Agenda – FINAL Post 11/15/23 (further updated at 4:10 p.m.)
Regular Legislative Session
Wednesday, November 15, 2023, 4:15 p.m.

Board of Directors
2445 – 3rd Avenue South
Seattle, Washington 98134
206-252-0040
Seattle Public Schools

The meeting will be live streamed on SPSTV and broadcast on television on Comcast 26 (standard-def) and 319 (hi-def), Wave 26 (standard-def) and 695 (hi-def), and Century Link 8008 (standard-def) and 8508 (hi-def).

To listen by phone, dial 206-800-4125 and use Conference ID 740 280 402#. This phone number and Conference ID will also be used by those who sign up to provide public testimony through the process described on the Agenda below.

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I. Call to Order – 4:15 p.m.

1. General Welcome Announcement to Audience
2. Roll Call

II. Superintendent Comments 

III. Student Comments

IV. Board Comments

• Recognition of Outgoing Directors’ Service
• Announcement of Completed Internal Audit by the Audit Committee Chair
  • Prevention and Response to Employee and Contractor Perpetrated Student Safety Incidents

V. Public Testimony – 4:30 p.m.

Members of the public who wish to address the board in person or by teleconference may sign up online or by calling 206-252-0040, beginning Monday, November 13, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. The public testimony list will be posted Tuesday, November 14, 2023. Those who are placed on the posted public testimony list may provide their testimony by dialing 206-800-4125 and using Conference ID 740 280 402# For information on how the public testimony list is created, please visit the Board’s website.

Order	Name	Topic
1	Joanne Ko	School closures
2	Vivian van Gelder	Draft Financial Policy
3	Samantha Fogg	Financial Policy
4	Alex Wakeman Rouse	Financial policies & community engagement
5	Erin MacDougall	Funding schools, partnering with school communities
6	Manuela Slye	Financial Policy
7	Sebrena Burr	Financial Policy & How we treat Black children in SPS.
8	Michele Campbell	Financial Policy
9	June Nho Ivers	Draft Financial Policy
10	Chris Jackins	Consent Agenda Item 2; Introduction Item 1; Other
11	Charlie liu	Do not close Decatur elementary school and stop HCC program
12	Amy Carroll	School Closures
13	Nolan Jones	Reading Outcomes
14	Cherylynne Crowther	Special education
15	ERika Ruberry	2024-2025 stabilization plan and impact on HCC
16	Karen Hartman	Transparency on WSS formulas & teacher allocation policy

VI. Business Action Items

A. Consent Agenda

1. Minutes of the October 17, 2023 Board Special Meeting, October 25, 2023 Ad Hoc Community Engagement Committee Meeting, October 25, 2023 Regular Board Meeting, and October 30, 2023 Audit Committee Meeting
2. Personnel Report (updated 11/6/23)
3. Warrants Report – September 16 thru October 15, 2023

The following warrants as audited and certified by the auditing officer, as required by RCW 42.24.08, are approved for payment:

Fund	Payment Type	Amount
General Fund	*Payroll	$606,189.48
General Fund	Vendor	$38,799,476.64
Capital Project Fund	Vendor	$20,293,674.50
Associated Student Body Fund	Vendor	$290,671.31
Expendable Trust Fund	Vendor	$13,000.00
Grand Total	All	$60,003,011.93

*Note – Payroll total reflects warrants issued to employees.  It does not however, reflect cash transfer amounts in payment of employees’ Direct Deposit payroll.

4. Amendment to the 2023-24 Regular Board Meeting Schedule. Approval of this item would amend the dates for Regular Board Meetings for 2023-24 to change the date of one meeting in June 2024. Immediate action is in the best interest of the district. (Removed from agenda 11/14/23; item to be moved to future meeting)

Consent Agenda Items Previously Introduced

5. Board Governance Policy Manual Financial Planning and Budgeting (Guardrail section) and Administration of the Annual Budget and Financial Reporting, numbering/lettering system consistent with the Board Governance Policy Manual as adopted. Approval of this item would adopt Board Governance Policy Manual Policies Financial Planning and Budgeting, and Administration of the Annual Budget and Financial Reporting as attached to the Board Action Report. These will be included in the Guardrails section of the Board Governance Policy Manual. (Updated Since Introduction; Further Updated 11/15/23)
   • Amendment 1 to the Board Action Report titled “Board Governance Policy Manual Financial Planning and Budgeting (Guardrail section) and Administration of the Annual Budget and Financial Reporting, numbering/lettering system consistent with the Board Governance Policy Manual as adopted.”  (Song) Approval of this amendment would substitute the version of the policy titled “Governance Policy Manual, Policy Category: Recommended Guardrail, Financial Planning and Budgeting (Interim Policy GPM.G2 or 6000)” as attached to the amendment. To the extent the attached substitute policy conflicts with the information presented in the underlying Board Action Report, the substitute policy shall control.  (Withdrawn)
   • Amendment 2 to the Board Action Report titled “Board Governance Policy Manual Financial Planning and Budgeting (Guardrail section) and Administration of the Annual Budget and Financial Reporting, numbering/lettering system consistent with the Board Governance Policy Manual as adopted.” (Song) Approval of this amendment would substitute the version of the policy titled “Governance Policy Manual, Policy Category: Recommended Guardrail, Financial Planning and Budgeting (Interim Policy GPM.G2 or 6000)” as attached to the amendment. To the extent the attached substitute policy conflicts with the information presented in the underlying Board Action Report, the substitute policy shall control. (Materials added 11/8/23; Updated 11/15/23 to align with updates to underlying item)
6. Resolution No. 2023/24-5, Signature of Authorized Personnel for State Aid Programs. Approval of this item would adopt Resolution No. 2023/24-5, superseding Resolution No. 2020/21-29, to authorize Dr. Brent C. Jones, Superintendent; Fred Podesta, Chief Operations Officer; Dr. Kurt Buttleman, Assistant Superintendent of Finance; and Richard Best, Director of Capital Projects and Planning, to sign state funding assistance documents per WAC 392-344-120.
7. Approval of the 2024 State Legislative Agenda. Approval of this item would adopt the 2024 State Legislative Agenda, as attached to this Board Action Report. 
8. Resolution 2023/24-6, Certification of Excess Levies and Calculation of General Fund Levy Rollback for 2024. Approval of this item would approve Resolution 2023/24-6, Certifying Excess Levies and Calculation of the General Fund Levy Rollback for 2024, as attached to the Board Action report. (Updated Since Introduction)

B. Items Removed from the Consent Agenda

C. Introduction Items

1. Approval of Board Resolution No. 2023/24-7, Direction for 2024-25 & 2025-26 Fiscal Stabilization Plan to Create a System of Well-Resourced Schools. Approval of this item would adopt Board Resolution No. 2023/24-7, Direction for 2024-25 & 2025-26 Fiscal Stabilization Plan to Create a System of Well-Resourced Schools, as attached to this Board Action Report. (Materials added 11/14/23; Slides 18 & 25 of attached presentation updated 11/15/23; Slides 17, 25, and 30 updated 11/15/23)

VII. Progress Monitoring

• Progress Monitoring Memo: Goal 1 – Early Literacy (Rescheduled from October 11)
• Progress Monitoring Memo: Goal 2 – Mathematics (Rescheduled from October 11)
• Progress Monitoring Presentation (Materials added 11/14/23)

VIII: Board Self-Evaluation

• Board Time-Use Evaluation for October (Materials added 11/15/23)

IX. Informational Items

• Board Director Questions and Staff Responses for November 15, 2023 Regular Board Meeting (Materials added 11/8/23)

X. Adjourn – 8:30 p.m.

Calendar Reminders

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