Pledge of Allegiance

Adoption of Consent Items - Regular Meeting of July 13, 2004

1. Board of Education Report No. 369 - 03/04 (via Audit, Business and Technology) ADOPTED
Information Technology Division PUBLIC HEARING
(Acceptable Use Policy for District Computer System) Updating policy on use of computers within District to simplify policy language and process.

2. Board of Education Report No. 370 - 03/04 ADOPTED
Instructional Support Services

(View Park Preparatory Accelerated Charter School Renewal) Approving five year renewal of charter issued to a K-5 elementary in the Crenshaw area.

(Accelerated Charter School Renewal) Approving five year renewal of charter issued to a K-8 school in the South Los Angeles area.

(Community Charter Middle School Renewal) Approving five year renewal of charter issued to a 6-9 grade school at two locations, one in the City of San Fernando and the other in the Van Nuys area.

(Report of Warrants Issued and Request to Reissue Stale Dated Warrant) Reports "A" and "B" warrants for the total amount of approximately $537 million for payroll and other expenditures.

6. 2004-2005 District's Initial Proposals to the Associated Administrator of Los Angeles (AALA),

Los Angeles School Police Association, Local 99, California School Employee's Association, Los Angeles/Orange County Building and Construction Trades Council, and Teamsters (received June 22, 2004)

7. Board of Education Report No. 1 - 04/05 CONSENT
Educational Services Division

(After School Service Providers Contract) Approves contracts with specified after school providers

8. Board of Education Report No. 2 - 04/05 CONSENT
Office of the Chief Operating Officer

(Renaming of Maclay Primary Center to Sara Coughlin Elementary School)

(Agreements and Amendments) Ratification of 1388 contracts each for under $250.000 previously approved by the Superintendent under the Board's delegation of authority. Approval of 2 two-year contracts with Riverside Publishing for periodic assessments for approximately $4.6 million and an amendment to an agreement with The Achievement Council totalling $155,000.

(Approval of Revised Project Definitions and Amendment of New Construction Strategic Execution Plan for Selected Phase II Projects Incorporating Phase III Seats) Approving revised Project Definitions for 8 new schools and authorizing the expenditure of funds to proceed with design and environmental review.

(Designation of the Site Located West of Main Street Between 88th Place and 90th Street as the Preferred Site for the Location of the New South Region Elementary School No. 1) Approving a preferred site in order to conduct planning and feasibility studies for new construction.

(Designation of the Site Located on Arroyo Avenue, One and One-Half Blocks East of Glenoaks Boulevard, as the Preferred Site for the Location of the New Valley Region High School No. 5 - San Fernando Land Bank Site) Approving a preferred site in order to conduct planning and feasibility studies for new construction. Approving a preferred site in order to conduct planning and feasibility studies for new construction.

(Designation of the Site Located at the Northeast Corner of Main Street and 58th Street as the Preferred Site for the Location of the Central Region Elementary School No. 16) Approving a preferred site in order to conduct planning and feasibility studies for new construction.

(Supplemental Services Provider Contracts) Approving 23 contracts with state approved providers of tutorial programs sponsored by the No Child Left Behind legislation for a not to exceed amount of $15,000,000 until June 30, 2005.

16. Board of Education Report No. 14 - 04/05 (via Facilities Committee) REGULAR
Facilities Services Division and Office of Environmental Health and Safety)

(Mitigated Negative Declaration for the CalTrans Replacement Facility Previously Located at the Site of the East Valley Area New High School No. 1B Project)) Adopting Mitigated Negative Declaration for a 12 acre site to be used by CalTrans in the Sylmar area.

18. Board of Education Report No. 16 - 04/05 REGULAR
Facilities Services Division

(Ratification of Contract Actions and Approval of Contracts for Professional Services Agreements) Approves advertised and unadvertised construction contracts for approximately $37 million; 8 change orders totalling approximately $1.4 million; informal contracts totalling approximately $1.5 million and 100 professional service agreements, each with amounts not to exceed $250,000, totalling approximately $7 million, architectural and engineering contracts totalling approximately $923,000 and an amendment to a contract with Urban Partners by $487,500 for work on Ambassador Hotel site.

