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          GOOD MORNING. 
          [Roll Call]
WELCOME. 
          THE TIME IS NOW 10:03 AM ON MAY 21ST, 2026. 
          I'M GONNA GO AHEAD, I'M GOING TO TAKE ROLL. 
          UH, MS. NEWBELL. 
          PRESENT. 
          DR. 
          REVA? PRESENT. 
          MR. MELVIN? HERE. 
          MS. GGO? HERE. 
          MS. EZ. 
          UH, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN. 
          PRESENT BOARD PRESIDENT SCHUREN. 
          PRESENT. 
          THAT IS A QUORUM. 
          GOOD MORNING 
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EVERYONE. 
          TODAY'S A SPECIAL MEETING, AND NORMALLY WE DO NOT HAVE LABOR PARTNERS, BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THEM TODAY, AND I'M HOPING THAT OUR LABOR PARTNERS WILL STICK TO THE FIVE MINUTE RULE PER GROUP. 
          AND WE CAN START WITH OUR FIRST GROUP, AND THAT WOULD BE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE FIRST? HOW ABOUT SEIU? UH, IS SEIU GOING TO GIVE COMMENT? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THERE ANY OTHER LABOR UNION HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE FIVE MINUTES? I SEE C-C-S-E-A-I SEE YOU. 
          COME ON UP. 
          CSEA. 
          YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US, FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK. 
          MY NAME IS KRISTEN WILLIAMS. I AM THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER FOR CSEA, AND WE HAVE SOME OF OUR, UH, ITS WORKERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, RIGHT. 
          UH, NAME'S RUBEN. 
          UM, I'LL BE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE IT, UH, CSR TEAM, UH, WITH . 
          GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS. 
          I, I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY URGING THIS BOARD TO RESCIND THE PROPOSED RIFS. 
          AT PREVIOUS, AT THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING, UH, THE BUDGET CRISIS WAS REPEATEDLY ATTRIBUTED PRIMARILY TO THE DECLINING STUDENT ENROLLMENT. 
          WHILE ENROLLMENT DECLINE IS CERTAINLY A FACTOR, WHAT HAS NOT BEEN FULLY ACKNOWLEDGED ARE THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS LOST THROUGH, THROUGH MISMANAGEMENT FAILED INITIATIVES AND ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING DISTRICT LEADERSHIP AND VENDORS, THE COMMUNITY DESERVES TRANSPARENCY. 
          THE COMMUNITY DESERVES, UH, TRANSPARENCY. 
          TRANSPARENCY REGARDING THE FINANCIAL DECISIONS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE, TO THIS CRISIS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, THE, FOR EXAMPLE, A FORMER LAUC EMPLOYEE AND VENDOR O OWNER WERE CHARGED IN, IN, IN AN ALLEGED 22 MILLION, UH, FRAUD SCHEME. 
          UH, LAUU, UH, SORRY. 
          LAUC INVESTED IN AI CHAT BOT IN INITIATIVE THAT ULTIMATELY SHUT DOWN WHEN THE DEVELOPER WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. 
          THERE IS NOW AN ONGOING FBI INVESTIGATION INVOLVING SUPERINTENDENT ALBERTO CARVALLO HIMSELF. 
          THESE ARE NOT MINOR ISSUES. 
          THESE ARE MULTI MULTIMILLION DOLLAR FAILURES THAT HAVE DIRECTLY IMPACTED DISTRICT FINANCES. 
          YET, DESPITE ALL OF THIS, THE EMPLOYEES WHO HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH, WITH THE, UH, WITH CREATING THESE PROBLEMS ARE THE ONES BEING ASKED TO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES. 
          WHY ARE THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS, THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT STUDENTS, TEACHERS, SCHOOL SITES, TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, TRANSPORTATION, NUTRITION SERVICES, SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND DAILY CAMPUS OP OPERATIONS BEING TREATED AS EXPENDABLE? THESE EMPLOYEES ARE NOT THE CAUSE OF THE CRISIS. 
          THEY ARE THE REASON OUR SCHOOLS CONTINUE FUNCTIONING DESPITE THE CRISIS. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT CFO, SAM BRAVO AND THE FINANCE DIVISION HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PRESENT BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT FINAL DECISIONS. 
          THE ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY RESTS WITH THE BOARD AND THE LOGICAL, MORAL, AND EDUCATIONAL DECISION IS TO RESCIND THESE RIFTS. 
          BOARD MEMBER CARLA. 
          UH, GREGO MADE AN IMPORTANT 
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POINT WHEN SHE STATED THAT WE ARE NOT INVESTING ENOUGH EDUCATION. 
          THIS IS THE SECOND LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY. 
          WE SHOULD NOT BE BALANCING BUDGETS ON THE BACKS OF FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS. 
          DECLINING ENROLLMENT DID NOT SUDDENLY APPEAR OVERNIGHT. 
          ENROLLMENT DECLINES HAVE BEEN HAPPENING SINCE COVID. 
          THIS HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR YEARS. 
          THE DISTRICT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROACTIVELY DEVELOPING LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS INSTEAD OF CONTINUING THE, UH, INSTEAD OF CONTINUING TO USE ENROLLMENT AS JUSTIFICATION FOR CUTS. 
          AND LET'S BE HONEST, FEWER STUDENTS, FEWER STUDENTS DOES NOT MEET FEWER NEEDS. 
          IN MANY WAYS, STUDENTS NEED NEEDS TODAY ARE GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE. 
          STUDENTS ARE DE ARE DEALING WITH ACADEMIC RECOVERY, MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES, HOUSING INSTABILITY, TECHNOLOGY DEPENDENCE, SAFETY CONCERNS, FEAR. 
          WITHIN IMMIGRATION COMMUNITIES, FAMILIES ARE AFRAID ICE RATES AND IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO DECLINING ATTENDANCE AND ENROLLMENT, BECAUSE MANY FAMILIES NO LONGER FEEL SAFE. 
          THE ANSWER TO THESE CHALLENGE CHALLENGES IS NOT FOR YOUR STAFF. 
          THE ANSWER IS MORE SUPPORT. 
          SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY UNDERSTAFFED. 
          PARENTS CONSIST CONSISTENTLY SPEAK OUT ABOUT THE LACK OF STAFFING ON CAMPUSES. 
          TEACHERS ARE OVERWHELMED. 
          SUPPORT STAFF ARE STRETCHED THIN, ELIMINATING EVEN MORE POSITIONS WHILE ONLY WORSEN CONDITION FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CSA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SEIU ARE YOU HERE TO MAKE FIVE MINUTES WORTH OF COMMENT? YES. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY, FOLKS, MEMBERS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD MORNING, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, UH, SUPERINTENDENT, UH, I WANNA START ON A GOOD NOTE FIRST. 
          THEN, UH, WE HAVE SOME, UH, CONCERNS. 
          PUT IT LIGHTLY. 
          GOOD NOTE IS WE APPRECIATE YOU TOOK THE, YOU HAD THE COURAGE TO, UH, REACH AN AGREEMENT THAT LIFTS, THAT STARTS TO LIFT WORKERS. 
          UH, YOUR WORKERS, OUR MEMBERS STARTS TO LIFT. 
          THAT'S THE KEY WORD OUTTA POVERTY. 
          BUT IT STARTS, IT TOOK THE EVE OF A STRIKE TO DO SO, BUT IT TOOK COURAGE. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. 
          UM, HOWEVER, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE WOULD NOT LIKE TO PUT IT HOWEVER, BECAUSE YESTERDAY WE WERE, SOME OF US HERE WERE LOBBYING IN, IN COORDINATION WITH YOU TO GET MORE MONEY FROM THE STATE AS WE AGREED WE WOULD DO, AND WE CONTINUE TO COMMIT TO BE COMMITTED TO THAT. 
          BUT TODAY, L-A-U-S-D, YOU ARE PREPARING TO VOTE ON LAYOFFS THAT WILL DIRECTLY HURT STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND THEIR FRONTLINE WORKERS WHO KEEP THIS DISTRICT FUNCTIONING EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          LAYOFFS THAT ARE NOT GONNA RESOLVE, UH, YOUR FINANCIAL PROBLEM, THAT WE DISAGREE, YOU KNOW, BUT WHETHER WE DISAGREE OR NOT, YOU FEEL YOU HAVE A FINANCIAL PROBLEM, IT'S EVEN THAT WILL NOT RESOLVE IT. 
          LET'S BE VERY CLEAR, JUST WEEKS AGO, YOU PRAISED SEU LOCAL NINE, NINE MEMBERS AS ESSENTIAL WORKERS. 
          AFTER WE REACHED A HISTORIC AGREEMENT, YOU CELEBRATED OUR MEMBERS PUBLICLY. 
          YOU ACKNOWLEDGED THE SACRIFICES THEY MADE DURING THE PANDEMIC, THE FIRES, AND EVERY CRISIS THE DISTRICT HAS FACED. 
          YET NOW, THE SIS DISTRICT IS PREPARING TO VOTE FOR LAYOFFS, TARGETING THE VERY WORKERS YOU CALL ESSENTIAL OUR MEMBERS AND MEMBERS FROM OTHER UNIONS. 
          THEY'RE ALL ESSENTIAL. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL THAT THAT'S, THAT'S HYPOCRISY AND OUR MEMBERS SEE IT CLEARLY. 
          UM, WE, WE NEED TO LET GO OF ANY PERCEIVED, UM, ANY PERCEIVED OFFENSE, ANY PERCEIVED, UH, ANGER, ANY, ANYTHING. 
          IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, WE NEED TO MOVE PRAGMATICALLY AS ADULTS, NOT WITH EMOTIONS. 
          THESE LAYOFFS ARE NOT JUST NUMBERS ON A SPREADSHEET. 
          THESE ARE CAFETERIA WORKERS, FEEDING STUDENTS, BUS YARD WORKERS, MAKING SURE BUSES ARE CLEAN, FUELED, MAINTAINED, AND READY TO SAFELY TRANSPORT STUDENT EVERY DAY. 
          COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE SUPPORTING FAMILIES, GARDENERS, 
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MAINTAINING SAFE, CLEAN, AND WELCOMING CAMPUSES FOR STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          THE WORK NEEDS TO GET DONE. 
          IT'S UNLAWFUL TO USE SUBCONTRACTORS, TRUCK DRIVERS, DELIVERING SUPPLIES, INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES, HELPING STUDENTS SUCCEED. 
          YOU CAN'T CLAIM TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WHILE YOU ELIMINATE THESE WORKERS. 
          WE REJECT YOUR CONTINUED USE AND EXPANSION OF SUBCONTRACTING WHILE LAYING OFF UNION WORKERS. 
          WE REACH AN AGREEMENT WE NEED TO GET RID OF SUBCONTRACTING. 
          THAT'S GONNA BRING IN HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT SHOULD BE USED ON STUDENTS THROUGH THE EMPLOYEES THAT SUPPORT THEM. 
          A NEWLY RATIFIED AGREEMENT MADE IT CLEAR THE WORK PERFORMED BY SU LOCAL NINE NINE MEMBERS BELONGS TO SEAU, LOCAL NINE NINE MEMBERS. 
          IF L-A-U-S-D HAS MONEY FOR US AT CONTRACTORS TO DO THAT WORK, THEN LESD HAS MONEY TO KEEP WORKERS EMPLOYED. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THIS DISTRICT TO BALANCE ITS BUDGET ON THE BACKS OF LOW WAGE EDUCATION WORKERS. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WORKERS. 
          THE DISTRICT CONTINUES TO LABEL AS RESTRICTED EMPLOYEES. 
          MANY OF THESE WORKERS HAVE DEDICATED YEARS OF SERVICE TO L-O-U-S-D AND SHOULD ALREADY BE RECOGNIZED AS PERMANENT EMPLOYEES. 
          THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF WORKERS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED LAYOFF NOTICES THAT ARE NOT ON THE LAYOFF LIST. 
          THAT IS, THAT IS A PROBLEM THAT IS UNLAWFUL AS WELL. 
          UH, THERE IS, THERE'S UNRESTRICTED WORKERS THAT YOU'RE REFUSING THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR YEARS, AND YOU USE, YOU EXPLOIT. 
          THAT'S HOW YOU EXPLOIT THEM. 
          BY KEEPING THEM UNRESTRICTED, YOU NEED TO MAKE THEM RESTRICTED. 
          ALL OF THIS IS PART OF THIS. 
          WE HAVE MADE AN AGREEMENT TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP, BUT IT'S DIFFICULT TO WORK IN A PARTNERSHIP WHERE THERE'S NO RESPECT RESCIND THESE LAYOFFS. 
          RIGHT NOW, IF WE'RE GONNA FACE SOME MASSIVE CLIFF, AS YOUR PLAN SAYS NEXT YEAR, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE CONFLICT. 
          BUT TO AVOID, THE BEST WAY TO AVOID THAT CONFLICT IS TO HAVE RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW, A REAL PARTNERSHIP. 
          LET'S WORK FROM NOW AND CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THE BUDGET CYCLE. 
          AND UNTIL WE, WE CAN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FOREVER TO GET THAT FUNDING THAT WE NEED AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD TRUST. 
          BECAUSE WE STILL DON'T TRUST YOUR BUDGET. 
          WE STILL DON'T TRUST THAT YOU SAY THAT YOUR DEFICIT WILL DISAPPEAR. 
          BUT THAT TRUST NEEDS SPACE TO BE BUILT. 
          GIVE IT SPACE, RESCIND THE LAYOFFS, AND LET'S GET TO WORK. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE SAY, BECAUSE WHEN WE FIGHT, WE MAY THANK YOU. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER LABOR PARTNERS PRESENT? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE ORDER OF OPERATIONS, I'LL JUST LAY IT OUT FOR EVERYBODY. 
          UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A PRESENTATION UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT OF THE DRAFT 26, 27 FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          AND THEN THERE WILL BE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT ITEM AND THEN POTENTIAL BOARD DISCUSSION. 
          AND THEN AFTER THAT, THERE IS ONE ITEM FOR ACTION. 
          UH, FOR THE ITEM FOR ACTION. 
          WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT PRIOR TO THE ITEM BEING ACTED UPON, UH, AND THEN THE BOARD WILL VOTE. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA PAUSE BRIEFLY AS FOLKS MAKE THEIR WAY OUTTA THE ROOM. 
          GOOD MORNING, ALL 
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GOOD. 
          MORNING BOARD, UH, GOOD MORNING TO FOLKS THAT ARE JOINING US HERE IN PERSON AND, AND ALSO OVER ZOOM. 
          LOS ANGELES UNIFIED, LIKE MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS CALIFORNIA, IS FACING SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL FINANCIAL PRESSURES DRIVEN BY DECLINING ENROLLMENT ATTENDANCE CHALLENGES, THE EXPIRATION OF ONE-TIME PANDEMIC FUNDING, RISING OPERATIONAL COSTS, AND INCREASING LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS. 
          TODAY, WE WILL PRESENT THE DRAFT FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN FOR 26 27, AND ASK THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE REDUCTION IN FORCE INCLUDED IN LAST YEAR'S FSP. 
          TOGETHER, THESE ACTIONS REFLECT OUR DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO MANAGE TODAY'S CHALLENGES, WHILE ENSURING A STRONG AND STABLE SCHOOLHOUSE FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, WE ARE REQUIRED TO PLAN ACROSS A THREE YEAR OUTLOOK AND TAKE DIFFICULT, RESPONSIBLE, AND NECESSARY ACTIONS TO MAINTAIN LONG-TERM FINANCIAL HEALTH. 
          I DO WANNA MARK THAT IN MANY CASES, WE ARE ASKED TO CREATE A THREE YEAR PROSPECTUS WITH ONE YEAR'S WORTH OF DATA, WHICH IS CERTAINLY CHALLENGING. 
          OUR 
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FISCAL STABILIZATION EFFORTS ARE DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO SERVE STUDENTS TODAY AND IN THE YEARS AHEAD. 
          COST REDUCTION MEASURES ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED TO MAINTAIN STABILITY THROUGH AT LEAST FISCAL YEAR 28, 29. 
          NOW, EVERY DECISION WE MAKE HAS TO BALANCE TWO REALITIES, CONTINUING TO INVEST IN STUDENTS AND STAFF WHILE PREPARING FOR ONGOING FISCAL UNCERTAINTY. 
          SCHOOLS DO AND WILL REMAIN AT THE CENTER OF OUR DECISION MAKING, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE DIRECT SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS. 
          THE SIZE OF THE DEFICIT, THOUGH, REQUIRES US TO REEVALUATE MAJOR EXPENDITURE AREAS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND ELIMINATE REDUNDANCIES TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE. 
          THIS INCLUDES PROPOSED REDUCTIONS IN CENTRAL OFFICE CONTRACTS, NON-LABOR SPENDING, OPERATIONAL STRUCTURES, AND STAFFING MODELS. 
          WE RECOGNIZE, AND I RECOGNIZE, I WANNA SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND FOR THE BOARD, THAT SOME REDUCTIONS INVOLVE PROGRAMS DEEPLY VALUED BY OUR COMMUNITIES LIKE SE AND BSAP. 
          WE UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE DIFFICULT DECISIONS, HOWEVER, DELAYING DIFFICULT DECISIONS WILL INCREASE LONG-TERM INSTABILITY AND REDUCE FUTURE FLEXIBILITY. 
          NOW, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, AND, AND SO THAT FOLKS KNOW, WE, WE SENT A, A LETTER TO THE COMMUNITY JUST ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO THAT CAPTURED, UH, MUCH THE SAME INFORMATION. 
          AND SO I WANT TO ECHO THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE MADE IN THAT COMMUNICATION. 
          WE WILL MAINTAIN TRANSPARENT AND OPEN COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. 
          AS AN EXAMPLE, WE ARE SHARING THE FSP WEEKS IN ADVANCE OF FINAL BOARD ACTION SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS TIME TO REVIEW AND UNDERSTAND THE PLAN. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT TO SCHOOLS. 
          THE SCHOOL HOUSE WILL ALWAYS BE OUR PRIORITY, AND EVERY REDUCTION WE MAKE WILL BEGIN FROM THAT PRINCIPLE. 
          WE WILL, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE, PRIORITIZE EQUITY BASED INSTRUCTION, SERVICES AND STRATEGIES. 
          WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO MEETING THE REAL AND DIVERSE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY IN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED. 
          AND WE WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT COMMUNITY, INCLUDING OUR LABOR PARTNERS, TO ADVOCATE FIERCELY FOR THE FUNDING OUR STUDENTS DESERVE. 
          AS RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY, AS, AS MAX MARKED, WE WERE IN SACRAMENTO IN COALITION WITH SEIU, WITH UTLA TO DO EXACTLY THAT. 
          I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT OUR RECENT COLLECTIVE ADVOCACY IN SACRAMENTO IMPACTED THE GOVERNOR'S RECENT MAY REVISE POSITIVELY, BUT WE KNOW THERE'S MORE WORK AHEAD NOW. 
          AS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT FOR THE BETTER PART OF MY LIFE, ALMOST 30 YEARS, I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATED CHALLENGES BEFORE BY STAYING FOCUSED ON STUDENTS WORKING COLLABORATIVELY AND PLANNING RESPONSIBLY. 
          WE REMAIN CONFIDENT IN OUR ABILITY TO MEET THIS MOMENT WITH TRANSPARENCY, DISCIPLINE, AND A SHARED COMMITMENT TO THE STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE. 
          WITH THAT SAID, I'D NOW LIKE TO INVITE MR. SIMON BRAVO, KARIMI, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO THE PODIUM TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A PRESENTATION AROUND THE FSP AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. 
          THANK YOU, ACTING SUPERINTENDENT AND, AND GOOD MORNING, UH, BOARD. 
          SO IN THIS PRESENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A, A RECAP OF THE MAY REVISION AND ITS IMPACT ON LAD'S REVENUES AND OUR MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION WAS SHARED ON TUESDAY, BUT IT'S VERY RELEVANT FOR, UH, THE INFORMATION WE'RE GONNA SHARE. 
          UH, TODAY WE'RE GONNA REVIEW THE PREVIOUS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD LAST JUNE AND HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE GONNA COVER THE PROPOSED NEW FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, UH, TO ADDRESS THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL OUTLOOK. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, WE'RE GONNA END WITH, UH, NEXT STEPS IN THE COMING WEEKS. 
          SO, FIRST, AS WE DISCUSSED, UH, A BIT ON TUESDAY AT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, UH, THERE'S A PRELIMINARY MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          THIS IS THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION THAT WILL BE PART OF THE JUNE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          AND AS ACTING SUPERINTENDENT CH MENTIONED, WE ARE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE A THREE YEAR PROJECTION. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE CALL THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          AND IN JUNE, THAT'S GONNA INCLUDE THE 28 29 SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          THE PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON CURRENT YEAR ESTIMATED ACTUALS, AND WHAT THAT REFERS TO ARE UPDATED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURE PROJECTIONS FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SO AFTER SECOND INTERIM IN MARCH, WE CONTINUE TO UPDATE PROJECTIONS WITH NEW INFORMATION. 
          UH, AND THOSE UPDATED PROJECTIONS ARE THE BASIS FOR THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
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UH, OTHER NOTABLE FACTORS INCLUDED ARE THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE RECENT, UH, TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS, AS WELL AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED LABOR AGREEMENTS AT FULL IMPLEMENTATION. 
