Oakland Unified School District  
Board of Education  
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Oakland, CA 94607-4033  
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Meeting Agenda Long - Final  
Thursday, March 23, 2023  
5:00 PM  
404 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA  
Committee Room, KDOL TV Studio, B-237, Met West High School Entrance,  
314 East 10th Street, Oakland, CA 94606-2291, Internet - Zoom & Granicus;  
Broadcasted - KDOL-TV (Comcast Channel 27 and AT&T Channel 99)  
Charter Matters Committee  
Clifford Thompson, Chairperson  
VanCedric Williams, Member  
Jennifer Brouhard, Member  
NOTICE - MEDIA/MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ATTEND  
AND PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON OR VIRTUALLY  
Members of the media and the public may attend and  
participate in the Committee meeting in-person in the  
Committee Room, KDOL TV Studio, B-237, Met West High  
School Entrance, 314 East 10th Street, Oakland, CA  
94606-2291 or virtually as described herein.  
The following information is for those members of the media  
and public interested in viewing or listening to the  
Committee meeting virtually.  
• Zoom: To view by Zoom, please click  
meeting time. Instructions on how to join a meeting by video  
conference are available at:  
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• Phone: To listen by phone (via Zoom), please do the  
following at or after the Noticed meeting time: call (669)  
900-9128, then enter Webinar ID 843 5544 2627, then  
press “#”. If asked for a participant id or code, press #.  
Instructions on how to join a meeting by phone are  
available at:  
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• To view the Charter Matters Committee meeting from the  
District’s Home Page - Upcoming Events & Live Meeting  
Video, please select the meeting name and click on the “In  
Progress” link under Video or go to the Legislative  
Information Center (under Board of Education on Home  
Page)>Calendar Tab>Calendar>Today>Charter Matters  
Committee>”In Progress” link under Video.  
Public comment in-person is permitted within the times  
allotted for public comment on the Agenda. Virtual  
comment will also be permitted within the times allotted for  
public comment on the Agenda in the following two ways:  
NOTICE - MEDIA/MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ATTEND  
AND PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON OR VIRTUALLY (CONTINUED)  
• To comment in-person, please follow the directions of the  
Chairperson.  
• To comment by Zoom, click the “Raise Your Hand”  
button to request to speak when Public Comment is being  
taken on the eligible Agenda item. You will be called on (by  
the name you logged in with), unmuted and allowed to  
make public comment. After the allotted time, you will then  
be re-muted. Instructions on how to “Raise Your Hand” is  
available at:  
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• To comment by phone (via Zoom), press “*9” to “Raise  
Your Hand” to request to speak when Public Comment is  
being taken on the eligible Agenda Item. You will be called  
on (by the Area Code and the last three digits of your phone  
number), unmuted and allowed to make public comment.  
After the allotted time, you will then be re-muted.  
Instructions of how to raise your hand by phone are  
available at:  
g-a-meeting-by-phone.  
In addition, members of the public may submit written  
comments for a posted Charter Matters Committee Meeting  
Agenda Item, before a meeting or while a meeting is “In  
Progress,” from the District’s Home Page - Upcoming  
Events & Live Meeting Video by selecting Charter Matters  
Committee Agenda “eComment” or from the Legislative  
Information Center, as follows:  
• If before Sunday, click Calendar Tab>Next  
Week>Charter Matters Committee>eComment  
• If Sunday or thereafter up thru day before Meeting, click  
Calendar Tab>This Week>Charter Matters  
Committee>eComment  
• If day of Meeting, click Calendar Tab>Today>Charter  
Matters Committee>eComment  
Or “eComment” in bold on the cover page of the Agenda.  
Written comments made on an eligible Agenda item, upon  
clicking of the Submit Button, are immediately sent via  
email to all members of the legislative body and key staff  
supporting the legislative body. Each eComment is a Public  
Record.  
MEETING PROCEDURES  
All Committee meetings shall begin on time and shall be  
guided by an Agenda prepared in accordance with Board  
Bylaws and posted and distributed in accordance with the  
Ralph M. Brown Act (open meeting requirements) and  
other applicable laws.  
