III. Students' Concerns

Courtney Horstman of Fairfax High School, Sofia Mendoza of Venice High School, La-Shia Ranson of Palisades Charter School, and Dominique West of Hamilton High School

1998-1999 Initial Proposals for Unit E, Skilled Crafts (Board of Education Report No. 3)

V. Public Notice of 1998-99 Initial Negotiating Proposal (Noticed April 6, 1999)

Unit G, Supervision Aides and Playground Employees

VI. Reports Postponed from Regular March 9, and Special April 6, 1999, Meetings

A. Committee of the Whole Report No. 1 ADOPTED
Office of the Superintendent Revised No. 1
(Opportunities for Learning Charter School Petition)

B. Board of Education Report Revised No. 4 ADOPTED
(Nonroutine Personnel Action: Classified Employee Dismissal)

(Award of Advertised and Unadvertised Contracts, Rejection of Bids, and Cancellation of Architectural Agreements)

D. Business and Operations, and Personnel Committee Report No. 1 ADOPTED
Accounting and Disbursements Division No. 1

(Approval of Item of Nonroutine Nature‹Report on Physical Inventories of Stock in District Warehouses)

VIII. Regular Calendar - Communications Dated March 23, 1999

F. Board of Education Report No. 2 ADOPTED
Office of the Superintendent No. 1
(Chanda Smith Implementation Plan Revised No. 8 Local Plan)

G. Board of Education Report No. 3 ADOPTED
Office of the Superintendent No. 2
(1998-1999 Initial Proposals for Unit E, Skilled Crafts)

H. Board of Education Report No. 4 ADOPTED
Communication Revised No. 1
(Implementation of 1998-99 Compensation Bonus for District-Represented Employees)

I. Board of Education Report No. 5 ADOPTED
Business Services Division Revised No. 1

(Ratification of Agreements and Amendments, Agreement for Health and Human Services, Agreements for Personal/Professional Services $50,000 and Over, Agreement for Counseling Services Aggregating $50,000 and Over Requested by School/Cluster, Agreements for Personal/ Professional Services Aggregating $50,000 and Over Requested by Schools/Clusters, Amendments to Agreements for Personal/Professional Services and for Educational Services, Amendments to Agreements for Personal/Professional Services Aggregating $50,000 and Over Requested by Schools/Clusters and Offices)

(Approval of Mitigated Negative Declaration and Approval of Project‹Hobart Elementary School, 5th Addition-Additional Parcel)

(Nonroutine Budget Transfers: Science Laboratory Materials and Equipment Revenue, Mathematics Instructional Materials Program Revenue, Budget Services and Financial Planning Division Central Office Position, Additional Funds for Academic Decathlon Travel Expenses, Additional Revenue for Child Development Fund-Regular Program, and Division of Adult and Career Education Credential Assistant Position)

M.Board of Education Report No. 8 ADOPTED

N.Board of Education Report No. 9 POSTPONED TO MAY 11

O.Board of Education Report No. 10 ADOPTED

P. Board of Education Report No. 11 ADOPTED

(Contract Between the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services and the Los Angeles Unified School District to Conduct an After-School Enrichment Program)

(Authorizing the Issuance of up to $200 Million in 1999-2000 Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes (TRANs) and Entering into Agreements with Financial Advisors, Underwriters, and Co-Special Counsel for the Issuance of These TRANs)

S. Board of Education Report No. 14 ADOPTED

(Liability Insurance Claims, Employee Reimbursement Program Payments, Self-Insured Liability Program, Self-Insured Workers' Compensation Program Payments, Rejection of Liability Claims, and Receipt of Reimbursement for Property Damages)

U. Board of Education Report No. 16 ADOPTED
(Superintendent's Action Plan for School Improvement: School Performance Accountability)

V. Board of Education Report No. 17 ADOPTED
(1997-98 Second Round Assembly Bill 1746 and Proposition 1A Class Size Reduction Program (K-3)‹Facilities Funding Application)

W.Board of Education Report No. 18 ADOPTED

(Declaration of Emergency for the Completion of the Queen Anne Elementary School Construction Project Without Competitive Bidding)

Y. Board of Education Report No. 20 ADOPTED
(Chanda Smith Consent Decree Implementation Plan No. 7: Staff Development and Training)

