MRS. ANDREWS ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES UNDER FLORIDA STATUTE 286.011. THE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. THAT'S GOING TO BRING US TO OUR WORKSHOP. I WILL GIVE EVERYBODY A MOMENT TO FIND IT, INCLUDING MYSELF. OKAY. SO I WILL NOW CALL THE WORKSHOP TO ORDER AT 2:38PM. MRS. SINCLAIR PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> DISTRICT 2, ALEXANDRIA AYALA. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 3, KAREN BRILL. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 4, ERICA WHITFIELD. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 5, FRANK BARBIERI. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 6, MARCIA ANDREWS. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 7, EDWIN FERGUSON. >> HERE. ALSO JOINING US IS SUPERINTENDENT MICHAEL BURKE, THERESA MICHAEL AND CLERK TONY SINCLAIR. SENIOR MEMBERS OF STAFF WILL JOIN US AS DIRECTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. FOR OUR VIEWING INFORMATION, VIEWERS AND LISTENERS CAN ACCESS THE MEETING BY WATCHING ON COMCAST CHANNELS 234 AND 235. U VERSE CHANNEL 99 OR USING THE YouTube LINK AT PALM BEACH SCHOOLS.ORG. IF THE LINK IS INTERRUPTED SWITCH TO THE TV CHANNELS. ALL BOARD MEETINGS ARE RECORDED IN THEIR ENTIRETY AND POSTED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE WITHIN 24 HOURS WE OFFER A LISTENING ONLY OPTION WHICH THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS CALLING 561-357-5900 OR 1-866-930-7015. THE ID IS 15618801124 POUND. Mr. SUPERINTENDENT. >> YES THANK YOU. THE FIRST WORKSHOP IS THE LEGISLATIVE WRAP UP LED BY JAMIE WYATT OUR CHIEF OF STAFF AND SHE WILL BE JOINED BY OTHERS AND THEY WILL TAKE US THROUGH THE WRAP-UP OF THE 2024 REGULAR SESSION. MS. WYATT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON I WANTED TO START OFF BY STAYING MS. SOL NICK COULD NOT BE WITH US TODAY. SHE HAD A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. I SENT A REPORT OF THE FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE UPDATES TO YOU EARLIER BUT SHE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP VIA E-MAIL FOR A MORE DETAILED REPORT. WE ARE GOING TO START THIS AFTERNOON WITH Mr. LA FACE HE WILL BE REVIEWING BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS AND MS. FAY WILL GO INTO THE LEGISLATIVE BILLS THAT PASSED. >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MADAM CHAIR WOMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT BURKE AND RON FAY IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY. WE DID A LEGISLATIVE WRAP UP BACK IN MARCH BUT I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THOUGH THAT WAS THE LAST WEEK OF SESSION FORT D WE SAID DID ACTUALLY COME TO HAPPEN AND CAME TRUE SO THERE'S NOTHING WE NEED TO WALK BACK THAT WE REPORTED TO YOU BACK IN MARCH. BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO AS MS. WYATT MENTIONED I WILL GIVE YOU A QUICK BUDGET OVERVIEW AND MS. FAY IS GOING TO GO INTO THE BUDGET POLICY THOUGH THE SESSION HAS ENDED ISSUES ARE IN FRONT OF THE GOVERNOR FOR HIS ACTION. WE HAVE HAD MORE TIME TO DIG INTO NUANCES OF THEM AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SPEAK ABOUT THEM TO THE EXTENT YOU WOULD LIKE TO AT THIS POINT. MAINLY, THE LEGISLATURE DID PASS ITS BUDGETS ON TIME. AS I MENTIONED IT'S IN FRONT OF THE GOVERNOR FOR HIS REVIEW. THOUGH THE LEGISLATURE DID END UP PUTTING $10 BILLION INTO RESERVES BASICALLY DID NOT SPEND $10 BILLION OF AVAILABLE CASH, THEY DID PASS A BUDGET OF ABOUT $117 BILLION. AND IT WAS A GOOD YEAR FOR EDUCATION OVERALL. THE TOTAL EDUCATION BUDGET IS ABOUT $28.4 BILLION. WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $1.8 BILLION OR 6.73% OVER LAST YEAR. THE TOTAL PER STUDENT FUNDING INCREASED 2.75%. AND WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IS THE BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION FUNDING DID INCREASE STATE-WIDE OF $191 PER STUDENT OR 3.72% AN ISSUE WE HAVE FOCUSED ON FROM PALM BEACH IS MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE PROPERTY VALUE INCREASES, THAT THE LEGISLATURE DOES NOT ROLLBACK THE REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT. HAPPY TO REPORT HAD AT THAT TIME THEY DID NOT DO THAT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET THEY MAINTAINED THE REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT AT 3.189 MILLS SO THAT GENERATED 483 MILLION DOLLARS STATE-WIDE. WHEN IT COMES TO BREAKING DOWN THE EDUCATION BUDGET, THERE ARE CERTAIN CATEGORY CALLS WHICH ARE ALLOCATIONS THAT MUST BE SPENT ON CERTAIN ITEMS. THE LEGISLATURE CONTINUED TO PUT EXTRA FUNDING INTO SOME OF THESE KEYS, SCHOOL SAFETY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO EVERYBODY. THEY ADDED AN ADDITIONAL $40 MILLION TO THAT AND IT GOES UP TO $290 MILLION. AND IN MENTAL HEALTH THEY ADDED AN ADDITIONAL $20 MILLION SO THAT GOES UP TO 180 MILLION. WHEN IT COMES TO TEACHER SALARIES, THOUGH IT'S NO LONGER A CATEGORICAL THEY PUT IN MONIES FOR TEACHER SALARIES THIS YEAR THEY DID ADD $202 MILLION. WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS ADVOCATE FOR. AND ALSO SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT IS THEY KEPT THE $300 FOR TEACHER CLASSROOM SUPPLY ASSISTANCE. OUTSIDE OF THE FEFP AND THE FUNDING ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT HAS COME TO LIGHT OVER THE YEARS WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS WORTH NOTING, IS LAST YEAR WITH THE ADVENT OF HOUSE BILL 1 AND THE UNIVERSAL SCHOLARSHIPS THE LEGISLATURE DID ESTABLISH AN EDUCATIONAL ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION PROGRAM WHICH IS A POT OF MONEY THAT IS PUT IN WHAT WE CALL THE BACK OF THE BILL. AND IT'S THERE IN CASE WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS TAKING EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS THAN ARE ESTIMATED BECAUSE IF BASICALLY THE STATE ESTIMATES THE NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS WRONG, UNDER THE LAW, EVERYBODY'S PER STUDENT FUNDING WOULD BE REDUCED. SAY THERE WERE 100 SCHOLARSHIPS ESTIMATED AND THERE WERE 150 PEOPLE THAT TOOK THEM. BASICALLY EVERYBODY'S PER STUDENT AMOUNT GETS REDUCED TO FUND THOSE EXTRA 50 SCHOLARSHIPS THAT IS AN EXAMPLE. ONE OF THE THINGS THE LEGISLATURE HAS DONE LAST YEAR AND STRENGTHENED THIS YEAR, IS THEY PUT A POT OF MONEY IN THE BACK OF THE BILL TO MAKE SURE IF THERE ARE MORE SCHOLARSHIPS TAKEN THAN ESTIMATED THERE WILL BE NO REDUCTION IN DISTRICT FUNDING. AND SO THIS YEAR THEY PUT ANOTHER $250 MILLION INTO THAT POT. BUT THEY ALSO BY LAW, REQUIRED THE LEGISLATURE TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM YEAR AFTER YEAR. SO THAT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF IT. AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR EVERYBODY. GETTING INTO THE [INAUDIBLE] I KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW AND WANT TO SUPPORT. THEY DID ACTUALLY EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE DECREASING THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF DPK STUDENTS NEXT YEAR 1800 STUDENTS THEY DID DO A BSA INCREASE 3% LIKE K-12 THEY DID THE SAME THING WITH INCREASED THE ADMINISTRATOR LOAD FROM PROVIDERS FROM 4% TO 5% THEY ARE PUTTING MORE INTO VPK AND HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WEST TECH AND ROOSEVELT APPROPRIATIONS WERE FUNDED BY THE LEGISLATURE. THE ONE OTHER ITEM I WANTED TO MENTION IS THE FRS. THAT IN YEARS PAST THOUGH WE HAVE HAD LARGE OR SUBSTANTIAL BSA INCREASES, WE'VE HAD A HEADWIND OF ALSO AN ADDITIONAL COST FOR THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM THAT THE LEGISLATURE PUT ON US. I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THIS YEAR WE DON'T SEE THOSE SAME COSTS SO THE BSA INCREASE, I'M CERTAIN YOU WILL HAVE SPECIFIC PRESENTATIONS ON THE IMPACT TO PALM BEACH'S BUDGET BUT THE BSA INCREASE WILL NOT BE OFFSET BY AN FRS INCREASE, THE BSA INCREASE THAT WILL COME TO THE DISTRICT IS ONE THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE. AND I THINK THE PER STUDENT FUNDING AMOUNT IS $210 PER STUDENT FOR PALM BEACH WITH THE BSA INCREASE BEING $181.57. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE IT TURN IT OVER TO MS. FAY TO GO INTO THE POLICY ITEMS. >> THANK YOU, RON. SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A NUMBER OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POLICY BILLS THAT PASSED THE LEGISLATURE. I WILL HIT A FEW BILLS OF NOTE THAT DID NOT PASS AT THE END. I WILL SAY I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME READING YOU EACH BULLET POINT EVERY BILL HAS BEEN COVERED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TIMES THROUGHOUT LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND IN OUR LAST WRAP UP. I WILL MOVE QUICKLY AND HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS AND CLARIFY SOMETHING THAT I MAY HAVE MISSED TOWARDS THE END. I WILL START WITH HOUSE BILL 1285, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S DEPARTMENT PACKAGE FOR THIS YEAR. WHICH MADE A NUMBER OF CHANGES TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE EDUCATION CODE. THE THREE I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS WORKSHOP TODAY ARE THE BILL REVISES THE DEADLINES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF TURN AROUND PLANS. AND PUT NEW REPORTING AND CONTRACTING DEADLINES INTO PLACE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO HAVE A LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOL THAT IS BEING TURNED OVER TO A CHARTER SCHOOL. PUT PARAMETERS IN PLACE ABOUT WITHHOLDING ADMINISTRATIVE FEES AND THE AMOUNT OF RENT OR FACILITIES COST THAT CAN BE PASSED ALONG TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. A COUPLE OF CHANGES THERE FOR LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS THAT ARE BEING ASSUMED BY A CHARTER SCHOOL. VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT BEGINNING IN THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR ANY CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THERE ARE CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE TO THE SCHOOL GRADES MODEL OR THE COMPONENTS THAT GO INTO IT. ALL THE DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT MAKEUP HOW THE SCHOOL AND THE DISTRICT GET THEIR GRADE. HAVE TO GO INTO AFFECT THE NEXT YEAR. SO THEY ARE NOW BEING REQUIRED BY LAW TO GIVE YOU A 12-MONTH WINDOW OR A 6-12 MONTH WINDOW TO UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES BEING MADE AND THEY CANNOT GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. THE LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IS NEW LIMITS ON RESIDENTS OF A COUNTY WHO DO NOT HAVE -- ARE NOT A PARENT OR A GUARDIAN OF A STUDENT IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM THEY ARE LIMITED TO BOOK OBJECTIONS OF ONLY ONE BOOK OR MATERIAL PER MONTH. THIS IS RESIDENTS IN THE COUNTY WHO ARE NOT PARENTS OR GUARDIANS SYSTEM. THERE ARE NO LIMITS ON CHALLENGES THAT APPLY TO PARENTS OR GUARDIANS. SO WITH THAT I WILL MOVE ON TO THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES OF LEGISLATION FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO BE AWARE OF IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION, THIS BILL SCHOOL SAFETY 1473, THAT REPRESENTATIVE WAS PROBABLY THE WEIGHTIEST PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT PASSED IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION PERSPECTIVE OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS AS THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DOES RULE MAKING AND THIS WILL MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN COMPLIANCE THIS IS ONE I WOULD PAY THE MOST ATTENTION TO. FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. I WILL HIT A COUPLE HIGH POINTS THAT WILL PROBABLY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO BE AWARE OF. THE PIECE OF LEGISLATION ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES FROM CURRENT STATUTE TODAY IS REQUIRING ALL GATES OR ACCESS POINTS TO REMAIN CLOSED AND LOCKED WHEN STUDENTS ARE ON CAMPUS THAT INCLUDES CLASSROOM DOORS AND GATES, POTENTIALLY DOORS AND GATES TO OTHER FACILITIES LIKE AN AUDITORIUM IF THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING IN THERE AND THERE ARE STUDENTS PRESENT. UNLESS THEY ARE STAFFED BY A PERSON, THERE IS A CARVE OUT OR EXEMPTION THAT WAS PUT INTO THE BILL TOWARDS THE END OF SESSION. FOR SHARED USE AGREEMENTS. IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF SHARED USE AGREEMENT FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE WITH THE CITY, TO ALLOW THEM TO USE A HIGH SCHOOL SPHOIB FIELD TO DO LITTLE POWDER PUFF OR POP WARNER THAT WOULD BE EXEMPT. THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE REQUIREMENTS AND MORE SCRUTINY BY THE STATE IN TERMS OF ACCESS INGRESS AND EGRESS IN TERMS OF LOCKED GATES AND OR STAFFING OF THOSE GATES. THE SAFE SCHOOL OFFICER WILL BE REQUIRED TO FILL OUT ON THE F SAT IF THERE'S PETITION TO HAVE A WAIVER FROM SOME OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS. SO THERE IS A WAIVER PROCESS BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING THROUGH THE DEO TO -- DOE TO SAFE SCHOOLS. ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IN TERMS OF THINGS WE WORKED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LEGISLATURE AND STAFF ON DURING THE SESSION WAS THE PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE POLICY. AS THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION WAS BEING NEGOTIATED AND FORMULATED, THERE WERE A THE OF FOLKS AT THE TABLE WHO BELIEVED THAT THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHOULD TAKEOVER ALL DISCIPLINE FOR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE FOUND TO BE IN NO WAY WILLFUL VIOLATION OF A LOCKED DOOR POLICY FOR INSTANCE. WE DID FIGHT AND WERE SUCCESSFUL TO KEEP ALL TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATOR DISCIPLINE FOR SAFE SCHOOLS VIOLATIONS AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LEVEL AT THE SCHOOL BOARD LEVEL, THE SUPERINTENDENT LEVEL. HOWEVER, THE SCHOOL BOARD IS REQUIRED TO ADOPT A PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE POLICY AS THE TRADE OFF FOR THAT. SO THE TEACHERS ARE NOT GOING TO GO IN FRONT OF THE EPC BUT THE SCHOOL BOARD MUST HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE SAYING THE SECOND OFFENSEIS TREATED MORE SERIOUSLY THAN THE FIRST. AND THE THIRD MORE SERIOUSLY THAN THE SECOND AND SO ON. AND THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT THE OFFICE OF SAFE SCHOOLS WILL GET A REPORT UPON THE DISCIPLINE AND HOW THE SCHOOL BOARD DEALT WITH DISCIPLINE LOCALLY. IT'S SOMETHING I WOULD TAKE SERIOUSLY IF I'M RECOMMENDING THAT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. THERE IS A NUMBER OF OTHER PROVISIONS IN THIS BILL. THAT DEAL WITH SCHOOL SAFETY IN DIFFERENT WAYS. THEY ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR THE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF DRONES OVER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS. REQUIRE AT LEAST ONE TIME ANNUAL REPORTING ON THE MOBILE SUSPICIUS ACTIVITY TOOL TO STUDENTS ONCE A YEAR. A LOT OF OTHER PROVISIONS IN HERE THAT I WOULD CERTAINLY I KNOW YOUR STAFF HAS ACTIVELY REVIEWED AND LOOKING HOW IT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED. I THINK PENDING, OF COURSE, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DOING RULE MAKING BECAUSE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROVISIONS THAT THE COMMISSIONER AND HIS STAFF HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED NEED TO BE FURTHER DEFINED AND WORKED ON AS IN THE UPCOMING MONTHS. THE NEXT TWO BILLS THAT I WILL COVER HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT AT LENGTH WITH THIS BOARD OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS I'D SAY. 7002 AND 7004 ARE THE FINAL VERSIONS OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT'S DEREGULATION EDUCATION DEREGULATION PRIORITY BILLS. THESE BILLS STARTED OUT WITH PROBABLY EVERYTHING WITH THE KITCHEN SINK PUT INTO THEM. PASSED OUT OF THE SENATE AND SENT TO THE HOUSE FOR NEGOTIATION WITH THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WHO HAD PROBABLY DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INTEREST IN TERMS OF EDUCATION DEREGULATION AND THE FINAL PRODUCT WHILE IT IS NOT EVERYTHING THAT PROBABLY THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT OR MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS HOPED FOR, WHEN COMPARING TO THE INITIAL VERSIONS OF THE BILLS THAT PASSED, IT REALLY SET THE TONE FOR THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN TERMS OF NEW BILLS AND NEW REGULATIONS, NEW MANDATES NEW UNFUNDED MANDATES NOT BEING PASSED BY THIS LEGISLATURE. WHILE I'D SAY THAT 2002 AND -- 7002 AND 7004 DON'T HAVE WHAT PEOPLE HOPED THERE WAS NO APPETITE FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO GO AWAY FROM HIGH STAKES TESTING WHICH I KNOW IS IMPORTANT TO MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT AT LEAST WAS A PART OF A POLICY CONVERSATION BUT BROADER, I THINK HELPED THE LEGISLATURE THINK ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT BILLS THAT THE WERE FILED IN TERMS OF IS THIS MORE REGULATION ON OUR K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS? DOES IT APPLY TO CHARTER SCHOOLS? DOES IT APPLY TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS? IF IT DOESN'T APPLY EQUALLY DO WE NEED IT? IF IT IS A MANDATE WHY DO WE NEED THIS IS IT FUNDED AND IT CUT DOWN, I WOULD SAY COMPARING THIS YEAR TO THE PAST FIVE TO 10 LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, DRAMATICALLY CUT DOWN ON THE NUMBER OF NEW MANDATES THAT WERE PUT ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS. YOU WILL SEE BILLS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE OFF SEASON. YOU REALLY AREN'T SEEING THE KINDS OF THINGS YOU'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. AND SO WITH THAT I WILL HIT SOME OF THE HIGH POINTS IN THESE PIECES OF LEGISLATION AND MOVE ON TO OTHER BILLS. IN 002, THE BILL DOES THE FLEXIBILITY TO POST PUBLIC MEETING NOTICES ON THE SCHOOL BOARD'S WEBSITE. INSTEAD OF HAVING TO PUBLISH THAT ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE OR THE NEWSPAPER. IT REMOVES THE REQUIREMENT THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS STAFF SCHOOL DISTRICT FACILITIES DURING DECLARED STATES OF EMERGENCY SO SCHOOLS STILL NEED TO BE OPEN AND USED AS HURRICANE SHELTERS BUT THEY ARE NO LONGER REQUIRING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALSO HAVE TO FIND STAFF TO COME IN DURING A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND STAFF THOSE BUILDINGS. WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF AND MORE LOCAL CONTROL FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AT THE END OF THE DAY. THE BILL ALSO AUTHORIZES CONSIDERATION OF TEACHERS OF ADVANCED DEGREES IN DETERMINING SALARY SCHEDULES AND ADJUSTMENTS. IT REPEALS THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COMPLETE AN EDUCATIONAL PLANT SURVEY AND LOCALIZED NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND SUBMIT THAT TO THE DEPARTMENT. THAT WAS A HEAVY LIFT IN TERMS OF STAFF TIME AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT KNOWS YOUR DISTRICT BEST. AND KNOWS WHERE THE NEED IS FOR NEW SCHOOLS AND WHERE SCHOOLS MAY NOT BE NEEDED ANYMORE. AND IT CONTINUES TO SUSPEND THE COST PER STUDENT STATION LIMITS THROUGH 2028 THEY ARE SUSPENDED THROUGH 2026. AND IT INCREASES THE CAP ON DAY LABOR CONTRACTS FROM PROJECT FROM $280,000 UP TO $600,000. A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF THERE. AND THEN 7004 HAS GOODIES THAT I WILL HIGHLIGHT. IT ALLOWS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT TO OFFER SUMMER PROGRAMS BY CONTRACTING WITH A PRIVATE PROVIDER. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY BIGGER DEAL FOR SMALLER SCHOOL DISTRICTS BUT DOES PROVIDE THAT FLEXIBILITY WHEN YOU HAVE A SCHOOL THAT REALLY IS ONLY SERVING ONE OR TWO CHILDREN OVER THE SUMMER THEY CAN CONTRACT WITH A PROVIDER INSTEAD. IT REMOVES THE REQUIREMENT THAT ACADEMICALLY HIGH PERFORMING DISTRICTS FILE I AN ANNUAL REPORT WITH THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. REQUIRES STUDENT PROGRESSION PLANS TO INCLUDE RETENTION REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWO BASED ON THE SCREENING AND PROGRESS MONITORING RESULTS. THIS MOVES IT BACK SO WE'RE NOT WAITING UNTIL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED TO WAIT UNTIL GRADE THREE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT A STUDENT SHOULD BE RETAINED BASED ON THE SIGNS OF EARLY LITERACY STRUGGLES AND GETTING THAT REMEDIATION DONE EARLIER THAN IT'S CURRENTLY DONE. AND ALLOWING THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO EXTEND THAT AMOUNT OF TIME A SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS TO IMPLEMENT A COMMUNITY SCHOOL MODEL. THAT ISING SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE. WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE ON TO SOME OF THE OTHER BILLS THAT PASSED. BUT THE SPIRIT OF DEREGULATION. AS YOU WILL SEE IN THE OTHER BILLS PERVASIVE IN TERMS OF NOT A LOT OF NEW REQUIREMENTS PUT ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO I WILL START WITH SENATE BILL THE HISTORY OF COMMUNISM. THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY REQUIREMENTS THAT IS PUT ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS. ALTHOUGH THE DOE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THE CURRICULUM. AS MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE THE BILL REQUIRES CONSTRUCTION ON THE HISTORY OF COMMUNISM STARTS IN THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR AT ALL GRADES. IT MUST BE AGE APPROPRIATE AND AS I SAID DOE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THAT CURRICULUM. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AND IN OTHER SETTINGS THERE ARE ALREADY REQUIREMENTS THAT TO TEACH THIS CONTENT. IT IS NOT A COMPLETELY NEW REQUIREMENT. BUT IT IS SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF AS YOU MOVE FORWARD. SENATE BILL 994, STUDENT TRANSPORTATION SAFETY. THIS BILL HAS NOT BEEN SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR YET WOULD AUTHORIZE SCHOOL DISTRICTS MORE FLEXIBILITY HOW THEY CONTRACT FOR SCHOOL BUS STAFF ARMS IF YOU CHOOSE TO UNDER THE PROGRAM UNDER THE BILL PASSED LAST SESSION IN THE 2023 SESSION THAT IS AN OPTIONAL PROGRAM. THAT WOULD GIVE FLEXIBILITY IN CONTRACTING IF THAT IS SOMETHING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CHOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. HOUSE BILL 931, SCHOOL CHAPLINS THIS HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. I WILL EMPHASIZE THE SCHOOL CHAPLIN'S PROGRAM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE LEGISLATURE IS OPTIONAL FOR SCHOOL BOARDS FOR SCHOOL BOARDS TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT. THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT THAT ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT IMPLEMENT ANY SCHOOL CHAPLIN'S PROGRAM. BUT IF THEY SCHOOL BOARD OR A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL DOES MAKE THE CHOICE TO STAND UP ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS THE BILL DOES LAYOUT THREE TO FOUR CERTAIN BASIC REQUIREMENTS THAT MUST BE A PART OF THE PROGRAM. FOR INSTANCE BACKGROUND SCREENINGS, A LIST OF RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS AND PARENTAL CONSENT. IT DOES PUT A FRAMEWORK IN PLACE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO CHOOSE TO STAND UP ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. HOUSE BILL 1403, SCHOOL CHOICE, THIS IS MORE FOR AWARENESS. IT DOESN'T IMPACT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DIRECTLY. BUT FOR THE STUDENTS WHO ARE AVAILING THEMSELVES OF FAMILY EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIPS IT ESTABLISHES NEW REQUIREMENTS AND DEADLINES FOR NOT ONLY THE SCHOLARSHIP REPORTING THE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS WHO GET THE MONEY OUT TO THE STUDENTS, BUT ALSO TO THE PARENTS PUT MORE STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY CAN SPEND THE FUNDS ON IN TERMS OF ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES OUT OF THOSE DOLLARS. >> THE NEXT HOUSE BILL 1361, EDUCATION BY REPRESENTATIVE TEMPLE. I WANT TO POINT THIS OUT BECAUSE IT DOES ESTABLISH A NEW TUTORING PROGRAM THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO TAP INTO. THE TUTORING PROGRAM WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY AN ELIGIBLE NONPROFIT SFO AND WILL BE PROVIDED AND ELIGIBLE TO STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE FIVE WHO HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL DEFICIENCY IN READING OR MATH. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DETAILS ABOUT WHAT THE PROGRAM HOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THOSE DOLLARS BUT THEY SHOULD BE AVAILABLE AFTER JULY FIRST OF 2024. SENATE BILL 883 SHORT ACTING BRONCHODILATORS THIS BILL A WORD I LEARNED DURING THE SESSION IS AN ASTHMA INHALER. AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO CARRY AND USE INHALERS ON CAMPUS. IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WANTS TO ACQUIRE ITS STOCK ASTHMA INHALERS IT PROVIDES PROTOCOLS AND GUIDELINES FOR HOW TO DO SO. HOUSE BILL 1317, PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATIONS, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT AUTHORIZES A SCHOOL BOARD TO DECIDE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO ALLOW AND GRANT ACCESS AND FLEXIBILITIES TO PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATIONS. THERE IS A LIST OF PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE BILL REFERENCES WHICH IS PART OF FEDERAL LAW. I HAVE EITHER SENT THAT TO MS. WYATT OR WILL BE RIGHT AFTER THIS WORKSHOP ADJOURNS. ANY OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THE LIST OF PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU COULD AUTHORIZE A NEW PROGRAM FOR, IT DOES SPECIFY A PRETTY I WOULD SAY THERE ARE 30-40 OF THEM. DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF. LIKE THE GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA FOR INSTANCE. BUT ESSENTIALLY IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ALLOW PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATIONS ON TO CAMPUS, TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH STUDENTS OR DISPUTE INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS, HAVE DISPLAYS WITHIN THE SCHOOL THIS BILL LAYS OUT HOW YOU DO IT AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO ALLOW ONE PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATION ON CAMPUS TO HAVE THOSE PRIVILEGES YOU HAVE TO ALLOW YOU CANNOT DISCRIMINATE YOU HAVE TO ALLOW ALL PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATIONS ON THAT LIST THE SAME PRIVILEGES I WILL CALL THEM ON CAMPUS. THE NEXT BILL SENATE BILL 7032, I WOULD SAY THIS I'VE CALLED THIS AN OFF SHOOT OF THE DEREGULATION INITIATIVE IN TERMS OF HELPING STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT GOING TO GRADUATE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT PASSING THE HIGH STAKES EXAMINATIONS AT THE END OF THE 10TH GRADE YEAR. ALGEBRA 1. THE GATE PROGRAM IS A PRIORITY OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT. THE GATE PROGRAM AND THE GATE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM THE PROGRAMS IDENTIFY STUDENTS WHO HAVE DROPPED OUT AND FORMALLY WITHDRAWN FOR HIGH SCHOOL ALREADY. AND ALLOWS THOSE STUDENTS TO COME BACK. THIS WOULD PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THEM TO GET CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND ALSO FOR REMEDIATION SO THEY CAN EITHER PASS THE HIGH STAKES TESTS, PASS THE SCORE AND GET A SCORE ON ANOTHER EXAM, AND OR GET A GED OR SOMETHING COMPARABLE. TRYING TO KIND OF FIND THOSE STUDENTS AND MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE AND GIVE THEM PATHWAYS SO THEY ARE NOT DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL WITH NO OPTIONS. 