          THE ONGOING ANNUAL COST FROM ALL FUNDS OF THOSE AGREEMENTS IS APPROXIMATELY $1.5 BILLION PER YEAR. 
          AS WE'VE DISCUSSED MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND YEARS, MANY LONG-TERM FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO OUR ANNUAL DEFICITS, DEFICITS, MEANING SPENDING MORE THAN WE BRING IN DECLINING ENROLLMENT, THE EXPIRATION OF THOSE VERY SUBSTANTIAL $5.6 BILLION WORTH OF COVID RELIEF FUNDS. 
          AND THE RISING COST THAT, UH, ACTING SUPERINTENDENT CHA MENTIONED. 
          THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS THEMSELVES REPRESENT A VERY IMPORTANT INVESTMENT IN OUR WORKFORCE AND IN OUR SCHOOLS, PROVIDING SIGNIFICANT SALARY INCREASES TO OUR VALUED EMPLOYEES AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. 
          THESE RECENT LABOR AGREEMENTS INCLUDE IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS THAT RESULT IN ADDITIONAL PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKERS, CENTRALLY FUNDED COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES, ADDITIONAL PUPIL SERVICES AND ATTENDANCE COUNSELORS, ADDITIONAL SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, ADDITIONAL SECONDARY COUNSELORS, AND REDUCED CLASS SIZES. 
          THESE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MANY OF THE IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS. 
          THERE ARE MANY STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS MUST FOLLOW IN CONNECTION WITH LABOR AGREEMENTS AND THEIR FINANCES. 
          AND SO HERE ARE, ARE SOME OF THE IMPORTANT ONES. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS AB 1200. 
          THIS IS, UH, AN ASSEMBLY BILL THAT FOLKS ARE PROBABLY VERY FAMILIAR WITH BECAUSE WHENEVER A SCHOOL DISTRICT ENTERS INTO A LABOR AGREEMENT, UH, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A, A FORM, AND IT'S CALLED THE AB 1200 FORM BECAUSE IT'S IN CONNECTION WITH THIS, THIS LAW. 
          AND SO IT'S CREATED TO ENSURE THAT LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA ARE ADEQUATELY PREPARED TO MEET THEIR FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS. 
          AND IT EXPANDED THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND THE ROLE OF COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION, OURS BEING LACO IN MONITORING SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S A FORM THE AB 1200 THAT DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT TO THEIR COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION THAT DEMONSTRATE THE FINANCIAL COST AND IMPACT OF EACH LABOR AGREEMENT. 
          THERE'S ADDITIONALLY, AB 27 56 PASSED IN 2004. 
          THIS TIGHTENED THE FISCAL OVERSIGHT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN RESPONSE TO PAST SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL FAILURES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          IT ENHANCED THE AUTHORITY OF CON COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION IN MONITORING OUR FINANCES, REQUIRES VERY RIGOROUS AND WRITTEN CERTIFICATION OF FINANCIAL STABILITY FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, IN CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE, IT'S SECTION 35 47 0.5. 
          IT MANDATES THAT COSTS INCURRED BY PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYERS UNDER COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS FOR CURRENT AND SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS MUST BE DE DISCLOSED AT A PUBLIC MEETING. 
          AND THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN LATER IN JUNE. 
          THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICIAL MUST CERTIFY IN WRITING THAT THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE AGREEMENT CAN BE MEANT BY THE DISTRICT DURING THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS, UH, LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          SO WE COVERED THIS A BIT ON TUESDAY. 
          THE GOVERNOR'S MAY REVISION INCLUDED SOME SUBSTANTIAL ADDITIONAL REVENUES THAT ARE GOING TO GO, UH, A LONG WAY TO PARTIALLY ADDRESSING THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING. 
          SO FIRST IS A VERY SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE TO THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR LCFF AND SPECIAL EDUCATION. 
          UH, THE ONGOING REVENUE IMPACT OF THAT HIGHER COLA IN 26 27. 
          IT'S 4.31% IS ABOUT $112 MILLION PER YEAR. 
          THESE REVENUES WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE DISTRICT'S MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          THERE ARE ADDITIONAL REVENUES THAT WILL INSTEAD BE REFLECTED IN THE DISTRICT'S FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          THAT INCLUDES A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE FROM JANUARY TO MAY IN THE DISCRETIONARY BLOCK GRANT OF $328 MILLION. 
          THAT'S OUR SHARE OF THE STATEWIDE TOTAL OF $5 BILLION. 
          THERE'S ALSO A ONE-TIME GRANT FOR LEARNING RECOVERY EMERGENCY BLOCK GRANT OF $68 MILLION, A VERY SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION BASE RATE. 
          THIS IS THE REVENUES THAT THE STATE PROVIDES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION OF BETWEEN 187 AND $190 MILLION PER YEAR. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, THERE'S HOME TO SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION, AN ONGOING ALLOCATION OF BETWEEN 19 AND $20 MILLION PER YEAR, AND THEN A ONE-TIME GRANT FOR HOME TO SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION OF $26 MILLION. 
          AND SO THESE REPRESENT VERY SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES TO REVENUES BEYOND WHAT WAS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE JANUARY PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          THESE ARE NOT, THIS IS 
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NOT THE FINAL STATE BUDGET. 
          IT'S STILL A PROPOSAL. 
          UH, THERE WILL STILL BE A LOT OF NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE LEGISLATURES AND THE GOVERNOR AS, UH, MARTHA ALVAREZ DESCRIBED ON TUESDAY. 
          UM, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO, AGAIN, AS ACTING SUPERINTENDENT CH MENTIONED, CONTINUE TO FIERCELY ADVOCATE FOR ADDITIONAL REVENUES. 
          IN PARTICULAR, THE RELEASE OF THE $3.9 BILLION OF PROP 98 FUNDS THAT HAVE STILL NOT BEEN RELEASED TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE. 
          BUT THESE REVENUES STILL REPRESENT A VERY MATERIAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE DISTRICT'S OUTLOOK. 
          BUT I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT LATER ABOUT HOW SIGNIFICANT, UH, THESE REVENUES ARE GIVEN OUR, OUR, OUR MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          SO AS WE SHOWED ON TUESDAY, HERE IS THE PRELIMINARY MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          THESE ARE OUR GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED UNASSIGNED ENDING BALANCES, AND AS WE SHARED ON TUESDAY, AND THE ORANGE BAR REPRESENTS THE UPDATED MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          SO THE BLUE WAS WHERE WE WERE AT FIRST INTERIM, THE GREEN IS WHERE WE WERE AT SECOND INTERIM IN MARCH. 
          AND THE ORANGE IS WHERE WE ARE PRELIMINARILY TODAY FOR THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION THAT WILL COME BEFORE THE BOARD IN JUNE. 
          AND SO YOU'LL SEE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, UH, BALANCES OF ALMOST $1.7 BILLION AT THE END OF THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, BALANCES OF JUST OVER $150 MILLION AT THE END OF THE 26 27 SCHOOL YEAR, A PROJECTED NEGATIVE ENDING BALANCE OF $1.35 BILLION AT THE END OF THE 27 28 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, BY THE END OF THE 28 29 SCHOOL YEAR, A PROJECTED NEGATIVE UNASSIGNED ENDING BALANCE OF APPROXIMATELY $3.6 BILLION. 
          AND SO WHAT'S INCLUDED HERE ARE THE REVENUES FROM THE HIGHER COLA THAT SUPER COLA OF 4.31%. 
          WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED ARE THESE ADDITIONAL PROPOSED REVENUES FROM THE PRIOR SLIDE, BUT I WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THOSE ADDITIONAL REVENUES, UH, SHORTLY. 
          SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, WE ADDITIONAL ACTIONS ARE GONNA BE REQUIRED ON THE PART OF, OF THE DISTRICT. 
          AND I SHOULD NOTE THAT EVEN THE BLUE AND THE GREEN BARS, THOSE PROJECTED NEGATIVE ENDING BALANCES, UM, INCLUDED, UH, RELY ON THE PREVIOUS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD BACK IN JUNE. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT FISCAL STABILIZATION PLANS. 
          UM, FISCAL STABILIZATION PLANS ARE OFTEN REQUIRED BY COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION WHEN DISTRICTS LIKE OURS ARE FACING THE VERY CHALLENGING FINANCIAL OUTLOOK THAT WE ARE FACING. 
          AND WE HAD ONE THAT WAS APPROVED LAST JUNE. 
          UH, WE ARE NOW REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A NEW FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN THIS UPCOMING JUNE. 
          AND THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN REQUIRED TO SUBMIT FISCAL STABILIZATION PLANS IN THE PAST. 
          AND I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THAT HISTORY A LITTLE BIT LATER. 
          SO THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN IS A BOARD APPROVED PLAN THAT SPECIFIES STEPS THAT THE DISTRICT WILL TAKE TO ADDRESS ITS STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, AND FURTHER TO ADDRESS ITS PROJECTED NEGATIVE ENDING UNASSIGNED BALANCES. 
          THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN MUST BE DESIGNED TO MEET THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS TO FULFILL MULTI-YEAR FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS AND TO MAINTAIN MINIMUM RESERVE REQUIREMENTS, OR PUT ANOTHER WAY TO NOT HAVE PROJECTED NEGATIVE ENDING BALANCES. 
          THE PROPOSED ACTIONS ARE CLEARLY DEFINED AND BASED ON PRACTICAL, PRACTICAL, DETAILED MEASURES RATHER THAN GENERAL OBJECTIVES. 
          SO NEXT, I JUST WANNA GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED BUDGET BECAUSE IT'S RELEVANT BEFORE WE LOOK AT THE PROPOSED NEW FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          SO HERE YOU'LL SEE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF SPENDING WITHIN OUR GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED, UM, AND WHAT IT DEMONSTRATES IS, AND I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE CATEGORY OF SPENDING, BUT WHAT IT DEMONSTRATES IS AFTER MANDATES REQUIRED AND LEGALLY REQUIRED SPENDING OR ESSENTIAL SPENDING, UH, AS WELL AS LABOR, THE COST OF LABOR AGREEMENTS, THE OPTIONS FOR REDUCTIONS WITHIN GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED ARE VERY LIMITED. 
          SO THERE'S ONE EXAMPLE IN THAT DARK BLUE, KIND OF THE FIRST IN THE LEGEND THERE ON THE KIND OF TOP MIDDLE NORM POSITIONS THAT ARE PROVIDED AS PART OF OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. 
          EXAMPLES BEING CLASSROOM TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, LIBRARIANS, PSAS, PSW SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS REPRESENT A LITTLE BIT OVER A THIRD OF THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED BUDGET. 
          THERE ARE ADDITIONAL NORM POSITIONS. 
          THE NORM POSITIONS MEAN POSITIONS THAT ARE ALLOCATED BY RULE OR BY FORMULA TO SCHOOLS. 
          AND TYPICALLY THE, THE RULE OR THE FORMULA IS BASED ON THE SCHOOL'S ENROLLMENT. 
          SO ADDITIONAL NORM POSITIONS THAT ARE NOT WITHIN INDIVIDUAL COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS ARE ANOTHER ABOUT 16.4%. 
          THESE INCLUDES, THIS CATEGORY INCLUDES PRINCIPALS, CLERICAL STAFF, UH, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE, FINANCIAL MANAGERS, BUILDING AND GROUNDS WORKERS, PLANT MANAGERS AS SOME OF THE IMPORTANT EXAMPLES. 
          AND SO, COMBINED THE NORM POSITIONS, BOTH THOSE THAT ARE IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS, AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS REPRESENT HALF OF THE COSTS WITHIN OUR GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED BUDGET. 
          AND SO YOU'LL SEE OTHER 
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SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS IN, IN SEMI, THESE ARE ALL CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, THAT SEMI TOTAL OF ABOUT 12% OF THE BUDGET. 
          THAT INCLUDES, UH, THE ALLOCATIONS FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, AS WELL AS PREV PRIOR YEAR CARRYOVERS, YOU'LL SEE THE BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PLAN OF $175 MILLION IN THE CURRENT YEAR, AND SEVERAL OTHER CATEGORIES OF, OF SPENDING ON, ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT. 
          SO, AGAIN, TO REPEAT THE, THE REASON WHY THE PROPOSED FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN INCLUDES THE PROPOSED REDUCTIONS THAT IT DOES, IS BECAUSE MUCH OF OUR BUDGET IS TIED INTO AREAS THAT ARE EITHER REQUIRED BY LABOR CONTRACT, REQUIRED BY LAW, OR SPENT ON ESSENTIAL SERVICES SUCH AS UTILITIES AND INSURANCE FOR, UH, LIKE, UH, FOR A GENERAL LIABILITY. 
          SO HERE'S A A, A QUICK LOOK. 
          OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS, THE DISTRICT HAS FACED NEGATIVE PROJECTED ENDING BALANCES MANY TIMES, UM, AS I MENTIONED ON TUESDAY AS THE STATE BUDGET GOES. 
          SO GOES EDUCATION FUNDING. 
          AND THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF VOLATILITY IN FUNDING LEVELS FOR EDUCATION. 
          AND THAT CAN RESULT IN TIMES LIKE WE ARE FACING TODAY, WHERE WE ARE PROJECTING A VERY SUBSTANTIAL NEGATIVE ENDING BALANCE. 
          SO FIRST, I THINK YOU'LL NOTICE, YOU KNOW, HERE ARE THE FISCAL YEARS OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS WHERE WE DID FACE VERY SUBSTANTIAL NEGATIVE ENDING BALANCES. 
          SO SOME IMPORTANT TAKEAWAYS ARE THAT, ONE, WE HAVE FACED CHALLENGING FISCAL OUTLOOKS BEFORE, BUT WHAT WE'RE FACING NOW, THE PROJECTED NEGATIVE ENDING BALANCE WE MUST SOLVE FOR IS OVER TWICE THE SIZE OF PAST SHORTFALLS. 
          WHAT YOU SHOULD NOT CONCLUDE FROM THIS IS THAT THE SHORTFALL WILL RESOLVE ITSELF AS IN THE PAST. 
          THE DISTRICT MUST TAKE URGENT ACTION TO ENSURE ITS SOLVENCY AND TO PROTECT OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE STUDENTS. 
          IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THOSE FUTURE STUDENTS ARE WITH US. 
          NOW, OUR TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS, OUR KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS ARE WITH US FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, MORE SO THOSE FUTURE STUDENTS ARE NOT SOME ABSTRACT. 
          THE CURRENT FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN APPROVED BY THE BOARD LAST JUNE, YOU'LL SEE HIGHLIGHTED HERE. 
          UM, THE UPDATE FROM SECOND INTERIM SHOWED THAT FOR 26, 27 AND 27 28, THE SAVINGS WERE ABOUT $1.36 BILLION. 
          AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THOSE SAVINGS ARE FULLY REFLECTED ALREADY IN THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          SO ANY NEW FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, THE NEW FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN MUST IDENTIFY SAVINGS ABOVE AND BEYOND THESE SAVINGS. 
          SO HERE'S ANOTHER MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION THAT WE SHARED ON TUESDAY, THE ORANGE BAR. 
          THAT LAST SERIES OF BAR GRAPHS SHOWS THE BENEFIT FROM THE MAY REVISE OF THOSE ADDITIONAL PROPOSED REVENUES. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK KIND OF GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE FOR THE 28 29 SCHOOL YEAR WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL PROPOSED REVENUES, UH, THE PROJECTING NEGATIVE ENDING BALANCE GOES FROM $3.6 BILLION TO A LITTLE BIT OVER $2.5 BILLION. 
          AND SO THOSE ADDITIONAL REVENUES, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          THEY'RE VERY MATERIAL OVER THE, THIS MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION PERIOD OF CUMULATIVELY, THEY DO TOTAL, UH, ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS. 
          AND SO THAT IS A BILLION DOLLARS OF CUTS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO IDENTIFY FOR THIS PERIOD OF TIME. 
          AND SO, BUT FOR THOSE VERY SUBSTANTIAL PROPOSED REVENUES, WE WOULD NEED TO IDENTIFY EVEN MORE CUTS THAN WHAT YOU WILL SEE ON THE PROPOSED MULTI, UH, UH, FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          BUT WHAT YOU'LL ALSO SEE IS THAT THOSE REVENUES ARE INSUFFICIENT TO ADDRESS OUR SHORTFALL AND VERY, VERY DIFFICULT REDUCTIONS ARE NEEDED. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH BEFORE YOU TODAY IS, UH, A BOARD ACTION, UH, TO INCLUDE INCLUDES A PROPOSED FINAL ACTION ON A REDUCTION IN FORCE, THE COMPLETION OF A STATUTORY PROCESS THAT STARTED BACK IN FEBRUARY AND IS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PREVIOUS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          SPECIFICALLY THAT ACTION INCLUDED CENTRAL OFFICE CLASSIFIED POSITIONS THAT WERE PART OF THE PREVIOUS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          SO WHERE WE STARTED DURING BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS IN ALLOCATIONS ALREADY IS PART OF THE LAST FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS IN CENTRAL OFFICES SUPPORTS. 
          WE STARTED WITH A LITTLE BIT OVER 3,500 POSITIONS THAT WERE CLOSED DURING BUDGET DEVELOPMENT FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          BUT 20 OVER 2,800 OF THOSE POSITIONS WERE, WERE NOT PART OF THE REDUCTION IN FORCE AUTHORIZATION THAT RECEIVED ITS FIRST APPROVAL BACK IN FEBRUARY. 
          WE REDUCED POTENTIAL LAYOFFS BY RESTORING SCHOOL-BASED POSITIONS AND USING VACANCIES AND ATTRITION TO ABSORB AS MANY OF THE IMPACTED EMPLOYEES AS POSSIBLE. 
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WHAT THAT RESULTED IN, IN TERMS OF POSITION CLOSURES WAS 657 FIELD POSITIONS THAT WERE PROPOSED FOR CLOSURE IN THAT R AUTHORIZATION. 
          TODAY'S BOARD ACTION IS THE FINAL ACTION AS PART OF THAT PROCESS. 
          AGAIN, THAT STARTED IN FEBRUARY. 
          SO HERE YOU'LL SEE THE PROPOSED FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, UH, TO BE VOTED ON BY THE BOARD IN JUNE. 
          AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THESE ARE ALL REDUCTIONS THAT ARE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE PREVIOUS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          AND I SHOULD NOTE THAT THESE REDUCTIONS ARE NOT CUMULATIVE. 
          THEY ARE ALL FIGURES THAT ARE REDUCTIONS AGAINST THE CURRENT POST PREVIOUS FSP BASELINE OF SPENDING IN EACH OF THESE FISCAL YEARS. 
          SO FIRST I WANNA START WITH THE REVENUE ITEM ONE. 
          THERE ARE THOSE ABOUT $1 BILLION CUMULATIVELY OF ADDITIONAL PROPOSED REVENUES FROM THE MAY REVISION. 
          WHILE WE'RE ALSO ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, WE ARE ASSUMING AN INCREASE IN THE DISTRICT'S ATTENDANCE, OR SPECIFICALLY OUR 88 PERCENTAGE FROM THE CURRENT RATE OF 92% UP TO 93% STARTING IN 26, 27, AND BEING 93% EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER. 
          THERE ARE SEVERAL IMPORTANT STRATEGIES IN PLACE NOW TO BOOST ATTENDANCE, AND OBVIOUSLY, PRINCIPALLY THAT HAS A VERY, VERY SUBSTANTIAL ACADEMIC INSTRUCTIONAL BENEFIT, BUT IT ALSO HAS A, A REVENUE IMPACT AS WELL IN TERMS OF THE EXPENDITURES PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          FIRST ITEM THREE, OUR CENTRAL OFFICE REDUCTIONS TO CONTRACTS AND NON-LABOR. 
          SO THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW REDUCTIONS THAT YOU'LL SEE HAVE A VALUE IN THE 26 27 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          UH, WE WILL HAVE ALREADY BEGUN WORKING ON IDENTIFYING REDUCTIONS IN THE 26 27 SCHOOL YEAR, AND EVENTUALLY IT INCREASES TO AN ONGOING REDUCTION OF $200 MILLION. 
          THE, THAT IS A VERY AGGRESSIVE TARGET ITEM NUMBER FOUR ARE ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS TO CENTRAL OFFICE POSITIONS. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THE PREVIOUS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN REDUCED CENTRAL OFFICE BUDGETS BY ABOUT $150 MILLION. 
          THAT REPRESENTED NEARLY A 20% REDUCTION IN CENTRAL OFFICE SUPPORTS AND RESOURCES FOR OUR SCHOOLS. 
          THESE TWO ADDITIONAL CENTRAL OFFICE STRATEGIES TOTALING AT FULL IMPLEMENTATION, $250 MILLION REPRESENTS AN ADDITIONAL REDUCTION OF OVER 25% ON TOP OF THE REDUCTIONS THAT WERE MADE AS PART OF THE LAST FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS THE DISTRICT'S CONTRIBUTION TO OUR OPE TRUST CONTRIBUTION, OPEG BEING OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, OR MORE SPECIFICALLY THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE MAKE TO PAY FOR THE FUTURE COSTS OF RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE UPON ELIGIBILITY, EMPLOYEES RECEIVE LIFETIME MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR THEM AND ONE DEPENDENT, AND THE COST OF THOSE BENEFITS INCREASES EACH YEAR. 