BOARD BYLAW 9130 - CHARTER MATTERS COMMITTEE CHARGE OR  
RESPONSIBILITIES  
Charter Matters – This committee shall make  
recommendations to the Board relating to Charter Schools  
and review and recommend charter board members from  
among applicants for approval by the Board.  
Recommendations may include, but are not limited to,  
charter school authorization and renewal decisions, with  
guidance and review from the Superintendent or her  
designee, potential advice to Oakland’s state legislative  
delegation regarding state policies regarding charter  
schools, land use decisions involving charter schools, the  
process for authorizing, renewing, or evaluating  
OUSD-authorized charter schools, and material revisions to  
existing charters. The committee shall also receive  
presentations from the Office of Charter Schools related to  
effective charter oversight and authorization.  
A. Call to Order  
B. Roll Call  
C. Speaker Request Cards/Modification(s) To Agenda  
A request to speak at this Committee Meeting, may be made  
in-person or virtually as stated in this Agenda.  
Modification(s) to the Agenda, by the Charter Matters  
Committee, allows for any change in the printed Order of  
Business including, but not limited to, an announcement  
that an Item or Legislative File will be considered out of  
Agenda printed order, that consideration of an Item has  
been withdrawn, postponed, rescheduled or "pulled" or  
taken off of the Committee General Consent Report for  
separate discussion and/or possible action.  
D. Adoption of Committee Minutes  
D.-1  
2023  
Adoption by the Charter Matters Committee of its Meeting Minutes of  
February 23, 2023.  
Attachments:  
E. Adoption of the Committee General Consent Report  
"Adoption of the Committee General Consent Report"  
means that all items appearing under this topic are  
approved in one motion unless a Member of the Committee  
requests that an item be removed and voted on separately or  
otherwise acted upon. Generally, these items are routine in  
nature, and are acted upon in one motion to conserve time  
and permit focus on other-than-routine legislative items on  
the agenda.  
None  
F.  
Unfinished Business  
None  
G. New Business  
G.-1  
G.-2  
Site Visits - Office of Charter Schools  
An Oral Report to the Charter Matters Committee by Director, Office of  
Charter Schools, or designee, on the following matters:  
·
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2023 Proposition 39 Offers.  
2023 Charter School Office Site Visits to Charter Schools.  
College Preparatory Academy - Charter Schools Office  
Charter School Spotlight Presentation to the Charters Matters Committee  
by Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy.  
Attachments:  
G.-3  
Presentation and discussion by and between the Charter Schools Office  
Staff and the Charter Matters Committee on setting Specific, Measurable,  
Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound (SMART) Goals aligned with the  
2023 Vision and Goals of the Charter Matters Committee.  
Attachments:  
H. Public Comments on All Non-Agenda Items Within the Subject  
Matter Jurisdiction of the Committee  
This section of the agenda provides an opportunity for a  
member of the Public, for three minutes per person, or less,  
depending on the number of speakers, to directly address  
the Committee on any item of interest to a member of the  
Public that is not on the current agenda, but is within the  
subject matter jurisdiction of the Committee. Minutes are  
not transferrable from speaker to speaker. This item is  
limited to a total of thirty (30) minutes. The Committee may  
not discuss or take any action on a non-agenda item not  
appearing on the posted agenda for this meeting, except the  
Committee or staff may briefly respond to a statement made  
or questions posed by a member of the public, as authorized  
by law. In addition, on their own initiative or in response to  
questions posed by the public, a member of the Committee  
or its staff may ask a question for clarification, make a brief  
announcement, or make a brief report of his or her own  
activities.  
H.-1  
Subject Matter Jurisdiction of the Charter Matters  
Committee - Up To 30 Minutes – March 23, 2023  
Public Comment on All Non-Agenda Items Within the Subject Matter  
Jurisdiction of the Charter Matters Committee - Up To 30 Minutes - March  
23, 2023.  
I.  
Introduction of New Legislative Matter  
This section of the Agenda is devoted to the introduction of  
new legislative matter within the subject matter jurisdiction  
of the committee by a Committee member or Members of the  
Public.  
J.  
Adjournment