(Board Authorization to (i) Use the Authorized COPS Funding to Accommodate Approximately 626 Additional Workstations in the Beaudry Building (ii) Reallocate Budget Authority Between Categories and (iii) Redistribute Expenditures Between General Funds and COPS to Cover Future Costs Not Eligible for COPS Funding)

(Authorization to Expend Measure K and R Monies to Fund Services Provided by the Office of Environmental Health and Safety)

(Designation of the Site Located at the Southwest Corner of Orchard Avenue and Gage Avenue as the Preferred Site for the Location of the New South Region Middle School No. 2) Approving a preferred site in order to conduct planning and feasibility studies for new construction.

(Designation of the Site Located at the Northeast Corner of Gage and Central Avenues as the Preferred Site for the Location of the New South Region High School No. 2) Approving a preferred site in order to conduct planning and feasibility studies for new construction.

(Designation of the Site Located at the Northwest Corner of Western Avenue and 48th Street as the Preferred Site for the Location of the New South Region Span School, No. 2, Grades K-8) Approving a preferred site in order to conduct planning and feasibility studies for new construction.

(Designation of the Site Located at the Northeast Corner of Alameda Street and Gage Avenue as the Preferred Site for the Location of the New South Region Span School No. 3, Grades 6-12) Approving a preferred site in order to conduct planning and feasibility studies for new construction.

(Designation of the Site Located at the Northeast Corner of Griffith Avenue and Jefferson Boulevard as the Preferred Site for the Location of the Central Region Elementary School No. 17) Approving a preferred site in order to conduct planning and feasibility studies for new construction.

26. Board of Education Report No. 24 - 04/05 REGULAR - SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

(Designation of the Site Located at the Southeast Corner of Adams Boulevard and South Broadway as the Preferred Site for the New Central Region Elementary School No. 18) Approving a preferred site in order to conduct planning and feasibility studies for new construction.

28. Board of Education Report No. 29 - 04/05 REGULAR
Office of the Chief Financial Officer

(Authorization for Staff to Proceed with the Expenditures of Measures R and K Bond Monies for Salaries in Accounts Payable Branch Responsible for all Payment Activities Associated with District's School Improvement and Construction Programs)

(Issuance of General Obligation Bond) Approving request to the County of Los Angeles to issue and sell $250 million of Measure R General Obligation Bonds and authorization to enter into agreements for professional services related to issuance and sale.

(Issuance of Tax and Revenue Anticipation Note) Approving issuance of $700 million of Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes authorization to enter into agreements for professional services related to issuance and sale.

(Authorization for Staff to Proceed with the Expenditure of Measure K and Measure R Bond Monies to Replace Other Sources of Funding for Projects on the Bond Project List: Refinancing Certain Outstanding Certificates of Participation and Funding Certain Capital Projects) Approving Strategic Execution Plan for the use of Measure R funds to replace the General Fund as the source of funding for $150 million for certain COPs and use Bond Monies to pay for $5.4 million of actual election costs,

(School Police Vehicle Replacement) Approving use of previously budgeted $2 million for replacement of school police vehicles.

CommUnity Advocates' Youth Leadership Academy and Recognition of Juan Muñoz, 1:30 p.m. (See motion - Tab 47)

(June 2004 Existing Facilities Strategic Execution Plan) Approves expanded execution plan for existing facilities to now include all major construction not only bond funded projects and revises schedules for projects.

(First Annual Progress Report on the Proposition 47 Funded Critically Overcrowded Schools Program [COS I] State School Facility Program [SFP]) Approving acceptance and submission of progress report related to Critically Overcrowded Schools Program.

(Ratification of Award of Advertised, Unadvertised, and Informal Contracts, Approval of Change Orders, Completion of Contracts, Rejection of Bids, Award of Architectural and Engineering Contracts, and Approval of Agreements and Amendment for Professional Services Contracts) Approves advertised and unadvertised construction contracts for approximately $12.2 million; 8 change orders totalling approximately $1.8 million; informal contracts totalling approximately $800,000 and 5 professional service agreements for technology and communications systems totalling approximately $23.5 million.

(Agreements and Amendments) Approve agreements for professional services totalling approximately $3.2 million for preschool special ed services, Medi-Cal third party billing services and CalWorks data; and approximately $800,000 of amendments to agreements to provide legal services and continuation of after school programs.

(Authorization to Negotiate and Enter into Lease and Operating Agreements with Green Dot - Public Schools at Broadway Elementary School, Venice, CA) Authorizes staff to negotiate and enter into a lease to allow charter school to utilize and place buildings on a portion of Broadway Elementary School playground to operate high school.

(Funding for Modular Classrooms) Approve use of $12.4 million of unanticipated developer fees to fund acquisition of modular classrooms at Washington, Polytechnic and Fairfax high schools.

(Employee Attendance Policy Statement) Approve attendance policy statement stating expectations for District employees.

(Student Expulsions)

(Student Expulsions) Approves expulsion and appropriate placement of 18 students with the suspension of enforcement for 16 of the students.

(Student Reinstatements) Approves reinstatement of 40 previously expelled students

(Liability Insurance Claims) Ratifies payment of personal claims for approximately $51,000; legal fees and allocated claims expenses totalling $593,000; and workers' compensation claims in the amount of approximately $9.8 million

(Various Purchasing Transactions) Ratifies regular purchase orders and other transactions for approximately $19.4 million and contracts to provide ground beef products and bakery items for approximately $3.1 million.

(Routine Personnel Actions) Approving 1,656 routine personnel actions such as promotions, transfers, leaves, terminations, etc.

(Nonroutine Personnel Actions) Approving demotion of one individual dismissal of seven individuals and recision of suspension-dismissal of two individuals.

Resolved, That the Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles requests the Personnel Commission to assign no more Education Aide II's effective July 15, 2004; and be it

Resolved further, That the Board requests the Personnel Commission to abolish the Education Aide II position at such time when there are no more incumbents in the position.

Whereas, The Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles has adopted a resolution supporting the Civic Mission of Education;

Whereas, The Los Angeles Unified School District established a service-learning graduation requirement beginning with the Class of 2007;

Whereas, The District has a commitment to educating and valuing all students and has developed a framework for Culturally Relevant Responsive Teaching;

Whereas, CommUnity Advocates (a not-for-profit organization) is implementing a Youth Leadership Academy whose purpose is to provide opportunity for youth from across Los Angeles' racial, religious and socio-economic divides to become competent, caring, and connected adults who will be able to function effectively in the United States in the 21st century; and

Whereas, The Youth Leadership Academy's goals include providing youth with human relations and leadership training, college mentoring through UCLA's Community Based Learning Program, and service-learning through the Constitutional Rights Foundation; providing teachers with staff development anti-bias education aligned with the standards; and providing the community with empowered civic activists engaged and informed citizens; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That District staff work with CommUnity Advocates to integrate the work of the Youth

Leadership Academy into District curriculum, instructional guidelines, and the service learning initiative; and

Resolved further, That the Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles hereby supports the work of the Youth Leadership Academy and hereby encourages Los Angeles Unified School District's high schools to participate in the Youth Leadership Academy programs sponsored by the CommUnity Advocates, which is a multi-year program designed to reduce inter-group tensions and cultural isolation, promote civic engagement, and empower students to exercise positive leadership in the community.

Whereas, The Board of Education believes that every child has the right and the obligation to attend school;

Whereas, Student attendance and student achievement are closely linked, with math and English Language Arts California Standards Test results, indicating that secondary students with higher attendance perform better than their peers with lower attendance;

Whereas, Students with poor attendance patterns are more likely to need costly instructional remediation, develop a negative self-image, engage in anti-social behavior, experience academic failure, and drop out of school;

Whereas, Student attendance is the primary source of revenue for the Los Angeles Unified School District and an increase of 1/2 percent in the District's student attendance rate District-wide would provide $14 million in additional revenue;

Whereas, Under current District practice, schools that increase their average daily attendance during the school year receive no additional revenue and, therefore, have little incentive to focus scarce resources on improving attendance;

Whereas, The District is about to embark on a marketing campaign to raise public awareness about the importance of student attendance; and

Whereas, District efforts to improve student attendance depend on the concerted efforts of all stakeholders, requiring students and their families to recognize the importance of good attendance and requiring the District to ensure safe and welcoming schools that value and meet the needs of all students; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles recognizes the importance of improved student attendance on student achievement and as a source of additional revenue;

Resolved further, That the Board finds that a 95 percent student attendance rate (absent 10 days or less a year) is vital to ensuring that students master class content;

Resolved further, That the Board directs the Superintendent to make improved student attendance a top priority and authorizes the Superintendent to establish a comprehensive District Attendance Policy;

Resolved further, That the comprehensive District Attendance Policy include at the minimum:

• an accountability structure that holds the central district, local districts, and schools

• a mandated school-site intervention protocol to combat truancy,

• weekend study programs and independent study for learning and cost recovery,

• incentive programs to encourage students to improve their attendance or maintain good attendance,

• progressive consequences for students who are excessively absent including provisions to authorize teachers to consider attendance in grading class performance tie grades to attendance,

• expanded partnerships with law enforcement and the City and District Attorneys to reduce truancies.

• procedures to address tardiness;

Resolved further, That the Board authorizes the Superintendent to restructure attendance reporting (i.e., institute period-by-period attendance) to maximize average daily attendance;

Resolved further, That the Board directs the Superintendent to provide at least 50 percent of additional revenue generated by improved student attendance at a school site to the school site's discretionary account;

Resolved further, That the Board directs the Superintendent to examine alternatives to off-campus suspensions and present recommendations to the Board's School Safety, Health and Human Services Committee; and be it finally



Resolved, That the Board directs the Superintendent to return to the Board with quarterly progress reports on efforts to improve student attendance.

Whereas, The State Teachers Retirement System has a higher employee/employer contribution rate than the Social Security System;

Whereas, The State Teachers Retirement System is not coordinated with the Federal Social Security System;

Whereas, The Social Security System has incorporated two provisions: (1) the Government Pension Offset, and (2) the Windfall Elimination Provision, both of which significantly reduce and often eliminate Social Security benefits that public school teachers in California would otherwise be eligible to receive either through their own earnings under Social Security or through their spouse's Social Security eligibility;

Whereas, The financial impact on retirement is severe upon individuals who decide to become teachers after substantial employment under Social Security;

Whereas, The recruitment and retention of teachers from other states who are entitled to Social Security benefits upon retirement is undermined by these penalties;

Whereas, Thousands of retired California school teachers already suffer severe financial hardship because of these penalties; and

Whereas, These penalties disproportionately hurt women, and particularly older women, who lose their spouses; and

Whereas, HR594 and S349 have been introduced by Congressman Howard McKeon and Senator Dianne Feinstein, respectively, and are supported by strong bipartisan majorities of the California Congressional Delegation in the 108th Congress; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles supports the immediate repeal of the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision, asks that the Congress act expeditiously in repealing these penalties, and further urges the President to support and sign this legislation.

Whereas, The developers of large housing developments such as Playa Vista and Porter Ranch have dedicated land to the Los Angeles Unified School District for the purpose of building neighborhood schools in addition to paying millions of dollars in developer fees met their legal obligation to dedicate land to the Los Angeles Unified School District for the purpose of building neighborhood schools in addition to paying required developer fees;

Whereas, Developer fees from these two projects alone equate to at least the local funds required for cost of construction of schools at these developments;

Whereas, The offer of land and right to build will expire should the District fail to construct within the time periods set in development agreements; and

Whereas, Projects such as the Porter Ranch and Playa Vista developments will generate hundreds of new students who are entitled to a neighborhood school in their community; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles directs the Superintendent to reserve adequate funding from developer fees available after 2008 to build appropriate school facilities on sites previously dedicated by developers at Playa Vista and Porter Ranch, for community school use at housing developments larger than 3,000 units, provided that projections indicate that a student population adequate to support a neighborhood school will be present at the expected completion of school construction; and

Resolved further, When projections indicate that a school will be required, preliminary planning including feasibility, design may be funded via local bond dollars in anticipation of reimbursement from developer fees and the New Facilities Division shall provide for such activities in their new construction Strategic Execution Plan at such time when activities would be deemed normally appropriate; and be it finally

Resolved, That the Board directs the Superintendent to investigate potential arrangements for the early funding and/or construction of schools including front funding by the primary housing developer at sites in question in lieu of future developer fees including and procurement methods described in Education Code Section 17406.

Whereas, The Department of Defense has announced its intention to consolidate and close 20 to 25 percent of U.S. bases in this latest round of Base Realignments and Closures (BRAC) review, which could result in the Los Angeles Air Force Base being closed or relocated out of state;

Whereas, The Los Angeles Air Force Base (LAAFB) is located in El Segundo and houses the Space and Missile Systems Center, which is responsible for research, development, acquisition and on-orbit testing of military space and missile systems and has been the center of military satellite development since 1956;

Whereas, The Space and Missile Systems Center is a vital part of the local and regional economy, managing more than $8.1 billion in annual contracts and employing 90% of the people involved in military space work;

Whereas, The regional economic impact of the Los Angeles Air Force Base has been estimated at $3.2 billion annually, while the number of civilians employed directly and through contracts with local aerospace firms is approximately 65,000;

Whereas, The previous base closure round resulted in California losing 29 defense installations and more than 92,000 direct jobs; and

Whereas, nearly 400 children of Air Force Base families attend and make valuable contributions to several schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles recognizes the importance of the Los Angeles Air Force Base and its unique reliance on Southern California's defense contractors, which are nurtured by the region's universities and space sciences community and cannot be moved with the base to another location; and

Resolved further,That the Board urges the Base Realignment and Closure Commission to consider the dramatic economic and educational impacts that base closure would have on families and communities throughout the Los Angeles region and permit the Los Angeles Air Force Base to continue providing this valuable and necessary service to our country.

Resolved, That no General Fund Money be used for Small Learning Communities in Fiscal Year 2004-2005.

53. Mr. Lauritzen - Independent Analysis of the District's Central and Local District Administrative Structure

Resolved, That the Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles establishes under its direction an independent analysis of the District's central and local district administrative structure. The analysis will at a minimum investigate the efficiency and the effectiveness of the central and local district administrative structures. The District's stakeholders will be a party to this analysis.

9:00 a.m., Special, June 21, 2004
9:30 a.m., Closed Session, June 22, 2004
10 a.m., Annual, July 1, 2004
10:30 a.m., Closed Session, July 1, 2004

Appointment of Committee of the Whole Chairperson and Members to Board Standing Committees by President and Adoption of Revised Board Meeting Schedule and Standing Committee Descriptions and Schedule

Election of Board Member Representative to Vote in Electing Members to the County Committee on School District Organization (Education Code 35023)

Election of Board Member Representative to the Los Angeles County School Trustees Association

Election of Board Member as President of LAUSD Financing Corporation

Facilities Committee on July 15, at 1:00 p.m.

Reschedule Safety Committee to Tuesday, July 20, at 1:30 p.m.

This Week in Education

Mr. Lansing will comment on the following:

• Small Contractors' Open House, July 16 at Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center

Mr. Huizar will comment on the following

• Welcome to Otis Elementary School

• July 22 Small Business Outreach Open House at East Los Angeles Skills Center

  Public Comment

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