917 CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ANOTHER BILL THAT PROMOTES AND REQUIRES SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROMOTE GREATER OPPORTUNITIES IN ADDITION TO TRADITIONAL HIGHER EDUCATON PRIORITIES. HOUSE BILL 49 EMPLOYMENT AND CURFEW OF MINORS BY REPRESENTATIVE CHENEY I'M MENTIONING THIS BILL BECAUSE IT DID LOOSEN RESTRICTIONS ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS, 16 AND 17-YEAR-OLDS ALLOWING THEM TO WORK ABOVE THE 30 HOURS PER WEEK THAT IS THE THRESHOLD AND IN STATUTE. HOWEVER, THE STUDENT MUST HAVE PARENTAL CONSENT OR IN SOME I GUESS INSTANCES THEY COULD GET THE CONSENT OF THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT IF THE SUPERINTENDENT DECIDED TO GRANT THAT CONSENT, THERE IS NO REQUIREMENTS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT DO SO. AND SENATE BILL 46, READING ACHIEVEMENT INITIATIVE FOR SCHOLASTIC EXCELLENCE PROGRAM. THIS IS A BILL THAT ALLOWS HIGH SCHOOL TUTORS TO OFFER TUTORING SERVICES TO YOUNGER STUDENTS IN GRADE SCHOOL. THEY CAN DO SO. THE BILL OPENS THAT UP TO ALLOW THEM NOT ONLY TO OFFER THE TUTORING SERVICES DURING THE SCHOOL DAY IN ADDITION TO THE AFTER SCHOOL HOURS HOW THE STATUTE READS. AND IT ALLOWS THE HIGH SCHOOL TUTORS IF THEY ARE NOT STEVING A -- RECEIVING A STIPEND COUNT THE HOURS TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY SERVICE REQUIREMENTS. THE FUTURE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. AND TWO BILLS I WANTED TO NOTE BOTH BILLS WERE PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND BOARD MEMBERS HAD QUESTIONS ON THEM IN THE PAST. SENATE BILL 1530, THE UNAUTHORIZED PUBLIC CAMPING AND SLEEPING BILL HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR. AND IF COUNTIES ARE GOING TO ALLOW PUBLIC CAMPING AND SLEEPING THEY HAVE TO AUTHORIZES THEM TO DESIGNATE PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR UP TO ONE YEAR TO BE THAT AREA WHERE PUBLIC SLEEPING OCCURS. AND THEN PUTS SOME OTHER LEGAL GROUNDS INTO PLACE FOR IF THE CITIES AND COUNTIES ARE NOT COMPLYING WITH THOSE AND IT HAS AN IMPACT ON BUSINESSES. SENATE BILL 7014 ETHICS AND ELECTIONS. THIS APPLIES TO SCHOOL DISTRICT INSPECTOR GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS AND IT DOES REQUIRE ALL ALLEGATIONS AND COMPLAINTS TO THE COMMISSION TO BE BASED ON PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE RATHER THAN HERE SAY WHICH IS THE LAW DOES ALLOW COMPLAINTS BASED ON HEARSAY. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST I WILL HIT QUICKLY FOUR BILLS THAT DID NOT PASS THE LEGISLATURE. SENATE BILL 472, STUDENTS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. THIS IS A BILL WE SEE ALMOST EVERY YEAR AND ALMOST GETS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE THIS YEAR WAS NO DIFFERENT. IT DID GET SEVERAL HEARINGS BUT DID NOT PASS. AND WOULD HAVE INCREASED THE SOVEREIGN LIMITTY LIMITS TO $300,000, AND 500,000 AND ALLOWS SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SETTLE ABOVE THE LIMITS WITHOUT A CLAIMS BILL JUST WITH A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE OF THE SCHOOL BOARDS. THIS IS ONE I'M SURE WE WILL SEE AGAIN FILED NEXT YEAR AND EVERY YEAR WE KEEP HEARING THIS IS THE YEAR IT NEEDS TO PASS. AND NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE MUCH, MUCH WORSE. I DO ANTICIPATE WE MAY BE SEE THIS PASSED IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS LOOKING AT THE PRESIDING OFFICERS. BUT STAY TUNED I'VE SAID IT BEFORE THIS IS THE YEAR IT WOULD PASS AND IT HASN'T MADE IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. HOUSE BILL 109 CHARTER SCHOOLS THIS DID NOT PASS THE LEGISLATURE ANOTHER ONE THAT SQUARELY DID NOT FIT WITHIN THE SENATE PRESIDENT'S VISION OF DEREGULATION. THIS BILL WOULD HAVE ALLOWED MUNICIPALITIES TO PETITION THE CHARTER SCHOOL REVIEW COMMISSION THE STATE COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL AND THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF SCHOOL DISTRICT BATTLES AS A CITY LUNN CHARTER SCHOOL. IT DID GET HEARING IN THE HOUSE AND IT DID NOT MAKE IT FAR AT ALL EVEN OFTEN THE HOUSE SIDE DID NOT GET A HEARING ON THE SENATE SIDE. HOUSE BILL 1429, DISTRICT AND SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCILS. THIS WAS RENAMING BILL AND ALSO REQUIRED AT LEAST 70% OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL BOARDS BE PERSONS WHO ARE NOT EMPLOYED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT ALSO ESTABLISHED TERM LIMITS FOR EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS A NUMBER OF CHANGES THERE. THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD HAVE NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT. I DO ANTIES 35EU9 WE SEE THIS BILL COME BACK NEXT YEAR. IT DIDN'T MAKE IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AT THE END OF THE DAY I DON'T THINK ANYONE WAS CLAMORING FOR THIS BILL TO PASS IT DIED UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT. >> AND SENATE BILL 734, GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY THIS DIED IN TERMS OF DID NOT FIT WITHIN SORT OF THE INCREASE LOCAL CONTROL SPIRIT OF DEREGULATION. AS IT WOULD HAVE KIND OF PUT THE STATE IN CHARGE OF PUTTING NEW PROHIBITIONS ON RENEWAL AND EXTENSION OF CONTRACTS FOR APPOINTED SUPERINTENDENTS AND DISTRICT GENERAL COUNSELS. BUT WAS -- DIED ON THE SENATE SIDE AND DID NOT MAKE IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. WITH THAT, THAT WAS QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION. RON AND I WILL TAKE QUESTIONS AND PAUSE FOR BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS STUFF A NUMBER OF TIMES AT THIS POINT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO BOTH OF YOU FOR YOUR COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF WHAT OCCURRED THIS PAST YEAR OUR THOUGHTINGS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH MS. SOLEMAN AND HER FAMILY. >> Mr. FERGUSON? >> THANK YOU. TWO OF THE BILLS THAT YOU PRESENTED TO US AND GREAT JOB AS ALWAYS WITH THE PRESENTATION, SENATE BILL 1264, I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY WE ALREADY HAVE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL WE ALREADY HAVE CLASSES THAT SPEAK TO COMMUNISM, DID I HEAR THAT CORRECTLY? >> YES. >> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS NEW BILL WANTS US TO TEACH CHILDREN AS A CONCLUSION COMMUNISM IS BAD. WHERE THE PRIOR COURSES THAT IDIOT PARTICULAR? >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I AM NOT -- I PROBABLY AS WELL VERSED AS OTHERS IN WHAT EXACTLY MAKES UP THE CURRICULUM IN U.S. GOVERNMENT AND WHAT IS A PART OF THE HISTORY OF COMMUNISM DAY WHICH ARE THE TWO CURRENT REQUIREMENTS. MY UNDERSTAND SOMETHING THAT DOE IS BUILDING OUT THAT FRAMEWORK FOR DISTRICTS TO WORK WITH IN TERMS OF WHAT THE NEW PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE AND IT DOES NOT GET IMPLEMENTED UNTIL THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR. >> WHAT IS THE TEMPERATURE IN TALLAHASSEE? IS THE FOCUS TO HAVE DEVELOPED YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE INTELLIGENT WELL-EDUCATED PEOPLE OR EDUCATED ZOMBIE A ROBOT, BECAUSE ROBOTS ARE THINGS YOU CAN PROGRAM TO THINK AND ACT IN A CERTAIN WAY. WHAT ARE WE DOING IN TALLAHASSEE AS BEST YOU CAN TELL? >> RON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO THEY CAN THAT ONE? >> WHAT WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE IS CERTAIN PHILOSOPHIES AND EDUCATIONAL THINKING THAT'S BEING ROLLED INTO THE REQUIRED EDUCATION. I UNDERSTAND CERTAINLY WHERE THE QUESTION IS COMING FROM. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S OFF BASE. WE DO HAVE THE HISTORY OF COMMUNISM AS MS. FAY MENTIONED AS A COMPONENT OF I THINK IT'S AMERICAN GOVERNMENTS IN THE REQUIRED INSTRUCTION. THEY ARE NOW MAKING IT A STAND-ALONE AND WE'LL SEE WHAT THE RUBIC COMES OUT WITH AS THEY DESIGN THAT FROM THE STATE'S PERSPECTIVE. DOE IS DOING THAT RUBIC AND I BELIEVE THEY MAY HAVE A WORK GROUP PUT TOGETHER AND WE'LL SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN THEY PRESENT IT. >> THIS IS REALLY OFFENSIVE. PARTICULARLY AS A BLACK PERSON. THIS IS A JOKE. SO WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF RACISM BUT WE CAN COME UP WITH PROPAGANDA AND FORCE IT DOWN THE THROATS OF OUR KIDS. ARE WE GOING TO DO A HISTORY OF CAPITALISM? THERE ARE BAD THINGS IN OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW IN REGARD TO GROUPS CURRENTLY. WHAT ARE WE DOING UP THERE? I GUESS THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LAY OF THE LAND NOW UNTIL OR IF THINGS EVER CHANGE IN TERMS OF THE CONSTITUTION SHALL WE SAY OF THE POLITICAL BODY IN TALLAHASSEE AT THE HOUSE AND SENATE LEVEL. IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? >> I THINK IT'S FAIR THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THIS SORT OF MENTALITY PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO OTHER FORMS OF GOVERNMENT OTHER THAN DEMOCRACY, TOO. I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO CONTINUE. I DON'T SEE