Oakland Unified School District  
Board of Education  
1011 Union Street, #940  
Oakland, CA 94607  
(510) 879-1944  
boe@ousd.org E-Mail  
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Agenda and agenda materials are accessible at http://www.ousd.org or from any computer terminal in the Offices of  
the Board of Education and Superintendent, 1000 Broadway, Suite 300, Oakland, CA 94607-4099  
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should notify the Office of the Board of Education seventy-two (72) hours prior to the meeting at either  
(510)879-8199(VM); or boe@ousd.org (E-Mail); or  
(510) 879-2300 (eTTY/TDD); or (510) 879-2299 (eFax).  
Meeting Agenda Long - Final  
Thursday, November 7, 2024  
6:00 PM  
Ameritania Hotel 230 W. 54th St. New York, NY. 10019  
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)  
Budget and Finance Committee  
Chair: Mike Hutchinson  
Members: Jennifer Brouhard, Jorge Lerma  
ON-LINE SPEAKER CARD REGISTRATION  
Public Comment, at the meeting, will be taken individually  
on Agenda Items indicated by  
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You may register to speak in advance on the Agenda Item  
whether attending the meeting by teleconference, e.g.,  
Zoom, or in person.  
On line Speaker Card Registration (Sign In To Speak)  
opens at minimum 72 hours in advance for a Regular  
Meeting or at minimum 24 hours in advance for a Special  
Meeting. Use the eComment Link to Sign In (Register) to  
Speak up to one hour before the beginning of the meeting.  
Manual (Paper) Speaker Cards also will be available at  
the meeting for completion.  
Sign In to Speak, on an eligible Agenda Item, as a matter of  
equity, is first registered, first called, in order of  
Registration whether participation is in person or virtually,  
e.g. Zoom, or by audio, e.g., telephone.  
For advanced premeeting Registration, You must establish  
a one-time OUSD eComment - Sign In (Register) To Speak  
Account providing your First Name and Last Name and  
your email address.  
Your First Name and Last Name, as Registered, must also  
show as the Participant or Profile Name on a  
teleconferencesystem (i.e., Zoom, webex, other). You will be  
requested to Register the first time you use  
eComment - Sign In To Speak.  
The Sign In To Speak System, after the one time  
registration, will remember you by first name and last name  
associated with your email address (profile), making it  
easier for you to electronically Register or Sign In to Speak  
on an Agenda Item at a future OUSD legislative meeting,  
e.g., Board, committee, commission Early pre-meeting Sign  
In To Speak (Registration) is urged for all - whether you  
plan to attend meeting in person or view meeting via  
teleconference or listen to the meeting by telephone. Names  
will be called in Sign In To Speak order received.  
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 814 8528 2231, 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 e Budget and Finance 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>e Budget and  
Finance 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 e Budget and Finance 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 e  
Budget and Finance Committee Agenda “eComment” or  
from the Legislative Information Center, as follows:  
• If before Sunday, click Calendar Tab>Next Week>e  
Budget and Finance Committee>eComment  
• If Sunday or thereafter up thru day before Meeting, click  
Calendar Tab>This Week>Budget and Finance  
Committee>eComment  
• If day of Meeting, click Calendar Tab>Today>e Budget  
and Finance 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.  
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 e Budget and  
Finance 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  
5, 2024  
Ratification by the Budget and Finance Committee of its  
Regular Meeting Minutes of September 5, 2024, prepared by  
Staff shortly after said Meeting.  
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  
Fiscal Year Budget Balancing Solutions - Chief  
Business Officer  
Discussion by the Budget and Finance Committee, with the  
Chief Business Officer (CBO), or designee(s), of the  
presentation and Resolution No. 2425-0129 - 2025-26 Budget  
Balancing Solutions, made at the October 23, 2024, Board  
Meeting.  
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 Committee - Up to 30  
Minutes - November 7, 2024  
Public Comment on All Non-Agenda Items Within the  
Subject Matter Jurisdiction of the Committee - Up to 30  
Minutes - November 7, 2024.  
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