          THE SIZE OF THE POPULATION THAT EARNS THOSE BENEFITS GROWS EACH YEAR, AND THE DISTRICT HAS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, CONTRIBUTED INTO OUR IRREVOCABLE TRUST FUNDS TO COVER THE FUTURE COST OF THAT GROWING LIABILITY UNDER THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          THAT CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THOSE FUTURE COSTS IS GOING TO BE ZERO, STARTING IN THE 26 27 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SO WHAT THAT MEANS IN THE LONG RUN IS THAT WE WILL NOT BE CONTRIBUTING TO THOSE FUTURE COSTS AS THOSE COSTS CONTINUE TO ESCALATE. 
          THE FULL COST OF THOSE WILL BE BORN BY OUR OPERATING BUDGETS AND MOSTLY OUR, OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          UNRESTRICTED NUMBER SIX, THE BOARD LAST YEAR COMMITTED $46 MILLION SET ASIDE EARMARKED TO OFFSET THE POTENTIAL COST OF THE, THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF REDUCTIONS IN FEDERAL FUNDING UNDER THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          THOSE FUNDS, THE BOARD IS GONNA BE ASKED IN JUNE TO UN UNCOMMIT THOSE FUNDS TO RELEASE THAT COMMITMENT SO THAT THEY CAN BE USED INSTEAD, INSTEAD TO OFFSET THE NEED FOR POTENTIAL CUTS ELSEWHERE. 
          BUT WHAT THAT ALSO MEANS IS THERE IS NOT THAT, THAT, THAT SAFETY NET, THAT AS IF GOD FORBID, THERE ARE REDUCTIONS IN FEDERAL FUNDING, UH, THERE WILL NOT BE THE $46 MILLION TO OFFSET THOSE POTENTIAL REDUCTIONS. 
          THE FULL IMPACT OF ANY OF REDUCTIONS IN FEDERAL FUNDING WILL NEED TO BE BORN BY THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE FUNDED BY THOSE FEDERAL GRANTS. 
          NEXT ARE A SERIES OF VERY DIFFICULT REDUCTIONS TO ALLOCATIONS DIRECTLY TO SCHOOLS. 
          NUMBER SEVEN IS THE STUDENT EQUITY NEEDS INDEX OR SEMI ALLOCATION. 
          THE OLD, THE PREVIOUS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN ALREADY ASSUMED THAT SE WOULD BE ALLOCATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $500 MILLION STARTING IN THE 27 28 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AND SO ANY REDUCTIONS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE FROM THAT BASELINE OF $500 MILLION. 
          AND SO FOR THE 27 28 SCHOOL YEAR C WOULD BE REDUCED BY $400 MILLION, LEAVING A $100 MILLION ALLOCATION FOR SE IN THE 27 28 SCHOOL YEAR 
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IN THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR, THE REMAINING $500 MILLION ALLOCATION WOULD BE FULLY ELIMINATED. 
          ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS THE BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PLAN. 
          THE CURRENT ALLOCATION ONGOING IS $125 MILLION. 
          WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS PROPOSED PLAN IS A REDUCTION OF A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ONGOING, THAT WOULD RELIEVE $25 MILLION IN 27, 28, AND 28 29 FOR THE BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PLAN. 
          ITEM NUMBER NINE IS HEAT. 
          UH, THE CURRENT ALLOCATION IS ONGOING, $10 MILLION. 
          THE REDUCTION OF $10 MILLION HERE ONGOING REPRESENTS A FULL ELIMINATION OF THAT ALLOCATION AND PROGRAM. 
          ITEM NUMBER 10 IS THE AFFILIATED CHARTER BLOCK GRANT. 
          THE NET COST OF THAT ALLOCATION IS $7 MILLION PER YEAR. 
          SO THE REDUCTION OF THE $7 MILLION REPRESENTS A COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF THAT PROGRAM. 
          ITEM NUMBER 11 ARE NORM POSITION REDUCTIONS. 
          AS I MENTIONED BEFORE ON THAT PIE CHART, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT ARE ALLOCATED THROUGH THE NORM THAT ARE NOT PART OF OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. 
          THE $25 MILLION REDUCTION. 
          THERE IS AN ONGOING REDUCTION TO THOSE NORM POSITIONS THAT ARE NOT PART OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. 
          ITEM NUMBER 12, FURLOUGH DAYS WHEN ALL EMPLOYEES TAKE A FURLOUGH DAY OR ARE, ARE HAVE A FURLOUGH DAY THAT REPRESENTS A SAVINGS OF $25 MILLION TO GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED FOR EACH FURLOUGH DAY. 
          TAKEN THAT FOR 27 28, WHAT WE'RE ASSUMING HERE IS TWO FURLOUGH DAYS. 
          SO $50 MILLION, $25 MILLION PER DAY, AND IN THE 28 29 SCHOOL YEAR, $125 MILLION, WHICH IS FIVE FURLOUGH DAYS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. 
          ITEM NUMBER 13 IS SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION EFFICIENCIES AND REPURPOSING OF VACANT CAMPUSES. 
          THIS IS A STRATEGY THAT YOU'LL REMEMBER WAS ON THE PREVIOUS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          THIS $30 MILLION OF SAVINGS IN THE 28 29 SCHOOL YEARS REPRESENTS ADDITIONAL CONSOLIDATIONS BEYOND THOSE TARGETED IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          AND FINALLY, ITEM 14 IS HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM SHARING. 
          CURRENTLY FOR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COVERS THE FULL COST OF HEALTH BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEES AND ALL OF THEIR DEPENDENTS, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE THE HEALTH PLAN THAT THEY CHOOSE HERE. 
          THE DISTRICT WOULD COVER 90% OF THE COSTS, AND THE EMPLOYEES WOULD COVER 10% OF THOSE PREMIUM COSTS. 
          AND THAT WOULD GENERATE IN TERMS OF SAVINGS TO GENERAL FUND, UNRESTRICTED $50 MILLION IN THE 27 28 SCHOOL YEAR, AND THEN A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR STARTING IN 28 29 SCHOOL YEAR AND BEYOND. 
          YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A COLUMN AT THE END INDICATING WHETHER WHICH OF THESE ITEMS HAVE A LAYOFF IMPACT OR A REDUCTION IN ENFORCE IMPACT. 
          AND SO, OF COURSE, NUMBER FOUR, CENTRAL OFFICE POSITION REDUCTIONS HAVE A LAYOFF IMPACT. 
          NUMBER SEVEN, STUDENT EQUITY NEEDS INDEX, GIVEN THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE FUNDS ARE USED ON POSITIONS, HAS A LAYOFF IMPACT. 
          NUMBER EIGHT, THE BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PLAN. 
          GIVEN THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE RESOURCES ARE IN POSITIONS THAT HAS A LAYOFF IMPACT, THE REDUCTION TO HEAT HAS A LAYOFF IMPACT. 
          THE ELIMINATION OF THE AFFILIATED CHARTER BLOCK GRANT HAS A LAYOFF IMPACT. 
          THE REDUCTION OF NORM POSITIONS HAS A LAYOFF IMPACT, AND SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION HAS A LAYOFF IMPACT. 
          YOU'LL SEE THE TOTALS FOR EACH YEAR. 
          UM, THE GRAND TOTAL IS JUST UNDER $3.6 BILLION. 
          THESE ARE $3.6 BILLION OF GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURE REDUCTIONS TO ADDRESS THE PROJECTED NEGATIVE ENDING BALANCE THAT WE'RE FACING. 
          THE PROPOSED FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN THAT YOU SEE HERE ASSUMES THAT THE REDUCTION IN FORCE FINAL AUTHORIZATION BEFORE YOU TODAY IS APPROVED. 
          IF IT'S NOT APPROVED, MORE REDUCTIONS WILL NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED. 
          THE VALUE OF THE R IN TERMS OF THE COST OF THE POSITIONS IS APPROXIMATELY $90 MILLION. 
          IF THE FINAL AUTHORIZATION IS NOT PROVIDED TODAY, WE WILL HAVE TO IDENTIFY APPROXIMATELY $90 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS. 
          SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BE TRANSPARENT, NOT JUST WITH THE BOARD, BUT WITH THE PUBLIC ON THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE VERY DIFFICULT FINANCIAL OUTLOOK THAT WE'RE FACING. 
          SO BASED ON THE CURRENT FINANCIAL OUTLOOK, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT OUR BUDGET THAT IS BEFORE THE BOARD IN JUNE COULD EITHER BE CONDITIONALLY APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY NOVEMBER 8TH. 
          THE DIS IF THE BUDGET IS DISAPPROVED AND CONTINUES TO BE DISAPPROVED, THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT FROM LACO IS AUTHORIZED TO CALL FOR THE FORMATION OF A BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE OR WITH STATE APPROVAL, WAIVE 
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THAT REQUIREMENT AND EXERCISE THAT AUTHORITY THAT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO A COMMITTEE. 
          CONTINUED DISAPPROVAL CAN RESULT IN INCREASING LEVELS OF COUNTY OVERSIGHT AND INTERVENTION, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BUDGET PLAN TO GUIDE THE DISTRICT THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          UNDER EDUCATION CODE, THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT MAY TAKE ACTIONS INCLUDING STAYING OR RESCINDING BOARD ACTIONS INCONSISTENT WITH THE ADOPTED PLAN, THE CANCELLATION OF PURCHASE ORDERS AND THE PROHIBITION OF NON-SALARY WARRANTS THE REQUIREMENT TO ENCUMBER CONTRACTS AND CASHFLOW ANALYSES, AS WELL AS WITHHOLDING COMPENSATION OF BOARD MEMBERS ON THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE REQUESTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION. 
          ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES INCLUDE THE APPOINTMENT OF A FISCAL EXPERT. 
          UH, FISCAL EXPERT IS PROVIDING ONLY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, HAS NO VETO POWER OVER THE BOARD. 
          A HIGHER LEVEL OF INTERVENTION COULD BE THE APPOINTMENT OF A FISCAL ADVISOR THAT ACTS ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT. 
          THIS DOES INCLUDE VETO POWER, IT INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO STAY AND RESCIND AUTHORITY OVER BOARD ACTIONS AND CONSISTENT WITH THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS. 
          SO AN IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS AN ADOPTED FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN IS THE BASIS BY WHICH THE DISTRICT, THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND MYSELF CAN AUTHORIZE AND CERTIFY, EXCUSE ME, CERTIFY THAT THE DISTRICT CAN MEET ITS FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE, UH, BEFORE THE BOARD IN JUNE. 
          SO THE BASIS ON WHICH WE ARE GOING TO CERTIFY ARE ABLE TO CERTIFY THAT WE CAN MEET THOSE FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS IS DUE TO THE APPROVAL OF A FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          APPROVAL DOES NOT APPROVAL OF A FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE COUNTY OR STATE WILL NOT INITIATE THESE INTERVENTIONS, BUT APPROVAL IS NECESSARY TO DEMONSTRATE THE PATH TO MAINTAINING SOLVENCY. 
          NEXT STEPS. 
          SO AS I MENTIONED TODAY, THIS IS THE FIRST PRESENTATION AS THE, AS ACTING SUPERINTENDENT CHA MENTIONED, WE ARE PRESENTING THIS PUBLICLY WEEKS IN ADVANCE OF THE BOARD VOTE. 
          UH, ADDITIONALLY TODAY IS THE, UH, THE BOARD IS GONNA BE ASKED TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED FINAL ACTION ON THE REDUCTION IN FORCE ON JUNE 16TH. 
          THERE'S THE BUDGET AND LCAP HEARING, BUT ALSO THE APPROVAL OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS AND THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          AND THEN FINALLY ON JUNE 23RD, THE BOARD WOULD VOTE ON THE BUDGET AND THE LCAP FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, AFTER THE PRESENTATION, WE'LL TAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND, AND THEN THE, THE BOARD WILL, WILL JUMP IN AFTER THAT. 
          SO, UM, YOU CAN REST YOUR LEGS FOR JUST A MOMENT, MR. MR. SIMON. 
          AND WE'LL, WE'LL CALL UP THE, THE, OH, I'M SORRY, MR. KAMI. 
          UM, MARIA LUISA PALMA. 
          I THOUGHT I SAW YOU OUT THERE. 
          YOU'RE, YOU'RE LISTED AS, UH, CALLIN, BUT I THINK YOU, I SEE YOU THERE. 
          COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          AND THEN AFTER MS. PALMA IS, UH, DEANNA GUILLEN AND THEN DAVID TOSKI, UH, MS. GUILLEN'S GONNA SPEAK IN SPANISH. 
          SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT SHE'S SAYING IN ENGLISH, PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS UP AND WE WILL GET YOU THESE TRANSLATION HEADSETS. 
          ALL RIGHT, MS. PALMER, THE MICROPHONE IS ON AND THE TWO MINUTES IS YOURS. 
          I WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND READ THE PRESENTATION, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD START BY LAUGHING OR CRYING. 
          I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON HERE. 
          SO WHAT WAS THE WHOLE, UM, BARGAINING NEGOTIATION ABOUT? I FEEL MY CONCLUSION IS WHOEVER BARGAINED SAID, WELL, UNIONS, IF YOU CAN GET THE MONEY FROM SACRAMENTO, YOU CAN HAVE IT. 
          BUT IF YOU CAN'T, WELL YOU'RE, THERE'S JUST GONNA BE LAYOFFS. 
          SO TO ME, THAT JUST SOUNDS LIKE GAMBLING WITH OUR STUDENTS, WITH OUR STAFF, AND WITH THE TAXPAYERS POCKETBOOKS. 
          AND I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW WE GET TO THIS POINT. 
          DID YOU NOT HAVE THESE PROJECTIONS WITH YOU WHEN YOU WERE BARGAINING ANYBODY? DID MR. SAMAN NOT BRING THIS UP TO YOU? 'CAUSE I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN COME TO THIS POINT AND WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE 3.6 BILLION IN CUTS. 
          I SEE ABOUT 1.3 BILLION IN THE LAYOFF NUMBER AFFECTED, IMPACTED. 
          I KNOW THE TOTAL ISN'T GONNA BE LAYOFFS, BUT MOST OF IT IS. 
          SO I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND. 
          BUT I DID SEE IN THE, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ATTACHMENT B, THAT THERE WERE CITED BY MR. SIMON AND HIS TESTIMONY THERE THAT YOU'VE BEEN RECEIVING SOME COMMENTS. 
          I DON'T KNOW A SPECIFIC LETTER, SOME COMMENTS FROM LACO. 
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WHERE ARE THOSE LETTERS? ARE THEY NOT PUBLISHED TO US? WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO SEE WHAT LACO HASS BEEN TELLING YOU THROUGHOUT ALL THIS AT THE LAST FSP AT THE FIRST INTERIM, WE WANNA SEE IT. 
          SO IF IT'S TRUE THAT THE CHILDREN NEED ALL THESE SERVICES THAT YOU ALL KEEP SAYING THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, THEN WHY AREN'T YOU CONSOLIDATING CAMPUSES AND CREATING SOME ECONOMIES OF SCALE? BECAUSE THE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS THAT DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH STAFF, THAT HAVE SUPER LOW ENROLLMENT, YOU ARE NOT PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES TO THESE STUDENTS. 
          SO THE APPROPRIATE, PRUDENT THING TO DO FOR THOSE STUDENTS IS TO CONSOLIDATE THOSE CAMPUSES. 
          WHEN I GREW UP IN THIS DISTRICT, WE DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY SCHOOLS. 
          AND SOMEHOW WE GOT BY. 
          YOU HAVE OVERBUILT THIS DISTRICT, AND YOU HAVE HUGE OVERHEAD AND FIXED COSTS, AND I DON'T REALLY SEE THAT THAT 30 MILLION IN THERE ISN'T ENOUGH TO COVER THAT. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IN THE WORLD YOU'VE BEEN DOING HERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UH, DEANNA GUILLEN, COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          ANY OTHER NEED FOR TRANSLATION HEADSETS, PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS UP, PLEASE. 
          OKAY? EVERY SINGLE TIME WE COME TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, WE'RE ALWAYS HEARING THAT YOU BRING A BUNCH OF POLICIES FOR YOU. 
          THOSE WHO'VE FINANCE YOU, BUT YOU DON'T BRING NUMBERS, YOU DON'T BRING THE FUNDING. 
          THE ONLY THAT HAS SPOKEN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT WAS MS. ORTIZ, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE, YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED. 
          YOU JUST LIKE POLITICS. 
          YOU ARE NOT HERE FOR THIS. 
          YOU ARE HERE TO AVOID THAT. 
          WE ARE IN THE RED. 
          YOU ARE IN THIS POSITION SO THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. 
          WE ARE SEEING ALL OF THIS. 
          AND YOU ARE, UM, MAKING FOOL OF THE COMMUNITY SAYING THAT YOU MADE A DEAL WITH THE UNIONS TO HELP THE WORKERS. 
          YOU ASKED FOR THE MONEY IN SACRAMENTO, THEY DID NOT GIVE YOU ENOUGH BECAUSE MS. GRIEGO, YOU WANT THE MONEY AS IF YOU WERE IN COVID. 
          YOU HAVE LESS STUDENTS. 
          THERE ARE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE 50 OR 60 STUDENTS. 
          THOSE SCHOOLS NEED TO BE CLOSED. 
          YOU CANNOT HAVE ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES AND THEN, UH, CONTINUE TO, UH, WASTE MONEY. 
          THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN THIS PLACE. 
          THE EMPLOYEES, UH, MERIT RESPECT, BUT ALSO THE PARENTS AND ALSO THE STUDENTS. 
          WE AS PARENTS HAVE COME HERE TO ADVOCATE. 
          YOU ARE SAYING THAT YOU SUPPORT IM IMMIGRANTS, AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING YOU SAY, BECAUSE EVERYTHING AFFECTS US AS IMMIGRANTS. 
          IT AFFECTS US THAT YOU GIVE, UH, RACISTS TO SO MANY PEOPLE, BUT OUR CHILDREN ARE FAILING AND YOU ARE NOT PUTTING THE MONEY WHERE YOU NEED TO. 
          AND YOU'RE PURCHASING ALL THESE PROGRAMS THAT ARE NO USE AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS GOING IN FOR MENTAL HEALTH THAT DOESN'T WORK AND DOING ALL THESE OTHER THINGS TO, UH, ASSIGN THE FUNDS. 
          AND WE'VE TOLD YOU AS PARENTS, MENTAL HEALTH RIGHT NOW IS NOT A PRIORITY. 
          THE PRIORITY RIGHT NOW IS ACADEMIC STUFF FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          YES, WE NEED THAT SUPPORT, BUT NOT LIKE THE WAY YOU'RE DOING IT, THE WAY JUST, UH, PUTTING THAT MONEY TOWARDS THAT. 
          AND YOU AS A BOARD NEED TO, UH, RESIGN BECAUSE HOW IS IT THAT THE DISTRICT CAN BE IN THIS SITUATION? AND THE ONES TO BLAME ARE ONLY YOU, NO ONE ELSE. 
          ALL RIGHT, DAVID TOSKI COMING UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PRESENTING THE FISCAL DESTABILIZATION PLAN EARLY. 
          UH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. 
          LET ME JUST SAY THAT. 
          IF YOU HAVE A LABOR NEGOTIATOR WHO ONLY GETS FOUR VOTES OUT OF SEVEN, YOU OUGHT TO FIND A DIFFERENT POSITION FOR THAT PERSON. 
          YOU SHOULD NEVER HAVE A LABOR NEGOTIATOR OR A GENERAL COUNSEL WHO WORKS ON A FOUR TO THREE VOTE. 
          THAT SHOULD BE UNANIMOUS. 
          AND THAT AFFECTS A LOT OF THINGS. 
          NUMBER TWO, TODAY, YOU'RE HANDLING THE SEIU AND OTHER CSEA EMPLOYEES THAT DOCUMENT, AND THE ACCOMPANYING TESTIMONY OF YOUR LABOR NEGOTIATOR AND YOUR CFO INCLUDE UNDER OATH STATEMENTS TO THE OFFICE OF THE NEGOTIATOR. 
          YOU NEED TO READ THOSE STATEMENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU ARE HEARING. 
          NOW, WHAT THE JUDGE HEARD WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 
          NEXT, IS THIS PRESENTATION TELLING YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THE LABOR AGREEMENTS? IS THAT WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING HERE? OKAY. 
          BECAUSE IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE ASKING THAT, THEN SAY IT OUT LOUD. 
          THOSE LETTERS FROM THE COUNTY, THAT PREVIOUS SPEAKER, WHERE ARE THOSE LETTERS? NEXT BOARD MEMBER ASKED, WHAT ARE WE DOING, MS. GREGGO TO KEEP THE COVID FUNDS? DON'T YOU THINK WE'RE GONNA WIN THE CONGRESS IN NOVEMBER? DON'T YOU THINK WE'RE GONNA WIN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE? BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, THEN RESIGN. 
          BECAUSE WE ARE GONNA WIN BOTH HOUSES, AND WE OUGHT TO HAVE A PLAN, JUST LIKE MS. GRIEGO 
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ASKED TO GET THAT CO MONEY IN WAYS THAT HELP US IN OUR SCHOOLS, THEN WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THE PRESIDENT TWO MORE YEARS LATER. 
          NEXT, YOU PROPOSING A NEGATIVE IN JUNE. 
          IF YOU'RE PROPOSING A NEGATIVE, THEN WE ARE HEADED FOR A TAKEOVER. 
          OKAY? IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN BECAUSE HE'S GONNA FIX THE SECOND YEAR AND IT'LL JUST BE THE THIRD YEAR, AS ALWAYS. 
          AND FINALLY, STOP SAYING IF WE GET THE 3.9 BILLION BACK, YOU'RE GONNA GET THE 3 BILLION, 4 BILLION BACK, AND IT'S GONNA BE LARGER 'CAUSE MORE TAX REVENUES COMING IN. 
          IT'S MANDATED BY LAW. 
          AND IF YOU DON'T THINK SO, THEN SUE THE GOVERNOR. 
          HAVE SOME GUTS. 
          DON'T JUST WOW, MOO THE GOVERNOR WILL BRING THAT MONEY BACK. 
          IT'LL BE ON HIS TIMELINE, NOT OUR TIMELINE, BUT THE MONEY WILL STILL GO IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT YEAR. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU ALEXIS HILL. 
          COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN ALEXIS HILL. 
          AND LASTLY, THE C-Y-B-H-I. 
          IF YOU DON'T APPLY FOR IT, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THANK YOU SO MUCH INVOLVED SHOULD BE FIRED. 
          ALEXIS HILL, COME ON DOWN. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          HI, GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS ALEXIS HILL. 
          I'M THE MANAGER OF ADVOCACY AND LEADERSHIP FOR PARTNERSHIP FOR LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS. 
          LAST JUNE, THIS BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED A RESOLUTION COMMITTING TO PROTECTING HIGH NEED SCHOOLS THROUGH SOURCES LIKE C AND BSAP, AND COMMITTED TO MINIMIZING HARM TO STUDENTS IN THOSE SCHOOLS WHEN INDUCTIONS ARE NECESSARY. 
          THIS COMMIT COMMITMENT, THIS COMMITMENT MATTERED DEEPLY TO THESE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE FOR A LOT OF MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, PROMISES FROM THE SYSTEM HAVE OFTEN BEEN, HAVE OFTEN BEEN BROKEN. 
          THAT'S WHY YOUR PRO, THAT'S WHY YOUR PROVINCE MATTERED. 
          AND OUR AND OUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS BELIEVED IT BECAUSE THEY COULD SEE THOSE INVESTMENTS MADE POSSIBLE. 
          WE KNOW THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE MAKING REAL PROGRESS. 
          JUST DAYS AGO, L-A-U-S-D HIGHLIGHTED BEING ONE OF THE HIGHEST PERFORMING DISTRICTS IN THE COMMUNITY FOR ACADEMIC GROWTH WITH STRONG GAINS IN MATH AND READING FOR BLACK, LATINO, AND LOW INCOME STUDENTS GAINS THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE LINKED DIRECTLY TO INVESTMENT IN EQUITY IN STUDENT SUPPORTS FOR HIGH NEEDS COMMUNITIES. 
          SO FAMILIES ARE READING THIS PLAN AND ASKING A SIMPLE QUESTION, HOW WILL THE DISTRICT COMPENSATE SCHOOLS FOR THEIR LOSSES? WE UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR STABILIZATION, BUT BUDGET REVEALS PRIORITIES. 
          THEY REVEAL THOSE. 
          THEY REVEAL WHOSE NEEDS ARE PROTECTED AND WHO NEEDS, WHO NEEDS ARE NEGOTIABLE. 
          AND RIGHT NOW, 40% OF THIS PROPOSAL FALLS ON EQUITY CENTERED INVESTMENTS IN HIGH NEED COMMUNITIES, ASKING THE STUDENTS WITH THE GREATEST NEEDS TO ABSORB SOME OF THE DEEPEST LOSSES. 
          C IS BEING ELIMINATED BY 2029. 
          BSAP IS ALL BUT BEING ELIMINATED DURING THE SAME TIMEFRAME. 
          THE THE SAME INVESTMENTS BEING CREDITED FOR STUDENT GAINS ARE THE SAME ONES BEING REDUCED DISPROPORTIONATELY WHEN BUDGETS GET TIGHT. 
          WHY ARE THESE CHILDREN ACTS TO SACRIFICE FIRST? EQUITY IS NOT SOMETHING WE ARE, WE ARE, WE PROTECT ONLY WHEN TIMES ARE, ARE EASY. 
          EQUITY MATTERS MOST IN MOMENTS OF SACRED, UM, SCAR SCARCITY. 
          THIS IS THE MOMENT WHEN DISTRICTS MUST DECIDE WHETHER IT'S COMMITMENT TO BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS, OUR FOUNDATIONAL VALUES OR TEMPORARY PRIORITIES. 
          WE URGE YOU TO ESTABLISH A WORKABLE REAL FLOOR FOR EQUITY. 
          DO NOT BALANCE THESE CUTS ON THE BACKS OF THE SAME COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE ALREADY CARRIED DISPROPORTIONATE HARM FOR GENERATIONS. 
          OUR COMMUNITIES ARE READY TO WORK WITH YOU FOR SOLUTIONS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UH, LOOKS LIKE THE REMAINDER OF FOLKS ARE CALLING IN. 
          UH, CHRISTIAN FLAG. 
          I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. 
          CHRISTIAN, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN CHRISTIAN FLAG. 
          UH, GREETINGS, FOLKS. 
          I REPRESENT COMMUNITY COALITION, THE EQUITY ALLIANCE AND POLICE FREE L-A-U-S-D COALITION, UH, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN SOUTH LA. 
          UH, THIS NEW PLAN PROPOSES A COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF ANY ALLOCATIONS AND A REDUCTION OF BSAP BY OVER BY 80%. 
          THIS WILL REPRESENT A DESTRUCTION OF LONG AND HARD FOUGHT BATTLES DRIVEN BY THE COMMUNITY TO ACTUALLY REDUCE THE RACIAL HARMS IN L-A-U-S-D-A RETURN TO THE STATUS QUO. 
          OPERATIONS OF PROVIDING STATE MANDATED MINIMUMS NEVER EFFECTIVELY SERVE THE MAJORITY OF BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT. 
          IT MAY NOT FEEL LIKE IT OR FOLKS MAY BE FORGETTING, BUT THERE'S AN ACTIVE CRISIS WHEN IT COMES TO ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL OUTCOMES FOR BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT BEFORE C AND BEFORE B-E-L-A-U-S-D EITHER INSTITUTED POLICIES THAT WORSENED STUDENT OUTCOMES OR IGNORED THEM OR JUST IMPLEMENTED THINGS THAT WERE INEFFECTIVE. 
          WE LOOK AT ALL THESE TERRIBLE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT WHERE RACIAL INJUSTICE IS SPIKING. 
          BUT THESE CUTS WOULD REPRESENT A SIMILAR THING 
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IN OUR OWN DISTRICT. 
          WE HAVE CONCRETE DATA THAT SHOWS US THAT EQUAL PER PUPIL SPENDING DOES NOT LEAD TO EQUAL OUTCOMES. 
          THERE ARE SCHOOLS WITH HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS OF BLACK STUDENTS THAT HAVE WORSE FACILITIES, LESS PROGRAMS, LESS LESSER QUALITY SUPPORT. 
          SOME SCHOOLS SERVE HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS OF BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS THAT FACE A MYRIAD OF OBSTACLES ON THE DAY TO DAY. 
          WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO PRESERVE C AND B OR WE WILL BE COMPLICIT IN RETURNING TO THE SYSTEMIC RACIAL INJUSTICE THAT EXISTED IN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM. 
          CINE IS A TOOL, CNI IS A FRAMEWORK, AND IT MUST BE ROOTED IN ALL THE DECISION MAKING. 
          SO ALL OF THESE CUTS HAVE TO BE GUIDED BY UNDERSTANDING THAT EQUITY IS NECESSARY. 
          IT IS NOT AN OPTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UH, DAYAN, I SEE YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY. 
          ARE YOU IN THE ROOM DAY? NOT IN THE ROOM. 
          I'M GONNA DOUBLE CHECK ONLINE. 
          UH, NOT ONLINE EITHER. 
          JAN WILLIAMS, I SEE YOU ARE ONLINE. 
          JAN WILLIAMS, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          JAN WILLIAMS. HI. 
          UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE SURE CAN. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          THIS IS OKAY. 
          THIS IS DAN. 
          HI, THIS IS DAN WILLIAMS. I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF BLACK LIVES MATTER, LOS ANGELES. 
          UM, AND I'M CALLING TO, UH, IMPLORE THE DISTRICT TO PROTECT THE BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM AT ALL COSTS. 
          UM, THE BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM WAS FOUNDED ON THE BASIS OF L-A-U-S-D, HISTORIC, UM, CRIMINALIZATION OF BLACK STUDENTS. 
          AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, IT HAS JUST SCRATCHED THE SURFACE OF, UH, BEGINNING TO, UH, REPAIR THAT HARM. 
          UH, THE CURRENT STATUS OF $175 MILLION IS NOT EVEN ENOUGH OF WHAT WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR BLACK STUDENTS AND SEE THEM BEGIN TO ACHIEVE, UH, THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. 
          UH, BLACK STUDENTS ARE STILL PERFORMING THE LOW, UM, THEY'RE, UH, NON-BLACK PEERS, UH, EVEN WITH THESE EXTRA RESOURCES. 
          SO, UM, ON I, UH, ECHO EVERYTHING THAT CHRISTIAN FLAG JUST SAID ABOUT SE AS WELL. 
          UH, THESE ARE TOOLS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT OUR MOST MARGINALIZED STUDENTS, BUT PARTICULARLY WE KNOW THAT BLACK STUDENTS, UH, HAVE BEEN CRIMINALIZED AND PUSHED OUT OF L-A-U-S-C, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE NOW WE'RE ONLY ABOUT 7%, UM, THE L-A-U-S-D POPUL POPULATION. 
          AND THAT'S NOT BY ACCIDENT, IT WAS BY DESIGN. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, I JUST WANNA DOUBLE DOWN ON PROTECT VAP, PROTECT OUR STUDENTS, PROTECT OUR STAFF THAT ARE, UM, ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK ON THE GROUND PROTECT OUR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THIS PROPOSAL. 
          UH, THEY'RE, THEY RESPOND TO THE EPIDEMIC OF ANTI-BLACK RACIAL CRISES AND TERRORISM THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS. 
          AND SO WE NEED TO KEEP THOSE MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER, MENTAL HEALTH ADVISORS DOING THE WORK THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOING, AS WELL AS OUR, UM, SAP COUNSELORS THAT ARE WORKING ON TEMPORARY CONTRACTS. 
          THEY'VE BEEN DEVELOPING TRUST AND RELATIONSHIPS IN THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY'RE IN NOW, AND IT WAS A DISSERVICE TO PUT THEM ON TEMPORARY CONTRACTS IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
          SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE DOING THE WORK AT SCHOOL SITES, UH, STILL HAVE THOSE POSITIONS AT THOSE SCHOOLS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          TIFFANY QUALLS, I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. 
          TIFFANY QUALLS, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          TIFFANY QUALLS. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN, CAN PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD MORNING, UH, BOARD MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS TIFFANY QUARLES, AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE LINEAGE EQUITY AND ADVANCEMENT PROJECT. 
          AND STRONG SUPPORT OF THE BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PLAN ARE BS A, UH, BEING FULLY FUNDED, PROTECTED FROM BUDGET CUTS, AND EXPANDED. 
          THIS ISSUE'S ALSO PERSONAL FOR ME. 
          MY MOTHER'S A RETIRED L-A-U-S-B SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER. 
          SO I GREW UP SEEING FIRSTHAND BOTH THE POTENTIAL OF OUR STUDENTS AND THE INEQUITIES THAT MANY BLACK STUDENTS CONTINUE TO FACE INSIDE THE EDUCATION SYSTEM. 
          THE DATA ALREADY SHOWS THAT BSAP IS PRODUCING POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR BLACK STUDENTS, BUT DESPITE THAT PROGRESS, BLACK STUDENTS AT LESD ARE STILL UNDERPERFORMING COMPARED TO THEIR NON-BLACK PEERS BECAUSE OF GENERATIONS OF SYSTEMIC DISENFRANCHISEMENT TIED DIRECTLY TO THE LEGACY OF AMERICAN CHATTEL SLAVERY, SEGREGATION, AND UNEQUAL ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. 
          AT A TIME WHEN PROGRAMS SUPPORTING BLACK STUDENTS ARE BEING POLITICALLY ATTACKED ACROSS THE NATION, L-A-U-S-D HAS AN OPPORTUNITY, OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD WITH COURAGE AND CONTINUE INVESTING, INVESTING IN EQUITY AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. 
          I ALSO WANT YOU, UH, I ALSO WANNA ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO CONSIDER GROUNDING THIS WORK, NOT ONLY IN RACE, BUT IN LINEAGE. 
          SPECIFICALLY 
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PRI PRIORITIZING DESCENDANTS OF US SHADOW SLAVERY, WHOSE COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCED THE DIRECT HARMS THESE PROGRAMS WERE DESIGNED TO ADDRESS BY FRAMING THIS AS LINEAGE BASED, REDRESS TIED TO HISTORICAL A USB, THE LEGAL FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINING THESE INVESTMENTS WHILE ENSURING RESOURCES REACHED YOUR COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED BY MULTI-GENERATIONAL EDUCATIONAL INEQUITIES. 
          PLEASE CONTINUE FULLY FUNDING BSAP, NO BUDGET CUTS. 
          UH, PLEASE PROTECT IT FROM ANY PROPOSED CUTS IN THIS BUDGET. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, DAYAN, I SEE YOU HAVE JOINED US. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN DAY. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          HELLO. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS DAY SUN WITH CATALYST, CALIFORNIA AND EQUITY ALLIANCE FOR LA'S KIDS. 
          LOOKS LIKE YOU JUST RE UNMUTED, SO IF YOU COULD, UM, UNMUTE YOURSELF AND WE'LL, WE'LL START THE TIMER OVER ONCE WE HEAR YOUR VOICE DE HI. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          CAN YOU, OR GOOD MORNING. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          IT SOUNDED LIKE YOU WERE MUTED, SO JUST GO AHEAD AND GO FOR IT. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO, GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS DE SUN WITH CATALYST, CALIFORNIA, THE EQUITY ALLIANCE FOR LA'S KIDS. 
          WE CALL 'EM L-A-U-S-D TO PROTECT AND FULLY FUND THE STUDENT EQUITY NEEDS INDEX OR SEMI BSAP AND OTHER EQUITY INVESTMENTS THAT ARE CRITICAL FOR OUR HIGHEST NEEDS SCHOOLS. 
          IT IS TELLING WHEN THE DISTRICT CHOOSES TO DECIMATE THE PRIMARY EQUITY MEASURES THAT L-A-U-S-D HAS, AND IT REALLY BEGS THE QUESTION OF WHAT IS LEFT THEN, AS WE SEE THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION TAKING ATTACK AFTER ATTACK ON OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, ON OUR IMMIGRANT, UM, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND FAMILIES WE SAY, AND FROM THE DISTRICT, WE CALL THOSE ATTACKS INHUMANE AND CRUEL. 
          YET WHEN WE PERPETUATE THE SAME HARM, EFFECTIVELY IN OUTCOME AND IN DOLLARS, BY TAKING US BACKWARDS INTO THE EXACT PLACE WE WERE BEFORE, WE CHOSE TO TAKE BOLD STANCES ON REPAIRING THE GENERATIONAL HARM OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE EXPERIENCED THROUGH, UM, CRITICAL INVESTMENTS. 
          AGAIN, LIKE SUNNY AND BSAP, WE ARE AGAIN PERPETUATING THAT SAME TYPE OF HARM ON OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES. 
          AND SO WE CALL THE DISTRICT TO PROTECT THESE FUNDS. 
          UM, OTHERWISE IT IS AGAIN TELLING, UH, WHAT MAKES THE BULK OF CUTS IS THE ONLY EQUITY MEASURES THAT LAUC HAS. 
          WE ALSO URGE THE DISTRICT TO USE SENDING AS THE FRAMEWORK THROUGH WHICH ALL OF THESE REDUCTIONS AND INVESTMENTS ARE CONSIDERED, UM, AND HOW TO USE SUNNY BEYOND A LINE ITEM. 
          WE KNOW THAT SUNNY IS THE BEST EQUITY TOOL AND FRAMEWORK THAT THE DISTRICT HAS THAT WAS CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITIES OVER A DECADE AGO AND HAS EVEN BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED ACROSS THE STATE AND ACROSS STATE LEADERS. 
          SO WE CALL IN THE DISTRICT TO PROTECT BENNY BSAP AND THESE EQUITY INVESTMENTS, AND WE URGE YOU ALL TO NOT BE THE LEADERSHIP IN LAUS U'S HISTORY THAT COMPLETELY GUTS OUR STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND FAMILIES OF LIFE SAVING EQUITY MEASURES. 
          UM, AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL END. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          MICHAEL ANTHONY, GE. 
          I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 
          AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          MICHAEL ANTHONY G UH, YES, GOOD MORNING, GREED AND PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD AND ALL PRESENT. 
          MY NAME IS MICHAEL A GWEN, AND I'M, UH, CHIEF CONSULTANT OF GWEN COMMUNITY ADVOCATES. 
          AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE COMMENTARY ON BSAP, AND I HAVE, UH, FOUR MAIN POINTS. 
          ONE THAT BSAP CONTINUES TO BE SUSTAINED AS IS AS DESIGNED AND AS PROJECTED AND PLAN FOR TWO FULLY FUNDED, NO CUTS, AND THAT WE WOULD TRY TO, UH, EXTEND, EXTEND AND EXPAND, UH, UH, AND PROTECT IT FROM BUDGET CUTS. 
          THAT'S THE PRIMARY GOAL. 
          THIRD, THE PROGRAM IS SHOWING POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR BLACK STUDENTS AND BLACK, BUT BLACK STUDENTS ARE STILL UNDERPERFORMING COMPARED TO THE NON-BLACK PEERS. 
          NUMBER FOUR. 
          LASTLY, WE NEED TO PROTECT THE INVESTMENTS AND EXTRA CURRICULUM FOR BLACK CULTURAL EXPERIENCES LIKE THE HBCU TOURS OR TRIP FIELD TRIPS, MENTORING AND PIPELINE THAT RECRUITS BLACK EDUCATORS. 
          UH, WITH THAT SAID, I CAN'T IMPRESS UPON THE FACT IN THOSE THAT HAVE SPOKE BEFORE HOW IMPORTANT THIS PROGRAM IS. 
          UM, WE'RE LOOKING FOR EQUITY AND BALANCE AND TRANSPARENCY, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I YIELD BACK. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALRIGHT, THE FINAL SPEAKER IS CHANTING MARTINEZ. 
          I SEE YOU'RE ONLINE. 
          UH, MR. MARTINEZ, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 
          AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN CHANTING MARTINEZ. 
          HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. 
          UH, GOOD. 
          A GOOD MORNING. 
          THIS IS CHANNING MARTINEZ, CO-DIRECTOR OF THE 
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STRATEGY CENTER. 
          I WASN'T PLANNING TO SPEAK TODAY, BUT UM, IT, I FIND MYSELF IN AN AWKWARD POSITION WHERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ABOUT 25 YEARS, I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH AT LEAST ONE THING MR. KOSKI HAS SAID IN THIS PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          UM, AND THAT IS HAVE SOME TELLING THE BOARD TO HAVE SOME GOOD, UM, AND I AGREE WITH THAT COMMENT BECAUSE IN A TIME WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ALREADY COMING DOWN ON OUR COMMUNITIES, I'M FINDING MYSELF IN A WEIRD PLACE WHERE I'M SAYING, WHO NEEDS TRUMP? WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR OWN SCHOOL DISTRICT RIGHT HERE IN LOS ANGELES CREATING THE VERY CUTS TO PROGRAMS AND CREATING THE OPPRESSION, THE BLACK AND LATINO STUDENTS ALREADY NOTICE HOW THERE'S NOT ONE CUT TO THE LA SCHOOL POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET. 
          OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, WE DEFUNDED THE LA SCHOOL POLICE DEPARTMENT TO CREATE THE BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM. 
          THE ONLY PROGRAM INSIDE OF THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HAS ACTUALLY DRIVEN OF, AND YET DISTRICT CONTINUES TO FUND SCHOOL POLICE AND NOT ONLY FUND THEM, BUT REFUND THEM FROM THE CUTS. 
          NOT ONE CUT TO THE LA SCHOOL POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT ACTUALLY SERVES TO OPPRESS AND TARGET AND ARREST AND BASICALLY HARASS STUDENTS. 
          BUT EVERY SINGLE CUT YOU HAVE IN THIS BUDGET IS THE ACTUAL EQUITY NEEDS OF STUDENTS. 
          HAVE SOME GUT OF THE REAL WORD OF THE DAY. 
          THANKS SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THAT, UH, CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORTS BOARD MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FIRST. 
          HI, GOOD MORNING. 
          I BELIEVE I WAS SKIP, SORRY THAT WAS TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY. 
          WE HAD, WE, WE, EVERYONE WHO WAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK OF THE 10 HAS, HAS SPOKEN. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          TANYA ORTIZ. 
          THANKS. 
          I CAN START. 
          UH, THIS IS HARD FOR ALL OF US, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY THE PAUSE. 
          UM, UH, MAYBE I'LL START WITH JUST, UM, HELPING US UNDERSTAND, UM, THE CURRENT CONTEXT. 
          UH, WE HAVE REALLY BIG NUMBERS. 
          I WONDER IF WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT ON A PER PUPIL BASIS AND, AND BRING IT DOWN TO THE STUDENT LEVEL. 
          DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH MONEY COMES IN FROM THE STATE PER STUDENT AND HOW MUCH WE SPEND PER STUDENT? I THINK THAT HELPS, UM, KIND OF FRAME THIS ONGOING STRUCTURAL CHALLENGE, EVEN IF IT'S APPROXIMATE. 
          I, I THINK THAT COULD HELP THE, THAT'S SLIDE I SHARED BEFORE ON THE, JUST LOOKING AT GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED, UH, 'CAUSE THAT'S KIND OF THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE, THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          UM, IT'S ABOUT $19,000 PER STUDENT LOOKING AT THIS GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED BUDGET THAT IS, UH, WHAT WE'RE SPENDING OR WHAT WE'RE RECEIVING, WHAT WE'RE SPENDING. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO WE'RE RECEIVING LESS THAN THAT FROM THE STATE. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          DO YOU HAVE APPROXIMATELY, LIKE WHAT'S THE GAP? IS IT $3,000 PER STUDENT, 5,000 PER STUDENT? AND IF WE DON'T HAVE IT TODAY, I DO THINK THAT'S HELPFUL TO TALK ABOUT IN THE PER PUPIL. 
          SO JUST, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK FOR THE TEAM. 
          SURE. 
          UM, AND I ACTUALLY DO REALLY LIKE THIS SLIDE. 
          IT, UM, IT DONUT GRAPH IS, IS HELPFUL TO SEE AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT ON THE BUDGET TRANSPARENCY TOOL THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PROMOTE. 
          UM, LOOKING AT THIS, WHAT PERCENTAGE DO WE NEED TO CUT THIS BY? AND I KNOW IT'S, IT DEPENDS ON THE YEAR AND IF, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING GOES INTO EFFECT FROM THIS YEAR'S FSP VERSUS NEXT YEAR'S, BUT MY ESTIMATE SOUNDS LIKE ABOUT 20% OF THIS NEEDS TO BE CUT IN EACH OF THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 
          YEAH, SO AFTER THE REVENUE, UH, IT'S ABOUT TWO AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS OVER THREE YEARS THAT NEEDS TO BE REDUCED. 
          THAT REPRESENTS, UM, UH, YEAH, ALMOST OVER 12% PER YEAR, UM, SAY 12 OR 2012 PER YEAR. 
          SO, UH, THE THREE BILL, THE 2.5 BILLION IS, UM, ALMOST, UH, A THIRD OF ONE YEAR'S BUDGET, OVER A THIRD OF ONE YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND THAT'S SOBERING, UM, AND, AND HELPFUL TO CONTEXTUALIZE. 
          UM, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT WHILE ALSO MAINTAINING OUR COMMITMENTS. 
          UM, THERE'S A COUPLE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS I HAVE. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S IN THE COMING FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, BUT IN THE FIRST ONE, UM, TRANSPORTATION. 
          THIS IS AN AREA WHERE I KNOW WE'RE GONNA DIG INTO MORE SOON. 
          UM, BUT IN THE CURRENT FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, WE SAID WE WERE GONNA SAVE ABOUT 15 MILLION PER YEAR FROM MY UNDERSTAND, UM, ABOUT ONLY 
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WHAT LESS THAN 20,000 STUDENTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS. 
          LIKE 5% OF OUR STUDENTS, UH, USE TRANSPORTATION, BUT WE SPEND NEARLY 16,000 PER STUDENT ON IT. 
          THIS IS WHY I'M TRYING TO USE THE PER PUPIL NUMBERS, RIGHT? SO ALMOST DOUBLE FOR KIDS WHO USE TRANSPORTATION THAN THOSE WHO DON'T USE TRANSPORTATION. 
          SO THIS FEELS LIKE A, A, A MISS. 
          THIS FEELS LIKE SOMETHING WE HAVE TO CHANGE. 
          AND I WONDER IF WE, UM, HAVE A PLAN FOR, FOR GETTING TO THAT 15,000, OR SORRY, 15 MILLION. 
          AND SO, SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STRATEGIES THAT WE INTEND TO EMPLOY OVER THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS. 
          UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT POTENTIAL TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCIES, I THINK ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS LEVERAGE THE FLEET AND THE WORKFORCE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICE QUALITY SERVICE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHILE TRYING TO REALIZE SAVINGS IN THAT ENVIRONMENT. 
          UH, HISTORICALLY THE DISTRICT, UM, MADE EVERYONE ELIGIBLE THAT WAS PART OF OUR MAGNET PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THROUGH OUR SPECIAL ED. 
          AND WHAT WE WOULD GENERALLY DO IS WE WOULD IDENTIFY UPWARDS OF 42,000 WRITERS IN THE DISTRICT, UH, THROUGH JUST AUTOMATIC ELIGIBILITY IN A PROGRAM. 
          WHAT WE HAVE SHIFTED TO IS AN OPT-IN MODEL WHERE FAMILIES ARE ELIGIBLE, BUT THEY HAVE TO EXERCISE, OPT-IN AND, AND INFORM THE DISTRICT THAT THEY WANT RUN TO USE OUR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. 
          AND SO OUR ELIGIBILITY UNIVERSE HAS ACTUALLY SHRANK. 
          UM, WE HAVE UPWARDS OF ABOUT 25,000, UM, FAMILY STUDENTS OPTING INTO OUR TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND ON A DAILY BASIS, ABOUT 17,000 ACTUALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK. 
          AND SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OPPORTUNITY, IT'S MORE ABOUT HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE HAVE 50, UH, 50,000 PLUS SEATS AVAILABLE THROUGH ALL OF OUR BUSES IN THE SYSTEM? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY USING WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE NETWORK SO THAT WE CAN DRIVE DOWN THAT PER PUPIL COST AND EXPENDITURE. 
          UM, AT THE SAME TIME IT'S LIKE HOW DO WE ACTUALLY CREATE ACCESS POINTS THAT ARE MORE RELIABLE AND HAVE BETTER QUALITY FOR FAMILIES? AND SO WHAT WE CURRENTLY FOCUS ON IS CREATING ACCESS ACROSS THE DISTRICT RATHER THAN LOOKING AT HOW DO WE IMPROVE PROGRAMS SO THAT FAMILIES DON'T HAVE TO ENROLL THEIR STUDENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT FOR A SPECIALIZED PROGRAM. 
          IT'S LIKE, HOW DO WE ACTUALLY INVEST IN SCHOOLS IN THEIR BACKYARD SO THAT TRANSPORTATION CAN BE MORE RELIABLE AND SHORTER TIME FOR FAMILIES AND CREATE THAT ACCESS FOR FAMILIES. 
          AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MAGNET PROGRAM, OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR SPECIAL ED PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THINKING ABOUT HOW WE WORK WITH, UH, THE STRATEGY OFFICE AROUND THE LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW WE BRING PROGRAMS CLOSER TO FAMILIES SO THAT I SAID WE LEVERAGE OUR TRANSPORTATION IN A DIFFERENT WAY. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND IT, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE, WE HAVE A PLAN FOR WHERE WE'RE HEADED, UM, BECAUSE ON ITS SURFACE IT FEELS REALLY INEQUITABLE TO SAY WE SPEND ALMOST DOUBLE PER STUDENT WHO TAKES THE BUS THAN STUDENTS WHO DON'T TAKE THE BUS WHEN WE'RE CONTEMPLATING CUTTING OTHER PROGRAMS THAT SHOULD BE MORE EQUITABLE, LIKE SE AND BSAP, YOU KNOW, DECIMATING THOSE. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THIS. 
          I REALIZE IT'S A SMALL PART OF THE BUDGET, BUT I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR HOW I'M KIND OF EXPRESSING, UM, THE, THE INEQUITIES WITH TRANSPORTATION VERSUS, YOU KNOW, SE AND BSAP, WHICH REMAIN A PRIORITY FOR ME AND, AND MY SCHOOLS BENEFIT GREATLY FROM THAT. 
          AND I, I HOPE WE CAN FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THERE. 
          UM, I'LL DIG INTO ONE MORE AND THEN PASS IT TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          ON THE CURRENT, UM, FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, THE, THE CONTRACTS AND THE NON-LABOR, UM, 200 MILLION SEEMS LIKE QUITE A LOT. 
          WHAT IS THE TOTAL UNIVERSE THAT WE COULD, UM, CUT FROM? IS IT A BILLION DOLLARS IN NON-LABOR APPROXIMATELY? UM, SO THIS IS A VERY, TO YOUR POINT, A VERY AGGRESSIVE TARGET. 
          UM, EVERY DOLLAR THAT'S SPENT, WHETHER IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE OR AT SCHOOLS, WHETHER ON PEOPLE OR NON-LABOR, IS PROVIDING SOME BENEFIT TO OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND SO IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO MAKE REDUCTIONS OF ANY SIZE WITHOUT HAVING SOME EITHER OPERATIONAL OR STRUCTURAL IMPACT. 
          UH, WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH MORE SPECIFICITY ON KIND OF THE SHARE OF THE, NOT JUST THE TOTAL NON-LABOR 'CAUSE THIS IS CENTRAL OFFICE OR CENTRALLY ADMINISTERED NON-LABOR. 
          UH, BUT IT IS A VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION. 
          UM, WE'VE MADE SOME PRESENTATIONS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS THAT PROVIDED SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THESE FUNDS ARE USED FOR. 
          UM, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE USED FOR, THANK YOU ARE, UM, FOR UTILITIES, FOR INSURANCE, FOR MANDATED SERVICES, FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, FOR TECHNOLOGY LICENSES THAT ARE USED, UH, AS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL. 
          SO, UM, FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, THE OVERALL NON-LABOR BUDGET IS, UM, IS IF THAT BILLION DOLLARS. 
          AND, AND I HEARD A FEW AREAS WHERE IT MAKES SENSE, WE MIGHT EASILY CUT FROM TECHNOLOGY. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, WE JUST PASSED A RESOLUTION TO ELIMINATE TECHNOL ONE-TO-ONE 
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DEVICES, PARTICULARLY FOR OUR YOUNGEST STUDENTS. 
          UM, BUT I, I AM HAVING A HARD TIME, UH, WONDERING IF WE'RE GONNA GET TO THAT $200 MILLION OR IF IT FEELS LIKE MORE OF A WISH THAN A PLAN. 
          AND SO, UM, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, I THINK TO KIND OF BREAK THAT DOWN MORE OF, UM, WHERE THAT'S REALLY GONNA BE COMING FROM. 
          UM, THERE ARE SOME OTHER REALLY AWFUL THINGS ON HERE. 
          WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT FURLOUGHS FOR A LONG TIME. 
          WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT COST SHARING, UM, FOR HEALTHCARE. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE REALLY LARGE NUMBERS, I THINK THIS BOARD IS, UM, I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, JUST HAVING A HARD TIME. 
          UH, AND, AND WE HAVE SEEN THIS, WE'VE KNOWN FOR A WHILE THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SOME OF THESE BIG DECISIONS, BUT AS WE PRESENT THIS TO LACO AND WE REALLY LOOK AT WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR US, WHAT'S POSSIBLE, WHAT'S NOT IN THIS YEAR GOING FORWARD, WHAT REQUIRES AND, YOU KNOW, SHOULD INCLUDE OUR, OUR LABOR PARTNERS AND OUR COMMUNITY IN MAKING DECISIONS, UM, THE, SORRY, I SAID LESS, BUT MAYBE NOT. 
          'CAUSE THE, THE OTHER BIG ONE THAT THIS ALL CONNECTS TO FOR ME AS WELL IS THE CONSOLIDATION AND THE FOOTPRINT. 
          AND SO YOU MENTIONED UTILITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THOUGH THAT MIGHT FEEL SMALL, IF WE CLOSED 30 SCHOOLS, I THINK WE HEAR A MILLION DOLLARS PER SCHOOL. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT DEGREE WOULD THAT REDUCE OUR UTILITIES COSTS OR OTHER KIND OF PLANT, UM, INVESTMENTS THAT ARE NOT ABOUT PEOPLE. 
          SO, UM, THIS IS A LOT TO TAKE IN APPRECIATE, AGAIN, THE TIMING SO THAT WE CAN PROCESS THIS TOGETHER. 
          UM, I DO KNOW THE CONSOLIDATION CONVERSATION WILL BE CHALLENGING, UM, BUT I HOPE SOME OF THIS HELPS OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS, UH, NECESSARY AND MAYBE EVEN BETTER FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GET THINGS LIKE SUNNY AND BSAP IF WE HAD FEWER CAMPUSES, UM, UH, ON WHICH TO OPERATE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE HIGH QUALITY AND ALSO EQUITABLE PROGRAMS THAT WE KNOW OUR KIDS REALLY NEED. 
          SO, UM, THANKS FOR THIS. 
          AND I, I KNOW WE'LL HAVE LOTS MORE DISCUSSION AND I KNOW IT WASN'T A QUESTION, BUT, BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          THE, THE IDENTIFIED REDUCTION IS A, IS AN AGGRESSIVE TARGET TO THE EXTENT WE FALL SHORT ANYWHERE IN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, FROM WHAT YOU SEE HERE, IT WILL NEED TO BE MADE UP FOR BY A CORRESPONDING AMOUNT SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          AND SO WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH ENOUGH SAVINGS. 
          THERE'S SOME REVENUE HERE, OBVIOUSLY SUBSTANTIAL REVENUES, BUT SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS, VERY PAINFUL REDUCTIONS. 
          IT HAS TO ADD UP TO THE SAME AMOUNT. 
          OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO UPDATE THIS. 
          LACO IS GONNA REQUIRE US TO CONTINUE TO UPDATE IT AT FIRST INTERIM AND SECOND INTERIM, UH, TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON HOW IT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED TO WHAT EXTENT IT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED. 
          UM, AND SO IF WE FALL SHORT ANYWHERE, WE'LL NEED TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          THANK YOU DR. 
          VES. 
          YES. 
          CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH, UM, FOR THIS FISCAL, THE PROPOSED FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN? WHAT WAS YOUR METHODOLOGY IN SELECTING THESE AREAS, ALL OF THESE LINE ITEMS? WHAT WAS, AND WHO WAS PART OF THAT DECISION MAKING? HOW DID YOU LAND HERE? SO, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, UH, GIVEN HOW MONEY OF OUR RESOURCES IN GENERAL FUND AND RESTRICTED ARE IN NORM POSITIONS THAT ARE EITHER REQUIRED TO BE ALLOCATED PER OUR LABOR CONTRACTS OR ALLOCATED BY FORMULA, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT IN OUR LABOR CONTRACTS, IT VERY SUBSTANTIALLY LIMITS THE, THE OPTIONS FOR WHAT TO REDUCE ELSEWHERE. 
          UM, THERE ARE ALSO REQUIRED SERVICES, AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S A VERY SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION FROM THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND TO THE RESTRICTED GENERAL FUND TO, TO, TO COVER THE COST OF THE VERY IMPORTANT BUT ALSO LEGALLY REQUIRED SUPPORTS FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. 
          AND SO IT LEAVES VERY FEW OPTIONS FOR WHAT WE CAN CUT. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY WHAT YOU SEE IN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN INCLUDES ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT ISN'T ALREADY REQUIRED IN OUR, IN OUR, IN OUR CONTRACTS OR BY LAW. 
          SO THERE ARE VERY SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS TO CENTRAL OFFICE ABOVE AND BEYOND THOSE THAT WERE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED AS PART OF THE LAST FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          THERE ARE VERY SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS THAT NORMALLY WE WOULD CONSIDER TO BE A LAST RESORT, UH, LAST RESORT REDUCTIONS TO ALLOCATIONS THAT IMPACT SCHOOLS. 
          BUT THE OUTLOOK THAT WE'RE FACING NECESSITATES SOME OF THOSE LAST RESORT OPTIONS. 
          UM, WE WISH THAT IT COULD BE AVOIDED. 
          UM, BUT, BUT THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE REDUCTIONS HERE IS THERE ARE VERY LIMITED OPTIONS. 
          UM, IT WAS THE RESULT OF COURSE, AS, AS ALWAYS, AS OF A COLLABORATION WITH, WITH SENIOR LEADERSHIP, UM, WITH THE RELEVANT, UH, LEADERS FOR THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. UM, NOW THIS IS THE FIRST LOOK AT THE, THE PLAN. 
          OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO COME IN THE COMING MONTHS TO IMPLEMENT THIS. 
          UM, SO OBVIOUSLY THAT IS GONNA NECESSITATE AN ALL HANDS ON DECK APPROACH WITH ALL THE RELEVANT PROGRAM STAFF AND LEADERS, UH, TO ENSURE THAT IT'S IMPLEMENTED. 
          WERE THERE OTHER AREAS THAT YOU ANALYZED OR CONTEMPLATED OF ADDING HERE THAT YOU DIDN'T? THIS IS KIND OF A, INCLUDES EVERYTHING. 
          I MEAN, I THINK IF, IF YOU LOOK AT KIND OF THE, THAT PIE CHART THAT WE SHOWED, THIS INCLUDES REALLY EVERYTHING THAT'S POSSIBLE TO BE CUT. 
          IT'S JUST BARELY ENOUGH, 
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UM, EVEN AFTER THESE VERY DRAMATIC REDUCTIONS AND PAINFUL REDUCTIONS. 
          AND SO IT REALLY DOES INCLUDE A LITTLE BIT OF, OR A LOT OF EVERYTHING, INCLUDING CONTRACTS. 
          YEAH, IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S A, WHY, WHY DON'T WE SEE CONTRACTS HERE? WELL, IT'S TARGET OF $200 MILLION PER YEAR ONGOING. 
          UM, IT'S NON-LABOR. 
          SO THAT ENCOMPASSES MORE THAN CONTRACTS. 
          IT INCLUDES EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, BUT, BUT LARGELY IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE CONTRACTS. 
          AND SO EVEN WITH THAT VERY AGGRESSIVE TARGET OF $200 MILLION PER YEAR, UM, IT'S JUST BARELY ENOUGH TO, TO ADDRESS OUR PROJECTED SHORTFALL. 
          AND IN TERMS OF THE FURLOUGHS AND THE HEALTH INSURANCE, ISN'T THAT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED WITH, WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS? YES. 
          IS THAT CONTRACTUAL? YES. 
          BOTH OF THOSE REQUIRE NEGOTIATIONS WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS. 
          VERY MUCH SO. 
          YOU ADDED THEM THERE PRIOR TO EVEN, SO THEY SPEAKING TO LABOR PARTNERS. 
          YEAH, THIS IS THE PROPOSED PLAN. 
          UH, WE, WE HAD TROUBLE FINDING ENOUGH SOLUTIONS TO GET TO THE $3.6 BILLION, JUST TO BE FRANK, EVEN AFTER THE VERY, VERY DRAMATIC REDUCTIONS TO SCHOOL ALLOCATIONS, THOSE WERE NOT ENOUGH. 
          AND SO IT'S INCLU WHAT'S INCLUDED AS A RESULT OF THOSE VERY PAINFUL SOLUTIONS. 
          NOT BEING ENOUGH IS INCLUDING THINGS THAT DO REQUIRE LABOR NEGOTIATIONS. 
          WELL, FOR NOW, MS. GO YES. 
          A VERY DIFFICULT CONVERSATION. 
          AND I, YOU KNOW, I THINK FOR ME, HAVING BEEN ON THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A MOMENT THAT WE KNEW WE WERE HEADED TOWARDS. 
          AND I, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, THAT WE JUST NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE PANDEMIC FUNDS WERE RECEIVED, UM, WE KNEW THAT THEY WERE TIME LIMITED IN NATURE. 
          THEY EXPIRED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024. 
          AND SINCE THEN, WE HAVE REVERTED BACK TO MORE NORMALS, NORMAL LEVELS OF REVENUE. 
          EVEN THOUGH STUDENT NEEDS HAVEN'T GONE DOWN, THEY'VE INCREASED, IF ANYTHING, GIVEN WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          AND EVEN THOUGH THE COSTS HAVE CONTINUED TO INCREASE, WE KNOW COST OF LIVING REMAINS EXTREMELY HIGH, ESPECIALLY IN A PLACE LIKE LOS ANGELES. 
          AND ALSO THE COSTS OF, OF GOODS, WHETHER THAT'S FOOD THAT WE USE TO PROVIDE SCHOOL MEALS, UM, OR OTHER SUPPLIES, THOSE CONTINUE TO RISE. 
          UM, AND YET WE DO NOT SEE THE, THE COMPARABLE CONTINUED INCREASES IN REVENUE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO SUSTAIN THE SUPPORTS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR SCHOOL CAMPUSES. 
