where she is going with this, which is again more about HHS. Or about trying to push to the states to have more control over But pulling it back up to the higher level that we talked about, which is we have implementing law, the IDEA, that's the federal law. Apportioned by Congress. To flow through somewhere. In order to get to the local head to the next. So… I've already talked about this, the flow of money. And then I want to go actually to the next slide and talk a little bit about this IDEA Full Funding Act, which is getting some press We'll note there is a

150typo in here hr 4519 is actually the 2023 version of this bill So the new bill is 2598. And it has been introduced in the US House of Representatives And there's, I think what people are thinking is that there's potential for additional legislation to amend the IDEA in this bill, which is actually I was looking at it is actually predominantly sponsored, but not entirely sponsored Democrats, but there are some Republicans who have joined in the sponsorship of this bill. I was reading about like what are the odds of this passing? And the pundits were saying it's fairly low, but the idea behind it is that it's going to maintain full funding. I think there may be some work on this bill and so it's one to kind of keep an eye on. That might try

151to find some middle ground on how we're going to address the IDEA, where it's going to live and all that. So this is just more of a keep an eye on it and it's $25.98. Not 45 minutes. No. Make a comment or discussion point. So Full Funding Act, we've been working on this a long time. Funding up for IDEAs. In all 16 years I've been involved. So that's not new. But I think folks don't really know how far we are from full funding. Maybe somebody knows the percentage right now i think Not high. It's not high. 10%? Funded. Yeah, 10%. Yeah, yeah. So it's an interesting looking at Michelle Henson. But that's not maybe not fair. I don't know. It's about 10%. 10%. Last time I checked, I think it was 10%. This is interesting

152if there's some kind of momentum I mean, I want to use the word devil but there's some kind of momentum somewhere in here to actually fully fund based on some Shifting of the shifting who in the administration handles the money? Is that what you're? Yeah, I don't want to represent that. What I think this bill does is that there is interest by there's bipartisan interest in the last legislative cycle talk about this. It didn't move forward. There continues to be legislative interest and given The changing dynamic in terms of where special education may be housed in the future from a department standpoint. This may be the vehicle for that. And I could also see this being a bill where advocates for full funding are trying to help accomplish that. And that's just that's just really

153just thinking about it from a legal perspective not lobbyists probably have a lot better sense of where this might go. Yes, and the original commitment was 40%. And we've never, we've never come close to that. In fact, I've been lower at different times. So… Other functions that, and you go to the next slide, the other functions of the California Department or the Federal Department of Education with respect to special education is of course monitoring and compliance and that function still needs to I haven't. Seen a change in those priorities yet? Next slide. And the Secretary of Education has not clarified where those responsibilities would go at this point. So I think it's just too soon to figure out what's happening really in this room. Any questions about any of that? We'll go to the last

154bucket. Home stretch. Okay. Let's talk a little bit about the Office of Civil Rights. And this is more Just to share practically what we're seeing with the Office of Civil Rights and discrimination complaints. Of course, this is the mission is to ensure equal access to education and promote educational excellence through vigorous enforcement of civil rights in our nation's schools. Go to the next slide. The Office of Civil Rights enforces all of these different laws. And then go to the timeline slide. This is really what I want to talk about, which is… Following the inauguration. Ocr instructed employees they could continue reviewing files, but barred staff from communicating with students, families. And schools involved in pending investigations. That's where we were in January. In February, OCR issued a memorandum lifting the freeze as to complaints that

155allege disability-based discrimination so they are moving forward with disability-based discrimination investigations. In March, the Secretary of Education sent an email to OCR lifting the pause on the processing of complaints in the areas of OCR's practices. So that's everything. And then later that month. The Secretary eliminated seven of the 12 regional offices for OCR. And those were specifically in Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. Cisco. There was a reduction in force in OCR of about 250 employees. So what that means from a practical perspective and kind of what we're seeing as for assisting in processing those complaints is it's Honestly, it's hard to get a hold of folks and things are very slow. And so I think that's going to be the theme with ocr and the the next months as we

156move to this. Okay. Absolutely. We were actually to the questions part of this. Thank you for being with me. So the slide before with the dates. So… It's an office that says… We're not going to process these civil rights complaints. And then very quickly says, oh, okay, we'll process civil rights complaints for disability claims. And then a month goes less than a month, a few weeks, what happened in those few weeks? Wherein they said, you know what? Let's open it back up for everybody. There were a number of lawsuits. Some of them are listed earlier in the presentation that are around OCR. That decision wasn't necessarily in response or because of a lawsuit, but those things were happening simultaneously. To assume that's the connection. Where would you… that the president has expanded charge of the

157Justice Department and hired meet Dylan, first generation american handle these kind of cases. Where does that start to balance out? It's shifting where the enforcement and the enforcement legal process is being handled Not so much as ignoring it but swapping it to a more appropriate. Thank you for bringing that up that is The other piece of this and I mentioned that, which is some of these complaints are being shifted similar to kind of what we're speculating with um Health and Human Services, that there would be a shift away from the Department of Education. Department on investigation of some complaints. The challenge goes back again to the implementing legislation, which says that it It's for a purpose and it sits with the Department of Education and that's where the funds are apportioned. So make its way

158through. Records. Okay. Okay, hopefully that was helpful. I know that's a lot of information you can enjoy reading the cases if you're looking for Good time reading. Okay, now we're going to, the next item is the board ad hoc committee update. For an ad hoc committee consisting of less than a quorum of the board members. Is tasked with implementing a process to fill the upcoming vacancy in the Office of Honor County Superintendent of Schools. The committee also serves in an advisory capacity to the full board and will give report on the recent progress and I believe Update on the ad hoc? The board consisting of Trustee Michelle and uh Megan and myself and Amy. We met on April 24th. We discussed key points, position timeline, and we have already posted the I'm an EA at

159join. We will the ad hoc committee will review all resumes during the first week of June. The next meeting is scheduled for May 20th at from two to four. The job requirements and qualifications. Were reviewed and I think Megan can go more to that There was a few changes. We added… leadership position to the role. We included requirement for a valid California consistent with ed code. And we added responsibilities involving behavioral health sciences and charter schools. The job description. We specified that the appointee must meet qualifications under the ad code and details will be provided by megan And then also the salary range. I think, tonight. Yeah. That's our report out. We have a very brief PowerPoint and I have an introduction to make. That's that's… Almost to be more brief. All right. So Trustee

160Cheek did a wonderful job of summarizing our work a couple of weeks ago with the ad hoc committee, pleased that we could go ahead and get that posted up to EdJoin. Applications. The board prior to my involvement, of course, talked about its process under ed code 1042 on grad code 1042 and that this vacancy will an appointment through the next gubernatorial election. So for about a year, a little bit more than a year. One of the things that we talked about at our ad hoc committee is administrative support for the board. And so we are, I'm pleased to introduce George Soraki. I'm going to let him introduce himself. He's one of our CCS consultants that works with our firm. And he has a wonderful experience helping school districts and superintendent search processes, understanding this is

161a little bit different. Does bring a wonderful skill set. Support the board administratively and so please do Good evening. I'd be remiss if I didn't really celebrate. Gosh, what a great way to They made my day. Thank you. Thank you for doing that. Hope you do that. That's awesome. And also to commend I know too often you don't get thanks. As a superintendent, retired superintendent 10 years i was a Didn't retire very well. Things to do after working. I joined CCS. As a leg of practice. Practitioner. I don't need to read two days of red mic. Like I can support you. Do we have any questions? Rocky. Briefly go to the next slide. We already talked about the timeline, but these are the dates we have upcoming. The committee is going to be hard at

162work hard at its processes, working on interview questions, things like that. George is going to be supporting And all sorts of administrative functions in support of the ad hoc committee and the board. Process targeting your July. Meeting for finalist interviews and final appointments. The last thing we wanted to kind of talk about, and we can come back to the questions that were raised as well, but we want to talk about is the board member roles and responsibilities. To the next slide. Making sure that as we're navigating this process, and I know it's not the first time for many of you who were involved in the process last time. That think about it in kind of two lenses. One is you have the responsibilities as the board by statute to be making this appointment So on

163one side of things, I kind of think about it as the hat. If you were appointing another trustee because it's an elected position. On the other hand, you also are appointing leader of the County Office of Education. And so think about it also with that kind of employment lens and hat on and so that's why it's really important as we move through the process that we think about With that employment lens on. Making sure that communications with potentially interested parties are limited Because there is a process that the board is going through with the committee and then of course the board itself. We want to make sure that that process is very transparent and We'll be. And also considering the Brown Act. And that you are bored in the Brown Act presentation. Not tonight. But

164that individual contacts can, of course, lead to unintentional meetings and we want to avoid that. And so we're going to keep the business right here and with the ad hoc committee So we avoid any. Problems there. So the next step for this board, of course, will be reviewing recommendations from the ad hoc committee June, and then we'll move forward. Bye. Questions. I don't have the Ed join ad up on a link. But the EdJoin ad does include the salary range, which is based on the superintendent's salary schedule. Current superintendent salary schedule which is on the Solano County Office of Education website. I want to look at the exact number. I had a question for the board so we can We're going to give you a recommendation for like the top or three or four people

165Did you want to see… like all the names that come through on the applications. What is the board's how they want to process it. As far as the ones like some of them may not be qualified that's why Rocky is… helping us so that he those with qualified candidates. There's three categories, right? There was highly qualified qualified and then applied. Why they may not meet all I want to see those people. Only care about the highly qualified. Still the applicants apply. Let's say there's 30 of them. Wouldn't that be exciting. Okay. So let's do some more math. We haven't done enough today. Let's say 30 apply and of those 30, five are deemed to have applied thus being unqualified. How are they notified? What's the process for the process? Once they apply. How does that

166work? So that was one of the things that we were going to be talking about at our next ad hoc committee. But part of the idea was that the finalists will be, based on the timeline the board developed and we talked through with the ad hoc committee is that the finalists will be notified After that June. Okay. I'm just, I'm thinking about the transparency of the process is what's This is usually an HR process. All candidates will receive some type of If they don't qualify. Literally, unfortunately. But something will definitely… So with that in mind and just generally I certainly appreciate the idea that the committee is going to come up really dig in and come up with their top four, whatever it might be. And I don't even want to set that number. You

167know what if you're like. Two clear folks or it's whatever. I trust your judgment, but certainly I would want to see all of the highly qualified and qualified. And considering your the committee's recommendation. It would be good to know that, okay, like. 40 people made an application. But of those only. Qualified. To know what kind of… we're getting. That's actually good. I was not part of the last No. Yes. And I'd be curious to see what parameters are that delineate between the highest Hi. I think that would up to George. I would say that that would be the ad hoc committee given some direction. Of those qualities that you're looking for. There'll be a lot of people that might be a fit but might not be a fit because skills or qualities you're looking for.

168Working with the ad hoc committee i envision talk about what that highly qualified that we check all the boxes. Some things that we would like to see. And those maple. Categorize those categories. And also on edge when we identified the We did talk about So as we're going to… off list and move that money to than those who are borderline That's one of our tasks at our next ad hoc meeting What are those special qualifications? We're looking alike. They come from within SCO? Are they up in this Northern California area? You know, because different areas are very, very different. So I think those are all things that we can in that rubric when we're in that Just to clarify, then that will be presented to the whole board at the June 11th meeting, which will

169be kind of into the process so it will be Looking back, this is like the ad hoc, the ad hoc You can always give us suggestions. There's something you particularly want to see. That's kind of why I brought the question up now. Is there suggestions for that rubric? Is there certain qualifications or qualifications that we're looking for that are above and beyond, maybe not on a paper qualification, but as a Do we give extra points for some who's already in school, who already knows this. We have extra points for… somebody who's from a district in our underscode. Good points for… somebody who's in Northern California and lifelong… You know, I mean… Those are the kind of directions we're looking. You know, there might be… And add doctorates that apply, you know, that, you know, and

170they're all highly qualified. Well, how are we going to ferret those out what is What does that look like? So that's why we were asking for It's got to be done now because we've got a brown act so we're Brown Act buddies and you can I would appreciate it if we could hear from council on this. Yeah. And so I was envisioning that a lot of this work would be done based on the timeline in the ad hoc committee in figuring out what those parameters and interests are. And one of the things that is challenging and unique about this particular process is that The education code does require that the appointment process and all of that and your board policy also does. Happens in open session that's a little bit different than a school district

171process might look like. And so… So we want to do a lot of the work in the ad hoc committee to make sure we're dialed in and then we'll bring back Thank you so much. Any other questions? See this long. Thank you so much. We'll see you guys on the podium. Thank you. A meeting and special dates is attached a list of upcoming events and special dates for the Board member requests. Any board member or spouse? For attending. For agenda item. That's an agenda. No request for moving on to future board agenda items. Actually, I would have two now. One, I would love to hear from regarding the value that has been deemed worthy of that to the EDC. I'm not really interested in what they do. I want to know how they how our

172staff has I'm curious about that but i'd also like to hear a presentation specifically regarding the VCUSD's policy changes. Talked about the possibility of perhaps getting something a little bit more widespread, not just Even though I believe all of the districts. Transfer appeals have been Um, haven't. I mean, yeah. Anyway. Um can you… I just want to make sure I get it right. My understanding. Of what Ms. Tapasio was saying is that they are having a new approach to having a new approach I have seen some of the information on their website. But I would love to hear a little bit more detail about Their process. Has this been approved by their board what is the policy versus procedures that are going on. And what we can anticipate. Can I add to that? So firstly,

173as far as the vallejo circumstances and what their alleged changes to policy practice or whatever. For sure, let's hear back. I think they'd be open to having that just, you know, doing that presentation. But then it brought to mind the other presentations we used to get on a fairly regular basis from the other districts. Like what's happening in Vacaville or what's happening in And I don't, I feel like that just got dropped off the map, maybe because of COVID. But I'm thinking that would be a nice thing to kind of reinstate at some point. No rush. But as perhaps in the new school year, as things roll on, it would be Lovely. They knew that they could come to us. Give a little… Oh, yeah. I put it on actually a number of years. We

174actually did do the state of Solano. Excuse me, the state of education In February, I believe, with a focus on career and college readiness. So we actually just did that. With that focus. I remember the one I went County in each district. Yes. What's happening. That would be fine as well. I think now we're sufficiently recovered. Absolutely. You know, for the moment. That's separate and apart really from the vc usb Which is pretty you know Topic specific. Thanks. Suggestions. I was going to ask if we can get an updated report out from Jennifer Leonard. Area. Public information, community engagement, not tonight. For a future agenda item? Not right now. And do you also want for me to reschedule the EDC? Oh, the staff can. That's hoarse. Well, Kelly wouldn't report out on the EDC. I

175would ask her to report out on what she sees are the benefits of our participation, but not on the EDC per se. Okay, so you don't want them back. I do. Back is not the word, though, because he hasn't bothered to show up. Well, he showed up a little bit. It doesn't count. A little bit, like a little bit pregnant. Either are you aren't. The meeting had not started. Oh, that doesn't count. The meeting had started and he left. After asking to be bumped up. After submitting a 20 plus slide program. Not so much for me. Not so much. I mean, if that's the will of the body, that's fine. I think we need Kelly to really Yeah, that's enough. Really need to think about it. Yeah, what the value is. Based on that. Not

176commenting because I'm No, because it's not, this is just a future item, so I cannot speak on the details. Of the joke that is. So in so i Because the budget is coming to you by the end of the month. I think it would be important in terms for us to be considering. Direction from the board. If we go back to the agenda item on the budget presentation specifically. Have some direction because currently it is included in the budget. I was going back to the budget presentation where Michelle asked for questions, considerations, things for us to consider so We can put it on a future agenda item, but the budget is going to be coming out Part four. Exactly. I would like to hear from counsel. What if we go back to the budget presentation?