Z. Board of Education Report No. 21 ADOPTED
(Nonroutine Personnel Actions: Classified Employee Dismissals, and Rescissions of Suspension Dismissals and Dismissals)

X. Motions and Resolutions for Action

AA.Ms. Korenstein ­ Recognition of May as National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month and Support of Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs (Noticed March 9, 1999) ADOPTED

Whereas, Teenage pregnancy significantly affects the educational, health, and economic future of adolescents;

Whereas, The undesirable consequences of teen pregnancy can include greater health and developmental risks for babies, additional barriers to educational attainment for teen mothers and fathers, additional challenges to their economic viability and psychological well-being, and increased risk of subsequent teen pregnancies;

Whereas, The Los Angeles Unified School District supports the efforts of a variety of State and locally sponsored teen pregnancy prevention programs working with our students and families, including four programs funded by the California Department of Education (S.B. 1170) in the Bell Cluster, the Grant Complex (Madison Community Collaborative), the Jordan/Locke Cluster (Watts School Community Pregnancy Prevention Consortium) and the Los Angeles Complex;

Whereas, The Pregnant Minor Task Force continues to advocate on behalf of BOTH services and programs to support the school success and graduation of pregnant and parenting students AND Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Comprehensive Health Education efforts to stem the tide of early pregnancy and parenthood among our youth; and

Whereas, The month of May has been designated as National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month as part of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Board of Education of the Los Angeles Unified School District recognizes the month of May as National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, supports the prevention efforts of the teenage pregnancy prevention programs active in District Schools, and commends this observance to our school community; and be it

Resolved, That the Board of Education recognizes the tireless efforts of the Pregnant Minor Task Force in working to support Teen Pregnancy Prevention, in establishing the Pregnant and Parenting Teen Programs Office, and in supporting educational programs and services to insure the school success and full participation of Pregnant and Parenting Students and the healthy development of their children; and be it

Resolved further, That the Board of Education supports the continued availability of comprehensive pregnancy prevention programming and comprehensive health education presented in develop mentally and culturally appropriate ways for all students of the school district.

BB.Mr. Kiriyama - Asian Pacific Heritage Month (Waiver of Board Rule 72) ADOPTED

Whereas, Effective May 1, 1991, President George Bush proclaimed the month of May as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month;

Whereas, Southern California and the greater Los Angeles area is home to the largest Asian Pacific American population in the United States;

Whereas, Those persons who have come from Asian and Pacific area countries have long added a special quality and enrichment to the cultural heritage and institutions of the United States, the State of California, the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District;

Whereas, More than forty-seven thousand students of Asian Pacific area backgrounds now make up almost eight percent of the District enrollment in elementary and secondary schools and over twelve thousand five hundred adults account for eight and one-half percent of enrollment in our adult schools and occupational schools; and

Whereas, More than eight thousand Asian and Pacific Americans contribute to the accomplishment of the District's educational mission as both certificated and classified employees; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles proclaim May 1 through May 31, 1999, as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month throughout the District, and urge appropriate activities in all schools to acknowledge, celebrate and salute the history and continuing contributions of Asian Pacific Americans.

CC.Mr. Tokofsky - Resolution of the Appointing Consultants and Initiating Proceedings for

Establishment of a Community Facilities District in the Mt. Washington Area (Waiver of Board Rule 72) (Noticed March 23, 1999) (Assigned to Facilities Committee) ADOPTED

Whereas, The Los Angeles Unified School District (the District) is a public school district with the power to conduct proceedings for the establishment of Community Facilities Districts, conduct of elections to authorize special taxes and bonds, and to cause bonds to be issued to construct and acquire authorized facilities pursuant to Government Code Section 53311 et. seq of the Government Code, (the Act);

Whereas, The District has received a request from a community organization in the Mt. Washington area of the District to initiate proceedings to establish a Community Facilities District in the Mt. Washington area with the purpose of conducting a special tax and bond election to finance certain facilities within the area;

Whereas, In order to conduct such proceedings the District requires legal financial, special tax consulting and mapping services; now, therefore, be it hereby

Resolved by the Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles as follows:

Section l. It is the intent of the District to initiate proceedings for the establishment of a Community Facilities Districts in the Mt. Washington area of the District for the purpose of conducting a special tax and bond election regarding providing financing for the acquisition and construction of improvements to be designated in such proceedings and by adoption of this resolution such proceedings are hereby initiated.

Section 2. The Superintendent of the District is authorized and directed to contract for the special services, including a Special Tax Consultant and a consultant to prepare a boundary map of the proposed Community Facility District, and take all actions necessary so the Board of Education may consider a Resolution of Intention to establish a Community Facilities District and of Necessity to Incur Bonded Indebtedness and any and all other Board actions within the time specified by the Act, as necessary to carry out the intent expressed herein.

Section 3. The execution of this resolution shall be contingent on the deposit of not less than $20,000 with Los Angeles Unified School District by parties interested in the establishment of a Mello Roos district for the benefit of Mount Washington Elementary School said deposit to be applied to costs associated with proceedings leading to creation of the district.

DD.Ms. Castro - Census 2000‹22nd National Census (Waiver of Board 72) ADOPTED

Whereas, The United States Census Bureau will conduct its 22nd National Census on April 1, 2000;

Whereas, Mandated by the Constitution every 10 years since 1790, the national population count has been used to determine the number of congressional representatives for each state, to set state legislative district boundaries, and to provide data to assist state and local government in planning to provide a host of public services from schools and healthcare to roads and parks;

Whereas, Of great importance to the District, census data determines how hundreds of millions of dollars will be channeled to fund programs as diverse as class-size reduction, health insurance and healthcare services for students and their families; school breakfasts and lunches; Title 1 programs; reading improvement; and afterschool and summer school programs;

Whereas, Critical to these purposes census data must be as accurate as possible to prevent the serious undercounts that have plagued previous surveys and resulted in the loss to California of more than $2 billion in federal funds over the past decade alone;

Whereas, To help our students understand the census and play a vital role in helping other household members to participate, "Making Sense of Census 2000" Teaching Kits -- provided by the Census Bureau will be distributed at the start of the next school year to every elementary, middle and high school math/science classroom; and

Whereas, The accuracy of Census 2000 depends on the full participation of every person and this census has been designed to be more readable, faster and easier to complete, and is completely safe and strictly confidential as it has always been; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles endorse and fully support Census 2000 and urge every member of the District Community -- employees, parents, students and community residents alike to exercise their civic responsibility and complete the census survey when it arrives in the mail shortly before Census Day, April 1, 2000 and to promote maximum participation by encouraging family and friends to do the same.

EE.That the Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles declares that having conducted extensive

recruitment throughout the community, state, region, and nation, having offered employment to all fully-credentialed candidates who applied and who have met District Standards and qualifications in the designated subjects, and having implemented and operated alternative programs for teacher credentialing, there are insufficient fully-credentialed teachers to meet the staffing and instructional needs of the Los Angeles Unified School District, and it is necessary to employ teachers with emergency permits under provisions of Education Code Section 44300. ADOPTED

FF.That the Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles authorize the addition of two schools,

Haynes Elementary and Lanai Road Elementary, to the list of forty-eight (48) schools previously approved to participate in the sixth phase of LEARN implementation. ADOPTED

(The Board will decide which are to be referred as Consent Calendar communications)

Board of Education

GG.Office of the Superintendent No. 1 REGULAR ON MAY 11

(Voluntary Recognition Agreement with Los Angeles City and County School Employees Union, Local 99)

HH.Office of the Superintendent No. 2 REGULAR ON MAY 11

II.Office of the Superintendent No. 3 CONSENT ON MAY 11

JJ.Office of the Superintendent No. 4 CONSENT ON MAY 11

(Renaming of Dublin Avenue Elementary Science and Humanities Magnet School to Tom Bradley Environmental Science & Humanities Charter Magnet School)

KK.Office of the Superintendent No. 5 REGULAR ON MAY 25

(Request for Waiver from the State Board of Education to Permit Assignment of an Additional Senior Management Employee)

LL.Office of the Superintendent No. 6 REGULAR ON MAY 25

MM.Office of the Superintendent No. 7 CONSENT ON MAY 11

(Submission to the California State Department of Education of the Los Angeles Unified School District's Extension of the Local Plan for Special Education)

NN.Communication No. 1 CONSENT ON MAY 11

(Proposed Adoption of Memorandum of Understanding with Los Angeles School Police Association Regarding Implementation of a 1998-99 Compensation Bonus for Employees in Unit A [School Police])

