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Meeting Minutes Long - Final  
Thursday, September 22, 2022  
6:00 PM  
Internet Streamed (Via Zoom and Granicus Live Manager) and Broadcasted -  
KDOL-TV (Comcast Channel 27 and AT&T Channel 99)  
Charter Matters Committee  
Mike Hutchinson, Chairperson  
Clifford Thompson, Member  
Gary Yee, Member  
NOTICE – EXCLUSIVELY VIRTUAL MEETING  
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Certain Findings Necessary To Permit Virtual Meetings In Specified  
Circumstances), this meeting is being held virtually. The member of the  
legislative body, as well as the attending District staff, will join the meeting  
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eComment is a public record.  
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  
Acting Chairperson Thompson called the September 22, 2022, Charter  
Matters Committee Meeting to order at 6:03 P.M.  
B. Roll Call  
Present  
Absent  
2 - Director Clifford Thompson  
Director Gary Yee  
1 - Chairperson Mike Hutchinson  
C. Speaker Request Cards/Modification(s) To Agenda  
Submission of Speaker Cards in the traditional manner is N/A, given this  
meeting is Virtual, during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. See the  
above NOTICE - EXCLUSIVELY VIRTUAL MEETING - for instructions on  
how to request to speak during this meeting.  
Modification(s) to the Agenda, by the Charter 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 General Consent  
Report for separate discussion and/or possible action.  
None  
D. Adoption of Committee Minutes  
D.-1  
22-2199  
Minutes - Charter Matters Committee – August 18, 2022  
Adoption by the Charter Matters Committee of its Meeting Minutes of  
August 18, 2022.  
22-2199 Minutes - Charter Matters Committee – August 18,  
2022  
Attachments:  
Public Comment:  
Kalia, Ashonte R., Assata Olugbala, Lora, Ginale Harris, Amber, Maryam,  
Dominque  
A motion was made by Director Yee, seconded by Director Thompson,  
that the August 18, 2022 Minutes be Adopted. The motion carried by  
the following vote:  
Aye:  
Absent:  
2 - Director Clifford Thompson  
Director Gary Yee  
1 - Chairperson Mike Hutchinson  
Enactment No: 22-1640  
E. Chairperson's Report  
E.-1  
22-2203  
Chairperson's Report - September 22, 2022  
An oral Report to the Charter Matters Committee by Mike Hutchinson,  
Chairperson, on a summation of the August 28, 2022, Charter Matters  
Committee Meeting and a preliminary overview for the items on tonight’s  
Charter Matters Committee Agenda.  
Postponed  
F.  
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  
G. Unfinished Business  
None  
H. New Business  
H.-1  
22-2202  
Oversight Procedures and Tiered Notice of Concern Format -  
Office of Charter Schools  
A Presentation to the Charter Matters Committee by the Director of  
Charter Schools Office, or designee, on the Oversight Procedures and  
Tiered Notice of Concern Format administered by Office of Charter  
Schools to the 28 Charter Schools authorized by OUSD for the 2022 -  
2023 academic year.  
22-2202 Presentation - Oversight Procedures and Tiered  
Notice of Concern Format - Office of Charter Schools  
22-2202 Memorandum - Oversight Procedures and Tiered  
Notice of Concern Format - Office of Charter Schools  
Attachments:  
Madison Thomas, Deputy Director, Office of Charter Schools and Guadalupe  
Nuno, Community Liaison, Office of Charter Schools, gave a presentation on  
the Tiered Notice of Concern Format for the Office of Charter Schools and  
had a discussion with the Committee.  
Discussion: President Yee  
Public Comment:  
Ginale Harris, Assata Olugbala, Lora  
Discussed and Closed  
Enactment No:  
H.-2  
22-2201  
AB1505 - New Charter School Petition Submissions - Office of  
Charter Schools  
A Presentation to the Charter Matters Committee by Director of Charter  
Schools Office, or designee, on AB 1505 Changes to New Charter  
School Petition Process including:  
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Petition submission, review, and decision timeline  
New potential findings for denial of new petitions  
Community impact language  
Fiscal impact language  
Appeal process  
22-2201 Presentation - AB1505 - New Charter School  
Petition Submissions - Office of Charter Schools  
22-2201 Memorandum - AB1505 - New Charter School  
Petition Submissions - Office of Charter Schools  
Attachments:  
Kelly Krag-Arnold, Director, Office of Charter Schools, gave a presentation  
the New Charter School Petition submission process in relation to Assembly  
Bill (AB) 1505.  
Public Comment:  
Assata Olugbala, Ginale Harris  
Discussed and Closed  
Enactment No:  
I.  
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.  
I.-1  
22-2200  
Public Comment on All Non-Agenda Items Within the Subject  
Matter Jurisdiction of the Charter Matters Committee - Up To 30  
Minutes – September 22, 2022  
Public Comment on All Non-Agenda Items Within the Subject Matter  
Jurisdiction of the Charter Matters Committee - Up To 30 Minutes -  
September 22, 2022.  
Lora, Assata Olugbala, Ginale Harris, Fredrick Newman  
Presentation/Acknowledgment Made  
J.  
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.  
Public Comment: Assata Olugbala, Lora  
K. Adjournment  
Acting Chairperson Thompson adjourned the Meeting at 7:45 P.M.  
Prepared By:  
Approved By: