Oakland Unified School District

Board of Education

1011 Union Street, #940

Oakland, CA 94607

(510) 879-1944

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the Board of Education and Superintendent, 1000 Broadway, Suite 300, Oakland, CA 94607-4099

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Meeting Agenda Long - Final

Thursday, December 12, 2024

6:00 PM

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

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.

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 establisha

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

https://ousd.zoom.us/j/89515437312 on or after the Noticed

meeting time. Instructions on how to join a meeting by video

conference are available at:

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193

-Joining-a-Meeting.

• 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 895 1543 7312, then

press “#”. If asked for a participant id or code, press #.

Instructions on how to join a meeting by phone are

available at:

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362663

-Joining-a-meeting-by-phone.

• To view the 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>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:

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/205566129

-RaiseHand-In-Webinar.

• 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:

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362663-Joinin

g-a-meeting-by-phone.

In addition, members of the public may submit written

comments for a posted 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

Budget and Finance Committee Agenda “eComment” or

from the Legislative Information Center, as follows:

• If before Sunday, click Calendar Tab>Next

Week>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>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 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

24-2979

Minutes - Budget and Finance Committee - November 7,

2024

Ratification by the Budget and Finance Committee of its

Regular Meeting Minutes of November 7, 2024, prepared by

Staff shortly after said Meeting.

Attachments:

24-2979 Minutes - Budget and Finance Committee - November 7, 2024

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

Unfinished Business

None

G. New Business

G.-1

24-2598E

Budget and Finance Committee - District - 2025-2026

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. 2425-0129A - 2025-2026

Budget Balancing Solutions, addressing District’s $95 Million

Deficit, made at the December 11, 2024, Board Meeting.

Attachments:

24-2598E Presentation - Budget and Finance Committee - District -

2025-2026 Fiscal Year Budget Balancing Solutions - Chief Business

Officer

24-2598E Budget and Finance Committee - Board Memorandum -

District - 2025-2026 Fiscal Year Budget Balancing Solutions - Chief

Business Officer

G.-2

24-2928A

Budget and Finance Committee - First Interim Financial

Report - As of October 31, 2024 - Fiscal Year

2024-2025 - Chief Business Officer

Discussion by the Budget and Finance Committee of

Resolution No. 2425-0132 - Approving District's First Interim

Financial Report for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 and Certification

of said Report to the Alameda County Superintendent of

Schools as “Negative”, made at the December 11, 2024,

Board Meeting.

Attachments:

24-2928A Presentation - Budget and Finance Committee - First

Interim Financial Report - As of October 31, 2024 - Fiscal Year

2024-2025 - Chief Business Officer

24-2928A Budget and Finance Committee - First Interim Financial

Report - As of October 31, 2024 - Fiscal Year 2024-2025 - Chief

Business Officer

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

24-3046

Public Comment on All Non-Agenda Items Within the

Subject Matter Jurisdiction of the Committee - Up to 30

Minutes - December 12, 2024

Public Comment on All Non-Agenda Items Within the

Subject Matter Jurisdiction of the Committee - Up to 30

Minutes - December 12, 2024.

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.

Adjournment