OO.Communication No. 2 CONSENT ON MAY 11

(Proposed Adoption of Memorandum of Understanding with Local 99 Regarding Implementation of a 1998-99 Compensation Bonus for Employees in Unit B [Instructional Aides])

PP.Communication No. 3 CONSENT ON MAY 11

(Proposed Adoption of Memorandum of Understanding with Local 99 Regarding Implementation of a 1998-99 Compensation Bonus for Employees in Unit C [Operations-Support Services])

QQ.Communication No. 4 REGULAR ON MAY 25

(Proposed Adoption of Memorandum of Understanding with the California School Employees Association Regarding Implementation of a 1998-99 Compensation Bonus for Employees in Unit D [Office-Technical & Business Services]}

RR.Communication No. 5 CONSENT ON MAY 11

(Proposed Adoption of Memorandum of Understanding with Local 99 Regarding Implementation of a 1998-99 Compensation Bonus for Employees in Unit F [Teacher Assistants])

SS.Communication No. 6 CONSENT ON MAY 11

(Proposed Adoption of Memorandum of Understanding with Teamsters, Local 572 Regarding Implementation of a 1998-99 Compensation Bonus for Employees in Unit S [Classified Supervisors])

TT.Accounting and Disbursements Division No. 1 CONSENT ON MAY 11

(Report of Warrants Issued, Request to Reimburse the Revolving Cash Fund, and to Reimburse Stale Dated Warrants)

UU.Accounting and Disbursements Division No. 2 REGULAR ON MAY 11

(Issuance of Qualified Zone Academy Bond [QZAB])

VV.Board Secretariat No. 1 REGULAR MAY 25

WW.Budget Services and Financial Planning Division No. 1 CONSENT ON MAY 11

(Adoption of Revised Traditional, LEARN, and Multitrack Year-Round Calendars for the 1999-2000 School Year)

XX.Budget Services and Financial Planning Division No. 2 CONSENT ON MAY 11

(Ratification to Reflect Revision of Unique Calendars for the 1998-99 School Year for LEARN, School-Based Management, School-Based Coordinated Program, and SB 1882 Schools)

YY.Budget Services and Financial Planning Division No. 3 CONSENT MAY 11

ZZ.Budget Services and Financial Planning Division No. 4 REGULAR ON MAY 25

(Nonroutine Budget Adjustments for the Implementation of Chanda Smith Consent Decree for the 1998-99 Fiscal Year)

AAA.Business Services Division No. 1 REGULAR ON MAY 11

(Agreements, Amendments to Agreements, Agreement for Data Processing Services, Agreement for Document Management Services, Agreement for Health and Human Services, Agreements for Personal/Professional Services $50,000 and Over, Agreement for Data Processing Services Aggregating $50,000 and Over, Agreement for Health and Human Services Aggregating $50,000 and Over, Agreements for Personal/Professional Services Aggregating $50,000 and Over Requested by Schools/Cluster and Offices, Amendments to Agreements for Personal/Professional Services, Amendments to Agreements for Personal/Professional Services Aggregating $50,000 and Over Requested by Schools/Clusters and Offices, and Donations of Money)

BBB.Child Development Division No. 1 CONSENT ON MAY 11

CCC.Facilities Services Division No. 1 CONSENT ON MAY 11

(Award of Advertised and Unadvertised Contracts, Amendment to Unadvertised Contract, and Rejection of Bids)

DDD.Facilities Services Division No. 2 REGULAR ON MAY 25

(Approval of Mitigated Negative Declaration and Approval of Project‹Narbonne High School Stadium Lighting Project)

EEE.Facilities Services Division No. 3 CONSENT ON MAY 11

FFF.Personnel Division No. 1 CONSENT ON MAY 11

GGG.Personnel Division No. 2 CONSENT ON MAY 11

HHH.School Management Services No. 1 CONSENT ON MAY 11

Business and Operations and Personnel Committee

III.Office of the Superintendent No. 1 REGULAR ON MAY 25

JJJ.Budget Services and Financial Planning Division No. 1 CONSENT ON MAY 11

(Nonroutine Budget Transfers: Broadcast of Basketball and Soccer Championships, Establishment of Office of Intergroup Relations Position, Funding for Track and Field Competition, Year 2000 Project Needs, and Positions for Contract and Insurance Services Branch and Personnel Division)

KKK.Division of Instruction No. 1 REGULAR ON MAY 25

XIII. Approval of Minutes APPROVED

LLL.2:00 p.m., Regular Meeting, December 16, 1996

XIV. Correspondence and Petitions

MMM. Report of Correspondence APPROVED

XV. Miscellaneous Business

Motion and Resolutions (Initial Announcement)

NNN.Ms. Fields, Kiriyama, Korenstein - Audits and Management Reviews ASSIGNED TO AUDIT COMMITTEE

Whereas, The Los Angeles Unified School District must build at least 51 new schools in the next 10 years in order to reduce overcrowding and to get children off buses;

Whereas, It is incumbent upon the District to restore the faith of residents in the area served by the Los Angeles Unified School District;

Whereas, The Los Angeles Unified School District has engaged KMPG Peat Marwick to perform a comprehensive review of the District's procurement practices including the procurement activities of the facilities-related units;

Whereas, The Los Angeles Unified School District has engaged Quezada Godsey & Company to audit the first year Proposition expenditures and the charges to the District by the Program Manager and Project Managers; and

Whereas, The Los Angeles Unified School District engaged Arthur Andersen and Company to audit the management effectiveness of all non-instructional functions in 1993, including facilities related operations, resulting in 300 individual recommendations; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles instruct the Superintendent, the Chief Administrative Officer, and the Director of Internal Audit and Special Investigations to review the results of these audits and management reviews, to assess whether personnel possess the qualifications and skills to manage their respective offices in an efficient and effective manner, and to make recommendations regarding further improvements necessary to maximize efficiency in the operating units responsible for the selection of school sites, construction and maintenance of schools; and be it

Resolved further, That the Superintendent implement those recommendations to ensure that the District can develop and maintain its facilities, both proposed and existing, in the most effective and efficient manner possible.

OOO.Ms. FieldS, Kiriyama, Korenstein - Parental Accountability for Children Who Possess Firearms ASSIGNED TO SCHOOL SAFETY

Whereas, Parents and guardians are responsible for the welfare of their children;

Whereas, Tragedies have occurred throughout the nation as a result of pupils bringing firearms
onto school campuses;

Whereas, Too often, children have access to unsecured firearms in their homes or neighborhoods;

Whereas, Parents, guardians, and others who possess firearms have a responsibility to keep them
secure from possible access by children or youth; and

Whereas, Gun safes are readily available and should be used by anyone in possession of a firearm
to preclude access by children or others unauthorized to use such a weapon; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles seek legislation to hold the
parent or guardian responsible if the weapon is brought onto or near a school campus by a pupil;
and be it

Resolved, That such legislation provide that a parent or guardian whose child brings a firearm onto
or near a school campus be guilty of a misdemeanor, or, if a crime is committed with the firearm, be
guilty of a felony; and be

Resolved further, That this resolution be transmitted to the Los Angeles Unified School District's
delegation in the California Legislature.

Meeting, Conference and Convention Motions and Announcements

PPP.This Week in Education

• 186th Street Elementary School‹The Wonder of Reading Program

• Gardena Complex Healthy Start

• Korean American Coalition Dinner

• Manzanar Pilgrimage
  

• Toland Way Elementary School‹"Good Citizen Assembly"

• Glassell Park Elementary‹"Spirit Assembly"

• Garfield High School Academic Decathlon Recognition Dinner

• 1st Annual Cesar Chavez March in Boyle Heights

• Roosevelt High School 75th Anniversary Celebration

• April 19-24 "Week of the Young Child"
  
  
• Bravo High School Health Fair '99

• Farmdale Elementary School‹Parent Community Learning Faire

• Wilson High School Healthy Start Project's Grand Opening

• San Jose Elementary "Read Across America Day"

• Vena Elementary‹Retirement of Helen Kunes, District Teacher for Thirty-five Years

• Morningside Elementary School Opening New Library

• Oceola Elementary School and Morningside Elementary School DARE Program Culminations

• All Day District Summit at Wilson High School with Governor Gray Davis

QQQ.Speakers

Please Note That The Board Of Education May Refer Any Item On This Order Of Business For The Consideration Of A Standing Committee Of The Board Of Education Which Meets On The Thursday Immediately After This Meeting.