001okay all indications show where where it go okay um no I am uh still have a couple more steps at my end okay sorry sorry about that okay all indications where it go foreign we are Live on YouTube and ready to begin with the lab interpretation announcement great thank you Cameron um thank you for joining us this evening for a special meeting of the Adams 14 Board of Education on Tuesday February 7 2023. before we begin may we have the translation information for our Spanish speaking audience absolutely thank you so much confidence gracias thank you so much great thank you so much Guadalupe um I'd like to call this special meeting to order Ramona would you call Rocco please Mr alvador here Mrs Estrada here Mr Lovato here miss Molina here miss Zubia here great
002thank you um this evening we have one business item resolution number 23-003 resolution and support of Senate Bill 23-071 judicial review and education accountability Act secretary Zubia would you please read the resolution happy too so resolution and support of Senate bill 23-071 whereas under Colorado Constitution Article 9 and 15 local school boards have a control of instruction in public schools and whereas control of instruction is not a one-size-fits-all approach and whereas Colorado Public School Districts have to address diverse student populations while ensuring their instructional programs meet the needs of their students and adhere to State Standards involving student performance and whereas the Colorado education accountability Act of 2009 the Act was designed to hold Colorado schools and school districts among other things accountable for student performance and whereas since its implementation numerous school districts have
003expressed concern about whether the ACT has a negative desperate impact on schools and school districts that serve primarily students of color disabled students students who speak languages other than English and low-income students protected student populations and whereas in 2017 and 2000 122 two Colorado school districts provided evidence to the Colorado State Board of Education known as state board regarding the acts that this uh disparate impacts on school districts serving protected student populations and whereas there are 15 school districts in the accountability system that serve rural and urban populations and all have a large number of protected student populations and whereas it is anticipated that 10 additional public school districts that serve high protected student populations with will be subjected to the accountability system and whereas because of the concerns about the ex disparate impacts on
004protected student populations the Colorado general assembly past Health Bill 21-1294 to audit the accountability system particularly involving the negative impacts on protected students populations and whereas on December 12 2022 the audit was publicly released and demonstrated the accountability system is having a disparate impact on protected student populations and whereas the state board has not addressed the despair impacts the ACT has on schools or school districts that serve protected student populations but it continues to issue final orders against schools and school districts in the accountability system and whereas the act allows the State Board to take numerous actions and issue orders against public schools and school districts that are in turnaround status and whereas the state Sports actions and orders May violate a school district's constitutional right to local control and other statutory rights and whereas
005the act does not provide Colorado Public School Districts the right to seek judicial review of any rule regulation or final order issued by the state board under the act and whereas Senate bill 23-071 was introduced in the Colorado Senate to ensure that every Colorado Public School District that is subjected to the accountability system and may be affected by a state board's rural resolution or final order has a right to judicial review and whereas judicial review of state agencies rules regulations and final orders Is Not Unusual in the state of Colorado and whereas judicial review ensures that Colorado Public School District's constitutional and statutory rights are properly addressed by Colorado district courts after action is taken by the state board and now therefore be resolved by the Adams 14 Board of Education thank you secretary Zubia
006may I have a motion to approve resolution 23-003 so moved second oh second oh thank you both um board members is there any discussion or comment no um uh I'll um I feel like I'm always the one to speak but I'm happy to do so um I just wanted to thank each of you for um considering this resolution this evening um I think Colorado's accountability Act was intended to provide a fair balanced incredible way to measure student learning however I think it's turned into a very unfair unbalanced and quite frankly biased and punitive tool to encroach upon Colorado School District's constitutional right to local control I think we've got to have some sort of checks and balances and I think this uh the Senate bill will will do so um if there aren't any further
007comments Ramona can you please conduct real call Mr Amador hi Ms Estrada I Miss Lovato hi Miss Molina I miss Zubia bye great thank you that passes unanimously um this concludes our agenda for this evening our next regularly scheduled board meeting will be held on Tuesday February 14th May I have a motion to adjourn so moved oh second okay thank you Ramona roll call again please Mr Amador aye Ms Estrada aye Ms Lovato bye Ms Molina aye Ms Zubia aye thank you all thanks again for joining us this evening we are adjourned having