Dr. Collins will make a brief presentation on the Governor's May Revise budget proposal and its overall impact on K-12 funding.

Dr. Collins will present make a presentation on the district budget at the June 29 board meeting.

The Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) and budget reflect the district’s commitment to continuous improvement practices in alignment our our strategic goals. with the district's newly adopted strategic plan:

Pursuant to California Education Code paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of section 52062 and as required by paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of section 42127, the San Leandro Unified School District shall hold a public hearing on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 to solicit the recommendations and comments of members of the public on the accompanying local control accountability plan and budget. Further, and pursuant to the California Education Code paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of section 52062 and as required by paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of section 42127, the San Leandro Unified School District Board of Education shall adopt a local control accountability plan and a budget on Tuesday, June 29, 2021 and subsequently file that LCAP and budget with the county superintendent of schools.

Education Code Sections 33129, 42127, 52060, 52061, and 52062 require a Local Educational Agency to file and adopt a budget subsequent to a public hearing by the governing board of the school district. Once the district files its adopted budget with the County Office of Education (COE), the COE is required to verify that the budget complies with the criteria and standards adopted by the State Board of Education, per E.C. 33127, to determine whether the district will be able to meet its financial obligations in the current and two subsequent fiscal years and notify the district by August 15 whether the COE has approved, conditionally approved, or disapproved the budget.  The staff has developed the budget using the state-adopted Criteria and Standards. It includes the expenditures necessary to implement the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) or annual updates to LCAP that will be effective for the budget year.  Business Services staff has prepared the Adoption Budget based on assumptions from the Alameda County Office of Education (ACOE), California Department of Finance (DOF/FCMAT), and the School Services of California (SSC), Inc. dartboard which provides the school districts critical economic indicators for budget projections. 

Included is the 2021-22 District budget for public hearing and review.  Adoption is scheduled for June 29, 2021.

Key fiscal items are listed below

• Budget includes a COLA of 5.07%
  
• Budget includes approximately significant additional expenditures for pension and unemployment insurance
• Budget maintains 3% minimum reserve for 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24
• The district's "SB 858 Reserve Level Disclosure" is included with this agenda item

The district's Original Budget may be updated during the next week based on Trustee input, state budget updates, and because of impacts from negotiations.

 $250,000

State Expanded Learning Opportunity Grant (ELOG) and Federal Funds

Renew the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 Partnership Agreement between San Leandro Unified School District and Alameda County Health Care Services Agency to support the school health programs to maximize resources with the intended outcome to increase access to health coverage and public benefits for youth and their families in San Leandro Unified School District. This will occur through coordinated efforts to educate and enroll families in health care coverage and other programs such as CalFresh, Medi- Cal , Health PAC, CalWORKs and Covered California. This agreement shall be reviewed biennially. Due to Covid-19, social distancing protocols will be implemented.

Staff recommends approval of the Partnership Agreement between San Leandro Unified School District and Alameda County Health Care Services Agency for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years.

$30,000 Supplemental Concentration Funds 

Approve the memorandum of understanding with SLTA for induction support providers. 

These books have been pulled for one or more of the standard reasons below:

• Poor and/or unappealing physical appearance; worn 
• Other copies in better condition exist in the collection 
• Old publication date 
• Inaccurate information 
• Damage 
• No longer relevant; dated 
• Few/no check-outs

Once approved for discard, the school sites' library and office staff will follow the standard procedure of offering these books to staff and students before disposing of them.

The Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention System(LLI) is an intensive, small-group, supplementary literacy intervention for students who find reading and writing difficult. The goal of LLI is to lift the literacy achievement of students who are not achieving grade-level expectations in reading. The LLI systems are designed to be used with small groups of students who need intensive support to achieve grade-level competencies. It provides strong support for students who are acquiring English as an additional language and are receiving classroom reading instruction in English.  Additional lesson guides will be used to support english language development in summer school classes.

$19,748.13

Title III

Not to exceed $20,000 per year

Strong Workforce Grant Funds

2020-2021 Non-Public School Contracts

2021-2022 Non-Public School Contracts

A service provided by the California School Boards Association (CSBA) is to provide school districts with recommended updates to school board policies. When the district receives these recommendations, they are reviewed by staff, sent to the San Leandro Unified School District (SLUSD) Board Policy Committee for review, and then sent to the Board of Education at a regular meeting for approval. SLUSD is committed to ensuring that all board policies remain current and updated.   The board policy listed for adoption are provided below.  A summary of all policies listed is provided as an attachment item.

All invoices and contracts total $42,723.59

Unrestricted General Funds

Food services needs to purchase new ovens for the FTK SLHS campus kitchen. The ovens currently in the FTK kitchen are unable to be repaired. Starting in the 2021-22 school year food services will be serving lunch from the FTK campus. Serving meals from this campus will enable students to have more time to eat there meal. It will also reduce the length of lines on the main camps.

Food Services would like to purchase new Combi Ovens and a Steam Kettle for Bancroft middle school. The purchase of this equipment will enable food services to increase quality and expand variety of the menu items.

The expenditures for the above equipment helps Food Service to spend down its reserves as mandated by federal policy.

Consistent with a memorandum of understanding  reached with the San Leandro Teachers' Association(SLTA),  the California School Employees' Association (CSEA)  and Teamsters Union Local 856 and Alameda Building Trades Council, a compensation increase is being recommended for classified managers, certificated managers, and confidential employees. 

This is to recognize the attention to detail and extra responsibility and duties required in accommodating the current health and safety procedural requirements relevant to the COVID-19 Pandemic during hybrid learning. 

Approval of this item will provide a one-time payment equivalent to 3% of  the base salary for these employee groups in 2020-2021.

3% one-time payment of the base salary for each employee in specified groups. The exact cost will be determined by the number of employees working in the associated groups.

$250,000 In-person Incentive Funds

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been disproportionately difficult on students and families who were already experiencing inequitable outcomes. SLUSD acknowledges its responsibility to directly address the systemic inequalities that may be present in our school system to increase positive outcomes for all of our students. This will require us to deeply examine and understand our own implicit biases and to integrate into our organization policies and actions that directly address issues around diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).  Promise 54 will provide the following services to support our efforts in attending to our goals in our new strategic plan specifically in:

• Develop and align a DEI Action Plan and Talent and  Culture  vision and goals

• Develop multi-year Talent and DEI plan to address key priority areas; review draft plan and solicit feedback; align on two to three priorities to pursue through partnership with Promise54

• Plan will include sequencing and key action steps for the upcoming 18-24 months

• Support SLUSD  leadership team  to release a  DEI Plan Summary  to the organization for transparency of deliverables

• Identify potential Leadership teams that will provide contextual and on-the-ground perspectives on emerging insights and recommendations; attend, engage, and provide input during scheduled working sessions

This partnership will formally launch our intentional efforts focused on the implementation of the equity centered goals in our new Strategic Plan and continue to advance the SLUSD Equity board policy.

In summer 2018, the California legislature introduced the K12 Strong Workforce Program (K12 SWP) as an ongoing statewide funding opportunity. It is designed to support K–12 local education agencies (LEAs) in creating, improving, and expanding career technical education (CTE) courses, course sequences, programs of study, and pathways for students transitioning from secondary education to postsecondary education to living-wage employment. San Leandro Unified has received a grant to continue to offer and to expand their MC3 Pre Apprenticeship Program at Lincoln High School.  Students receive hands on training and certifications that prepare them for careers in the union construction and trades industry.

Grant Award for 2021-22 and 2022-23

$261,280

This contract agreement is between Sports 4 Learning and San Leandro Unified for summer school 2021.

Sports 4 Learning will assist with supervision and engagement both inside and outside the school building during summer school. Sports 4 Learning staff will implement Social Emotional Learning & Physical Education/Activity curriculum during summer school recess and activity breaks. General supervision and tutoring assistance can also be provided by Sports 4 Learning coaches.

Expanded Learning Opportunity Grant 

$144,000

$112,000

Expanded Learning Opportunity Grant

This MOU is to recognize the attention to detail and extra responsibility and duties required in accommodating the current health and safety procedural requirements relevant to the COVID-19 Pandemic during hybrid learning. 

Approve the attached San Leandro Unified School District and Teamsters Union Local 856 and Alameda Building Trades Council Trades Hybrid Learning Support MOU.

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A 3% one-time payment to  each Unit Member’s annual base salary for supporting hybrid learning. The exact cost will be determined by the number of Unit members working in-person.

$1,000 stipend for active employees as of the date May 12, 2021.