Board of Education Meeting - June 11, 2026

001Good evening everyone and welcome to tonight's regular meeting of the board of education. This meeting is called to order at 5:00 pm. Roll call please. >> Miss Armstrong >> present. >> Miss Stewart >> present. >> Miss Cron. >> Mr. Critzfield >> present. >> Mrs. Bartha >> present. Tonight we have um speaker requests regarding close session agenda items. The board and superintendent will listen carefully to all com comments. However, we will not provide responses during the meeting. The superintendent or a designated representative will contact the parent, guardian, and or community member if the comment may call for follow-up. While meetings of the governing board are not public meetings, they are open to the public. Individual speakers will be allowed three minutes to address the board and the board will limit the total time for public input

002to 21 minutes per board bylaw 9322.2. too unless otherwise waved by the board. Mr. John Paul Dreer, can you please come to the podium? Thank you. >> Hi. Uh John Paul Dreer, Belfar High Graduate, class of 1980. Um I just wanted to progress my request to know more about a lawsuit that was resolved. Um it's Downey Unified versus Mono and Monabello Unified versus Belfar Unified for nonpayment of special ed uh services. And Downey Unified Assistant Superintendent informed me that it was there was nonpayment for um for visually impaired and hearing impaired students. And I I don't have a date on it. The paper I received did not have a date. So I'm trying to get the context of it. Um, so we're we had discussion before the meeting and through emails to have a meeting

003on Monday at 5, which kind of kind of close, but I was hoping I'd get a response earlier and have more choices. Um, but also I didn't think about, oh, maybe I need to have a witness come with me since I've asked three people from the district, but I've been denied that. >> Madam President, if I if I may, real quick. Um, >> yes. So I I was trying to to ascertain the uh the item that was being uh requested or discussed. Um I don't believe that is on our closed session for this evening. Um the public comment at this period is solely for items on the close session. Uh that would be a very appropriate comment to be made during open session. >> I can't attend open session >> and so I think that

004would be the most appropriate time for for that. >> So but um I wish somebody could call me directly. Um, I'm concerned about preventing lawsuits and if we could learn from other ones. Uh, and also how can we prevent the lawsuits that are on or possible lawsuits that are on the agenda for close session? Also, if you could if anybody's going to recuse themsel, is it noted in the minutes afterwards somebody walks out because they have a conflict or perceived conflict of interest? I'm looking for that in minutes. That would be helpful. I believe that um that is not open close. That's close session. So, >> well, a close session would be maybe tonight somebody has a conflict possibly. I hope that you'll duly note it in the minutes so we know who stepped out

005um because they have a conflict or a possible conflict of interest. If that happens tonight, that is a concern. Um so, I hope Yeah, I don't know. So, I'm just putting it out there to be preventative. Thank you. Appreciate your comments. >> Yeah. So, um I hope you will look toward the budget in your decisions for the cost of any lawsuit or or um how can we deal with it cost effectively and not have so many lawsuits on our agenda. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Dre. At this time, the board will adjourn to close session. Open session will resume at approximately 6:30. Good evening and welcome to tonight's regular meeting of the board of education. At this time, the board uh will reconvene to open session at 6:33 p.m. and resume the regular order

006of business. The pledge of allegiance will be led by our HR technician, Miss Carol Whitting. I hope I said that correctly. Um, will lead us in the pledge this evening. Welcome, Carol. Did I pronounce your name correctly? Whiting. Thank you. and place your right hand over your heart. Ready, begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. My apologies, Miss Whiting. Thank you. We're going to move into uh recognitions. Dr. Simon. >> Thank you, President Garz. At this time, I will ask the board to come down from the dis as we honor those being recognized tonight. I see many folks in the crowd. Thank you all for being here. And Mrs. Carter

007will assist us with these recognitions. This evening, the board of education is pleased to recognize student athletes who have earned the distinction of League Champion, Skills USA, and our top scholars and outstanding student leadership. Staff and students, as I call your name, please join us up front and remain for a picture. The board of education and cabinet members would like to take a moment to recognize our outstanding 2026 spring sports athletes. Let's begin with welcoming and acknowledging the head coach of Mayfair High School, track Germo Belle. Coach Belle has had an amazing coaching career marked by numerous accolades. He has guided athletes to several individual CIF and Mast's championships as well as led the CIF Southern Section team to a runnerup finish in 2006 as the longest tenure coach of Belfl Unified School District with

00830 years of dedicated service. Oh, Mr. Boel, please stay with us. Saying some wonderful things about you. All right. as the longest tenure coach of BUSD with 30 years of dedicated service including roles as head coach for cross country and track and field as well as a year of coaching girls basketball. Coach Belle has made a great impact. His commitment has helped many athletes advance to CIF finals, state finals, and even compete at the collegiate level on full scholarships. Congratulations, Coach Belle, and thank you for your unwavering dedication to our school community. Let's give him a round of applause. And Coach Boel, if you could stay still. We're also uh we're also going to bring up our uh spring coach, Coach Grant. If you could please come forward. Thank you. So, with both coaches up

009here, we're going to now recognize our talented student athletes who were crowned Mid City Leagues champions this past season and their respective disciplines. 100 meter sprint and 200 meter sprint. Carson Consten 400 meter sprint. J Sean Jones and Ayanna Grenidge 4 by 100 meter relay Jan Jones and our girl athletes 4 by 100 meter relay Carson Constant Amira Smith and Ziana Brown. 4x400 meter relay. Boys, Jan Jones and Zade Burr. And girls 4x400, Carson Constant and Ayanna Greenwich. All right, let's see if we can get a picture. All right, let's give our athletes and coaches a round of applause. Congratulations. Next, we would like to recognize an exceptional student for Skills USA. So, let's uh recognize our Mayfair student who is so proud. She's marked historic milestone for our community. She's representing Skills USA from

010Mayfair High. The board of education would like to welcome advisor Annabelle Andradico to join us for the recognition and the picture. Let's give uh the advisor a round of applause. And let's recognize our milestone maker. We would like to recognize Naming Precore Baines, a senior at Mayfair High School. She has made school history by earning second place in the nation and the prestigious skills USA extemporaneous speaking competition. She is the first student from Mayfair to achieve national recognition in this event. The extemporus speaking competition challenges students to think quickly, organize their thoughts, and deliver a cohesive speech with minimal preparation. NRI's journey began in the regional competition where her talent shone brightly. She advanced to win first place at the California State Competition, earning her the honor of representing our great state at Skills USA

011National Leadership and Skills Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. In an incredible display of determination, Nan Preit not only participated in the national competition but managed to fulfill her personal milestone as well. She attended her own graduation ceremony. After completing the first round of competition, she learned she had advanced to finals. Her commitment drove her to leave her graduation early, fly back to Atlanta for the final round, where she ultimately secured second place in the nation. >> Absolutely. as well. >> Oh yeah, very welld deserved. So NRI's achievements have brought welldeserved recognition to California Mayfair High School and Belfflair Unified. She is a testament to perseverance, determination, and exceptional leadership. Congratulations and thank you. Next, we would like to recognize a validictorian from Mayfair High School. On behalf of the board, can we please extend recognition to

012Iro Aino has been a dedicated student within the Belfare Unified School District since her elementary years at the intensive learning center, eventually moving on to complete her secondary education at Mayfair. Throughout her journey, she has maintained a remarkable 4.63 GPA, demonst absolutely demonstrating a tireless work ethic and a profound commitment to both her studies and her community. Errol's academic experience is highlighted by her success in eight AP classes. Yet, it is her passion for AP US History, anatomy, and the Mariners program, where she currently serves as president, that has truly defined her high school career. These subjects have not only prepared her for the rigors of higher education, but have also inspired her to find joy in the learning process. Earl credits these classes with solidifying her goal of pursuing health care, showing her that

013a challenging curriculum can both be rewarding and engaging. Beyond her academic pursuits, Ariel has been an active leader in campus organizations such as Key Club and the Carecrafts Project. In these roles, she has consistently shown a desire to help others and improve the world around her. This fall, she will be attending UCLA to pursue a degree in physical science. Congratulations, Next, we would like to take a moment to recognize a remarkable young lady in our school community, Belle Kamacho. Please give her a round of applause. And let us tell you why she is a remarkable leader. She is a fourth grader. She's demonstrated extraordinary initiative by spearheading an incredible sports day for our ILC and Steven Foster elementary students in grades four through six. Her inspiring vision turned into a fantastic event that not only

014brought joy to her classmates, but also highlighted the immense impact one voice can have on our community. Belle's brilliant idea blossomed into a tremendous success, perfectly showcasing her creativity and collaborative spirit. This experience serves as a powerful reminder that leadership knows no age limit. When we unite our efforts, extraordinary things happen. Congratulations, and let's give her a round of applause. One more round of applause. Congrats. At this time, the board of education would also like to recognize those individuals who have provided service to Belfflair Unified School District students in and outside of the classroom. Our staff members who retired at the end of the 2526 school year are first Carol Whiting providing 29 years of service to BUD. Carol has dedicated 29 years of service to the district since being hired in 1997. During that

015time, she spent eight years in payroll and 21 years in human resources. In 2021, she transitioned from supporting classified employees to serving certificated staff. Of the roles she held throughout her career, her favorite was serving as an HR technician. Carol has always valued the relationship she built along the way and will deeply miss the camaraderie and her district family. Throughout her many years of service, Carol touched countless lives through her dedication, kindness, and unwavering support of district programs and staff. She is deeply loved, greatly appreciated, and will truly be missed by many. Thank you and congratulations. Next, we'd like to recognize Sandra Palcala, providing 19 years of service. Sandra began her BUSD career in 2007. We'd like to express appreciation for the heart, dedication, and care you have given to our Washington students over the

016years. Your support, encouragement, and passion have made a lasting impact on so many lives. You have helped students grow not only stronger and more confident, but also to believe in themselves and their potential. Wishing you a joyful, relaxing, and well-deserved retirement. You have certainly earned it. Congratulations. The board would also like to recognize and thank the following retirees from the 2526 school year for their years of dedicated service to BUSD. While they were unable to attend this evening, we are pleased to acknowledge their contributions. Curtis Ballard, 33 years. Dioso Alonso, 11 years. Nora Bell 27 years. Shirley Bear 10 years. Ma Dala 21 years. Caesar Agal 32 years. Tony Henning, 30 years. Beth Zeta Hernandez, 25 years. Dorothy Para, 21 years. Christina Robertson, 11 years. Key Young Kim, 28 years. and Laura Sween, 36 years.

017In total, our retirees for the 2526 school year have dedicated an impressive 333 years of service to our district. The board extends its heartfelt thanks to each of you for your dedication and your efforts in keeping us united in purpose. Congratulations to all of our honores this evening. That concludes our recognitions. Thank you everyone. At this moment the board will take um five minute recess and then we'll resume our business. Thank you. Um, we reconvene to open session at 6:57 p.m. At this time, um, are there any amendments to the agenda? >> For President Garza, there are no amendments this evening. >> Thank you. It's time for the student spotlight. Miss Whitney. Good evening, uh, President Garza, members of the board and cabinet. Um, California Advancing Pathways for Students or Calps is proud to recognize

018our commercial drone team, Julian Luna and Dylan Basera, two outstanding students whose dedication, perseverance, and character exemplify the very best in career technical education. So, I'm going to ask the two uh young men to come up with Miss Avita. So, Julian and Dylan earned the opportunity to represent California at the Skills USA National Leadership and Skills Conference. Oh, you can stay right here. um after capturing the California State Championship in commercial drone technology. Their journey to the national stage was not the result of luck. It was the culmination of months of hard work, sacrifice, and unwavering commitment. Beginning in December, they devoted countless hours to preparation, spending every Saturday practicing, refining their technical skills, and working together to overcome challenges. Their success in competition is certainly impressive, but what truly distinguishes Julian and Dylan is

019the character they demonstrate every day. They are respectful, humble, kind, and supportive of those around them. Whether in the classroom, during competitions, or while representing their school and community, they consistently display integrity, professionalism, sportsmanship, and a genuine willingness to help others succeed. They serve as role models not only for their peers but for the entire Cowaps community. While in Atlanta, Julian and Dylan fully embraced the Skills USA national experience. Beyond the competition floor, they participated in the long-standing tradition of state pin trading, connecting with students from across the country and learning about different communities, career pathways, and experiences. Their enthusiasm for meeting new people and building relationships reflect the leadership, communication, and networking skills that Skills USA strives to develop in every student. And to recognize their commitment to representing both California and Calaps with

020pride, we want to present Julian and Dylan with a Calaps commemorative pin to add to their collection of memories from their national experience. And Julian and Dylan remind us that success is measured not only by medals earned, but by the effort invested, the obstacles overcome, the relationships built, and the character displayed along the way. And we are incredibly proud of their accomplishments and are grateful for the positive example they have set for students throughout the Belfar School District and Calaps. and their journey serves as an inspiration to all students who aspire to pursue excellence in both the classroom and beyond. So we just want to recognize you Julian and Dylan and congratulations. Thank you for representing. Thank you so much. Can Can we have a picture with them, please? We will now move to the

021superintendence report. Dr. Simon. >> Thank you, President Garza. Good evening, uh, board president, members of the board, cabinet, staff, families, community members, and guests. Last week was a powerful reminder of why we do this work. Across our district, we celebrated elementary and middle school promotions and high school graduations. It was truly a sight to see our scholars surrounded by their parents, guardians, friends, families, teachers, and their entire community as they were honored for reaching such meaningful and momentous milestones. These celebrations were filled with joy, pride, and hope. Each promotion and graduation represented not only the accomplishments of our scholars, but also the love, encouragement, and commitment of the people who helped them along the way. We are incredibly proud of our scholars and excited for the next chapter of their journey. I would like to

022extend my sincere thanks and she's not here tonight to our director of elementary Dr. Dedra Reyes for the support she provided for sports day. We had Belle our student here um earlier but Dr. Reyes and many of our cabinet members were just so instrumental in helping that day come about. So, just operationalizing um the work at Foster um the sports day between Foster and ILC. I would be remissed if I did not give her a shout out for helping operationalize and strategize sports day. Um on that day we celebrated our Mayfair High School senior Nan Pit who has made school history by earning second place in the National Skills USA exempranous speaking competition. Again becoming the first Mayfair student to earn a national placement in the event. Her dedication paid off as she earned second

023place in the nation. an amazing accomplishment that brought recognition to both California and also to Mayfair High School. So, please give it up for Marit again. This an amazing amazing journey for her. And last for me is another highlight was legacy day that we had this month as well. When our graduating seniors return to their elementary school sites, their present was inspiring for our younger students who had the opportunity to see what is possible when they stay committed, take chances, join clubs, try new things, and remain open to new experiences. Even though even those that may feel unfamiliar at first, our seniors reminded our elementary students that every journey begins with a first step and that growth often comes when trying something new. At next week's board meeting, I will provide an update on the

024progress that we made so far in this district. And again, um, thank you for being here and thank you so much, board president, for allowing me to provide this report. Thank you. >> Thank you, Dr. Samon. Um, are there any ad hoc committee updates this evening? >> I just have one. Um, I actually wrote out a little thing about Cal Apps because we still get a lot of questions regarding Cal Apps versus CT. So, our next meeting will be on Tuesday and we're very proud of our Skills USA winners. I just wanted to take a moment to just highlight this topic because I get this question asked a lot um as just Calabs president and just in general, I think probably Mr. Critzville gets it as well. So, Belfflair Unified CTE pathways are offered and

025operated directly through our district and are integrated into the regular day at Belfflair High School and Mayfair High School. So students earn graduation credits while progressing through the structured sequence of courses. So examples of that could be like automotive, aviation, culinary arts, health, different things like that. Cal apps stands for the California advancing pathway for students and it's a regional partnership basically serving bleflower paramount and Lynwood Unified School Districts. So it supplements and expands the pathway opportunities after school mostly and it is governed by its own board. So some of the opportunities through Cal apps is like firefighting, crime scene investigation, EMT, things like that, law enforcement. So the simplest way to think about it is Belfar Unified CTE pathways are our district's in-house careered programs and Cal Apps expands those opportunities through regional partnership.

026Together they both uh both of these programs provide our students with an impressive range of career focused learning experience that help connect classroom instruction to future employment and college opportunities. And I just wanted to say as board president, and I know Brad would feel the same, we're so appreciative of uh the work of our teachers, our administrators, our industry partners, and the Calabs leadership who continue to create these opportunities for our students by leveraging both Belfflower Unified CT pathways and Calab programs and just helping students discover their passions, develop valuable skills, and prepare for successful futures. So, we've had a really successful year, and so I just wanted to kind of explain the difference because we get asked that a lot. Thank you. Thank you. Um, Miss Stewart, tonight we do have requests to address

027agenda um items. The board and the superintendent will listen carefully to each public comment. However, we will not provide responses during the meeting. The superintendent or a designated representative will contact the parent, guardian, and or community member if the comment may call for follow-up. While meetings of the governing board are not public meetings, they are open to the public. Individual speakers will be allowed three minutes to address the board and the board will limit the total time for public input to 21 minutes per board by law 93 22.2 unless otherwise waved by the board. Could we please have Bobby Thomas come to the podium? I'm sorry, Bobby Jones. Thank you. All right, there we go. Good afternoon, good evening, everyone. Uh, my name is Bobby Jones. Uh, but now at this point in my life,

028I go by Yoga Bob. Um, I'm here because I'm the founder, executive director of Grow and Wine Connect. It's a nonprofit based out of Compton, but not limited to Compton. A little bit about myself, I'm from Planet Earth, but I began my journey in Compton, California. Uh, I was a two sport athlete, ran track, played basketball. I ended up attending Dominguez High School for three years and then Long Beach Poly my senior year. Um, very good athlete. I was John Wooden, division one player of the year. Won four CIF championships, three state championships uh in high school, won national championship at Dominguez. Uh went on to the University of Washington, four years started there. Graduated with my bachelor's in writing. So I do love education. I love storytelling. And then I was drafted into the

029NBA uh in 2006. I played on six teams. Spurs, Heat, Nuggets, Rockets, Grizzlies, and yeah, one more team. Anyways, I moved on and lived in Italy for 12 years. Lived my best Italian life. And then uh five years ago, I moved back to all you Americans and I wasn't so excited. But that's when I fell in love with yoga and I basically took all the discipline from basketball and I put it into my yoga practice. So now I teach at gyms in Long Beach, iconic yoga, I teach in Elsagando, Reando Beach, but also love doing yoga and wellness with kids because there's enough yoga for adults. And that's where I kind of created my own lane. So, um, I brought a couple items to give to y'all. A brochure, uh, for whoever explaining everything that

030I do. Um, I do monthly wellness workshops in Compton at the Compton airport on my backyard farms. I'm trying to open up a yoga studio hopefully one day. But to do that, you have to build up community. Um, as I mentioned, I run after school programming with Compton Unified School District with 21 schools K through eight. So, I do after school programming. I teach them wellness, breath work, yoga, goal setting, having morning night routines because I'm from Compton and I've done everything that they want to do. You know, play sports, travel the world, graduate from college. And so for me, this is kind of like a full circle moment that I get to use all my passions and purpose and give back for mentorship. So, um, also have a yoga children's book. As I mentioned,

031I got my bachelor's in writing. So, over a year ago, uh, I put out a book and I use this as curriculum for my after school programming. So, also brought a book. And then, uh, lastly, I would love, and again, this won't happen today, but I would love to bring my programming into the school district. I love working with young kids. I love planting seeds of wellness, and eventually as they get older, we give them incentives. It's like a yoga game show. It's not just straight yoga. We give them sports equipment. It's all behind them. So, again, they have something tangible that they're trying to achieve. So, um, I do summer after school programming. Um, I do stuff with teachers, school officials. Y'all need it, too. uh y'all be bringing stuff from home into the

032schools. But uh and lastly, I do retreats in Italy. Um this summer, well, the last two summers, I've done wellness retreats in Florence, Italy. Uh as I mentioned, I go back three or four times a year. I need to get away, reset, reset, recharge, and reflect. And I think adults could enjoy that, too. So, yeah, I have this stuff for y'all. And I would love to get like some >> Can you Yes. >> Yes. This stuff. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Jones. Next, we have Linda Beaver. Would you please come to the podium? Um, hi. Uh, my name is Linda Beaver. Um, thank you for allowing me to get up and speak today. Um, I am a concerned parent of a monsoon marching corps student at Mayfair High School. Um, for the April and

033May parent meetings, it was expressed that marching band might not compete in field competitions due to construction, logistical issues, funds, andor having a place to rehearse shows on. Um, I have also heard in these parent meetings that our principal, Dr. Morgan very much wants a field season to happen. Um, it is the beginning of June. Uh, next month is our big fireworks uh, stand fundraiser and as a parent, I understand that field season is still up in the air. Um, as a parent of a student who has been in the music program since fifth grade, I can tell you from my own experience that my son has flourished in the program. Not only has he learned an incredible skill and developed a talent, it has given him a sense of purpose and belonging. Um, his

034grandpa, my father, played trombone in his high school marching band in the 70s. He told my son that being in marching band was one of the best times of his life. And just imagine being almost 70 years old and something that you experience before you even turn 20 still impacts you to this very day. Uh even when I was in high school in the9s, band was where those that didn't fit in found a space that they could be their authentic selves and belong. And music brings them together. Band makes them friends. And some of them that's a lifetime. There is a lot of moving pieces that go into a competitive um field show such as props, choreography, music selection, auditioning for solos, hiring of staff, planning extra rehearsals, band camp, fundraising, transportation, and really the

035list goes on and on. And for our students, staff, and parents to be able to put on the best show possible to represent the school, we all really need to know by our next parent meeting, which is next week on the 16th. So plans can be put in motion by everyone involved. So costs can be calculated for parents who can afford the program and so fundraising can be set up for those of us who rely on that to pay fees so our kids can continue doing what they love. I would hope that a district that was representative of on live represented on live television with the 605 ban for the Rose Parade um state finalists for CSBC would assist in helping keep this program running despite construction setbacks. My son is a senior next year

036and I could easily step to the side and say this isn't our problem. But I'm not only speaking up for my son, but for every student like him now and in the future. I am speaking for the legacy that Mr. Phillips built over the decades for generations of kids, many of whom went on to teach and/or be involved in music as adults as a result of this program that Mr. Phillips built. Um, and my time is up. So, thank you. Thank you, Miss Vaver. Um, Dr. Simmon, thank you so much. Appreciate it. Now, we have uh Miss Stacy Cannon. Good evening. It's Kanan. That's okay. Good evening board and everyone here. Um, just quickly, I just wanted to speak this evening my support for our superintendent, Dr. Erin Simons. She's done a wonderful job in

037the community this year. It's amazing the work that you've done in the short time. You have brought much needed stability, leadership and professionalism to our district and thank you for that. You are visionary in our community and you are builder and it's an honor to have you at the helm at our district and I just wanted to recognize you and the impact that you've made in such a short time in our community and I look forward to the work that you are starting and continue that work in our community. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Canon. Cananan. Um, now we will go ahead and move into discussion items. We have two discussion items this evening. Board legislative engagement and advocacy efforts. And the first reading of the resolution number 2026-0618 ordering a school bond election on

038November 3rd, 2026. Let's begin with our first discussion item. Dr. Semon. >> Thank you, President Gards. At this time, I'll turn it over to the president of Capital Advisors Group, Mr. Kevin Gordon. Mr. Gordon, thank you for being here tonight. Nice to see you. >> It's good to be you. Yeah, Madam President, members of the board, superintendent, cabinet, it's good to be here. Um, so what I thought I would do, a couple of things that we wanted to try to get into, and I'll try to make this as brief as possible. One is a a quick update of where we are in Sacramento relative to the budget. as you guys know there a budget is due by Monday or the legislature doesn't get paid so there will be a budget I guarantee you and um

039and what the implications are for the district and for schools generally. The second thing that we wanted to talk a little bit about was sort of the engagement of this board in legislative action both at the state and federal level. And you know I I'm I recognize that this board is really committed to that. It's it goes beyond the service that you you know invest as board members here at the meetings that you attend but actually taking that extra step to become engaged at the state and federal level on behalf of the kids that are in kids and families that are in this district. So let me start first quick with a little bit of an update. So the state budget obviously for education uh one of the things that's really really important is the

040overall condition of revenues that come into the state tax revenues and one of the things that we've sort of noted over the last several months and we've kept the superintendent apprised of this as well is that we anticipated significant revenue and a lot of that revenue is attributable to the stock market's reaction to AI. So there's a lot of nervousness in Sacramento about the sustainability of that money and also the potential of a market correction. One of the things about California tax revenue, it's overly dependent on very rich people. And as a result, when the stock market has a problem, then we get a problem with state revenues and we in school funding are attached as a percentage of the overall general fund. So we end up getting impacted significantly one way or the other.

041Well, what's happening right now is all good news, and that is that the revenues have been coming in at a crazy big amount. And what it's going to manifest itself in is large amounts of one-time money that hopefully, if this is done the way we've been advocating, is that the district will have a lot of discretion over some of the money that's coming in. It'll be one-time money, which isn't the best. Um, we've advocated for on ongoing money and that is that we know that we get a very small percentage increase year-over-year that's permanent ongoing money and what we call a COLA, cost of living adjustment. And that is an amount of money that we believed for the last few months the state would have enough money of ongoing money to actually make that cost

042of living adjustment higher. The governor has proposed that at the May revision uh what is sort of commonly referred to as a super cola. Um but there's a little sort of kind of connections to that that don't make it exactly as great as it could be. One of them is is that the governor and the legislature have decided, you know, in their wisdom to make sure that we're providing up to 14 weeks of paid leave for uh pregnant uh employees. And that has a cost to it. Unfortunately, what they're doing is saying, "We're going to give you an inflationary adjustment, an increase, but by the way, we want to make you do this benefit, and you can take it out of that money." That's an extremely dangerous precedent. And it's because the COLA, the cost

043of living adjustment, has always been the adjustment they give you for inflation. Meaning that what the assumption is is that you'll be able to do next year everything you did this year without cutting anything if they give you enough in that inflation inflation adjustment. That inflation adjustment is pathetic. It's never enough. And to give us just marginally more money and then throw a mandate that costs about $195 million statewide on the district um is a problem because in the future if the only money we ever get is an adjustment for inflation and they start to tell you things they want you to spend it on suddenly you don't have it it in it it really interferes with the collective bargaining process. I've tried to share with my friends in labor that the governor just spent

044your money. Um, that should be money that's negotiated at the table in every district across the state. The state should not be spending that money before it ever gets to the district. So, that's an issue that unfortunately it looks like the Senate, the Assembly, and the governor are agreement on requiring that. So, it'll be one of those things we're going to have to advocate a lot next year that we try to fix. Um, but generally speaking, the rest of it is good news, which is marginally a little bit more money than the statutory cola that we were planning on getting. And then the block grant will be at least $5 billion statewide, meaning that it's going to be roughly somewhere between $900 and $1,000 per kid. Again, one-time money. So that will help us sort

045of smooth what we've talked about over the last couple of years of a cliff effect that we have with a lot of one-time money that we've had in the last few years shutting off and as a result you know the district being impacted and it also sort of cushions a little bit in the near term the impact of declining enrollment at least again for the near term. So that's kind of what's going on with regard to overall budget picture is generally good. I think the outlook is not bad for the coming year as well. There are going to be some um some initial public offerings of major corporations that are California-based. They're going to have huge fiscal implications for the state that are probably positive. So again, a lot of that will have, you know,

046the impact of one-time money probably next year as well. So we'll be looking for that and reporting to you guys on an ongoing basis about what's going on fiscally. The other thing I'll mention too about the one-time money that I've I've mentioned to the superintendent is that that block grant that comes out um statewide, there's a little debate that they're ironing out and they'll get figured out in the next 48 hours and that is how they send it to us. Normally they send it to us on a per pupil basis. What they're thinking about doing at the assembly is actually proposing that it actually be sent out on the formula that is the way we get most of our base funding, the local control funding formula, LCFF. If it goes out based on that formula,

047it probably benefits Belfflower better than if it goes out on an ADA basis. So in terms of advocacy to both the senator that represents this area, Archeletta, as well as Salace, the assembly member, is it would be important for us to make sure they know that so that if they know that there's a distinction when they go vote for the budget that actually has some advantageous impact on this district that they'll that they'll want that nuance to occur in the budget. So we'll see what ends up happening with that, but I know that's going to get decided very quickly. So that's a little bit of a snapshot on budget update to the engagement issue is again one of the things that we think is a really important sort of roadmap for engaging this board in

048a greater way in state and federal legislative issues is the idea of potentially putting together a platform. a platform not with a ton of different issues, but at least some of the top maybe five or 10 key issues that that are of value to you guys that you want to see effectuated up in Sacramento. What that gives us the ability to do is that we're wonder we're in a committee hearing or we're around the Capitol building and an issue comes up and we know it's completely consistent with the platform, we go in there without having to call anybody and say, "Look at Belfower does not like this bill." And it just enables us to be in a position to really act at the at a moment's notice on legislation and then on anything that's outside

049of the platform, obviously communicating with the superintendent and the board and the cabinet about the implications of anything that's going on policy-wise in in Sacramento and making sure that this district is not leaving it up to LA Unified or somebody else that does advocacy to actually speak for you. You guys are speaking for yourselves. Um, the other aspect of this that I know you guys have been activists in, which I need to really compleiment, is your willingness to come to Sacramento and actually lobby in front of the legislature and be there both in testimony to the board as well as activism and CSBA participation in their legislative efforts, but also in Washington DC. You know, it is phenomenal how, you know, how few the opportunities are that lawmakers back there in Washington DC actually get

050to hear the sentiment of local school leaders. And the fact that you guys take the time to make sure you're articulating that I think is extremely important. So, I'm going to stop there and see if you guys have any questions on with regard to the platform. Sort of our game plan is to provide you guys with a draft. the board, the staff would look at it, make recommendations, the board would then review that, and then as you finalize it, that platform goes into effect for a two-year session. So, we're about to start a brand new two-year session immediately after the November election. And then any advocacy that we need to do between now and November, we would do sort of on a ad hoc basis, probably using some of the parameters of that platform if

051you guys finish it up soon enough. So, I'll stop talking and see if you guys have any questions. Thank you for the information and thank you for being here. Uh and thank you Dr. Simon for for making this happen. Uh this happened through a lot of conversations with the board. We we do spend a lot of time advocating for our district at the the state and federal level. And I think the conversation turned into how could we be more intentional? How could we be more impactful? Um, so this information is really great and I'm hoping we get uh regular uh updates on uh the advocacy maybe quarterly. Um, and I think not only I mean it it there's so much that we want to do as a district and sometimes uh often you know there's

052something with the county or something with the state that really blocks you know what what we're trying to do. So, I think it's really important to not just be victim of that, but really advocate for change for our district because sometimes the the bigger advocacy groups, uh, they're not really thinking about what specifically impacts Belfflower Unified. They might be thinking of, you know, bigger school districts or, uh, school districts that aren't necessarily mirror, uh, us here. Uh, so, thank you for that. and also uh looking for opportunities to bring uh community dollars from the the state or federal back to our uh our district uh in terms of community projects. How how can we best prepare ourselves with uh our project proposals to get some of those community dollars back here. So, uh thank you

053for the efforts and I look forward to working with you. >> Great. Terrific. Thanks. >> I also want to echo um Vice President Critfield on everything that he just said. I I absolutely appreciate it. Um I kind of want to go back because you did rattle through a lot of information very very quickly and I was trying to write as fast as I could. Um could you go back to because you said there was two things about the super cola. One was the 14week um >> uh uh paid leave correct for um that would come out basically the we would be told how to spend that money. And then you said the second one, was the second one the block grant or was the there was another I missed the whatever the second thing was.

054>> Well, I mean I'll just tell you two little things. One is that out of that cola, the the amount of money it takes to pay for that 14 weeks of leave is about 195 million statewide. The amount they're giving us for the cola, the extra cola is about $936 million. So, we're still going to benefit by a bigger cola than we'd otherwise get. But having to pay for that, we would almost rather them say, "Let's pay for that separately and call a cola a cola." You know, a cost of living adjustment should be by itself. if they want to take some money and pay for that 14 weeks of leave, don't call it a cost of living increase because it's just mixing things that aren't appropriate. And then the block grant is sort of

055the second major piece of money that we're going to be looking at in the budget. Oh, and the other thing I forgot to mention was a very big investment in special ed. And I know this board in particular has been very focused on that. Yes. >> Getting more resources for special ed. The district's general fund commitment to special ed is crazy big. Every dollar the state and federal government gives you for special ed directly offsets those general fund costs. The governor has a proposal of 2.6 billion I mean$ 2.4 billion dollar increase overall to special ed funding which is really really significant and it's it's going to have that characteristic of flexible money for the district and that's ongoing permanent money. >> Okay. >> Yeah. I I that that was going to be my followup

056because I was like I did hear something about special ed, but I wanted to make sure that I answered one than the other. I don't have any additional questions at this moment. I just really appreciate your time and you explaining this to us a little bit better. >> Um my first question is what was the name of your company? I'm sorry I didn't. >> So it's called Capital Advisors Group. It's kind of a generic name for a company that actually all we do is education advocacy up in Sacramento. But yeah. Um, as far as the advocacy, I guess this might be a staff question for Dr. Simon, but will there be is this going to be a board discussion or will there be community input for the platform that we go to advocate on? Will

057this just be a board decision or will there be community input? >> I think that's really for the board to um decide. So, I I will bring that back to the board and to the board president and how you all want to facilitate and do that work. If I may ask one more question, we have a legislative act action committee that we actually have and I'm wondering if this will be something that you will work with or is this replacing our committee? >> In almost every district we work with, that's a really big gift. I mean, it really helps us a lot. And we will help be present and help answer your guys's question for that committee. But not a lot of districts have that. So, I compliment you guys for having that structure. We

058would we would support that if that's what you wanted us to do. And I'll say if anything uh board member story it would be complimementaryary I think for you all it's just to have more of a of a of a footprint um and how you want to advocate more so at the state level. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> So you do did you say that you kind of like uh work with CSBA? >> Yeah. I mean >> sometimes to get some of the issues. >> Yeah. And you know, as some of you may know, uh, I spent many, many years as the chief lobbyist for the schoolboard association. So the very job that Patrick O'Donnell currently has, that that's a job I did for a number of years. And and one of the things

059I always describe is that CSBA is a great organization to belong to and be active in it to try to help shape its agenda. But remember that CSBA usually all of their arguments, all of their issues are like 30,000 foot how it benefits all districts. The minute you guys have a unique issue that affects Belfflower, they will not deal with that issue on purpose because they can't deal with a thousand districts unique issues. And then oftentimes some of the generic issues you will be asked to get involved with >> by AXA, by CSBA, by CASBO, by any number of groups. One of the things we do is we put a bellflower lens on it because we'll say, "Hey, this is a good issue. You should like this, but you should like it only if it

060does X because in some ways some of the proposals might not be ideal for Bellflower and we can show you how to make it something that's a little bit more advantageous to the district." >> Okay. >> But good organizations for sure to be active in. >> Okay. Thank you. Any other questions, comments? Um could you go over explain just a little bit about how would you go about preparing our board to be able to advocate? >> Yeah. Uh so one of the other things that we do is in advance of for example when you're doing I mean there's three sort of levels. One is the activism that you would have as just a board if you set aside time to come up to Sacramento or you wanted to do some legislative activism on your own

061without being tied to any of the other state organizations. You come up to Sacramento, we are the ones that help schedule all of those meetings. The goal is not just to see your legislators who you can see here in the local community, but go up and try to effectuate change and a and an understanding of the unique needs of a district this size with the demographics that you guys have to policy makers including the nonpartisan legislative analysts, the Department of Finance, California Department of Education. I can go on and on. It's our job to sort of secure those and then create an agenda that is consistent with the platform that you have adopted talking points and then do pre-prep for you before you ever walk into that meeting so they have a sense of how

062the flow of the meeting should go. But we also do that in advance of the legislative conference when you're going up for CSBA. There'll be their issues and we'll talk about how we think they fit with your own platform and just kind of give you the lay of the land. Hey, guess what? There's a brand new speaker. There's a new, you know, chair of the Senate ed committee. There are these people that you need to be kind of aware of the changing politics. We're going to get a new administration in the governor's office. Knowing kind of who some of the personalities are and those priorities and agendas are so that you don't end up saying something that's completely it sounds like you have no clue what's going on in Sacramento before you ever go there.

063Um, that's going to be our job. And then finally on DC, um same with Washington DC to the extent that you guys participate in the CSBA's coast to coast conference for some of our district clients. They really like it for us to do a little briefing for them on the federal issues that are in that agenda and then anything extra that we think we ought to be talking to our federal lawmakers about. And some of you know that Capital Adviserss literally puts together that speaker agenda and everything for that conference. and we arrange for a lot of the speakers for CSBA when we go back there. So, we can be helpful that way too. >> And one more question. Um, when you're doing that, getting the uh platform together, preparing the board, will you also

064be able to work with our staff so that way they can get us information um give them enough time to get that? >> Yeah, 100%. And that's a really good question is that there are a lot of very nuanced issues that come up in the legislative process every year. We really want to be a resource to the cabinet because there'll be HR issues, there'll be issues regarding ELOP, any number of things and we know how that law was written. We know how it came into effect and we know what the legislative intent is. So oftentimes we can be really critical partners and informative to the staff on what was meant in terms of implementation, exactly how will the money flow, all of those kinds of technical problems. So, we'll be a resource as much to

065the staff as we will certainly to the board. And then what the staff can help us on is when we get a bill and we're not so sure what that impact might be to the district. It's we don't like what this bill looks like. We think it could be not good for the district, but can you have the HR staff look at it and tell us if this has negative implications for the district? And then we can go back and share that with both your lawmakers and then other folks in Sacramento that matter. I I I have one more question. So yeah, would you okay like sometimes um from our pacer or someone from CSVA they may have an an issue like hey we need people we need real faces to do the talking because

066you know we can sign letters all day long. Y >> we can sign letters. Will you provide will you try to provide opportunities to where when we do have issues provide those opportunities when we could possibly get online and and you know not necessarily up in Sacramento, >> right? >> But sometimes there are opportunities that we could get online on like a webinar or I don't know a Zoom or whatever. >> No, you're absolutely right. And it's like the state board of education they allow virtual testimony. some of the committees allow you to be able to do that as well. >> So, it's important to take advantage of those where we think there's an issue at stake. And it's absolutely true when you guys and you guys are have demonstrated a commitment to this. And

067that's why I think it's really cool that beyond the work that you do at this board table that the willingness that you have to go up to Sacramento and or be available to testify at hearings even virtually is so much more impactful than even me going into a committee room saying, "Hey, my district thinks this or that." It's you guys in particular as locally elected leaders and the superintendent and many members of the cap cabinet will have a stature that really gets their attention way more than advocates that are you know roaming the hallways. So yeah, it's a great point. >> Okay, that that's what's important to me too. So thank you. >> Good to know. >> I think it's really important for us as local electors to be in that process, but I know

068that my colleagues understand that. I also feel like we also represent our community. So, I would just like to incorporate our community and our people and our stakeholders in as much as we possibly can to just see how they feel about the platform. >> That's great. >> Thank you. >> No other comments, questions. >> Thank you so much. Appreciate you. >> Thank you, Super. >> All right. So now we are on to our next item. The first reading of resolution number 2026-0618 ordering a school bond election on November 3rd, 2026 and authorizing necessary actions in connection therewith. I'll turn it over to you, Dr. Sammon. >> Thank you, President Garza. I have some folks waiting here patiently. Thank you so much. And we have Mark Pharaoh. Um, can you please come up to provide an

069overview of the bond measure from Dale Scott and Company? Thank you. >> Uh, good evening, President Garza, board members, uh, Superintendent Simon. Thank you for having me here tonight. So, we'll talk kind of quickly about uh what's proposed in uh the bond measure and the draft resolution uh that the board has in your packet uh this evening. So, uh looking backwards a little bit at measure BB uh back in 2012 that was approved by about just under 73% of voters here in Belfower. That was a $79 million bond. Uh the average, excuse me, the the tax rate was just a little bit over $55 per h 100red,000 of assessed value. Um, and all of those bonds were issued in uh two series in 20 uh sorry I can't look it down because I can't see

070that far. 2013 and 2015 as we put together the um kind of projections for the bond issuances as we're trying to come up with what's the dollar amount of the bond measure. Uh, one of the things we look at is the district's assessed value, uh, the property tax base, how that's grown over time, and make a projection or estimate about what that could do in the future. So, if we look back over the past 20 years, the assessed value has grown at a little bit over 4.2 4.27% to be exact over the past 20 years. And in the projections that we're using for the bond program going forward, we're assuming a three and a half% growth rate. being a little bit more conservative to allow times where maybe the AV growth isn't as as strong

071as it has been in the last couple years. So when uh the board commissioned the survey, we had to kind of come up with uh kind of the estimates of what to ask voters for. And so this is actually uh the amount in the resolution tonight is the amount that was included in the survey. Uh so the tax rate assumption was a maximum of $49 per $100,000 of assessed value. Uh that with the three and a half% growth assumption, 4 and a half% interest rate assumption, assuming bonds are issued every three years would result in $135 million bond measure. Now, the one thing to note about the uh kind of that that table in the upper right, the timing and the dollar amount of the bond issuances is up to the board's discretion. So, this

072isn't something that's set in stone uh at the time of the resolution or when voters approve the bond in November. Every time the district wants to issue bonds, it comes back to the board for approval, and that dollar amount uh is determined by the board and the district based on what your construction needs are, what projects you have coming up. And if we equate that $49 per h 100,000, what does that mean to an average homeowner in the district? So the average assessed value for a single family home in the district in kind of the 2526 fiscal year is this $457,615 amount. So it's approximately $224 per year uh for the average homeowner or $19 per month. And then lastly, we did look at different bond amounts. So, um, if we were to use the

073full, uh, $60 tax rate that school districts are allowed under Prop 39. And again, Prop 39 is the the authorization that allows school district to place a bond on the ballot for and get 55% voter approval threshold. If we were up up to that full $60 amount, that'd be $165 million bond. And then we also tested in the survey the 39 and $29, excuse me, $28 tax rates. So 170 million, 107 million and 77 million accordingly for those two two different scenarios. So you can kind of see how that tax rate affects the potential dollar amount that the district could get in the bond measure. happy to answer any questions or if we want to talk about the resolution and then go back to questions about the the numbers we can do that too. >>

074Questions, comments, colleagues? >> President Garza and and the board, would you like u a conversation around the resolution and then come back to the bond scenarios? >> Yeah, could we do that please? Thank you. Now, thank you, Meredith Johnson from DWK. Um, we'll work with the board with the resolution language. Thank you, >> President Garza, members of the board, Superintendent Simon and Cabinet. Uh, my name is Meredith Johnson. I'm a bond attorney with Danis Wmer Kelly. Um, you may recall that I was here in 2024 with that resolution as well. Um it probably looks a little bit familiar for those of you who remember the way um school boards call bond elections and ask the county to put it on the ballot is through resolution. So the resolution is fairly standard for a Proposition 39

075bond measure. Um it includes all of the accountability measures that are required under Proposition 39 as Mark alluded to. There'll be a citizens oversight committee. There'll be the requirement that the district undertake two audits of the bond program each year, a performance audit and a financial audit. Um, it also requires a project list. So, in order to spend bond proceeds, you have to tell the voters ahead of time how you intend to do that. So, your list of eligible projects can be found at exhibit B. So that's an important part of the resolution for you to look at and make sure you're comfortable with so that you understand where that list came from. It was derived from the recent facilities master plan that the district completed and the projects listed on the project list came

076directly out of that master plan. It it simply um recites what your uh master planner told you were the capital needs of the district. If you look at appendix A, that is the potential draft question that voters will be asked when they go to vote. That was what will be printed in the uh ballot when they're casting their their their vote on the measure. Um it's also important to note that exhibit B, which is the full text of the measure, that's what will be printed in the sample ballot that voters review when they decide if they want to how they want to vote on the measure. Um, so you'll see it. It recites the accountability measures. It recites the project list so voters can understand how the monies will be spent. Um, and it describes

077some of the requirements of Prop 39. >> I'm sorry. >> Go ahead. >> Did we uh the appendix were they printed out for the board? >> They're attach in they're attached to the resolution in the agenda. >> Yeah. So, we have them digitally. I just want to make sure my Do we have them printed for those that don't have their device on them right now? I have a copy if you'd like it. >> Can we like it? >> Yes. Um, can we staff please grab that? >> Thank you. Appreciate it. >> Yes. We were all looking for and we realized that they're not touched physically. >> Thank you so much. Sorry about that. >> That's okay. Okay, sorry. Go ahead. We all can see it now. >> I think that's pretty much a good summary

078of the resolution if you have any questions. >> Okay. Um, for members, do you would you like maybe one two minutes to kind of look over it really quickly? >> Anyone have any questions, comments? I just want to say thank you for the work. I know we've worked uh as a committee uh on this for a few sessions now and uh a lot of work went into it and I appreciate all the thoughtfulness in getting this to us. >> Um I did have a couple questions. I'm just clicking in late. Um, and I think just based on what was shared, I think we know the answers to this, but I'd like to ask these questions to have it just aloud just so people can hear about what this actually means for us. So, I I

079know you touched on um the oversight committee. Can you give us a little bit more information on what the oversight committee is, what it's used for, and uh how they'll be in the process if this should pass? >> Yeah. So, because you are telling the voters ahead of time how the monies will be spent and the voters are reviewing that project list, the oversight committee's role is to make sure that you're actually keeping that promise that you told the voters when they permitted you to issue these bonds. So the voters are saying yes, we agree that these are good expenditures for these monies. The community then gets a seat at the table after those expenditures are made to make sure that you actually spent the bond proceeds in accordance with that project list. And there

080are certain requirements for the membership of the committee. So there needs to be certain representatives from Belfer's community that will be on the oversight committee and will be the folks that get to review the expenditures of the bond proceeds to make sure that you are spending them how you told the voters you would in accordance with the project list. >> Thank you for that. Um then moving on um and I know you also touched on this is the mandatory annual audits. Could you explain who does those audits and what they're looking for? Yeah. So, it's an independent auditor much like the independent auditor. It can be the same independent auditor that does the annual audit of the district as a whole. So, there are two types of audits. The first is a financial audit and

081they're going to go through your bond fund because the bond proceeds once you issue bonds are set aside separately in a building fund at the county apart from the district's general fund. So, they're not intermixed and they can't be spent for the same things. they have to be segregated apart in the building fund and the auditor is going to review that fund to make sure that the expenditures from that fund were in fact for the capital projects um on the project list as well. So it I often tell oversight committees that it's a good thing for them to review the auditor's uh audit report because they're doing the same job the oversight committee is. They are making sure that the expenditures are done in accordance with the rules for bonds and in accordance with the

082project list. Now, is it on the auditors um to bring that report to read aloud to one of our sessions I mean our meetings or is it something that is put on our cabinet or our as the board members to then give the report out for community? >> No, your auditor the independent auditor will come in front of the board and provide a report as to their findings in the audit >> and they'll they'll give that same report ideally to the oversight committee. >> Perfect. Thank you so much. Um, did anybody else have questions or clarity stuff? I have a couple more. So, >> still a comment. Uh, so I sat on the the previous bond oversight committee. So, um, you those are really important and we had come and we had give updates to

083the board. So, it's a really important function of the bond. I think I see a couple of my former bond oversight in the house. Uh so it's made up of uh community members and you know they're basically watching all the dollars that come through to make sure that they align with what the dollars are meant for. So it's a really important part of the the process. >> And I'll point out that there are some rules about who may be on the oversight committee. There can't be any employees, contractors, or vendors of the district to make sure that the folks that are reviewing those expenditures, they are indeed objective and don't have any connection or relationship to the district. >> For the record, it was before I was elected here. Of course, >> just just to

084be clear, >> um I did want to um understand better. Um I did read it uh the material saying uh full disclosure and and voter um materials, but it didn't explain too much what that actually meant. Could you give a little bit more insight on what that meant for the people that are voting on or on this potential bond? Yeah. So, exhibit C to the resolution that you approve, it's called the tax rate statement. That will also be printed in the sample ballot for voters and it includes information about the average annual tax rate that v that uh property owners will pay if the measure is passed. It includes the highest estimated tax rate that might be in effect if the measure is passed. And it also includes a number that is the total amount

085of repayment principle and interest on the bonds if all of them are interest are issued. Um so we want to make sure that voters understand what the tax implications are because we understand that this will be a lot of money for capital improvements for the district but it's also a repayment obligation on on the uh property owners in the district. Thank you so much for your time. I really appreciate it. I don't have any further questions. Thank you. Um colleagues, do you guys have any does anyone have any questions on the previous presentation the thinking forward for our school communities from DSCNC? Okay, I don't think we have any questions. Thank you so much for the presentation. We appreciate your help and support. Um, we now will move into public hearing. We have a public

086hearing this evening regarding the 2026 2027 local control and accountability plan and the 2026 2027 local control funding formula LCFF and proposed budget. We have a presentation on the proposed budget. Dr. Simon. >> Thank you, President Garza. Uh Miss Carter presented a draft of the 2026 27 LCAP at the May 28th meeting. Since then, minor technical revisions have been made and were included in the posted version of the LCAP at the recommendation of the Los Angeles County Office of Education. So, at this point, I'm going to turn it over to our chief business officer, Mrs. Argus, and she will present the proposed budget for 2026 2027. Good evening, President Garza, board members, um staff, and community here tonight. It is my pleasure to introduce the 2627 budget. Um I want to thank uh our team

087in fiscal and actually our team in the education side in as uh in Bonnie Carter as we've been working through all the deal details of the LCAP and the budget together to ensure that everything that is represented in the LCAP is included in the budget. Um, thank you to Rachel Dub who is in the audience and probably doesn't want me to mention her, but um, this is her first budget with uh, Belar Unified School District and um, she came from the county office and had um, not produced a budget for a school district and I'm amazed at her technical expertise and the work that she put into this. Um we've already had some meetings regarding uh ways we can improve our process and work through it next year and we're excited that uh we're down

088this path now the two of us and her team. So I couldn't have had a better person come tonight than um Mr. Kevin Gordon who provided a lot of insight on the 2627 budget. So you uh will be hearing a few things again from me tonight. Um, but I like the presentation he provided and the information that he gave the board um because I think it's important to ground us in where the state was and why some of these um why some of these numbers have um landed where they're landing. So to remind us to set ourselves back what is the 2627 proposed budget? It's a comprehensive financial plan that estimates estimates the district revenues and expenditures for our next um fiscal year. It also includes two additional fiscal years for the general fund which

089is the district's big operating budget and that's a requirement of the state. So it's an assessment of the district's ability to meet financial obligations for the current and two subsequent years and it's a public accountability document that communicates financial status. So tonight I'm just taking an opportunity to pro provide some overarching um information regarding the budget. On the bottom of the screen you can see where we are. We're in the um estimated actuals and proposed budget. Uh the next time we will be bringing this is not voted on tonight. So this is anformational item. That's why the public hearing was opened. Um and it will be voted on during the 18th um board meeting as along with the LCAP. So then after that vote, the next time you will see me with a fiscal presentation

090regarding our standard reporting structure is at the unodudited actuals in September, which is just a final reconciliation of where we landed for 2526. So, the governing board has a fiduciary responsibility to um per the ED codes that I've listed above. Um the four topics that are included in the ED code are to review our budget assessment assumptions and fiscal risks, which I will provide to you um tonight in my presentation, evaluate the multi-year and reserve levels, ensure the district can meet its obligations for the current and two subsequent years, which we are going to show that we can. and you're doing you're checking a box tonight by holding our public hearing of on the proposed budget. So, some key highlights going into the ending of 2526 is um we have updated our revenue and expenditure

091projections. There wasn't a large change. We've been watching these pretty carefully and updating them at each of the interims. And so coming into this year um finality, we've um updated them again. Again, when we bring back the unodited actuals, that will be the finality of the 2526 year. We are using an enrollment protection to decline of approximately 3% annually. That's a combination of what we've seen in our district as well as our facilities master plan gave us some kind of guidance looking forward on the birth rates and other things that may or may not be out of our control. Um it's the proper thing to do, but I think this district um with Dr. Simon's lead has has started a big process of two big things, which is um trying to gather additional enrollment, making

092our schools known, making um information about what we have to offer. And I'm truly excited about that and hope there is some impact there. And then um we are um as a team looking into some attendance recovery um programs now that the the uh state of California has defined the rules on the attendance recovery and what we can and can't do. Um I think our our state and federal office is looking at ways that we can recover attendance. Rising cost pressures. This this probably won't change in slides for for the you know future. Um we we continue to have uh cost pressures and salaries and benefits, special education expenditures, utilities, contracts and supplies. It's just what's happening. That's why COLA is what comes about. It's a cost of living increase. Um but despite these challenges,

093the district is projected to maintain reserves above state minimum requirements. So I'm happy to report that tonight and we will recommend a positive certification when you adopt the budget at the 18th board. So, here are our multi-year assumptions. Again, one of the pieces that we want you to know what we use in our in our um planning purposes. Going across the top, I said we were using about an average of a 3%. You can see the way we do enrollment change. Um again, we got better information regarding birth rates, but we are able to kind of track students through. So, we move them to each grade level. You can see we're hopeful that um we have a a slight uh slightly bigger grade level that stays intact in 2728. So we don't have quite a

0943% drop in that year. Um but we're projecting a little um bigger drop in 2829. The funded ADA is the so we currently have about 94 9,300 students in our system. were funded on a um on a average of the last three years which is something that was implemented during COVID times and has really helped districts kind of uh you know maintain some of the revenues and kind of give us a softer landing. So those are the funded ADAs that we are anticipating being funded on. Um Mr. uh Gordon talked about our state cola for this year. So pointing it out it is a 4.31% projected. We are waiting for the state to finalize this budget. In in the outy years, we're expecting a 3.30 and a 3.09. I do want to point out that

095in one of the earlier versions of the report, there was a transposition. It said 3.9. I would love if I could just transpose those numbers at the state and get that, but I'm sorry, it's a 3.09% cola in that in that last year. So, what you see in front of you is the correct cola, and that is what we used in our calculations. So staffing, we're continuing on on enrollmentbased staffing projection. We're looking at our enrollment, looking at our staffing needs. Um been doing a lot of besign behind the scenes work on the staffing aspect. Special education is a continued general fund contribution. That has not changed. However, Mr. Gordon did mention that that was a piece of the legislation that we're anticipating in our new budget, which would be an increase from the state

096for special education students. we have included that increase in our budget. Utilities inflation, we are using a three-year trend. Um, that's what we're going to kind of stick to right now. We did notice quite a big jump in utilities this last year. And so, we are uh talking amongst ourselves, looking at ways that we can um maybe modify our usage or ways that we can kind of improve upon the utilities. And so, that's h those conversations are always happening. services and contracts. We've included an escalation just by the nature of the beast. If we are having more expenses ourselves, obviously the vendors and the services that they're using, they're paying more for gas, they're paying more to their employees, and so therefore their costs are going to go up. So, we've done our best to

097include that. As of tonight, although I know we've talked about it, the labor negotiations um were unsettled. So, there hasn't been a vote from the uh board to move forward with the settled negotiations. So, labor negotiations aren't included in this budget, but will be included you in in uh on the 18th. We have a county required file filing that is called the AB1200, which will tell the board the impact of the labor negotiations. It's already been posted on our website because it's required to be out 10 days before the board and it is included in the board packet for the 18th. So all of those things will be part of it, but because being approved or or or being on the same board meeting as the approval of the budget, they cannot be included in

098the budget. So our financial outlook is shaped by two opposing forces. We have this wonderful cola which um was starting to be a 2.87% statutory cola and we got a super cola. But as Mr. Gordon described it came with a couple little um hiccups from the state as to what things that we're going to have to pay for because of that, including like the the pregnancy leave that he indicated. Um and while state funding helps offset cost increases, enrollment declines, special ed costs, inflationary pressures are continue to put a pressure on us as a district and our surrounding districts as well. So, I've talked briefly about the actual enrollment decline. Okay, here's um what we are anticipating for the next few years. Um basically from 2223 to uh 2930 using our percentage declines, uh we're

099looking at about a 17.4% decline over the next the past already happened um five years and the future three years that we're anticipating. So our actual ADA is the driver and so we are um projecting a declining ADA from 8509 to 7768. High schools represent the largest nominal and percentage drop across all grades and I want to talk about that in particular because the high schools as birth weight rates drop that kind of everything's moving through our system. So, I know there's been discussions about high schools and our setups and those things um you know as to whether we're losing students between those years, but the the largest decline is in high schools right now because those highest uh age groups are in the high school and as they're moving out, we're getting a new

100kindergarten or TK group that's definitely not as big as the 12th graders that are leaving our system. So, that's the big kind of picture regarding that. for um our knowledge, a 1% change in ADA impacts our revenue by about about a million dollars annually. So here is our estimated actuals that we are presenting tonight and our proposed budgets. Uh they're very similar in nature. There's a few um you know changes. Uh we have incorporated the one-time funds into our restricted um budget that Mr. Gordon talked about. So he talked about that block grant that will be coming our way. We have incorporated the most conservative amount based on the information we had at the time. While we do realize there could be um changes to that amount, what we've incorporated in our budget is the

101knowledge that we have at the time of the budget. The expenditures do drop between years and a big portion of that is as we've discussed over the time the um our big capital expenditure the Mayfair field projects u more of the work is getting done in this year and less is getting done in next year. So our expenditures are decreasing on that project. And finally, we've included the special education funding increase, which shows itself in our numbers in the other financing sources. It's our contribution to restricted funds. So, those are the the areas that you will see the major changes in. Here are our multi-year projections. Another checkbox for um the board as far as the the information that we're providing tonight. Um we have our proposed budget column with an ending fund balance of

102about 55 million uh dropping to about 30 million with those are including the special education revenue numbers as projected and the 4.31% COLA and including the colas that have been anticipated before. So all of the information is here tonight. However, we are we do not have the impact of um projected negotiations in these these numbers. So what we're seeing is um our unassigned balance is our available reserves is dropping. Um this this is a portion of the uh presentation that our um our uh on LEO guidance asks us to include to show that um while we have the funds um for our budget our um our un our available reserves are dropping based on our expenditure pattern. That is a pattern related to um our deficit spend which I've talked about in this room a

103lot. Um we are currently looking at a deficit spend of about 10 million. Our deficit spend in this budget does drop based on the new funding from special education and um and the super cola that we're receiving. So it drops to a lower level in the $6 million range. But again that has not been changed due to um negotiations having been settled. So, the staff is going to recommend that when we return on dece December. Wow, I moved us ahead. Uh, when we dece when we return on June um 18th that we adopt the fiscal year proposed budget and we are certifying that Belfar Unified School District will meet its financial obligations for the current and the next two years. Um, positive certification is what staff is recommending for the J June 18th meeting. So,

104I gave you a synopsis of um our at the beginning of the slide what we've been going through. Um we are now coming and we're about to turn the corner and head back to um a new budget cycle. So, this is the start of our budget cycle. We're having the public hearing tonight for the LCAP and the budget. Um in the second meeting, we will be adopting both and approving the estimated actuals. In September, I will be back at it and sharing where we landed on our final numbers um as far as 2025 and 2026. And then come December, we will be our first in reporting for the December board meeting. That will give an opportunity to to get all of the information back together. Um any approved negotiated salary increases will be in our

105first interim and will will be reflected and we will um have new information on the final budget. A lot of those things will come during um the periods like an unodited actuals. I'll definitely tell you if we've got some um some changes that we're we're um working on. Um but the big change or the big information will come with our first interim packet. Um I will say that if the adopted budget by the legislature that do uh Mr. Gordon um talked about is inherently different from the one I'm presenting tonight. The state gives us 45 days to bring back a revision. So if we're in alignment with what the So we are going off of the assumptions that the state has provided us at this time. That's the numbers that we can use. However, if

106we find that there's something inherently different in the numbers that the state ultimately adopts, which he kind of gave a 48 hour notice, but I know that they've also waited until a lot longer. So, we'll see when they come about. Um, then we will bring those back to you in August with a called what's called a 45day revise. So, now I am ready for any questions from the board. >> Questions, comments? question and this could just you know just me thinking aloud. Um do you think when you when we get to the December do you think that whatever happens in November like we choose our governor that that's going to change the numbers >> or is that or is that in your experience a possibility? >> It's a very valid question. The new governor hardly

107changes the numbers for the current year. So what we will find out in January with a new governor is what the changes might be proposed for our 2728 and 2829. And um again voting them in November means I'm going to have to bring you a first interim with the best information we have at the time which is what I will do. And that's why second interim comes on the heels of that because after the January propo proposal from the governor of their budget, we take all of those informations and put them into the March presentation that I do for you. So, it's a it's a moving target. We are always on it and looking for information. Um, capital advisors is one of our opportunities. They one of our partners that we can reach out to

108and get information regarding budget. School services have has been here before. um they've done presentations on how they helped us with HR and fiscal. They are a great resource for information. So um I am thirsting for information and a a lot of that information comes from those two entities and then I'm able to incorporate them as such. >> Thank you again for your great presentation and although I didn't like to see the piggy bank get smaller. >> Yeah, >> nobody nobody but we have good things coming from it. We have to look at the bright side. We have really good things. It was a good lift me up. Thank you so much. >> You're welcome. >> Colleagues, anyone else? >> Yeah, thank you for the presentation. >> You're welcome. >> Um, couple questions are kind

109of becoming like my my annual questions like the same one. Uh, what uh what do you So, right now we're projected uh you're projecting 9 million, right? Deficit. The deficit spend flows between 9 and 10 million. Yes. Depending on the year >> and uh just historically we we tend to get a little bit closer to zero each time. Uh and it's gotten so much better. So thank you for the word. It's it's really I feel like the the longer you hear the more we're kind of like >> zoning. Yeah, I agree. >> Um so I'm just getting like how how zoned in do we feel at this point? >> We we feel pretty zoned in on the numbers that we're presenting tonight. I will say I mean one of the huge numbers on the unrestricted

110general fund is the um projected uh bills that we get for the fields. It's a it's a pretty so our May bill already came a little came in a little better. That means that the projections might be a little higher than but that expense will just move to the next year because it's just a difference between when the expenditures are happening. But we feel pretty good about the projections we're bringing forward tonight. >> Okay. uh and wi with the field how much of the field came out of uh last year's numbers was it 20 >> it's it's about 20 it's about a 2010 split again like I said depending on the finalization of the last um uh and I say that that's out of general fund we're also using other funding sources for the other

111$10 million of the field but out of general fund we're projecting about 20 million to come out of this year and 10 million to come out of that out of next year >> okay Um, and I know for the the proposed budget, we're projecting 26 million uh decrease in the in the ending fund balance. >> You feel like that's >> Are you saying in 2627 I have a 8,541? Is that the number we're looking at for the fund balance decrease for 2627? I was looking at the we got to number these pre presentations. Uh the multi-year projections chart. >> Okay. Pull that back up. >> This has the box around it. >> Yeah, it has the >> Yeah, the 26 million is both um restricted and unrestricted. So that is 18 million of it is

112the general fund and the other portion of it is the restricted fund which is um to um um Mr. Gordon's point that is some of the one-time monies that we're trying to spend in this year that are being replaced by the new block grant and that's kind of um the nature of the beast of those unrestricted dollars that are ending. We've been spending more of them in this year and next year. >> Okay. Just what one of the things when I when I go through the the the prior year uh is the proposed is usually that number is usually pretty high. Then as we go through the year we make adjustments and we find co cost savings and that number usually gets a lot better. Mhm. >> Um but the the multi-year projection because it's

113based off those assumptions, I find it looks, you know, really bad uh on but I feel like it ends up a lot closer. Um so like I said, it is zeroing in. But how would you describe like this uh like the accounting? cuz I think if somebody doesn't know uh like they they see it as like you know it's it's dishonest accounting but I see it as being very conservative in making sure that we're able to provide the services and and very smart uh and transparent but how would you describe like that number at the end of the year instead of what we projected uh it it it does get a lot better. Yeah, in some cases what you have to project at the what you have to budget for at the beginning of the

114year is our current staff that we have on hand and our current projected hiring of staff that we have on hand. So one of the changes that often happens is the vacant positions. If they don't get filled or there's a delay in filling them, you always constantly have that cycle of of um you know someone may quit and then someone else is coming on board but it takes a little while. So some of those kind of changes are just the nature of the beast of managing a large school district like ours. So part of what we that came from part of what we have to uh budget for is um is all the staffing that we're anticipating but we're able to look at it and that is the best part of the um updates that

115we're able to bring to the board as far as the um you know first interim second interim you know those things are start to get known if there's changes made in um in the way that we're funding something or changes as we kind of proceed along saying, "Oh, this is not something we're going to need." Those are all the conversations that happen with staff at those points, and that's what's being able to be brought out of the budget that may um have some improvement to the budget. >> Okay. And then on on the revenue side, uh it's kind of hard to you don't want to count on money that isn't for sure going to come in. So, those estimates might lend itself to more coming in than you. >> Yeah. A great example of that

116is last year we had um our e- rate that we um do on a cash basis. So at the time of budgeting we did not anticipate getting that funding or know when we were actually going to get that funding but it was a pleasant surprise as we rounded the end of the year. So things like that are just things that happen in a large organization where revenues the revenues from the state I can come in front of you and say these are the this is the information they gave me and therefore there's the calculation. here's the information they change and therefore this it's a really simple kind of explanation of what changes but other revenues um can be impacted by the way we do business or if something kind of comes around. So we try

117to find as much as we can and set it into our budget but there's always areas that that could see improvement. >> Yeah. Well, thank you for the explanation. Um, I mean, I know it may not seem like it when I ask so many questions on on the budget, but I do think you're doing amazing work and I and I and I trust you and I and and I think it's important for people to know that's why these numbers shift around. Uh, you know, we're not fortune tellers. Um, >> but I think the underlying concern is always uh are we spending this year's money on this year's kids, right? And I think I I think we all want that. Um but uh yeah, no thank thank you for the work and I I'll have more

118questions on specific uh categories uh that next week. Um but thank you for the work overall. Really appreciate it. >> Thank you. >> Same. I just want to say thank you. I've had a lot of conversations with you one-on-one with negotiations looking at all this. I've had some pretty extensive conversations with Vice President Critzfield. So I feel good about this. So I don't have any questions. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Stewart. >> Anyone else, colleagues? Okay, thank you so much. >> Thank you, Dr. Miss Argus. Um, we will now go ahead and um think that was it. Sorry, let me catch up here. At this time, I declare the public mir public hearing open. Would anyone from the public like to speak on these items? I'm not hearing any requests. So, I declared the public

119hearing closed. Is there any discuss other discussion from the board? Thank you. We're moving on. We're now into the consent agenda. Do we have any items to withhold from the consent agenda this evening? >> Um, I would like to withhold 1310, 1311, and 1312. >> Thank you. Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda with the exception of items 1310, 1311, and 1312? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call, please. Miss Armstrong >> I >> Miss Stewart >> I >> Miss Cron >> I >> Mr. Critchfield >> I >> Mrs. Garza >> I the first item withheld is 13.10 honestly all of them 1310 11 and 12 we haven't talked about. So how do we approach that? We can't vote on them when we haven't talked about them. Um so generally what

120happens is uh the board will get certain information in close session um that is discussed but it's not required to to take a vote and from what I understood the information was provided uh to the board. I can't speak to that because I >> the information was provided but we didn't get the opportunity to ask questions or discuss it >> and if the board would like to do that we can always table it for the next meeting and bring it into close prior to uh voting on it and open If you guys feel comfortable, I can abstain or we can bring it back. But we didn't get any discussion on these. >> Madam President, Mask, uh because we most likely uh will be doing a close session after this. Um would we be able to

121discuss it then and then report out? >> Yeah, Student Matters is on the close session agenda. So we can have that discussion and then report out after and you would actually take the vote thereafter as well. >> Sounds good. So we will go ahead and continue it after our close session. >> So what would the motion be >> because they were pulled? >> Uh so you don't have to make a motion. Um you just basically the board president would move those items to the end of the agenda and then when you come back out you can take the vote. >> Okay, great. which is what I just did right now. Thank you. Um so, uh we will go ahead and sorry we'll now move to board member communications and reports. Let's begin with board member

122Armstrong. Good evening everyone and thank you for being here with us as we handle the school business. Um I have myself I really haven't done anything. Look at that. Except for attend those fabulous graduations. Um boy our students were so excited at all at at all the schools. All schools Somerset Bellflower and Mayfair. It's just so nice to see all of them together and and recognizing recognizing all of their achievements and they have these medals and they're walking and making all the noise. It's like let those let those medals rattle and just enjoy your accomplishments. And uh we we had a had a few students um that are going to the armed forces. So I'm proud of them for that. Um I you know I' I'd love to like keep up with them. As a

123matter of fact, one of our uh students um that graduated was in the uh was in the armed forces. I can't remember which one it was, but I actually got a chance to see him in Japan. One of our students. Yes. So I was really excited. You never know where you might see our students. So I don't know. It's it's just it's just nice to see it. They're so happy cuz I know some of them are they were so tired but excited to start their new journey. So that's that's it for me and I'm just trying to adjust to uh my summer schedule. So yay. >> Thank you board member Armstrong board member Stewart. >> Good evening. On June 1st I met with Dr. Simon and on June 2nd, third and fourth I attended the

124graduations. I just want to say congrats to the classes of 2026. Thank you to Dr. Jou, Dr. Morgan, and Mrs. Cummings for an amazing three days of excellent speakers and outstanding students. Just really fun students. It was really fun to be around them. There was one extra special uh moment for me. I had two of my kids that I had in my middle school classes. They actually came from Paramount. They transferred over here to Belelfur to play baseball and they both graduated with honors. So, Anthony Herrera and Isaiah Lopez, I'm so proud of them and they are off to play baseball at the next level. So, I'm very proud of them and all of our students. The one last thing that I just added was I was trying to write Dr. Simon an email, which

125I am going to write you that email, but I was having tech problems. But when looking at the pictures of graduation, they were so amazing. the smiles, the fireworks, the just the moments. I just thought it really just captured what we all want Belfar Unified to be, which is a family atmosphere. And I've had students reach out to me and one actually sent me a picture, circled Melissa in the picture and was like, "Who is this?" Like, she took pictures of me, videos, does she have anything? And I just my idea was to somehow get those to everybody. I just think those capture the spirit of us and a lot of students would love to see those pictures of themselves and be able to just copy them or download them. So, I'll still send the

126email, but that was the gist of it is I wish we could just send those out to all users and allow Yes. So that students can get those um because they're pretty special moments and I know they I had students ask about them. So, that was all I had. Thank you so much. Thank you, board member Stewart, board clerk Cynthron. Yes, all of us have been really busy with the graduation. So, uh again, congratulations to all the students. I just thought it was phenomenal um to because we asked for the numbers while we were in the room getting ready on how many graduates per um site. So, Mayfair, Bellflower, and Somerset. And we know it's a lot of students, right? But to have an upwards of 400 from May from Mayfair, an upwards of 300

127from Bellflower and upwards of 40 from Somerset, it really defines how big these classes are and how exciting and how much effort goes in. So, I also want to give a special shout out to our security, all just everybody in the background that sets all the stadiums, puts them together, decorates balloons, fireworks, just our cabinet that works so closely as well. Like, I just want to thank everybody that doesn't get acknowledged. Um, a special thank you for doing it because we hear all the the great experiences. we see all the great experiences, but we can't go around and give everybody a hug and a thank you at the same time cuz they're exhausted. Um, but I just wanted to say special thank you and again, congratulations. That's all. >> Thank you, Bor Clerk. Vice President

128Critchfield. >> Thank you, Madam President. Um, graduation season, uh, I'm exhausted. I know, uh, you all are, too. Uh, I want to say congrats to I I spent all day at uh LBCC's graduation today and I did not wear sunblock. Uh, so I'm feeling it. Uh, I want to say congratulations to Marina's daughter, Athena, who graduated today. Um, I so working these events, I mean, I already know it's a lot of work because I I do it every year, but uh, and I I know I talked about it at the district breakfast. Um but I just want to say again our IT uh department uh everybody involved Anthony on the on the entire team you guys for the past three years have just blown me away and I mean that it it's and it's it

129was like okay a lot of improvement like uh the first year then then last year I was like wow they really leveled up and then this year I was just like man uh there's just so much uh will and excitement and just doing so many different things to make it uh such a great thing. And I'm exhausted after one graduation, you guys are doing three backtoback. So, I just want to say thank you uh like like Miss Andron said uh everyone behind the scenes uh especially my my my media uh peeps who I think are just doing a great job along with our PIO. Um but everybody involved just happy graduation season. Have a good night. >> Thank you, uh Vice President Critzfield. Um, I just want to echo the, you know, kudos to all

130our staff and our members who are like, you know, poor clerk Cron says, behind the scenes to make sure that this goes without a hitch. Um, it just gets better and better every year. So, appreciate that. I also want to say thank you to those teachers and parents. You were all part of this educational journey for our seniors and it's come to its fruition. And we are so proud and so happy that you continue to support your students and that you continue to work with us and our district and the teachers who do this really, you know, um work with amazing work with us and um appreciate everybody. Um please have a wonderful safe summer vacation. We are very happy to um you know have this time now um and join your families. We will

131um be happy to see you again in August. Oh well our teachers and our Yes. No, we will be back here next week. But everyone else who's taking a break, let me let me explain that. everyone else who is you know taking a break. We will see you then. Um at this time the board will recess to close session. There will be no further action taken in open session. Sorry. Um we will also be coming back to open session. We now reconvene to open session at 12:02 a.m. and resume the regular order of business. Bar clerk throne will provide an update on closed session topics. The topics discuss discussed in close session were student matters pending litigation, public employee discipline dismissal release, public employee appointment, elementary principal, labor negotiation, and superintendent evaluation. Um, the board

132took the board took no action in close session. We now will go into the three items that we pulled. We take up the three items that were pulled under consent. Do I have a motion to approve 13.10, 13.11, 13.12? >> You have it. >> Second. >> Roll call, please. Board member Stewart absent. Board member Armstrong >> I. >> Board clerk Cron >> I. >> Vice President Critzfield >> I I. >> President Garza >> I. We now adjourn our meeting at 12:03 a.m. until our regular board meeting on June 18th. I know. It was