177And then talk about it. Could we go ahead? We're having a future and the budget is a future In terms of that budget presentation. What is it that we're looking for? That's not making it. Judgment on. I'm telling you I'm going to leave the room. I will leave the room. We keep talking about this item. Out of order. We either need a motion to go back. All right board member activity reports And a dean. It's a mystery. What did I do last month? No, let's see. I did attend a luncheon for For Congressman Garamendi. I am awaiting education-wise, I'm awaiting a verification that I am going to be presenting at the But the… The state bar association which is now named something different state bar association environmental law conference on appearing before governing bodies. And

178I'm also going to be doing a presentation in the fall a nationwide audience on legal ethics around hearing our governing bodies. Ethical issues. Really mostly in land use decisions but in all governing body appearances. So that I am hopefully educating others in that circumstance. And of course, I couldn't let that day end without a reference to my little Henry. He's such a cutie. Came over to stay with grandma for four hours the other day. He says things like, oh. Oh, I need to have something. Inches from moments from walking and moments from really walking So it's an exciting time for us. And remember what I've done. It just went by so fast. First thing we'd like to think about is inspection today. Can I pass? So, uh. It's late. The hour is late. All right.

179I did attend. And it's draining. I'm not prepared. That should, it should come. And then… But today. Stay back in the office. And I got a letter from the speaker. Issue City Council. As a representative. To be a member of it. The OPB surveillance. Advisory commission. 2020. I interviewed on that. Some time ago and honestly And I was like, do they notify you? No. But anyway. Today, that was the first. Knowingly that all of this interacts Housing. Mental health and all of that. I'm looking forward to it. I'm still involved. I call them overarching. And I do want to check about this. Train this certification train. Because… Yeah, it's okay. Almost everything that I… I did get the certification. For the… a suicide intervention. Are eligible. Of course, the SCSBA meeting last month and then

180One company. There will be… May 19th, Monday, 6 to 8 here at SCO. Thanks. To our super 30 5.30 to 8. Our superintendent has sponsored it and so all the facilities useless on the approved partnership. Beautiful. Thank you. Dinner is going to be served and that is going to be covered by SCS. So there's no cost to the district. We had a fund that developed over COVID with our virtual meetings. That's what that is. If you have not signed up and are still interested. They are phoning in the food orders. I mean, given the numbers to the caterers tomorrow. Yeah. Let me know. Fun. I think you did, Elise. Make sure you're on there. You're out of town. I did it. Oh, you did it. Out of town. Yeah. Yeah. So there's that. And then…

181Okay, you got it. You have to go every two years now. Every two years. But I did have the opportunity to go to the employee service award ceremony just the other day. And I have to admit that one of the through lines with every conversation that I was having there was tied back to culture of SCO and what a joy it is and that is not an accident. That STEM leadership. I just want to say thank you again. Your legacy will Busy month, but I did the uh ad hoc with the two of you and then the agenda review. And this weekend it's a delegate Assembly. Starting at 7.30 in the morning on Saturday. And then I have ethics on Monday night. Next week is next month. I went down to beautiful Camarillo. What a

182beautiful place to be. But this is the book. Really good. Lots of information in there. I also went to the 2025 Educator of the Year Award. That was lovely out at the event center Sunrise event. And then today. Like I didn't have enough. I went to the generations of Stream. Training and get together. And some of this are used to be our cultural brokers now there are clinical brokers and be cultural anymore you gotta be I did a presentation and it was It was so well received and it It's really about telling the story. You know, we have… Dr. Nikki Parr was there. She did a wonderful I don't know. Kind of like ecosystems of support. What we have here and stuff like that. And that's so important. Important that this was actually embracing BIPOC

183diversity and mental health. This is mental health. I mean, it needs to be little healthier. You know, breaking the stigma. They had so many wonderful vendors there. It was free. The public really should have been there. There was just so much information and so many stories and connecting community And that's what community is, is telling your stories together. This one girl from Vallejo. It's the most beautiful poem. I mean, there was not a dry eye in the house. And she wrote about it. And her name is Markita McLeod. She's one of our cultural broker, our clinical brokers. And just Amazing, amazing people. Doing this work, healing trauma. Generational trauma. It was just so important that we keep we're going in this community. Really help move this community forward to a community where people can thrive

184no matter who you are. It's just so touching. That's what I've been doing. And the ad hoc committee. Thank you. All for coming and staying this long.