The Student Board Member Reports will be presented by Desert Hot Springs High School Student Board Member Ramon Salado, and Cathedral City High School Student Board Member Sophia Gonzales.

E-mail Comments: Submit your public comment to the Board of Education's Senior Administrative Assistant electronically. Comments may be emailed to mrizya@psusd.us. Written comments are limited to 250 words. To provide adequate time to compile and distribute, please submit no later than 12:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. All written comments will be distributed to the Board of Education and will be included as part of the record.

Telephonic Comments: You may provide telephonic comments by calling the District Office at (760) 325-8760 no later than 4:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting to be added to the public comment queue. At the appropriate time, a staff member will call you so that you may provide your public testimony to the Board of Education. When called, please reduce the meeting video volume to reduce any echoes or feedback.

All comments are to be directed to the Board, be under three minutes and shall be devoid of any personal attacks. Members of the public are expected to maintain a professional, courteous decorum during public comments.

Under the American Rescue Plan Act, Local Educational Agencies (LEA's) that receive Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER III) funds are required to develop a plan for how these funds will be utilized.

The ESSER III Plan for PSUSD addresses these areas:

• Strategies for continuously and safely operating schools for in-person learning in a way that reduces or prevents the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
• The impact of lost instructional time to meet students' academic, social, emotional and mental health needs and the opportunity gaps that existed pre-pandemic and were exacerbated by COVID-19.
  

In developing the plan, PSUSD consulted with teachers, administrators, other school personnel, local bargaining units of the district, parents, pupils, and stakeholders.  As part of the requirement, the plan must be adopted by the local governing board of education at a public meeting on or before October 29, 2021, and submitted for review and approval within five days of adoption.

Total ESSER III funds received: $75,265,846

Board Culture Policy BC-6, establishes an Annual Work Plan that includes monitoring and review of all policies, dialogue sessions with the community, student and staff groups, and activities, to improve Board performance. The Annual Work Plan requires that the Operational Expectations Policy on Personnel Administration (OE-4) be monitored each year.

In the Coherent Governance system, the Superintendent's reasonable interpretations and evidence of compliance of each expectation are presented for Board review and approval.

Board Culture Policy BC-6 establishes an Annual Work plan that includes monitoring and review of all policies, dialogue sessions with the community, student and staff groups and activities to improve Board performance. The Annual work Plan requires that the Results Policy on Academic Achievement to meet or exceed state standards in Achieving Proficiency in English Language Arts (R-2.1) be monitored each year..

In the Coherent governance system, the Superintendent's reasonable interpretations, selection of appropriate indicators, sufficient data, and evidence of progress toward each result are reported each year.

Board Policy 1230 Community Relations School-Connected Organizations requires that all groups desiring to be recognized as school-connected organizations request authorization from the Board of Education.  Administrative Regulation 1230 requires all groups to provide information annually to the Assistant Superintendent of Business Services by September 30, via submission of a completed Annual Organization Approval Form.

Attached is a listing of the school-connected organizations that have provided the required documentation in its entirety and are submitted for acceptance as recognized qualified school-connected organizations.

Additional groups will be submitted to the Board of Education for acceptance as completed documentation is received by the Business Services Department.

Pursuant to requirements of Proposition 39 and related State law, the district formed the Citizens’ Oversight Committee (COC) to review and inform the public regarding the expenditures of the Measure T and Measure E bond proceeds.  The COC is comprised of seven members:

• One (1) member who is active in a business organization represents the business community located within the district,
• One (1) member who is active in a senior citizen’s organization,
• One (1) member who is active in a bona fide taxpayer organization,
• One (1) member who is a parent or guardian of a child enrolled in the district,
• One (1) member who is a parent or guardian of a child enrolled in the district and active in a parent-teacher organization including PTO, PTA, PTG, or SSC, and
• Two (2) at large members.

  All committee members serve two-year terms with a maximum of two consecutive terms.

According to the COC Policies and Regulations adopted by the Board of Education on April 22, 2008, the Board may, in its sole discretion, consider various factors applicable to each candidate, including but not limited to: (i) residence within the boundaries of the District, (ii) whether the candidate is a prospective member of the Oversight Committee, which may include experience in construction, real property, facilities management, finance matters or other factors which tend to support or complement the purpose of the Oversight Committee.

Vacancies were advertised on the district website and applications were received.  Based upon a review of all submitted applications, and using the COC guidelines, the administration recommends appointment of the following individual to serve on the COC for Measure E and Measure I:

• Parent/Guardian of a PSUSD Student and Active in PTO/PTA/PTG/Site Council - Justin Decker

In accordance with Board of Education approved Resolution No. 2021/2022-02; Authorization to Dispose of Surplus Property July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, the District has accumulated miscellaneous furniture and equipment that has been discarded through various sites and departments that are no longer of viable use to the District. Additionally, instructional materials that have become obsolete, worn out or damaged beyond repair are discarded for disposal. 

Lists from the warehouse of declared surplus items are attached.

Presented for approval are the agreements ten thousand dollars or more and other contracts as presented for 09/16/2021 through 09/30/2021.

As specified for each agreement.

The Purchase Order Report from 09/16/2021 through 09/30/2021 is presented for review and approval for the following funds:

As specified in the report.        

Education Code 35186 (Williams Case) requires that school districts have a procedure to file complaints concerning deficiencies related to instructional materials, conditions of facilities that are not maintained in a clean or safe manner or in good repair, teacher vacancy or misassignment.  The complaint and response are public documents as provided by statute.

Schools send Williams Settlement Uniform Complaint Report Summary to the Board of Education on a quarterly basis.  Attached is the July-September 2021 report of complaints and resolutions as mandated by the reporting calendar of Riverside County of Education. 

The Head Start Act (642(d)(2)(A-l) mandates that the Board of Education receive and
use information or reports about program planning, policies, and operations. The report
shall include: (A) monthly financial statements, including credit card expenditures;
(B)monthly program information summaries; (C) program enrollment reports, including
attendance reports for children whose care is partially subsidized by another public
agency; (D) monthly reports of meals and snacks provided through programs of the
Department of Agriculture; (E) the financial audit; (F) the annual self-assessment,
including any findings related to such assessment of the Head Start agency, including
any applicable updates; (H) communications and guidance from the Secretary; and
(I)the program information reports.

The reports for May, June, and July 2021, for Early Head Start and Head Start, are submitted for review by
the Board of Education