It is anticipated the Board will reconvene in open session at 6:30 p.m.

In person attendance at the Board meeting will not be permitted. Please email public comment to boe@djusd.net. The meeting will be available for viewing and you can watch the meeting live on cable television on DJUSD Education Channel 17 or stream the meeting live or by visiting http://www.djusd.tv/content/live-meetings.

Approve the staff recommendation for the 2020 Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Materials Adoption. The recommendation was presented on June 9th, which included an overview of the process for science staff review and evaluation of state adopted materials. Board approval was scheduled for July 2nd to allow for public review of the new material following the June 9 presentation.

The final recommendation includes the following: Amplify Science for grades 4-6, Amplify Science for DSIS grades 7-8, and Lab Aids for grades 7-8. The recommendation for materials adoption totals $512,000 and will be funded from the restricted Instructional Materials budget. 

In accordance with Board Policy 1221, Citizens Advisory Committee, Citizens Oversight Committee for Parcel Taxes, each Board member nominates one person each year to serve on the Parcel Tax Oversight Committee for a two-year term.  Vacancies have been created as the terms of committee members have expired.  

These are the nominees to serve on the committee for the July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2022 term. 

Additional information and/or materials will be provided closer to the meeting date.

Trustee Pickett vacated her seat on the Governing Board effective June 30, 2020.  

At the June 4, 2020 Board meeting, the Board of Education elected to fill the upcoming vacant position via an appointment process to fill the seat but must do so within 60 days of the vacancy (i.e., by August 29, 2020).

Since Trustee Pickett was elected at-large, her successor must be appointed in the same at-large manner.

The Education Code does not dictate a process to be followed in making a provisional appointment. Other than satisfying the age, citizenship and residency requirements established in the Education Code, a governing board is free to provide the method of selection it chooses so long as it does not violate the Brown Act.  It is typical for a board-developed process to include applications and interviews of applicants.

If applications are received and interviews conducted, the Board must conduct such interviews in open session under the Brown Act.  Government Code Section 54957(b)(1) provides, in pertinent part:

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the legislative body of a local agency from holding closed sessions . . . to consider the appointment . . . of a public employee . . . .

For the purposes of this subdivision, the term “employee” . . . shall not include any elected official, member of a legislative body or other independent contractor to office, or appointed to an office by the legislative body.

Accordingly, if a majority of the Board holds any discussion of the applicants’ qualifications, the discussion must be held in open session.  [59 Ops.Atty.Gen. 266 (1976)]. 

Within ten days of making the provisional appointment, the Board must post notices of the vacancy or filing of a deferred resignation, and also of the appointment.  (Education Code section 5092)  These notices must be posted in three public places in the District and published in a newspaper of general circulation in the District.  The notice must state that a vacancy or resignation exists, the date of the vacancy or filing of the resignation, the full name of the provisional appointee and the date of his or her appointment, and a statement that unless a petition calling for a special election, containing a sufficient number of signatures, is filed in the office of the county superintendent of schools within 30 days of the date of the provisional appointment, the appointment will become effective.

Any appointee to the Board must meet the same qualifications as a person elected to serve on the Board, such as residency.  An appointed Board member has the same powers, rights, and duties as an elected Board member.  (Education section 5091(d)).

At the June 25, 2020 Board of Education meeting, fifteen (15) candidates who submitted a completed application that included a resume and who met the age, DJUSD residency and other legal requirements, made a three minute presentation to the Board.

Six (6) candidates were moved forward to participate in an interview process at the July 2, 2020 Board meeting.

The Board of Education is looking for insights and questions from the community to inform their interviews for the Trustee vacancy, which will take place on July 2, 2020.  Please send your questions or ideas to superintendent@djusd.net by 5:00 p.m. on June 28, 2020.  The Board of Education will review your feedback to help inform their selection of a final candidate.

The 2020-2021 State Budget is in process to be approved by the Governor by July 1.  

The California Legislature and Governor Newsom announced a deal to maintain spending for K-12 education at the current year’s level by restoring billions of dollars in cuts the Governor had proposed in May.  The deal will also include more State and Federal aid funding to help schools provide continuity of learning during the pandemic. 

Any materials will be provided closer to the meeting date.

Staff will provide an update to the Board of Education regarding the status of current and future plans to serve our students, staff, families and community during our school closure focused on slowing the spread of COVID-19 in our region.

Any materials will be provided closer to the meeting date.

The calendar is a fluid, working document used by the Board President and Superintendent in support of the Board conducting efficient and effective Board meetings. Changes in the date of future agenda items occur frequently to best fit Board items into the time parameters of Board meetings and District priorities.  

In compliance with the Brown Act regulations, Monica Roque legally posted this agenda on Friday, June 26, 2020.

In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to otherwise participate during this meeting, including auxiliary aids or services, please contact the Superintendent's Office at (530) 757-5300 ext. 142. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the District to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the Board meeting.

Agenda Packets are available for review at the Davis Joint Unified School District office, 526 B Street (530-757-5300 x 142); or online at https://davis.agendaonline.net/public/davis.