ANY REAL SHIFT IN THAT PRIORITY. LOOKING AT THE INCOMING LEADERSHIP. AND I WOULD SAY THAT PROBABLY WILL CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT TWO YEARS. >> ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL. LET ME LEAVE THAT ALONE. BECAUSE THAT BUSINESS ABOUT DEMOCRACY, I FEEL LIKE FEWER AND FEWER PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO VOTE. YEAH. I GUESS I'LL JUST PUT A PIN IN THAT. HOUSE BILL 1317 A QUESTION POPPED IN MY HEAD WE'RE TALKED ABOUT SO-CALLED PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATIONS WAS THAT ACTUALLY DEFINED IN THE BILL WHAT IS A PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATION? >> YES, SIR, Mr. FERGUSON. IT LINKS TO AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO GET YOU THE LIST, IT LINKS TO A LIST THAT IS A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LIST IN THE CFR. SHE PROBABLY REMEMBERS WHAT CFR STANDS FOR IT IS A FEDERAL RULE THAT HAS A LIST OF ADOPTED ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS DESIGNATED AS PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATIONS. AND SO THEY ARE THE ONLY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE AND TO BE ABLE TO BE CONSIDERED A PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATION UNDER THE LEGISLATION THAT THE STATE PASSED. >> ARE ANY GROUPS IDENTIFY AS I GUESS CHRISTIAN ARE THEY CONSIDERED PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATIONS? >> I CAN SEND YOU THE LIST. I DON'T KNOW ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. >> THANK YOU, 345D DAM CHAIR. GREAT PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU. Mr. SUPERINTENDENT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MS. WYATT. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY THANK YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN A COUPLE MONTHS AS WE BRING FORTH OUR FY25 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. THANK YOU. >> MS. WYATT YOU GET TO STICK AROUND WE WILL WELCOME ADAM MILLER AND VALERIE VAILLANCOURT AND THEY WILL TAKE US THROUGH POLICY 2.09, SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCILS. Mr. BRUCE HARRIS SENIOR COUNSEL WE ONLY HAVE HIM FOR A FEW MORE WEEKS SO WE'LL DEATH THE MOST OUT OF HIM BEFORE HE GOES. >> I'M WITH MY TEAM, Dr. MILLER, AND TO MY LEFT IS Dr. VAILLANCOURT OR NEW SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT DIRECTOR. THE NAME IS IS CHANGING AND, OF COURSE, THE BRUCE HARRIS. WE'RE GOING TO WORKSHOP POLICY 2.09, SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCILS. >> THANK YOU, MS. WYATT. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR BRILL, BOARD MEMBERS Mr. SUPERINTENDENT. I WILL JUMP RIGHT IN. POLICY 2.09 ENSURES OUR COMPLIANCE WITH STAT STATUTES AND STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULES RELATING TO ADVISORY COUNTS AND INCLUDES SCHOOLS IMPROVEMENT PLANS. WE HAVE TWO SUGGESTED REVISIONS PROPOSED REVISIONS FOR THE BOARD. THE FIRST ONE IS ON SECTION 5 WHICH IS SACK GOVERNANCE. LOOK ON-LINE 149. THIS IS SUBSECTION 3A. THE BOARD MAY REMEMBER WE ADDED THIS A FEW YEARS AGO AFTER THE PANDEMIC TO ALLOW HIGH BRID MEETINGS TO CONTINUE. SENSE THEN STAT STATUTES HAVE BEEN AMENDED SO WE NEEDED TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION AND THAT IS ON-LINES 155-156. WE SEE THE NEED TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO OUR PRINCIPALS WHEN THEY ARE LOOKING AT OFFERING HYBRID OPTIONS YOU CAN SEE THAT IS 156-159. OUR SECOND AND FINAL PROPOSED REVISION IS SECTION 8, THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS. LOOK ON-LINE 296 OF YOUR RED LINE, SUBSECTION B2:  THIS LISTS THE REQUIRED CONTENT FROM THE FLORIDA STATUTE. THAT NEEDS TO BE MENTIONED IN THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS. THIS IS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME AS WE HEARD IN THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION. SO TO KEEP FROM HAVING TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD EACH TIME THIS IS AMENDED WE ARE REFERENCING SUGGESTING WE REFERENCE SCHOOL BOARD POLICY 8.01 OUR PEOPLE PROGRESSION PLAN POLICY IN THAT IS A MATRIX WHERE ALL THE REQUIRED CONTENT WOULD THEN GO. ADDED ON-LINES 296-299. AND SINCE WE ARE ADDING THAT WE WOULD REMOVE SUBSEC SON B LINES 316-319 SINCE THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE NEEDED. WITH YOUR APPROVAL, WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD TO DEVELOPMENT AT THE JUNE FIFTH SPECIAL MEETING AND THE ADOPTION AT THE JULY 17TH BOARD MEETING. THANK YOU AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU. >> Mr. BARBIERI? >> JUST A QUICK QUESTION. IS THERE A TERM LIMITS IN HERE FOR MEMBERS OF SACK? >> THERE ARE NO -- NO, SIR. >> I THOUGHT MAYBE I MISSED IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> THAT'S IT FOR QUESTIONS. Mr. SUPERINTENDENT? >> OKAY THAT TAKES US TO THE NEXT WORKSHOP POLICY 5.09, ATTENDANCE, ABSENTEEISM AND TRUE YANCY. AND Mr. KEITH OSWALD WILL LEAD US THROUGH THESE POLICIES ALONG WITH THE ATTORNEY LISA AND WE'VE GOT STAFF MEMBERS BACKING THEM UP, MELISSA PATTERSON AND AMY MANAGER OF SAFE SCHOOLS. WELCOME, EVERYBODY. >> THANK YOU, Mr. BURKE AND GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE TWO POLICIES. THE PURPOSE OF 5.09 IS TO ENCOURAGE STUDENT ATTENDANCE WHICH AS WE KNOW HAS BECOME A REAL CHALLENGE ACROSS FOR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS PARTICULAR POLICY OUTLINES MONITORING AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL AND THE DISTRICT LEVEL WHEN IT COMES TO STUDENT ATTENDANCE AND OUR PROCESS TO HANDLE WHEN STUDENTS ARE TRUE ANT. FIRST CHANGE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE RECOMMENDING IS TO CHANGE THE POLICY TO STUDENT AS TEND DANCE FROM. SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THROUGHOUT THIS POLICY IS REALLY ALIGNED TO OUR CURRENT PRACTICE. A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED COMING OUT OF THE POST COVID. WE'LL TALK THROUGH A COUPLE OF THOSE AND ALSO WE WANTED TO STREAMLINE LANGUAGE THAT BECAME REDOESN'TENT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. WE REMOVED THE VIRTUAL EDUCATION COMPONENT AND MADE REFERENCE TO VIRTUAL EDUCATION AND ADD THOSE WILL BE ADDED TO A VIRTUAL EDUCATION POLICY COMING FORWARD LATER THIS YEAR TO THE BOARD. ALSO CLARIFYING PARENTS' RESPONSIBILITY IN COMMUNICATING STUDENT ATTENDANCE. AND THEN AS WE WORKED THROUGH THE TRUANCY PROCESS, IT IS A CONTINUUM. AS FAR AS MONITORING STUDENT ATTENDANCE. SO WE CLARIFY THE SCHOOL'S RESPONSIBILITY AND WHAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO. AND WHEN THOSE INTERVENTIONS OR PREVENTION APPROACHES DON'T WORK THROUGH, THEY THEN WORK THROUGH THE DISTRICT REVIEW COMMITTEE. WHEN A STUDENT IS TRUE ANT AND THIS POLICY OUTLINES THAT PROCESS. A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE THAT OCCURRED LAST MAY WHEN WE FIRST STARTED FOLLOWING TRUANCY PETITIONS AS ALLOWED BY STATE STATUTE, WE LINED THAT POLICY TO REFLECT THOSE PARTICULAR CHANGES. ESSENTIALLY, IF A SCHOOL AND PRINCIPAL GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS OF INTERVENTIONS AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL AND WE GO THROUGH THE DISTRICT LEVEL INTERVENTIONS WORKING THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES HERE IN THE COMMUNITY TO TRY TO INTERVENE AND THAT STILL HAS NOT MADE A CHANGE IN STUDENT ATTENDANCE THEN WE GO THROUGH WITH THE PETITION. THERE WE FILE WITH THE COURT FOR A THE PARENT TO SHOW UP IN COURT. AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE JUDGE ON THIS PROCESS AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF OTHER PROVIDERS TO REALLY TAKE A POSITIVE APPROACH TO ADDRESS AND GET TO SOME OF THE CORE ISSUES. SO THIS OUTLINES JUST OUR PROCESS THROUGH THAT EMBEDDED WITHIN THAT TRUANCY PROCESS IS CHILDREN IN NEED OF SERVICES AND FAMILIES IN NEED OF SERVICES PROCESS WHICH IS EMBEDDED IN OUR PROCESS AS OUTLINED IN STATUTE. ALSO WE ADDRESSED TRANSFER OF STUDENT RECORDS THROUGH THIS POLICY. AND LET ME BACK UP. THAT THE STATUTE DOES ALSO ALLOW FOR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. THAT IS NOT AN APPROACH THAT WE ARE TAKING THIS WILL ONLY BE TAKEN AS A LAST RESORT IF THE PARENT REFUSES TO FOLLOW THROUGH THE PROCESS WE WORKED WITH OUR COMMUNITY PROVIDERS AND MORE SUPPORTIVE FASHION. AND THEN ANY TYPE OF CLERICAL LANGUAGE HAS BEEN UPDATED. IN ADDITION, AS EXCUSED ABSENCES WE EXPANDED THE DEFINITION AS IN STAT STATUTE TO INCLUDE THERAPY SERVICES WHEN ADDRESSING MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS. ALSO 4H'S ALLOWABLE EXCUSABLE ABSENCE AS WELL. AND BASED ON FEEDBACK FOR PRINCIPALS FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS LOOKING AT A PATTERN OF NONATTENDANCE THAT WE LOOK ATTIC TARDIES WE CAN LOOK AT A NUMBER OF DAYS LATE WHEN IT EXCEEDS FIVE DAYS IN A MONTH OR 10 DAYS WITHIN TWO MONTHS. IN ADDITION THE CHILD'S STUDY TEAM PROCESS WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE EMBED THAT LANGUAGE WITHIN THE POLICY IN DEALING WITH STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES THAT AN ABSENCE WHERE A SCHOOL BASED TEAM SHOULD OCCUR FOR ANY STUDENT WITH DISABILITY TO ADDRESS ANY SPECIAL TYPE OF INTERVENTIONS THAT MAY BE NEEDED FOR A STUDENT WITH A DISABILITY TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET ATTENDANCE BACK ON TRACK. FOR THOSE STUDENTS WE UPDATED FORM 2224 WHICH IS OUR TRUANCY AGREEMENT AND REQUIRED BY STATUTE THAT IS ATTACHED. AND THAT PLAN THAT WOULD BE WORKED OUT WITH THE STUDENT AND THEIR FAMILY. ANY OTHER TYPE OF EDUCATIONAL PLANS THAT MAYBE OCCURRING FOR A STUDENT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ATTENDANCE IS PART OF THAT WHEN IT IS AN ISSUE FOR A STUDENT. THE INTERVENTION PROGRAM IS OUTLINED IN MORE DETAIL WITHIN THIS POLICY. AND ANOTHER POLICY THAT WE WANT TO REPEAL IS 5.094, THE VIOLATION OF ATTEND DEANS FOR THE LEARN FARE PROGRAM. WE WOULD EMBED THAT POLICY WITHIN 5.09. AGAIN, THIS DEALS WITH CASH ASSISTANCE AND PARENTS RESPONSIBILITY TO ATTEND PARENT CONFERENCES AND STUDENT ATTENDANCE. AND, AGAIN, WE WOULD KEEP THAT EMBEDDED INTO THIS PARTICULAR POLICY SO IT'S ALL IN ONE. AT THIS POINT, WE WOULD BRING THIS FORWARD FOR DEVELOPMENT JUNE FIFTH AND ADOPTION JULY 17TH AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. Mr. BURKE? OR? >> MRS. WHITFIELD. >> I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS THE TRUANCY INTERVENTION PROGRAM AND THERE WERE WORRIES ABOUT YOU KNOW IF WE'RE PUTTING AN UNDUE BURDEN ON TO FAMILIES THAT ALREADY HAVE SO MUCH ON THEIR PLATES. BUT I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, I THINK I'VE MENTIONED THIS AT THE MEETING TO ATTEND ONE OF THE SESSIONS WITH THE JUDGE WHERE SHE HAD A FAMILY TO SPEAK ABOUT IT AND SO THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS FIRST OF ALL VERY HAPPY THAT WE ARE DOING THIS WORK. AND I COMMEND YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THIS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS REALLY RALLYING THE RESOURCES OF THE COMMUNITY AROUND A STUDENT THAT IS STRUGGLING. WHEN A STUDENT IS NOT SHOWING UP FOR SCHOOL THERE'S SOME REASON BEHIND THAT. AND WE AS A DISTRICT HAVE TO EMPHASIZE POST COVID HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO SCHOOL. SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE DOING THIS WORK AND I THINK THAT THE WAY THAT WE'RE TACKLING IT THROUGH THE WORK WITH JUDGE CROWELL AND ALL OF THE RESOURCES LEGAL RESOURCES AND SOCIAL SERVICE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE PUTTING AROUND THE STUDENTS, REALLY DOES REEMPHASIZE TO THE FAMILIES HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO COME TO SCHOOL. AND THEN THAT WOULD BE ANY KIND OF NEGATIVE REPERCUSSIONS WOULD BE A LAST RESOURCE WE WOULD GO TO. WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST AS A COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE ATTENDS SCHOOL. SO I THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT EFFORT INTO THE TRUANCY INTERVENTION PROGRAM AND KEEPING OUR POLICY UP-TO-DATE WITHIN THAT FRAMEWORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. Mr. BARBIERI? >> ON SLIDE FOUR, IT TALKS ABOUT THE ALLOWABLE EXCUSED ABSENCES. WHERE DID FOUR H AND FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA IS THAT STATUTORY. >> THAT IS NEW AND IT WILL AFFECT JULY 1. THERE IS A WHOLE LEGISLATION ON FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA WITHIN THAT PARTICULAR STATUTE, IT SPEAKS TO 4H BEING AN EXCUSABLE REASON FROM SCHOOL. >> OKAY. I SEE IT I'M LOOKING AT THE POLICY. SO I SEE IT IN THERE AS AN ADDITION. DOES THE DISTRICT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ALLOW EXCUSED ABSENCES ON A POLICY LEVEL FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS? FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE STUDENTS IN A COMPUTER SCIENCE ACADEMY AT A HIGH SCHOOL. AND THERE'S SOME THINGS GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE THE STUDENTS WHERE THE INDUSTRY IS PUTTING ON PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS. ARE WE ALLOWED TO PUT THINGS LIKE THAT IN HERE? IT DOESN'T APPEAR IN THE EXCEPTIONS IN THAT LIST THERE'S ANYWHERE THAT THOSE STUDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO CALL THE SCHOOL AND SAY I'M 0 NOT COMING TO SCHOOL TODAY BECAUSE I'M ATTENDING THIS SEMINAR PUT ON BY MICROSOFT ON CYBERSECURITY FOR EXAMPLE. CAN WE PUT ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN THE POLICY? >> SO THE POLICY DOES ALLOW FOR DISCRETION WITH THE PRINCIPAL ON CERTAIN OTHER ACTIVITIES. AND IF THE STUDENT DOESN'T HAVE AN ISSUE OF NONATTENDANCE ALREADY AND WORKING ON THAT ISSUE, THERE WOULDN'T BE A REASON WHY THAT WOULD NOT BE EXCUSABLE. THAT IS ALLOWED UNDER SECTION 88 WHERE A PRINCIPAL CAN APPROVE SOMETHING FOR BEING EXCUSABLE FOR REASONS SUCH AS THAT. ALSO IF IT IS CONNECTED TO ANY TYPE OF A FIELD TRIP OR SCHOOL RELATED IT CAN BE EXCUSABLE AS WELL. >> CAN WE MAKE THAT -- I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE ONE SCHOOL ALLOWING STUDENTS TO GO AND ALLOWING ANOTHER SCHOOL NOT MAYBE IT SHOULD BE BY THE REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT RATHER THAN THE PRINCIPAL THAT WAY IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT ALL THE SCHOOLS IN THAT REGION. RATHER THAN ONE HIGH SCHOOL ALLOWS KIDS TO GO TO A PROGRAM AND ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL SAYS NO I WILL NOT ALLOW THAT. >> I THINK WE CAN WORK WITH LEGAL. >> MAKE IT MORE. MAKE IT MORE UNIFORMED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT RATHER THAN SCHOOL BY SCHOOL. >> I MEAN WE'RE WORKSHOPPING TODAY SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK WITH THE TEAM AND SEE WHAT MIGHT MAKE SENSE I UNDERSTAND THE IDEA AND WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MRS. ANDREWS. >> THANK YOU AND I LOVE THIS. AND I KNOW JUDGE CROWELL HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS WITH THE JUVENILE PIECE. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, DO WE HAVE ATTENDANCE FOLKS WITHINNOUS DISTRICT THAT IS ACTUALLY HELPING THE PARENTS AND CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CHILDREN GET TO SCHOOL THE WAY THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO? I LOST A STUDENT THIS YEAR AND I [AUDIO INTERRUPTION] WE USED TO HAVE THE MONITORING FROM EACH AREA THAT WOULD GO AND CHECK ON THE STUDENTS WHEN THEY MISS FIVE DAYS OR 10 DAYS. DO WE HAVE A ROBUST PROGRAM AND WE USED TO HAVE IT WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? CHILDREN ARE MISSING THESE DAYS. BECAUSE I DO LIKE THIS. BUT ONCE IT HAPPENS, IT'S AFTER THE FACT. SO WHEN DO WE KICK IN AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HELP IN THIS AREA? IS IT IN THE POLICY SOMEWHERE? >> THERE IS -- SO POST COVID THERE WAS DOLLARS THAT WERE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT REENGAGEMENT THAT WAS ALLOCATED TO THE DISTRICT. WE DID HAVE A TEAM. A LOT OF THAT TEAM SOME OF THAT TEAM WILL BE AROUND FOR NEXT YEAR. SOME OF THE POSITIONS THANKS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND THE BOARD FOR APPROVING SOME OF THE POSITIONS. IN ADDITION WE RECEIVED A GRANT THAT WILL FUND A POSITION IN EACH REGION FOR NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. ADDRESSING STUDENT ATTENDANCE. AND SO THERE IS A TEAM AND OUR POINT PERSON WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS AND THOSE TEAMS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THAT PROCESS. >> SO THERE IS SOMEONE WORKING IN EACH AREA WITH THIS? BECAUSE I KNOW THE SCHOOLS ARE SAYING THEY DO EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN. BUT I DON'T WANT TO BRING SOMEBODY BEFORE THE COURTS IN THIS SITUATION IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT UMBRELLA. IT SEEMS LIKE THAT SITUATION I WAS IN, THE PARENT JUST WITHDREW THE CHILD BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO COME TO SCHOOL. AND I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS WORKING I ASKED THE REGION AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHO THE PERSON WAS THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING THE SCHOOL. >> THERE IS A MASTER LIST THAT THE REGIONS HAVE. >> WHEN A STUDENT'S REFERRED TO OUR TRUANCY PROGRAM WE ASSIGN A CASE MANAGER TO THAT PARTICULAR FAMILY AND IT IS A VERY SUPPORTIVE PROCESS. ANYTIME THAT THAT STUDENT IS ABSENT FROM OUR SCHOOL OUR CASE MANAGER CALLS HOME AND IF THEY CANNOT GET AHOLD OF A PARENT AND THEY DO A HOME VISIT. OUR APPROACH IS SUPPORTIVE. WE VISIT LOCAL FOOD BANKS. WE DELIVER FOOD TO FAMILIES. WE PROVIDE UNIFORM AND CLOTHING TO FAMILIES. BASICALLY SUPPORTING THE FAMILY TO REMOVE ANY BARRIER THAT WE ARE AWARE OF THAT IS PREVENTING THAT CHILD FROM ATTENDING SCHOOL. IT REALLY IS SUPPORTIVE. >> THANK YOU. >> Mr. FERGUSON? >> THANK YOU. FOLLOWING UP ONBOARD MEMBER ANDREWS' POINT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, HAVE YOU ALL SEEN THUS FAR WHAT PERCENT OF TRUANT STUDENTS HAVE YOU SEEN FALL OFF THE ROLL, IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE OF PARENTS BECOMING FRUSTRATED, DISCOURAGED, IN REGARD TO OUR ATTEMPTS TO HAVE THEM HELP US GET THEIR CHILDREN TO BE MORE ENGAGED IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS BY WAY OF ATTENDING CLASSES AT SCHOOL. >> I WOULDN'T SAY WE HAVE A PERCENT. I CAN TELL YOU THAT MANY OF OUR FAMILIES HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES. AND THE HOUSEHOLD OBVIOUSLY HOUSING IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR OUR FAMILIES. AND WE TRY TO WORK WITH THAT FAMILY TO CONNECT THEM TO THE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THAT. OUR HOPE IS REALLY IN ACCOMMODATION WITH THE OTHER AGENCIES IS TO GET A FAMILY TO SEE MORE HOPE AND THAT THERE IS A BETTER FUTURE AHEAD BY WORKING TOGETHER AND I THINK JUDGE CROWELL DRIVES THAT HOME FOR THOSE CASES THAT WE'VE TAKEN INTO THE COURTROOM WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF SUCCESSES THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS WHO MEET THAT DEFINITION IS LARGE. SO THIS IS REALLY THIS FIRST YEAR WE TOOK IT SLOW TO PILOT IT OUT TO WORK THROUGH THE CHALLENGES. WE JUST HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY WITH JUDGE CROWELL TO DO AN UPDATE A YEAR LATER WITH THE OTHER AGENCIES AND WHAT WE NEEDED TO IMPROVE THIS PROCESS TO MAKE IT BETTER. SO I THINK WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT IT WILL ONLY GET BETTER AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS TO HELP FAMILIES. PART OF THAT IS THROUGH AWARENESS OF OTHER AGENCIES THAT WE CAN BRING ONBOARD TO HELP SUPPORT THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION. >> YOU WERE A BUFFALO BILLS FAN. LET'S STICK TO THE BUSINESS. WHAT I WILL SAY I'M BIG ON QUANTIFIABLE DATA I DON'T WANT TO SAY I FEEL LIKE. THIS IS GOING TO CREATE A WRINKLE TO THE PROCESS BUT WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER IS BEING ABLE TO QUANTIFY THAT. THE SECOND THING YOU SAID TODAY THAT I WAS NOT THINKING ABOUT. I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WE DON'T WANT TO RUN THE CHILD AND THE FAMILIES AWAY. I'M NOT SAYING WE WILL. BUT I THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO QUANTIFY ON WHAT WE'RE DOING. NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT WE'RE GETTING TO BECOME MORE ENGAGED AND CHILDREN WE'RE SEEING FALL OFF THE MAP AND THOSE THAT FALL OFF THE MAP AND QUANTIFY THOSE MAYBE THEY MOVED OUT OF THE AREA VERSUS I'M TIRED OF YOU HOUNDING ME AS A PARENT, SON, DAUGHTER JUST STAY HOME WITH ME. MOVING FORWARD OVER TIME THAT WILL HELP US BE MORE EFFECTIVE. I KNOW THIS IS A NEW INITIATIVE THAT WE'RE DOING I THINK IT'S OFF TO A GREAT START. AS ALWAYS Mr. OSWALD DOES A GOOD JOB AND THE TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB AS WELL BUT PIGGY BACKING ON WHAT BOARD MEMBER ANDREWS SAID LET'S START RIGHT NOW AT STAGE ONE. QUANTIFY AND QUALIFY THE DATA. AND MAYBE YOU SHOULD GET MORE DOLPHINS FANS ON YOUR TEAM AND I'M SURE THEY CAN HELP YOU WITH THIS. >> NO COMMENT. >> MRS. ANDREWS. >> AND NOT TO PROLONG IT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO AS A BOARD MEMBER I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DATA FROM MY AREA OF THE ATTENDANCE IF YOU HAVE THIS GOING ON WITH YOUR TEAM ACTUALLY GOING OUT WHEN YOU GET THAT CALL I WOULD ASSUME THE SCHOOLS KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WHO THAT PERSON IS BASED ON THIS POLICY AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBERS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE NUMBERS MAYBE QUARTERLY TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ATTENDANCE SITUATIONS IN DISTRICT 6 BY SCHOOL. SO THAT WHEN I'M OUT AND ABOUT AND VISITING SCHOOLS I COULD HAVE A BETTER HANDLE. IF WE'RE BRINGING THE PEOPLE TO COURT WHICH WE ARE DOING I'VE SEEN IT NOW, I THINK I WOULD WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS NEW POLICY WHICH I THINK IS GOOD. BECAUSE I LOST A STUDENT THIS YEAR. AND I WORKED WITH THE REGIONAL OFFICE AS WELL AS THE PRINCIPAL. AND THE STUFF I'M READING HERE IS GREAT. BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THAT IN MY SITUATION. AND I WILL SHARE ABOUT YOU ALL PERSONALLY AT A LATER TIME AS TO WHAT HAPPENED TO ME AND MY STUDENT. AND THE PARENT JUST WITHDREW BECAUSE OF SITUATIONS. SO I WILL GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DATA, THANK YOU. >> Mr. BURKE. >> SO I WILL WORK WITH THE TEAM AND SEE WHAT DATA WE CAN PROVIDE AND REPORTING PERIODICALLY. ABSENTEEISM IS A MAJOR ISSUE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THERE WAS A REPORT THAT RANKED THE FLORIDA DISTRICTS AND PALM BEACH COUNTY FARED WELL IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA BUT THERE'S WAY TOO MANY KIDS MISSING SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF DAYS. AND IT'S HAVING AN IMPACT ON OUR ACADEMICS. AS WE GO INTO NEXT SCHOOL YEAR YOU WILL SEE MORE I TALKED TO Mr. COOLEY ABOUT MORE COMMUNICATIONS EFFORTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ATENDING SCHOOL. THIS POLICY IS A PIECE OF IT. AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE DATA AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE PROGRESS OVER THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. >> SO THAT ENDS OUR WORKSHOP. I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION BY Mr. FERGUSON AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR, OPPOSED? AND THAT WILL BRING US INTO OUR SPECIAL MEETING. WE'LL KEEP PLOWING THROUGH. SO ON LET ME SEE WHERE WE ARE. I CALL THE SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER AT 4:00 P.M. LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH SIX BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT. WE ARE FOUR SETS OF MINUTES ON THE AGENDA. A MOTION ABOUT Mr. BARBIERI TO APPROVE. SECONDED BY MS. ISLA. ALL IN FAVOR, MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. I DON'T HAVE ANY ITEMS TO ADD FOR GOOD CAUSE. Mr. SUPERINTENDENT ANY ITEMS TO WITHDRAW? >> NO. >> ANY ITEMS TO PULL FROM CONSENT? SEEING NONE. WE'LL REVIEW AND APPROVE THE AGENDA. MOTION BY Mr. BARBIERI, SECONDED BY MS. WHITFIELD. ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ANY DISCLOSURES OR ABSTENTIONS? SEEING NONE THAT WILL BRING US TO COMMENTS. Mr. SUPERINTENDENT DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS FOR US? >> TWO COMMENTS. LAST THURSDAY, WE TOOK PART IN BRINGING YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS TO WORKDAY THAT PLAYED OUT ACROSS THE SCHOOLS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AS WELL AS OUR DISTRICT OFFICES GOT PICTURES HERE. WE HAD OVER 170 STUDENTS IN THIS BUILDING. AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE KIDS GET TO COME IN AND LEARN MORE WHAT THE PARENTS DO ON OUR MISSION AND WALK AWAY WITH A BETTER APPRECIATION. WE MADE IT FUN AND IT WAS INFORMATIVE AND I THANKS THE DEPARTMENTS THAT PRODUCED THOSE WORTHWHILE ACTIVITIES WHETHER IT WAS SCHOOL POLICE ON DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER? YOU CAN SEE THAT PICTURE HE HAD THE OFFICER WAS BUNDLED UP IN PROTECTIVE GEAR AS THEY LEARNED SELF-DEFENSE. WE HAD A MOCK TRIAL THAT WAS PUT ON IN THIS ROOM. THE LABOR RELATIONS DEPARTMENT HAD PARENTS NEGOTIATING AGAINST THEIR KIDS. ALL KINDS OF ED TECH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS GOT INVOLVED AND IT WASN'T JUST IN THIS BUILDING OUR SCHOOLS WERE DOING A GOOD JOB WITH THAT. HOPEFULLY WE HELPED RECRUIT FUTURE EMPLOYEES TO TEAM PALM BEACH. I THINK THE KIDS WALKED AWAY WITH A BETTER APPRECIATION. AND THIS FRIDAY, MAY 3, IS SCHOOL VOLUNTEER DAY AND WE FEED 33 MILLION MEALS PER YEAR TO CHILDREN IN THE PALM BEACH COUNTY WHICH IS INCREDIBLE. I MEAN I THINK THAT SURPASSES THE LOCAL MCDONALD'S IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. BUT WE'RE ASKING STUDENTS AND STAFF TO WEAR YELLOW TO CELEBRATE OUR 1400 CAFETERIA STAFF WORKERS THAT MAKE THIS POSSIBLE THEY ARE HEROS. AND THEIR MOTTO IS FEEDING KIDS FIRST AND THEY HAVE TO FEED KIDS FAST. I HAD A CHANCE TO WORK ON A SCHOOL LUNCH LINE AND I WAS AI MAAED THEY PREPARE THE MEALS AND THEY SERVE IT AT A QUICK RATE. YOU HAVE HUNDREDS OF KIDS COMING THROUGH THE LINES. WE COULDN'T RUN THE SERVICE WITHOUT SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE AND JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING THEM ON FRIDAY. THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. >> MRS. WHITFIELD? , Mr. BARBIERI, MRS. ANSWER DRUCE. >> I DO HAVE A FEW THINGS FIRST WILL OF ALL I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO THE LOCKHART LAND OWNERS LOXAHATCHEE LAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION, THE PRINCIPAL HATCHER FROM SEMINOLE RIDGE WENT WITH ME AND WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WONDERFUL ANIMALS THAT ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF BY THE TINY BUBBLES MINIATURE HORSE RESCUE AS WELL AS BARK QUEUE PINES ANIMAL SANCTUARY. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR ANIMALS. MANY PEOPLE ADOPT DOGS OR GET AN ANIMAL AND THEY ARE REALLY NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO TAKE CARE OF THE ANIMAL. I THANK THE OWNERS THE TINY BUBBLES MINIATURE HORSE FARM AND THE RESCUE THAT RESCUES THE PONIES AND THE BARKKY PINES ANIMAL RESCUE THAT TAKES THE DOGS AND CATS IN. THEY ARE A NO KILL SHELTER. WHEN WE SEE PEOPLE LEAVING THEM ACROSS THE ROAD BY THEMSELVES CRYING BECAUSE NOBODY WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM THESE AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS REALLY TAKE CARE OF OUR ANIMALS. TINY BUBBLES MINIATURE HORSE RESCUE AND BARKKY PINES ANIMAL RESCUE. AND WE CELEBRATED MATTHEW RUSSELL HE WAS A WONDERFUL MATH TEACHER IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. HE SPENT A CAREER AND LAW AS WELL AS IN EDUCATION. AND HE WAS ROLLED BY FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY. WHEN HE FIRST STARTED TEACHING HE HAD PERSONAL PROBLEMS SO HE COULDN'T GET HIS LAW DEGREE. BUT FLORIDA STATE CAME DOWN AND Mr. BURKE AND ROLLED HIM AFTER 50 YEARS IT WAS AN EXCITING DAY FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL AS FOR OUR WONDERFUL ATTORNEY WHO HELPS OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEN LASTLY, THE THIRD ANNUAL CHEERS FOR THE 30 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE GLADES REGION ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES THE BUS DRIVERS THE TEACHERS, THE ADMINISTRATORS WHO ACTUALLY SERVE 30 YEARS IN THE GLADES, WE FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THEM WITH A WONDERFUL RECEPTION AT WEST TECH A FEW WEEKS AGO. AND THEY LOVED IT. WE TOOK PICTURES AND WE THANKED THEM AND MANY WILL STAY AROUND JUST A BIT LONGER. SOME SAY THEY WANT TO TAKE A VACATION FIRST A LOT SAID THEY WANT TO STAY FOR 35 YEARS OR MORE. THAT WAS EXCITING. AND LAST SATURDAY THE 2024 YOUTH SUMMIT I DON'T SEE CHIEF MOONEY BACK THERE BUT SHE IS AWESOME AND ALL OF THE POLICE OFFICERS. YOU WERE THERE SATURDAY AT PALM BEACH LAKES WE HAD 600 STUDENTS WITH THE YOUTH SUMMIT. EVERY YEAR IT IS A GREAT EVENT. I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO BE THERE TO BRING GREETINGS ON BEHALF OF YOU AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AND WE GET IT DONE. THEY HAD WORKSHOPS ON MENTAL HEALTH, LIFE SKILLS, PALM BEACH LAKES PRINCIPAL ROSILYN McRAE AND AP HENDERSON AND CHIEF MOONEY THEY PUT IT TOGETHER AND OUR KIDS HAD A FULL DAY OF WONDERFUL ACTIVITIES. AND LASTLY, CROSSROADS ACADEMY THIRD 9 WEEKS HONORS PROGRAM THOSE CHILDREN AT CROSSROAD AS CADMY WHEN THEY DON'T MAKE IT IN A REGULAR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL THEY GO TO CROSSROADS. AND THEY ARE MAKING THE HONOR ROLL. THEY ARE GOING TO BE SOMEBODY. THEY ARE GREAT IN WHAT THEY DO EVERYDAY. AND THEY ARE COLLEGE BOUND. COME AND JOIN ME ONE OF THESE DAYS TO SEE THOSE STUDENTS MAKING THE HONOR ROLL AT CROSSROADS ACADEMY. DIANE HOWARD THE PRINCIPAL YOU ARE AWESOME. >> THANK YOU. Mr. FERGUSON. >> THANK YOU. JUST TWO COMMENTS. FIRST OF ALL, FOR THOSE THE SCHOOL YEAR IS WINDING UP OUR LAST COMMUNITY CLEAN UP BEFORE THE SUMMER WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE FOURTH SATURDAY WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE 24TH -- 25TH. THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT BROADWAY IN WEST PALM BEACH. THE FLYER WILL BE GENERATED SHORTLY AND WE'LL CIRCULATE THAT OUT AMONGST THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES. I WILL SHARE PHOTOS OF THAT EVENT AT NEXT WEEK'S MEETING. SECONDLY AND LASTLY, WE HAD A 11TH TOWN HALL WAS AT ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY EARLIER THIS WEEK IN REGARD TO THE FREE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM WE ARE DOING WITH THE BEZOS ACADEMY. I HAVE PHOTOS FROM THAT EVENT AS WELL. BUT FOR PARENTS WHOSE CHILD TURNS THREE BEFORE SEPTEMBER FIRST, OR ALSO IF YOU ARE FOUR BY THAT TIME, THEY ARE GOING TO BE 100 SEATS AT THE SCHOOL 10-HOUR DAY PROGRAM YEAR-ROUND FREE OF CHARGE BASED ON YOUR PERSONAL ECONOMICS YOUR HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THAT PROGRAM, CALL MY OFFICE, 561-434-7481. I WILL BE SURE TO MAKE SURE YOU GET THE NECESSARY INFORMATION YOU NEED NO ORDER TO APPLY FOR ONE OF THOSE SEATS. IT IS A LOTTERY SELECTION. 20 SEATS WILL BE DESIGNATED FOR CHILDREN WHO LIVE INSIDE OF THE ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY BUT THE OTHER 80 SEATS ARE AVAILABLE IRRESPECTIVE OF WHERE YOU LIVE BUT IT IS A CONDITION HOUSEHOLD INCOME DOES FACTOR INTO THAT. I WANTED TO BELABOR THAT POINT. I HAVE TWO MINUTES MAYBE I SHOULD. IF YOU YOUR CHILD IS HOMELESS, AND OBVIOUSLY THAT MEANS LIVING IN A CAR OR DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE LIVING ON THE SIDEWALK YOU HAVE PREFERENCE. AGAIN WHAT I SAID ABOUT THE ECONOMICS, WE CAN GIVE YOU MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT AS WELL WHEN YOU CALL. 561-434-7481. AND THERE WAS ANOTHER KEY FACTOR THAT WOULD GIVE YOUR CHILD'S APPLICATION PRECEDENT. I'M DRAWING A BLANK ON IT RIGHT NOW. AGAIN, CALL MY OFFICE 561-434-7481 AND WE WILL GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. I BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BETTER PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND I'M VERY CONFIDENT LARGELY BECAUSE OF US AND LARGE PART DUE TO BEZOS. THIS IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE REPEATED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. CHILDREN WHO START AHEAD STAY AHEAD. CHILDREN WHO START BEHIND -- THOSE WHO START BEHIND TEND TO STAY BEHIND AND I WANT US TO CREATE A NEW PARADIGM WHERE THE EXPECTATION FOR SUCCESS IS RAISED THROUGHOUT PALM BEACH COUNTY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY AGENDA ITEMS SPEAKER. SO I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION BY ABOUT BARBIERI, ALL IN FAVOR, OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. NEW BUSINESS. THIS IS ONE OF OUR ITEMS. I RECOMMEND THE BOARD APPROVE THE AMENDED LIST OF THE 2024 BOARD MEETING DATES WHICH RESCHEDULES THE OCTOBER 16 REGULAR BOARD MEETING DATE TO OCTOBER 23. MOTION BY MRS. ANDREWS AND SECONDED BY MRS. WHITFIELD. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. MOTION BY MASSACHUSETTS WHIT FEED. SECONDED BY Mr. FERGUSON. ALL IF FAVOR OPPOSED? --------- >> BEFORE LAJT. THE BOARD WILL PARTICIPATE IN FOUR MEETINGS TODAY. WE WILL BEGIN WITH A SPECIAL MEETING FOR EXPULSIONS. THE BOARD WILL ATTEND A CLOSED DOOR SESSION ATTORNEY-CLIENT SESSION. THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT SESSION WILL OPEN AND CLOSE IN THE PUBLIC. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CLOSED ASSOCIATION, THE BOARD WILL RETURN IT OT BOARDROOM TO BEGIN THE WORKSHOP AND SPECIAL MEETING. WE WILL BEGIN OUR MEETINGS TODAY WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY OUR INSPECTOR GENERAL MS. MICHAEL. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> AT THIS TIME WE WILL BEGIN THE SPECIAL MEETING FOR EXPULSIONS. MRS. SINCLAIR PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> DISTRICT 2, ALEXANDRIA AYALA. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 3, KAREN BRILL. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 4, ERICA WHITFIELD. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 5, FRANK BARBIERI. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 6, MARCIA ANDREWS. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 7, EDWIN FERGUSON. >> HERE. TODAY THE H IN THE ABSENCE OF MRS. McQUINN WILL BARBIERI WILL ACT AS THE VICE-CHAIR AND SINCE YOU ARE SUCH 'EXPERT AT THIS WE'LL LET YOU STAY WHERE YOU ARE SEATED. UNLESS YOU FEEL COMPELLED TO SIT NEXT TO ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WE'RE NOW GOING TO BEGIN THE SPECIAL MEETING FOR EXPULSIONS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY ITEMS TO ADD FOR GOOD CAUSE Mr. SUPERINTENDENT DO YOU HAVE ITEMS TO WITHDRAW? >> NO, MADAM CHAIR. >> ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO WITHDRAW ANYTHING FROM CONSENT? SEEING NONE. WE WILL REVIEW AND APPROVE THE AGENDA. I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION BY Mr. BARBIERI AND SECONDED BY Mr. FERGUSON. ALL IN FAVOR, OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ANY DISCLOSURES ON AN SENNIONS. SEEING NONE. WE DON'T HE AHAVE SPEAKERS FOR THE AGENDA TOPIC TODAY. NOW WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, MOTION BY Mr. BARBIERI, SECOND BY MRS. WHITFIELD. ALL IN FAVOR, OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. I WILL NOW THERE'S NO NEW BUSINESS I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION BY MRS. ANDREWS AND SECONDED BY Mr. BARBIERI, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT IS GOING TO BRING US TO THE NEXT MEETING THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT SESSION. OKAY. I'M GOING TOO FAST FOR MYSELF. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE THE ATTENDANCE AGAIN, CORRECT? OKAY. SO WE'RE NOW GOING TO BEGIN THE MEETING I WILL TURN TO OUR GENERAL COUNSEL. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AT THIS TIME I REQUEST ADVICE PURSUANT TO STATUTE 286.011 CONCERNING THE FOLLOWING PENDING LITIGATION MATTER. DC INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF JC, AN INCAPACITATED ADULT V THE SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY 9-24CV-8429-XXXX. >> THANK YOU. THE PERSONS ATTENDING THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT SESSION ARE BOARD MEMBERS MARCIA ANDREWS, ALEXANDRIA AYALA, AFRANK BARBIERI, EDWIN FERGUSON AND ERICA WHITFIELD AND BOARD CHAIR KAREN BRILL SUPERINTENDENT BURKE, GENERAL COUNSEL SEAN BERNARD DISTRICT STAFF ATTORNEYS LAURA OPINION DISCUSS, AND ERIC BELL. THE SESSION WILL BE RECORDED BY A COURT REPORTER. NO PORTION OF THE SESSION SHALL BE OFF THE RECORD. TRANSCRIPT OF THE SESSION SHALL BE PART OF THE DISTRICT'S PUBLIC RECORD AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE LITIGATION. THE BOARD SHALL NOW BEGIN THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT SESSION IN TRAINING ROOM THURBER A. THE SESSION IS EXPECTED TO LAST APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES.