Bond Oversight Committee Member Present:
Mr. Scott Folsom

Staff Present:
Superintendent Roy Romer
Mr. Timothy B. Buresh, Chief Operating Officer
Mr. James Konantz, Assistant Superintendent, Instructional Support Services
Mr. Guy Mehula, Deputy Chief Facilities Executive - New Construction
Mr. Harold Kwalwasser, General Counsel
Mr. Richard H. Sheehan, Jr., Special Counsel to the Board
Mr. Jim Delker, Acting Deputy Chief Facilities Executive - Existing Facilities
Mr. Sam Yoshida, Director, Facilities Contracts
Mr. Robert Moeller, Director of Construction, Project Management
Dr. Roger Rasmussen, Director, Independent Analysis Unit
Mr. Secundino Garcia, Program Analyst, Independent Analysis Unit

Mr. Buresh, Mr. Konantz, and Mr. Mehula gave a presentation that addressed the material aspects of the charter school petition, granting, and management process including:

• legislative intent and goals for charter schools,
  
• Charter School Act legal requirements for approval,
  
• charter petition submission and approval process,
  
• policy issues including consent decree application and compliance, risk management, human resources, and services and fees,
  
• facilities issues including use of shared facilities, use of Measure K funds, expansion of charter schools, and capacity issues,
  
• Board evaluation criteria for charter petitions.

Yvonne Chan, Principal of Vaughn Charter School, asked that this policy be further discussed and that action be postponed.
Joe Lucente, Executive Director at Fenton Charter School, asked that the Superintendent's Charter School Advisory Committee include charter school input and that the charter school policy be further researched and therefore tabled at this time.

Paul Minney passed on his opportunity to speak.

Howard O. Watts spoke against the charter school policy.

Mr. Huizar stated that Superintendent Romer has never stated that he wants to get rid of all charter schools.

Vahe Markarian, Co-Director at Santa Monica Charter School, spoke against the policy and asked that the fees charter schools pay be further reviewed and discussed.

Lew Hollman, speaking on behalf of the plaintiffs in Rodriguez vs. LAUSD, asked that the goals of the Rodriguez Consent Decree be fully realized in the charter school policy.

Linda Hosfard, Principal of Palisades Charter High School, spoke on fees charged to charter schools.

Mr. Buresh addressed the speakers' and Committee's concerns regarding fees charged to charter schools, the Rodriguez Consent Decree, and the process for approving the charter school policy.

The Committee decided that a one-year interim policy for charter schools would be formed within a week of this meeting for discussion and approval by the Board, and that in one year, a full policy will be brought before the Board for approval.

PRIORITY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR MEASURE K CHARTER SCHOOL PROGRAM EXPANSION

Presentation on this item was included in the presentation for Policies for the Conversion of District Schools to Independent Charter Schools.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

There were no speakers present.

2. Priority Implementation Plan for Measure K Charter School 30 minutes Guy Mehula
Program Expansion

3. Items Referred to the Facilities Committee by the Board of Education or Committee of the Whole

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