          UM, I ALSO JUST WANNA NARROW IN ON DECLINING ENROLLMENT, WHICH WE KNOW IS A, IS A DRIVING FACTOR OF OUR STATE REVENUES. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ON TUESDAY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DECLINING ENROLLMENT IN MANY PLACES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN ACCELERATION HERE IN LA FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS. 
          UM, ONE, WE KNOW THE IMMIGRATION RATES ARE HAVING A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN ENROLLED IN ATTENDING OUR SCHOOLS. 
          UM, WE ALSO KNOW THAT COST OF LIKE JUST COST OF LIVING IN LOS ANGELES IS DRIVING FAMILIES OUT OF OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          AND I WISH THAT THOSE WHO, UM, HAD GREATER ABILITY TO ADJUST COST OF LIVING AND AFFORDABILITY IN LOS ANGELES COULD BE IN THE ROOM BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY ALSO NEED TO BE PART OF A SOLUTION. 
          UNLESS OUR CITY AND COUNTY LEADERS TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE HAVING FEWER CHILDREN IN LOS ANGELES, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE LESS, LESS FUNDS TO RUN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
          LIKE THAT IS JUST THE WAY THAT SCHOOLS ARE FUNDED IN CALIFORNIA. 
          SO I JUST, I THINK THAT WE'RE RUNNING INTO VERY SEVERE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS. AND, UM, AND, AND I'M SUPER ALARMED BY, BY THIS. 
          AND I, AND I HOPE THAT THE DRASTIC NATURE OF WHAT WE'RE BEING CONSIDERED CAN ALSO BE CONVEYED TO THOSE OTHER DECISION MAKERS BECAUSE WE NEED THEIR HELP. 
          AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT SCHOOLS ARE MORE THAN READING AND MATH AND SCIENCE AND HISTORY. 
          THEY ARE SAFE SPACES FOR OUR KIDS. 
          WE'RE PROVIDING HEALTH SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS, UM, CARING ADULTS FOR OUR KIDS, AND THAT IT HAS A GREATER IMPACT THAN JUST ARE WE LEARNING. 
          BUT IT'S REALLY WHAT EMPOWERS OUR ENTIRE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY TO WORK. 
          AND JUST TO THE, TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS, YOU KNOW, LIKE, NO, WE SHOULD NOT BE IN A PLACE IN OUR STATE, IN OUR CITY, IN OUR COUNTRY WHERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE TO FIGHT FOR CRUMBS WHEN WE HAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR OLIGARCHS. 
          UM, WE HAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR WARS ABROAD THAT LITERALLY KILL AND HARM CHILDREN AND INNOCENT PEOPLE. 
          SO I, I DON'T WANT TO ADD ALL UNDERMINE. 
          IT IS EXTREMELY BACKWARDS. 
          IT IS EXTREMELY, AND IT'S NOT. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, AND THIS IS, AND THIS IS THE PLACE WE'RE IN. 
          SO, AND, AND I JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT AS MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS PARTICULAR PICTURE IS NOT NEW INFORMATION FOR US. 
          WE, WE KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN REDUCTIONS IN LUC OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, NOT JUST THE EXISTING FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, BUT THERE WERE MOVES MADE BEFORE TO TRY TO 
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MAKE REDUCTIONS IN WAYS THAT WOULD LEAST DIRECTLY HARM STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AT SCHOOLS. 
          UM, AND NOW WHAT WE'RE LEFT WITH IS EXTREMELY HARMFUL CUTS, A, A VERY SEVERE, DRASTIC BUDGET PICTURE. 
          I, IN MY MIND, THINK OF IT AS LIKE A DOOMSDAY SCENARIO ALMOST. 
          UM, BECAUSE IT, IT IS, IT IS, IT IS SEVERE AND WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO HURT STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND EMPLOYEES. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I AM COMMITTED TO DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO ENSURING THAT THE MOST SEVERE OF THIS IS NOT NEEDED. 
          THAT IS WHY WE'VE BEEN IN SACRAMENTO. 
          YOU KNOW, FOR ME, I'M CONTINUING THIS ADVOCACY. 
          I'M MEETING WITH SOME OF OUR EAST VALLEY REPRESENTATIVES TOMORROW WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS TO CONTINUE THE ADVOCACY. 
          THAT BEING SAID, THE, THE GAP, THE MAGNITUDE OF THE GAP NEEDS TO BE HIGHLIGHTED. 
          THREE, $3.6 BILLION. 
          THAT'S NOT A SMALL AMOUNT. 
          THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR BUDGET. 
          AND I THINK WE, WE HAVE TO BE HONEST ABOUT, ABOUT WHAT WE CAN REALISTICALLY EXPECT FROM OUR ADVOCACY. 
          WE CAN CONTINUE AND WE SHOULD PUSH AS HARD AS WE CAN. 
          I WAS GLAD TO SEE, UM, THE CONTRACTS, THE NON-LABOR EXPENDITURES PUT INTO THIS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN HEARING, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THE TEAM IS REFLECTING THAT NOW IN AN EXPECTATION THAT WE WILL BE CUTTING CONTRACTS AND WE WILL DO SO ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          AND THAT, YOU KNOW, $450 MILLION THAT HAS SOME MATERIAL IMPACT ON FEWER STAFF REDUCTIONS. 
          IT IS SAVING OUR EMPLOYEES, AND IT IS SAVING SERVICES FOR STUDENTS THAT WOULDN'T OTHERWISE BE THERE. 
          I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE INCLUDING REVENUE ESTIMATES, ONES THAT WE THINK THAT WE CAN REALISTICALLY ACHIEVE, BECAUSE IF WE WERE TO PUT OTHER REVENUE ESTIMATES IN, WE ALSO HAVE THE ELEMENT OF LACO REVIEWING THIS PLAN. 
          AND IF IT DOES NOT MEET THEIR SCRUTINY, THEN THERE COULD BE CONSEQUENCES THAT WE COULD FORESEE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          SO I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE INCREASING ATTENDANCE. 
          EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO GROW OUR REVENUE WITHIN OUR POWER, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS. 
          AND BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE, I, I WILL BE CONTINUING TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THOSE THINGS. 
          UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, ANY DOLLAR THAT WE CAN GET ON THE REVENUE SIDE SAVES US FROM A REDUCTION, UM, IN TERMS OF THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE MAKE, AND WE KNOW THOSE ARE INVESTMENTS IN PEOPLE. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS, WELL, ACTUALLY, I HAVE A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS, SO NEVER NEVERMIND TO THAT, BUT JUST, I, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE ONLY DIFFICULT CHOICES THAT ARE LEFT TO US, THAT THAT IS THE REALITY. 
          AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU, UM, MR. BRAVO, REMI AND SUPERINTENDENT ARE MAKING THIS PUBLIC CONVERSATION, UM, TRANSPARENT AND UNDERSTANDABLE BECAUSE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I HAD LAST YEAR WAS THAT WE WERE SPEAKING IN EUPHEMISMS. WE WERE NOT CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THAT PLAN WOULD MEAN IN TERMS OF REDUCTIONS AT SCHOOL SITES IN TERMS OF JOB LOSSES HERE CENTRALLY AND IN THE REGIONS. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, THIS BOARD AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE DISTRICT IS VERY, VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE THINGS WILL MEAN. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          I'M GOING TO PIVOT TO QUESTIONS . 
          UM, I WANT TO TURN TO THE CENTRAL OFFICE COMPONENT BECAUSE I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REDUCTIONS, UM, IT IS SOMETIMES HIGHLIGHTED THAT LIKE WE SHOULD MAKE CUTS CENTRALLY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO AVOID IMPACTS AT SCHOOL SITES. 
          CAN YOU SHARE JUST HOW MUCH WE'VE REDUCED CENTRAL OFFICE STAFFING AND BUDGETS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS SO WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE MORE PRECISE, KINDA MORE HISTORICAL REDUCTIONS? UH, THE MOST RECENT REDUCTION WAS FROM LAST YEAR, FROM THIS YEAR INTO NEXT YEAR, WHICH I, WHICH I, YOU KNOW, FROM PAST PRESENTATIONS WAS ABOUT $150 MILLION OF ONGOING REDUCTIONS. 
          THOSE REDUCTIONS WERE PRINCIPALLY POSITIONS, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDED SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS TO CONTRACTS AND SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT AS WELL. 
          UM, AND WAS THE BASIS FOR THE REDUCTION IN FORCE, THAT PROCESS THAT BEGAN BACK, BACK IN FEBRUARY. 
          SO WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE PRECISE FIGURES FROM, FROM PAST REDUCTIONS, BUT SOME EXAMPLES OF, OF, OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED IN THE PAST WERE, OF COURSE, SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS TO REGION, UH, SUPPORTS, UH, REGION OFFICES, THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE REGIONS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, THE REGULAR CLOSURE OF VACANCIES THAT ARE VACANT FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME. 
          UH, THE CONSISTENT REVIEW OF THE FILLING OF POSITIONS OF, OF, YOU KNOW, OF, OF A PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REVIEWING WHENEVER A POSITION IS CREATED OR FILLED MM-HMM . 
          EVEN IF EVEN WITH EXISTING FUNDS. 
          UM, AND THEN SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS IN NON-LABOR OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AS WELL. 
          UM, SO PROCESSES THAT REVIEWED, NOT JUST BUDGETS, BUT PURCHASE ORDERS AND THE ABILITY TO EITHER CLOSE OR REDUCE THOSE PURCHASE ORDERS. 
          AND SO THERE ARE MANY STRATEGIES, AND AGAIN, WE'LL, WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE, THE KIND OF THE SCOPE OF THOSE REDUCTIONS. 
          BUT, UM, THIS HAS BEEN AN EFFORT THAT HAS BEEN NOT TO YOUR POINT, NOT JUST FROM THIS YEAR INTO NEXT YEAR, BUT, BUT HAS INCLUDED THE LAST SEVERAL, SEVERAL YEARS. 
          THAT'S 21, 22, I THINK WE STARTED MAKING 
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THOSE . 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          AND SO THESE ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS ARE, ARE, YOU KNOW, EVEN THE REDUCTIONS THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED FROM THIS YEAR INTO NEXT YEAR INCLUDED, AS NOTED BY, BY MANY BOARD MEMBERS, SOME VERY IMPORTANT SUPPORTS FOR, FOR SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS. 
          AND, AND NO DOUBT TO, TO, TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AND AS YOU'RE ASKING US TO BE CLEAR, UH, FURTHER REDUCTIONS WILL ALSO BE, UM, BE JUST AS, AS AS DIFFICULT, IF NOT MORE SO, UM, IN TERMS OF HOW, HOW, UH, THE DISTRICT WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR, OUR SCHOOLS AND, AND OUR STUDENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          I, I IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD GET A FULL ESTIMATE OF WHAT ALL OF THOSE REDUCTIONS HAVE BEEN, LET'S SAY, GOING BACK TO THE 2122 SCHOOL YEAR, SO THAT IT, IT'S CLEAR AGAIN, WHAT EFFORTS WE'VE MADE TO TRY TO MAKE REDUCTIONS CENTRALLY. 
          AND THEN I'M IMPORTANT TO ASSUME RELEVANT TODAY THAT CENTRAL SPENDING IS ALSO PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT SCHOOLS. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          AND WHO DO WORK THAT'S IMPORTANT IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MAKE AN IMPACT FOR STUDENTS. 
          UM, WITH REGARD TO THE ADDITIONAL 50 MILLION THAT'S INCLUDED FOR CENTRAL OFFICE REDUCTIONS, HOW MUCH FURTHER WOULD WE NEED TO REDUCE CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT LEVEL OF SAVINGS? APPROXIMATELY 450 EMPLOYEES? UM, DEPENDS OBVIOUSLY ON WHICH EMPLOYEES ARE IDENTIFIED AND, UM, AND THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. 
          BUT, BUT IT'S APPROXIMATELY 450. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN JUST TO THE POINT OF TRANSPARENCY, AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED, 'CAUSE AGAIN, THIS WAS NOT DONE LAST YEAR, BUT WHERE THERE WOULD BE A LAYOFF IMPACT OF THE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I THINK, AGAIN, IN SOME CONVERSATIONS, C HAS TALKED ABOUT LIKE A PROGRAM SE IS PEOPLE PROVIDING SERVICES AT SCHOOL SITES MOSTLY. 
          UM, SO AS FAR AS THE LAYOFF IMPACTS, CAN YOU GIVE US A BALLPARK FIGURE OF WHAT, OF WHAT THAT MIGHT MEAN IN TERMS OF FTES? THE LAYOFF IMPACT JUST ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRATEGIES THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE LIKELY TO RESULT IN EXCESS OF 6,000, UH, LAYOFFS. 
          UM, THE NUMBER GROWS WHEN WE CONSIDER THAT THE LAYOFFS THAT WE'RE AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, THE FINAL AUTHORIZATION IS TODAY, BUT BACK IN FEBRUARY, WE MOVED FORWARD WITH ONLY THE CENTRAL OFFICE CLASSIFIED POSITIONS THAT WERE REDUCED. 
          UM, IT RESULTED IN THE RESTORATION OF MANY, MANY POSITIONS, UM, SCHOOL-BASED POSITIONS. 
          UM, THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT THOSE POSITIONS ARE RESTORED FOR ONE YEAR ONLY, MEANING THAT THOSE RESTORATIONS ARE FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR ONLY, AND THE ASSOCIATED LAYOFFS WOULD BE ADDED TO THAT 6,000 PLUS FIGURE THAT I MENTIONED. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THIRD, THE PREVIOUS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN ALREADY ASSUMED ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS BEYOND WHAT WAS IMPLEMENTED FOR 26, 27 MM-HMM . 
          FOR EXAMPLE, SE FROM 6 0 1 TO 500, AND NOW OBVIOUSLY REDUCED MUCH FURTHER HERE. 
          THOSE ALSO HAVE, UH, A CORRESPONDING LAYOFF IMPACT. 
          AND SO WHILE IT'S A LITTLE TOO SOON TO GIVE YOU A, A VERY PRECISE FIGURE ON THE COMBINED IMPACT OF THOSE LAYOFFS, THEY ARE, UM, THEY ARE GONNA BE VERY, VERY, VERY SUBSTANTIAL AS A SHARE OF OUR CURRENT WORKFORCE. 
          UM, PROBABLY IN EXCESS OF 10% OF OUR CURRENT WORKFORCE. 
          I THINK, UH, ONE THING THAT I WANT TO CLARIFY, IT'S, IT'S A REFLECTION OF POSITION CLOSURES, HOW IT RESULTS IN LAYOFFS AND TOTAL NUMBER OF LAYOFFS IS VERY MUCH DEPENDENT IN ATTRITION AND MOBILITY OF STAFF INTO OTHER PROGRAMS THAT MAY HAVE OPEN POSITIONS. 
          AND SO THOSE FINAL NUMBERS THAT'S RIGHT, MAY NOT REFLECT THE 6,000 CLOSURES OF POSITIONS THAT ARE REFLECTED IN THAT SEMI REDUCTION. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY, I WOULD EXPECT AND DEMAND THAT WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP EMPLOYEES FIND ANOTHER OPEN POSITION SUPPORT IN AREAS WHERE WE HAVE VACANCIES. 
          AND, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S WORK. 
          I MEAN, EVEN IN, IN THIS YEAR OF RIFS, WE, THERE WERE NUMBERS THAT WERE REDUCED BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THOSE EFFORTS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND JUST TO, TO CLARIFY, THE 6,000 FIGURE, IS THAT OVER THE LIFE OF THE FSP OR IS THAT ANNUALLY THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT? SO GIVEN THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE REDUCTIONS ARE HAPPENING STARTING IN THE 27, 28 SCHOOL YEAR, AND THOSE SAVINGS ARE ONGOING, MEANING THE, THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE FIGURES IN BOTH COLUMNS, THE VAST, VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE IMPACTS WOULD BE EMPLOYEE IMPACTS. 
          R AND THANK YOU, UH, MR. SALCITO FOR KIND OF DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT ARE CLOSED IS DIFFERENT THAN THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WHO MIGHT BE, UH, PERMANENTLY SEPARATED FROM THE DISTRICT. 
          UM, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY WOULD BE BEGINNING IN THE 27, 28 SCHOOL YEAR WITH SOME STILL IMPACTS FOR ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS THAT ARE HERE FOR 28 29, BUT, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY WOULD BE IN 27, 28. 
          SO IT WOULDN'T BE EACH YEAR THAT SAME FIGURE OF POSITION CLOSURES, UM, PR PRINCIPALLY IN 27, 28. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          UM, AND THEN WITH REGARD TO, UH, THE NORM POSITION REDUCTIONS, UM, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THOSE POSITIONS MIGHT BE? 
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SURE. 
          SO EXAMPLES OF POSITIONS THAT ARE ALLOCATED IN THE NORM OR KIND OF BASED ON FORMULA, BASED ON ENROLLMENT THAT ARE NOT IN OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. 
          THERE'S MANY ARE MM-HMM . 
          AS WE NOTED EARLIER, BUT EXAMPLES OF POSITIONS THAT ARE NOT IN OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS ARE, UH, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, UM, CLERICAL STAFF, CERTAIN COORDINATOR POSITIONS, CERTAIN OUT OF THE CLASSROOM SUPPORTS. 
          UM, AND SO WHILE THIS TOO IS, UH, A TARGET, I MEAN, THERE, THE, THE NUMBERS AREN'T RANDOM. 
          WE, WE'VE, WE'VE BEGUN TO DEVELOP OPTIONS, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION, BUT, UM, BUT THERE ARE THOSE TYPES OF POSITIONS THAT ARE NOT, UM, ALLOCATED BECAUSE OF OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I OBVIOUSLY AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SE AND BSAP REDUCTIONS. 
          THOSE ARE PROGRAMS THAT I HAVE ADVOCATED AND FOUGHT FOR OVER THE YEARS, AND WE KNOW THAT THAT WOULD HAVE A, A SERIOUS IMPACT ON SOME OF OUR HIGHEST NEEDS SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES. 
          ANOTHER AREA THAT BRINGS ME GREAT CONCERN IS THE FURLOUGH DAYS. 
          THE LAST TIME THAT WE, THAT WE INSTITUTED FURLOUGHS WAS THAT, THAT THE GREAT RECESSION. 
          UM, AND WHAT'S THE, I, I CAN SEE THAT THE, THE SAVINGS, IF YOU WANNA PUT IT THAT WAY, IS 25 MILLION A DAY. 
          SO THIS PLAN CONTEMPLATES, UH, TWO DAYS IN 27, 28 AND FIVE DAYS THAT RIGHT. 
          IN 2029, WHAT WOULD THE, WHAT WOULD THE IMPACT BE TO EMPLOYEES, UM, IN TERMS OF WAGE REDUCTIONS? SO IT IS IN A SENSE, A, A PAY REDUCTION, IT'S A PAY CUT, IT'S A PAY CUT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, THE WAY THAT IT GENERATES SAVINGS, EVEN THOUGH I IT'S MAYBE NOT THE, THE MOST APT TERM RIGHT. 
          IS BECAUSE EMPLOYEES ON THOSE DAYS WOULD NOT BE WORKING NOR PAID. 
          AND SO DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF DAYS, WHETHER YOU ARE A, A BASIS OR B BASIS, YOU KNOW, 12 MONTH OR AN 11 MONTH, UH, WORK CALENDAR, UH, THE PERCENTAGE REDUCTION WOULD, WOULD VARY. 
          UM, BUT, BUT YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          IT, IT IS, UH, A REDUCTION IN PAY. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE JUST CONCLUDED HARD FOUGHT CONVERSATIONS, UM, OVER OUR LATEST AGREEMENTS AND TO OUR EMPLOYEES WOULD THEN, YOU KNOW, BE FACING IMMEDIATE CUTS TO, TO THOSE WAGES THAT WERE WON. 
          SO I, I JUST THINK THAT'S WORTH UPLIFTING. 
          I, AND IN TERMS OF AREAS WHERE WE WANT TO WORK TO REDUCE, UM, AND FIND ALTERNATIVES, I THINK THAT THAT IS A MAJOR AREA WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT. 
          YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          OKAY. 
          SORRY. 
          I'M DONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NO, THEY WERE GREAT QUESTIONS. 
          NOW WE'RE GONNA DO YOU IN ROUND TWO. 
          GO AHEAD, CARLA. 
          I KNOW YOU WERE NEXT. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU, SCOTT. 
          I'M JUST GONNA STICK TO QUESTIONS FOR RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, ON SLIDE SEVEN, WHERE IS THE RESERVE REFLECTED? IS IT THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR, THE, OUR ENDING BALANCE SLASH RESEARCH? YEAH, SO, SO EACH OF THESE BARS ARE, ARE THE RESERVES. 
          THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY OUR GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED UNASSIGNED RESERVES. 
          UH, ANOTHER RETURN FOR RESERVES IS WHAT YOU JUST NOTED IS OUR ENDING BALANCE. 
          SO THIS REPRESENTS WHAT WE PROJECT TO END EACH OF THESE FISCAL YEARS, WHAT THE ENDING BALANCE OF THAT KIND OF BANK ACCOUNT WOULD BE IN EACH OF THESE YEARS, STARTING FROM THE END OF THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE 28 29 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SO THIS YEAR WE EXPECT TO END AT 1.6. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THAT'S GONNA BE OUR RESERVE IN OUR YES. 
          SO WE'VE GONE FROM 5.6 TO 1.6. 
          SO THIS IS OUR GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED UNASSIGNED ENDING BALANCE. 
          IT'S THE COMPONENT OF OUR RESERVES THAT CAN BE USED FOR ANY EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE. 
          AND I KNOW I MENTIONED THIS A LITTLE BIT ON TUESDAY, BUT I'LL, I'LL JUST MENTION AGAIN THAT THESE ARE THE ENDING BALANCES THAT ARE THE INDICATION OF A DISTRICT'S FISCAL HEALTH THAT NOT ONLY DO DISTRICTS THEMSELVES LOOK MOST CLOSELY AT, BUT ALSO OF COURSE, STATE, COUNTY, AND STATE OVERSIGHT BODIES. 
          BECAUSE THEY'RE, AGAIN, THE, THE FUNDS THAT CAN BE USED FOR ANY EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE, THEY'RE NOT, FOR EXAMPLE, RESTRICTED BY LAW FOR A VERY SPECIFIC PURPOSE. 
          THEY'RE NOT IN A SEPARATE OPERATING FUND LIKE THE CAFETERIA FUND THAT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE. 
          AND SO THAT IS WHY WE PAY SUCH CLOSE ATTENTION TO THEM. 
          UM, SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE ON THIS SLIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, LET ME SEE HERE. 
          SO YOU MENTIONED RESTRICTED CATEGORIES, RIGHT? THOSE ARE NOT REFLECTED HERE BECAUSE LACO DOES NOT ACCEPT THEM AS, OR I, I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE DOESN'T ACCEPT THEM AS, AS, UH, REVENUES TO, UH, TO BE INCLUDED IN YOUR PROJECTIONS, YOUR MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS. 
          SO COULD YES. 
          THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE SEPARATE, THEY'RE RESTRICTED, AS YOU NOTED. 
          IT DOESN'T MEAN THOUGH, THAT THE PROJECTIONS ON THE RESTRICTED SIDE ARE, AREN'T ALSO EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          AND SO THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT. 
          WELL, THEY DO PAY FOR SALARIES AS WELL. 
          EXACTLY. 
          EXACTLY. 
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AND, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY THEY'RE SO IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN, UH, THE DISTRICT IS INCORPORATING THE COST OF NEW LABOR AGREEMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          AND SO THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT. 
          NOW, THEY'RE ALSO AN INDICATION OF A DISTRICT'S FISCAL HEALTH. 
          THIS JUST HAPPENS TO BE THE ONE THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT AND THE ONE THAT IS, UH, MOST HEAVILY SCRUTINIZED. 
          IS IT, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT IS IT SURE HEAVILY SCRUTINIZED OR IS IT THAT THEY'RE NOT ACCEPTED? THEY, LACO WILL NOT ACCEPT BOTH FUNDS TO BE REFLECTED IN OUR MULTI-YEAR, UH, PROJECTIONS. 
          SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE DON'T DO IT. 
          WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PUT, FOR EXAMPLE, RESTRICTED BALANCES INTO OUR UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND. 
          SO YEAH, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S WHAT, WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS, BUT YEAH, THAT, THAT IS NOT ALLOWED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, JUST LIKE WE CAN'T PUT MONEY FROM THE ADULT EDUCATION FUND INTO THE GENERAL FUND, THE OPPOSITE CAN HAPPEN. 
          THE GENERAL FUND, BECAUSE IT CAN BE USED FOR AN EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE, THERE'S MORE FLEXIBILITY, BUT YOU CAN'T PUT ANY FROM ANY OF THE RESTRICTED FUNDS INTO GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED. 
          BUT THE REASON WHY THE RESTRICTED GRANT, THE FUNDS ARE ALSO VERY IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE, AS YOU NOTED, THERE ARE MANY POSITIONS THAT ARE PAID FOR WITH UNRE, UH, RESTRICTED FUNDS. 
          SO TITLE ONE, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, ELOP FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN IN THE OTHER OPERATING FUNDS LIKE ADULT EDUCATION FUND FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THE CAFETERIA FUND IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE, THEIR CHILD DEVELOPMENT FUND. 
          AND SO WE ALSO HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN ABSORB THE COST OF THESE NEW LABOR AGREEMENTS IN THOSE FUNDS AS WELL. 
          AND WE WILL BE WORKING ON THOSE PROJECTIONS AND SHARE THEM WITH THE BOARD. 
          AND IT IS POSSIBLE, AND IF NOT LIKELY, THAT WE WILL NEED TO IDENTIFY REDUCTIONS IN THOSE OTHER FUNDS AS WELL. 
          SO IT MAY BE POSSIBLE, IF NOT LIKELY, THAT WE'LL NEED TO IDENTIFY REDUCTIONS IN SOME OF THOSE OTHER OPERATING FUNDS IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWING COSTS, UH, IN, IN EACH OF THOSE FUNDS. 
          AND SO BY FOCUSING SO MUCH ON GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED, I DON'T MEAN TO MINIMIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE OTHER FUNDS. 
          THEY'RE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. 
          THEY PAY FOR EXTREMELY IMPORTANT SERVICES, BUT THE SAME RULES THAT APPLY IN UNRESTRICTED APPLY ELSEWHERE WHEN WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF REVENUE, BUT OUR COSTS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASING. 
          WE DO HAVE TO MAKE CORRESPONDING REDUCTIONS TO THE EXTENT OUR RESERVES ARE INSUFFICIENT OVER THIS THREE YEAR PERIOD TO FULLY ABSORB THOSE COSTS. 
          DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY SAY SO ON WHAT IS RESTRICTED AND WHAT IS NOT? CAN WE DECIDE? NO, UNFORTUNATELY, NO. 
          THE, THE, THE SCHOOLS HAVE NOTICED DISCRETION ON WHAT IS RECOGNIZED AS RESTRICTED OR UNRESTRICTED IS COMPLETELY GOVERNED BY, BY STATE LAW. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, TITLE ONE, WE HAVE NO DISCRETION ON, ON THE FACT THAT THAT IS RECOGNIZED AND REPORTED AS A RESTRICTED REVENUE AND THAT THE EXPENDITURES ARE RESTRICTED. 
          SO EVERYTHING IS, IS DETERMINED BY, IS GOVERNED BY STATE LAW OR FEDERAL LAW. 
          WE HAVE NO DISCRETION WHATSOEVER ON WHAT IS DETERMINED TO BE RESTRICTED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE WERE TO INCLUDE BOTH RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED, WOULD THE OUTLOOK LOOK JUST AS BAD? WELL, WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE THOSE, UH, KIND OF COMBINED ENDING BALANCES AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST. 
          WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THE PROJECTIONS FOR SOME OF THOSE OTHER FUNDS, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY INCLUDE THEM. 
          BUT YES, I MEAN, WOULD IT LOOK THAT BAD THOUGH? WELL, THEY WOULD BE SHOWN SEPARATELY. 
          SO YOU WOULD STILL HAVE THE NEGATIVE 3.6 AND UNRESTRICTED, AND THEN WE WOULD STACK ON TOP OF IT, LET'S SAY THE CAFETERIA FUND, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE POSITIVE BY 28, 29. 
          I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE CHILD DEVELOPMENT FUND BECAUSE THAT'S OUR OVERALL BUDGET. 
          OUR OVERALL BUDGET INCLUDES BOTH RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED. 
          YES. 
          OUR OVERALL OPERATING INCLUDES EVERYTHING. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO COURSE TOGETHER, 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. 
          UM, ON SLIDE, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S SLIDE NINE, THE DONUT. 
          YES. 
          SO I SEE, UM, C WHOLE STUDENT HEALTH WELLNESS AND BSAP ARE THOSE, AND I SEE SOME AMOUNTS. 
          ARE THOSE SCHOOL FUNDED? IS THAT MONEY THAT WE SEND TO THE SCHOOLS AND THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE NORM BASED? SO THE NORM POSITIONS, YES. 
          C AND BSAP ARE BOTH DISCRETIONARY ALLOCATION, NO, SORRY, SE IS A DISCRETIONARY ALLOCATION MM-HMM . 
          THAT IS PROVIDED TO, TO SCHOOLS. 
          AND SO THERE'S THE FORMULA THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WHERE WE DETERMINE, UH, THE, A SEMI RANKING FOR THE SCHOOL AND THAT DETERMINES THE PER UNDUPLICATED STUDENT RATE THAT THEY RECEIVE. 
          BUT THEN ONCE THE DOLLARS ARE ALLOCATED TO THE SCHOOLS BASED ON THAT METHODOLOGY, THEN THE SCHOOLS HAVE, YOU KNOW, BROAD, NOT UNLIMITED, BUT BROAD DISCRETION ON HOW TO USE THOSE RESOURCES. 
          SO WHETHER TO THE, THEY MIGHT FUND PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKERS OR, OR ATTENDANCE COUNSELORS, ET CETERA, OR CLASS SIZE REDUCTION TEACHERS POSITIONS PRINCIPALLY CAN BE USED. 
          PRINCIPALLY IT'S USED FOR POSITIONS. 
          BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT FUNDS ARE ALSO USED BY SCHOOLS ON SUPPLIES, UM, ON, UH, CONTRACTED SERVICES ON EQUIPMENT. 
          AND SO THE, THOUGH THE MAJORITY, THE VAST MAJORITY IS DEFINITELY SPENT ON POSITIONS. 
          THE, THE SCHOOLS DO ALSO USE IT TO SUPPLEMENT THE, THE MORE LIMITED FUNDING THEY RECEIVE FOR SUPPLIES. 
          WHAT ABOUT WHOLE STUDENT HEALTH, WELLNESS AND SAFETY? SO THAT INCLUDES MENTAL HEALTH STAFF, 
          [01:50:01]
NURSES, SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICERS. 
          THESE ARE THE CATEGORIES THAT WE'VE, WE THOUGHT WERE THE MOST TRANSPARENT FOR THE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. 
          UM, BUT THOSE ARE OUR, OUR SCHOOL SUPPORT STAFF ARE. 
          AND THEY ARE PURCHASED BY THE SCHOOL? UH, NO. 
          SO EVERY, WELL, EVERYTHING THAT'S INCENT IS REFLECTED INCENT. 
          SO LIKE THERE IS, BUT YOU HAVE A SEPARATE CATEGORY, SEPARATE COLOR FOR, SO YOU HAVE YES. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE WHOLE STUDENT HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND SAFETY. 
          SO I'M JUST WONDERING, IS THIS LIKE A, WHERE DOES THAT FUND COME FROM? IS THAT THERE ARE ALLOCATIONS, UH, CENTRALLY ADMINISTERED OFTEN. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BUT, BUT TO YOUR POINT, FOR SURE, WITHIN C THERE ARE INVESTMENTS OR, OR SCHOOL FUNDS USED FOR SUPPORTS THAT ALSO WOULD BE CONSIDERED TO BE FOR STUDENT HEALTH, WELLNESS AND SAFETY. 
          THE POINT HERE WAS TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP, NO DOUBT. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP, OBVIOUSLY WITHIN BSAP. 
          THE ALLOCATION ALSO INCLUDES IMPORTANT SUPPORTS FOR, YOU KNOW, STUDENT WELLNESS, ET CETERA. 
          AND SO WHILE THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP, THESE ARE KIND OF THE BROAD CATEGORIES THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT FOR, FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE AWARE OF. 
          AND THE POINT OVERALL OF THIS SLIDE WAS JUST TO DEMONSTRATE WHY IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO FIND OPTIONS FOR REDUCTIONS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT NOT ONLY A, A, A SHORTFALL OF $3.6 BILLION, BUT ALSO IN SO MANY OF THE RESOURCES ARE, ARE IN POSITIONS THAT ARE IN EITHER LABOR CONTRACTS OR, OR ALLOCATED PER BY ENROLLMENT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I THINK WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, 'CAUSE I THINK WHAT MS. GREG'S GETTING AT IS THE EXPENDITURE SIDE. 
          'CAUSE THIS IS THE BUDGETED SIDE. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          AND SO THINKING ABOUT MAYBE AS WE ARE PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION IS PROVIDING A VERY SIMILAR CHART, BUT TIED TO THE EXPENDITURE ELEMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ON FUND, I NOTICED ON, LET'S SEE, 14 IS NOW THE FSP. 
          SO I NOTICED THAT IN THE NEW PROPOSED FSP FUND, 17 DOESN'T SHOW UP ANYMORE. 
          WHY? YEAH. 
          FUND 17 WAS ALREADY AUTHORIZED BY THE BOARD, UH, BACK IN, UH, DECEMBER AT FIRST INTERIM, UH, TO BE FULLY RELEASED INTO THE GENERAL FUND UNDER, SO IT'S ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE MULTI-YEAR. 
          IT IS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN, LET'S SEE HERE. 
          UM, SO YOU MENTIONED OPED. 
          YES. 
          RIGHT? AND THAT IS FOR THE TRUST, CORRECT? RIGHT. 
          THAT'S LIKE A MONEY THAT IS SITTING THERE FOR THE FUTURE. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          AND, BUT WE DO FUND AS, AS PEOPLE RETIRE. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          WE ALREADY HAVE THAT BUDGETED. 
          THAT'S BEEN PART OF OUR BUDGET FOREVER. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM. 
          YEAH. 
          WE REFER TO THAT, THAT ANNUAL EXPENDITURE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY ALREADY RETIRED AND DRAWING BENEFITS, WE CALL IT KIND OF THE, THE PAY AS YOU GO PORTION. 
          AND YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          THAT EXPENSE IS ALREADY BUILT INTO OUR MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          THE, THE CHALLENGE THAT THE DISTRICT, NOT ONLY OUR DISTRICT, BUT MANY DISTRICTS AND MUNICIPALITIES ARE FACING, IS THAT THE COST OF THOSE BENEFITS IS INCREASING SUBSTANTIALLY OVER TIME. 
          AND SOME OF IT'S FOR GOOD REASONS, PEOPLE ARE LIVING A LOT LONGER. 
          SO THEY'RE DRAWING BENEFITS FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. 
          BUT ALSO THE COST, THE ANNUAL INCREASE IN COST OF THE HEALTH BENEFITS IS VERY SUBSTANTIAL. 
          SO 8% PLUS PER YEAR, WHICH IS MUCH HIGHER THAN THE ANNUAL INCREASE WE'RE GETTING FROM THE STATE IN TERMS OF REVENUE. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY MANY DISTRICTS ARE, AND MUNICIPALITIES DO TRY TO PUT MONEY ASIDE FOR THE FUTURE COSTS SO THAT THE PAYGO, THE PORTION THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, DOESN'T TAKE UP A LARGER AND LARGER SHARE OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET EACH YEAR, BECAUSE THAT'S MONEY THAT OTHERWISE CAN BE SPENT ON, ON OUR STUDENTS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE PULLING IT OUT RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE THAT WOULD, WE'RE IN THIS STATE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD BE PAYING AS YOU GO AND THEN PUTTING SOME MONEY ASIDE FOR THE FUTURE, RIGHT? YES, SIR. 
          AND WHEN WE ARE CUTTING THAT'S RIGHT. 
          WE DON'T, DON'T NECESSARILY WANNA BE STORING MONEY FOR THE FUTURE. 
          WE WANNA USE IT NOW, CORRECT. 
          YEAH. 
          THE CURRENT FISCAL CIRCUMSTANCES, I THINK, UH, DON'T, DON'T ALLOW, DON'T ALLOW FOR FOR THAT, THAT CONTRIBUTION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, I'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE FURLOUGH DAYS, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SCIU EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE THEY'RE HOURLY, THEY DON'T WORK THE UNASSIGNED DAYS. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO ESSENTIALLY IT'S LIKE THEY'RE ALREADY TAKING LIKE A FURLOUGH DAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WHEN YOU'RE MAKING PROJECTIONS FOR FURLOUGH DAYS FOR ALL, DOES THAT MEAN THAT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE HOURLY, AND IT'S NOT JUST SCIU, I'M SURE THERE'S OTHER BARGAINING UNITS WHO HAVE HOURLY EMPLOYEES. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, ARE THEY GONNA HAVE TO TAKE EXTRA? DOES THAT MEAN THAT THOSE FOLKS ARE NOW GONNA HAVE TO TAKE EXTRA FURLOUGHS TO GENERATE THIS LEVEL OF SAVINGS SPECIFIED HERE? IT WOULD REQUIRE ALL EMPLOYEES TO TAKE THOSE NUMBER OF DAYS. 
          SO SOME FOLKS WILL ACTUALLY BE GETTING LIKE THE REGULAR, YOU KNOW, DAYS THAT THEY DON'T GET PAID. 
          AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, SOME OTHER DAYS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, 
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UM, LET ME SEE HERE. 
          OH, THE SLIDE ON THE COUNTY, RIGHT? P UH, 15 AND 16 MM-HMM . 
          SO LET'S JUST SAY WE PRESENT OUR BUDGET. 
          YEAH. 
          OUR FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, AND THEY'RE LIKE NEGATIVE, WE DON'T APPROVE IT. 
          WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? SO THEY, IN THE EVENT, LET'S SAY THAT THEY EITHER CONDITIONALLY APPROVE OR, UH, DISAPPROVE OUR BUDGET OR DESIGNATE THE DISTRICT AS A LACK OF GOING CONCERN. 
          UM, THAT WOULD TRIGGER, AT LEAST FROM THE COUNTY'S LEVEL, THE COUNTY LEVEL INTERVENTION TYPICALLY PROCEEDS ANY STATE LEVEL INTERVENTION. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND SO THE LIKELY OUTCOME BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH, WITH THE COUNTY IS THE APPOINTMENT OF A FISCAL ADVISOR. 
          BUT WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO. 
          MM-HMM . 
          BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? HOW ARE WE GONNA RESPOND TO THEM? WELL, I MEAN, THEY HAVE STATUTORY AUTHORITY TO DO THESE THINGS, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA ACCEPT THAT THERE'S NO APPEAL PROCESS. 
          IN SOME CASES, I BELIEVE THERE ARE APPEAL PROCESSES, PROCESSES. 
          IN OTHER CASES, THERE AREN'T, WE COULD CERTAINLY PROVIDE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE DIFFERENCE. 
          I WOULD WANT US TO APPEAL ANYTHING THAT THE COUNTY SAYS THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. 
          I WOULD WANT US TO APPEAL WHETHER IT'S ALLOWED OR NOT, WE SHOULD FIGHT THIS BECAUSE THIS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN IS ATROCIOUS AND IT IS HURTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS. 
          AND I KNOW, SIMONE, I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU AND I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT YOU PERSONALLY DOING THIS, BUT SE CUTS TO ZERO, BSAP TO $25 MILLION. 
          THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. 
          I DO NOT ACCEPT THAT AS A NORMAL WAY OF DOING OUR BUDGET. 
          BUT WE MUST, WE MUST APPEAL ANYTHING THAT COMES BACK. 
          AND ON TOP OF THAT, WE MUST CONTINUE TO FIGHT AT THE, AT THE STATE LEVEL AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. 
          I DON'T ACCEPT THIS AS A NORMAL WAY OF DOING SCHOOLING. 
          WHEN WE ARE DECIMATING PROGRAMS, OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE GONNA BE IMPACTED, ARE ALREADY IMPACTED BY LOW ENROLLMENT. 
          THE PAST FEW YEARS, THEY'RE GETTING LESS MONEY, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEIR ENROLLMENT IS GOING DOWN, THEY'RE ALREADY GETTING LESS MONEY. 
          AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, WE'RE TAKING MORE MONEY AWAY FROM THEM. 
          THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF DISTRICT THAT WE WANT. 
          THIS IS NOT WHAT A, THE LARGEST PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES. 
          WE LEAD AND WE FIGHT FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS, WHICH IS PRACTICALLY WHAT, 90% OF OUR POPULATION IN OUR DISTRICT. 
          SO I WANT US TO MAKE SURE THAT ONE, WE WE APPEAL ANYTHING, WHETHER THEY SAY WE ARE ALLOWED TO OR NOT, WE STILL APPEAL. 
          UM, I, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA STOP THE COMMENTS RIGHT NOW, BUT THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS. 
          AND ONE LAST THING. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING TRANSPARENT IN AND BEING VERY EXPLICIT ON WHAT THE PLAN IS. 
          I STILL DON'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT CONSOLIDATE THE CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS IN TERMS OF THE PLAN FOR THAT. 
          AND THAT CONCERNS ME BECAUSE HISTORICALLY CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS HAS IMPACTED BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS THE MOST BECAUSE THEIR ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN SUFFERING. 
          SO I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND I WANNA HAVE A DETAILED PLAN ABOUT THAT. 
          I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SCHOOLS ARE PROTECTED, THOSE STUDENTS ARE PROTECTED. 
          BUT I'LL STOP THERE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND ANDREAS, AND THANK YOU SIMONON, FOR REALLY PUSHING THAT WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION NOW, GIVING OUR COMMUNITIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE AND TO ADVOCATE AS HARD AS THEY CAN FOR THE THINGS THAT OUR STUDENTS DESERVE. 
          THANK YOU, CARLA. 
          OKAY. 
          SHERETTE? YES. 
          UM, AS WE KNOW, THIS IS NOT, UH, THE CONVERSATION, NOT THE EASY CONVERSATIONS, EVEN IN THE TIMES THAT WE IN TODAY. 
          AND SO, UM, I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT AND APPLAUD THE FACT THAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR LABOR ARE WORKING TOGETHER AT STATE TO BE ABLE TO COME TO SOLUTIONS. 
          BECAUSE THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED. 
          IT'S, IT HASN'T BEEN DONE TO THIS, UH, MAGNITUDE. 
          AND I, I WANNA ELEVATE THAT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE, IT NEEDS TO BE DOCUMENTED THAT THIS IS NOT HOW WE RUN SCHOOLS. 
          AND WE AS BEING ONE OF THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT, OBVIOUSLY SEE, SEE IT ON A GRANDER SCALE. 
          WE'RE SEEING THINGS, YOU KNOW, PROJECTED AND, AND WE ARE EXPERIENCING IT BECAUSE WE LIVE IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY WHERE OTHER COUNTIES WITHIN CALIFORNIA, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT. 
          THE COST OF LIVING IN OTHER PLACES WE KNOW IS VERY DIFFERENT. 
          AND SO IT, 
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THEY RESPOND DIFFERENTLY. 
          AND SO BECAUSE WE ARE IN A STATE, IN A COUNTY WHERE OUR DOLLARS DON'T GO AS FAR AND WE GET THE SAME DOLLARS THAT THEY GIVE EVERY COUNTY, AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT AT THE STATE LEVEL, HOW THAT CHANGES. 
          AND SO IT'S GONNA REQUIRE FOR US TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WORK SO IT DOESN'T STOP. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE AS WE MAKE TRIPS BACK TO SACRAMENTO, AS WE EDUCATE FOLKS AS TO WHY TRIPS TO SACRAMENTO ARE IMPORTANT, THAT THEY AS LAWMAKERS AND AS FOLKS THAT GIVE US STATUTORY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, THAT THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY PUT US IN A POSITION WHERE WE DO HARM OUR COMMUNITIES AS A RESULT OF STATUTORY. 
          SO, UM, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, BUT I DO WANT TO, UM, SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US, BECAUSE SOMETHING THAT I SAW, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT PAGE THIS IS. 
          UM, WHERE YOU ADOPTED THE BUDGET WITH NEGATIVE OUT YEAR BALANCES. 
          YOU SHARED WITH US THE BUDGET YEAR, THE SECOND YEAR, AND THE THIRD YEAR MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS. 
          AND YOU SHOW FISCAL YEAR 15, 16, 17. 
          AND THEN WE JUMP TO 26 AND 27. 
          IS THERE A REASON WHY IT WAS DONE THAT WAY? I KNOW IT SAYS THE LAST 12 YEARS. 
          CAN YOU REALLY ELABORATE ON WHY IT WAS DONE THIS WAY? SO THAT, YEAH. 
          SO WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HERE WERE THE DIFFERENT FISCAL YEARS WHERE THE BUDGET INCLUDED A MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION THAT WAS NEGATIVE. 
          AND SO, BECAUSE IF THEY WEREN'T PROJECTED TO BE NEGATIVE IN EVERY YEAR, THEN THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, THEY WERE PROJECTED TO BE NEGATIVE IN, IN THE BUDGET THAT WAS ADOPTED FOR 2015, FOR 2016 FISCAL YEARS 2017, BUT THEN NOT AGAIN UNTIL FISCAL YEAR 26. 
          SO THAT GAP BETWEEN 2017 AND 2026 REPRESENT A PERIOD IN TIME WHERE WE WERE NOT PROJECTING TO BE NEGATIVE BY THE SECOND OR THIRD YEAR IN THAT MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          SO EACH OF THESE REPRESENTS WHAT THE THREE YEAR PROJECTION WAS AT THE TIME OF THE BUDGET ADOPTION FOR EACH OF THOSE FISCAL YEARS. 
          AND SO IT DEMONSTRATES THAT WHILE WE'VE NOT, IT'S NOT UNPRECEDENTED THAT WE FACE A PROJECTED NEGATIVE ENDING BALANCE WHEN WE'RE AT JUNE ADOPTING THE BUDGET. 
          UM, WHAT WHAT IS UNPRECEDENTED IS JUST THE, THE, THE SIZE OF THE PROJECTED NEGATIVE ENDING BALANCE AS COMPARED TO, TO PAST TIMES WHERE, WHERE THAT WAS THE CASE. 
          AND WOULD IT BE HELPFUL, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE YEARS THAT ARE OMITTED HERE, JUST TO SHOW HOW WE WERE NOT IN A GREATER, BECAUSE FOR US TO SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE, THIS IS US BEING TRANSPARENT, THIS IS PROBABLY NEW, I THINK FOR OUR DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO HELP REALLY EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITIES OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, HOW IT'S HAPPENING. 
          AND IT'S NOT JUST HAPPENING TO US, BUT WE'RE A PART OF IT. 
          WE'RE PART OF THE SOLUTION. 
          WE'RE A PART OF THIS WHOLE ECOSYSTEM. 
          IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, SO WE WANNA KNOW THE STEPS. 
          'CAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN TO THAT DEGREE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REALLY DIGEST. 
          I MEAN, WE, I MEAN WE'RE THE DISTRICT OF ACRONYMS, RIGHT? WE THROW STUFF OUT ALL THE TIME AND THEN WE EXPECT LAY PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND AND THEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND HELP THEM UNDERSTAND. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND TEACH WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND. 
          AND SO WE'RE IN THIS AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THE TRANSPARENCY SO PEOPLE REALLY WALK ALONGSIDE WITH US AND NOT JUST TOLD WHERE TO GO. 
          I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE IT ALSO DEMONSTRATES THAT IT'S NOT EVERY MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION WHERE IT'S NEGATIVE. 
          IT'S NOT ALWAYS THAT IT'S NEGATIVE AND THAT WE ARE ALWAYS FACING THE SAME OUTLOOK. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION. 
          WELL, THE NARRATIVE IN THIS DISTRICT, AND FOLKS WILL SAY WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA FISCAL CLIFF. 
          THAT'S THE NARRATIVE. 
          SO IF WE DON'T SHOW THAT THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE, RIGHT? THAT IS THE NARRATIVE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO I WANTED TO ASK THAT. 
          AND THEN ON THE FISCAL PROPOSED PLANS, UM, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE HERE THAT MAY, MANY MAY NOT KNOW THE AFFILIATED CHARTER BLOCK GRANT REDUCTION. 
          WHEN YOU HEAR GRANT, YOU HEAR, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS GIVEN TO US, RIGHT? HOW, HOW DOES THIS FIT INTO THIS PROPOSAL? YEAH. 
          SO THE WORD IT, IT, IT'S A DISTRICT ALLOCATION. 
          IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A, LIKE A STATE OR FEDERAL GRANT. 
          IT'S A GRANT THAT THE DISTRICT HAS FOR MANY YEARS PROVIDED TO AFFILIATED CHARTER SCHOOLS IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER ALLOCATIONS AND POSITIONS THAT THEY RECEIVE. 
          AND SO THE WORD GRANT MAYBE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A MISNOMER BECAUSE IT'S AN INTERNAL ALLOCATION DETERMINED BY THE DISTRICT. 
          SO THE DISTRICT HAS SET ASIDE FUNDS YES. 
          FOR AFFILIATED CHARTERS. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO THIS WILL BE ELIMINATED. 
          YES. 
          NOW, ARE THERE GRANTS OR WAIVERS THAT WE COULD GET FROM THE STATE ON FUNDS THAT ARE EXISTING? UM, YEAH. 
          I MEAN, WE, WE ALWAYS NEED TO EXPLORE ADDITIONAL GRANTS FROM THE STATE, NOT JUST THROUGH ADVOCACY, BUT FROM APPLYING FOR SOME GRANTS THAT ARE MORE COMPETITIVE. 
          SO I THINK MARTHA ALVAREZ 
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ON TUESDAY HIGHLIGHTED SOME EXAMPLES OF THOSE KINDS OF GRANTS THAT WE WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE, BE APPLYING FOR. 
          AND CERTAINLY ALSO WAIVERS THAT, UH, EXEMPT US FROM CERTAIN RULES OR RESTRICTIONS ARE ALWAYS THINGS THAT AS A DISTRICT WE, WE PURSUE TO INCREASE THE FLEXIBILITY THAT, THAT, THAT WE HAVE. 
          WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WAIVERS THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO OFFSET? 'CAUSE AS WE THINK ABOUT THINGS TO, TO RESCIND OR TO CUT, WE ALWAYS GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE GENERATE REVENUE? WE ARE THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          AND SO I'M THINKING, WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED TO ASK AS THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WE DON'T COMPARE TO OTHERS? SO ARE THERE WAIVERS THAT WE WOULD QUALIFY FOR THAT YET A SMALLER DISTRICT WOULD NOT. 
          LET ME DO SOME RESEARCH AND, AND FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. 
          I THINK THERE ARE SOME WAIVERS THAT MAY PROVIDE REVENUES, BUT TYPICALLY THERE ARE WAIVERS THAT ALLOW FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY IN HOW DOLLARS ARE SPENT OR WAIVERS THAT ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO NOT PAY A PENALTY IN SOME CASES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO BOTH ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, THE VALUE OF AVOIDING A PENALTY IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS REDUCING COSTS OR INCREASING REVENUES. 
          IT HAS THE SAME FISCAL IMPACT. 
          AND SO MORE INFORMATION TO COME ON, ON WHAT TYPES OF WAIVERS WE MIGHT BE. 
          AND THAT WOULD, THAT'D BE HELPFUL BECAUSE I THINK EVEN KNOWING THE POINT YOU JUST MADE ABOUT BEING ABLE TO AVOID A PENALTY, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD EXAMPLES OF PENALTIES WHERE WE'VE HAD TO PAY RIGHT. 
          STATE VIOLATIONS, WE VIOLATED STATE LAW AND WE HAD TO PAY AS A DISTRICT, WHICH IS A COST THAT WE CAN'T AVOID. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, BUT IT'S TAKEN AWAY FROM WHAT FUND? IS IT RESTRICTED FUNDS OR IS IT UNRESTRICTED FUNDS? WHERE DOES THAT MONEY COME WHEN WE HAVE TO PAY A PENALTY? IT DEPENDS ON, ON WHERE THE PENALTY IS ASSESSED. 
          SO IN SOME CASES, IF IT'S DUE TO, UH, LIKE AN AN AUDIT, IT COULD BE AN EITHER. 
          UM, BUT TYPICALLY PENALTIES BY THE DISTRICT ARE TYPICALLY PAID OUT OF GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED. 
          GOT IT. 
          SO THEN AGAIN, THAT TAKES AWAY FROM THAT'S RIGHT. 
          OUR STUDENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          ON HERE, YOU MENTIONED OUR FURLOUGH DAYS, WHICH I KNOW NO ONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT. 
          I'VE BEEN AROUND THE DISTRICT LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW. 
          THE THING THAT WE DIDN'T MENTION HERE, WE SAY PER DAY, ALL EMPLOYEES, DO WE EQUATE OR LOOK AT OUR A DA, DO WE GET FUNDING FOR THOSE DAYS? HOW DOES THAT WORK? WOULD OUR STUDENTS NOT COME? I MEAN, WELL, I MEAN, WE WOULD HAVE TO, THERE IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT AS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS AND MINUTES. 
          AND SO THIS WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE TO IMPLEMENT THIS IN A WAY THAT HAS NO IMPACT ON INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS, UH, BECAUSE THERE ARE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND OF COURSE TO, TO HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE, OF COURSE, JUST FOR STUDENT LEARNING. 
          AND SO THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD KEEP IT WITHIN THE 182 DAYS, AND PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO, 'CAUSE IN TIMES BEFORE PEOPLE WERE TAKING DAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT WERE AS NOTED BEFORE, THIS DOES REQUIRE NEGOTIATIONS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO, UM, BUT THOSE DETAILS WILL BE WORKED OUT, UM, IN TERMS OF WHICH IMPACT, WHICH EMPLOYEES WOULD BE IMPACTED. 
          AND, UM, AND IN WHICH WAYS, I'LL REPEAT AGAIN WHAT I SAID EARLIER IS, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO ACHIEVE THOSE SAVINGS, WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND CORRESPONDING REDUCTIONS SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          GOT IT. 
          UH, AND WHEN YOU MENTION OUR, UM, , IT WAS OPEP, AND I KNOW SHE MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT. 
          CAN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US IF THE RISK OF OBVIOUSLY NOT CONTRIBUTING, IS THERE A RISK? THE, THE CONSEQUENCE OF NOT CONTRIBUTING IS THAT WE ARE NOT PUTTING ASIDE MONEY FOR FUTURE COSTS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO ADDRESS THE, THE RAPID GROWTH OF THOSE COSTS. 
          THERE'S NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR US TO MAKE THESE CONTRIBUTIONS. 
          UM, THEY ARE, UH, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DISTRICT. 
          WE, SO, BUT, BUT THE, THE CONSEQUENCE IS THAT WE WON'T HAVE THOSE FUNDS IN THE IRREVOCABLE TRUST TO PAY FOR FUTURE BENEFIT COSTS, MAKING MORE OF THE COST THAT WE PAY IN THE, IN THE PAY AS YOUGO PORTION AS IT GROWS BY EIGHT 10% PER YEAR. 
          IT WOULD BE FULLY BORN BY, BY OUR OPERATING BUDGET. 
          GOT IT. 
          AND THEN WHEN OUR SCHOOL CONSOLIDATIONS, I TOO WANNA KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          I MEAN, 30 MILLION, IS THAT ENOUGH TO EVEN SAY THAT'S REAL? BUT I APPRECIATE ON LINE 13, WE SAY SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION EFFICIENCIES AND REPURPOSING. 
          IF WE REPURPOSE THE SCHOOL AND IT BROUGHT ABOUT REVENUE, HOW WOULD WE JUSTIFY OR PLACE THAT WITHIN OUR BUDGET? BECAUSE NOW WE, WE SEE THAT WE NEED TO CUT IT HERE, BUT IF IT GENERATES A REVENUE BEFORE YEAR THREE, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT DOES. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE REPURPOSED IT, THE SPACE FOR, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THAT LOOK, ANY 
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REVENUE EARNED WOULD BE PART OF THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THAT PROCESS. 
          UM, SO I MEAN, MORE TO COME, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW, THE, THE FOCUS IS REALLY ON, ON PROGRAMS AND, AND STUDENTS WITH RESPECT TO THAT PROCESS. 
          UH, IT IS NOT PRINCIPALLY A FINANCIAL STRATEGY. 
          IT JUST HAPPENS TO HAVE A FINANCIAL IMPACT. 
          AND SO A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION TO COME ON, ON, ON HOW THAT WILL PLAY OUT IN THE COMING MONTHS. 
          AND AND SPECIFIC TO THAT, AND I KNOW THAT BOARD MEMBER GRIEGO BROUGHT THIS UP, YOU'RE BRINGING IT UP, UH, BOARD MEMBER HANDY, YOU BILL AS HAVE OTHERS, PLEASE ANTICIPATE THAT WE, WE WILL OBVIOUSLY PROVIDE MUCH MORE DETAIL BOTH TO THE BOARD AND TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          AGAIN, WE'RE, WHATEVER HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, IT WILL ALWAYS COME IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANS NOT SPIRIT. 
          BECAUSE SPIRIT JUST MAKES IT SOUND LIKE EFFUSIVE, I I IN THE ACTUAL INTENT OF TRANSPARENCY. 
          SO THAT WILL CAPTURE WHAT WE WILL DO AROUND CONSOLIDATION IN VERY, VERY BROAD STROKES, AGAIN, IT'S LOOKING AT OUR CAMPUSES, LOOKING AT OUR OFFICES, SEEING WHERE WE CAN ACHIEVE SOME EFFICIENCIES AROUND THINGS THAT IN SCALE ARE PRETTY SMALL, LIKE AROUND UTILITIES AND SO ON. 
          THE, THE TRUE SAVINGS, AND, AND, AND I HATE USING THAT WORD IN THIS CONTEXT, IS AROUND THE STAFFING THAT WE HAVE AT EACH CAMPUS, RIGHT? WHEN YOU HAVE FEWER, UH, FEWER CAMPUSES, UH, POTENTIALLY YOU HAVE, UH, FEWER STAFF MEMBERS. 
          WE WOULD ALSO LOOK AT, AGAIN, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO USE THOSE CAMPUSES THAT ARE NOW SHUTTERED TO GENERATE ONGOING REVENUE FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          AND I MEAN, A, AS WE LOOK AT THIS, AND I THINK, UH, I APPRECIATE, UM, MY COLLEAGUE ORTIZ FRANKLIN KIND OF FRAMING WHAT HAS HAPPENED AS WELL AS KELLY, BECAUSE WE WERE NOT ON THE BOARD, I WAS NOT HERE, BUT I WAS PART OF THE DISTRICT TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SEEN HIGH AMOUNT OF REVENUE AT ONE POINT. 
          UM, HOWEVER, WE'RE NOT AT THAT PLACE TODAY. 
          AND CAN YOU, I KNOW OVER TIME, AND WE'VE HAD OTHER SPACES WHERE WE'VE SHARED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF EMPLOYEES THAT OUR DISTRICT HAS AND WHERE WE HAVE BEEN OVER THE YEARS, CAN WE SEE THAT YES. 
          IN REAL TIME AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND IF WE REDUCE, WHAT DO WE REDUCE FROM? WHAT DID THE DENOMINATOR LOOK LIKE WHEN WE MADE THAT REDUCTION? BECAUSE JUST TO SAY WE MADE A CUT AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT A CUT, WHAT WAS THE DENOMINATOR? WHAT WAS THE NUMBER IN WHICH WE CUT FROM, AND HOW CLOSE ARE WE GETTING THAT ONE-TO-ONE TO WHERE IT'S ZERO? SO IF WE COULD SEE THAT, THAT WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND AND 'CAUSE WE KNOW AT A TIME WHEN WE DID HAVE ADDITIONAL REVENUE, WE PURCHASED ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL, RIGHT? HOWEVER, WE CAN'T SUSTAIN THAT, RIGHT? IS NO, IS THERE A POSSIBLE WAY TO SUSTAIN AT THE SAME LEVEL WHEN REVENUES WERE HIGH? CAN YOU CONTINUE AT THE SAME LEVEL? AND THAT'S, I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT WE TRULY HAVE TO SEE BECAUSE IT'S, THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT IF I HAD A LARGE INFLUX AND I PURCHASED SOMETHING, BUT YET I WANNA SUSTAIN THAT, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE SAME REVENUE. 
          AND WE TALK ABOUT DECLINE ENROLLMENT, WHICH IT'S REAL. 
          IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS JUST BEING FABRICATED. 
          THIS IS REAL, BUT WE NEED TO SEE IT. 
          WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GO STEP BY STEP HOW THIS HAPPENED, HOW WE GOT HERE, SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY TAKE OWNERSHIP COLLECTIVELY. 
          AS I MENTIONED AND I OPENED UP, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE GONNA WORK COLLECTIVELY FOR THE STUDENTS OF THIS DISTRICT, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH IN ORDER TO DO THAT. 
          SO I JUST WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THANK YOU, MELVIN. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'LL START WITH SOME QUESTIONS, UM, MANY OF WHICH HAVE BEEN TOUCHED ON, BUT THANK YOU FOR THIS, THE DONUT AS WE'RE CALLING IT ON SLIDE NINE. 
          IT'S A HELPFUL WAY OF, UM, BREAKING THINGS DOWN FUNCTIONALLY AND HOPE WE CAN SEE MORE OF THAT. 
          UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN, I KNOW I ASKED THIS REPEATEDLY, BUT LIKE WE TALK ABOUT OUR BUDGET OR OUR BUDGETS REPORT ON IS $18 BILLION, AND YET THIS IS 6.8 BILLION. 
          SO CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED HERE AND WHY WE FOCUS ON CERTAIN FUNDS AND NOT OTHERS? SURE. 
          SO THE MAIN OPERATING FUNDS ARE OF COURSE, THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH HAS THE UNRESTRICTED PORTION THAT YOU SEE HERE, BUT ALSO INCLUDES A RESTRICTED PORTION, WHICH THE BIGGEST COMPONENTS OF A GENERAL FUND RESTRICTED OUR, OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM WHERE WE RECEIVE REVENUES FROM BOTH THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          IT INCLUDES AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT ARE FUNDED WITH ELOP OR AIS OR 21ST CENTURY GRANTS. 
          IT INCLUDES FEDERAL, FEDERAL PROGRAMS LIKE TITLE ONE, TITLE TWO, EX, UH, TITLE THREE, TITLE FOUR, UM, AND, UM, AND OTHER KIND OF SOME SMALLER RESTRICTED PROGRAMS. AND SO AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, OF COURSE, WE, WE DON'T DECIDE WHAT'S RESTRICTED VERSUS UNRESTRICTED. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, OPERATING FUND AS WELL WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, I 
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THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL, BECAUSE NOW WE SEE THINGS IN DIFFERENT WAYS THAT ARE HELPFUL GIVEN THE CONTEXT. 
          BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO KIND OF HAVE SOME CALIBRATION, LIKE WHEN WE DO A SLIDE LIKE THIS, HAVE A, LIKE A LITTLE KIND OF KEY OR A PULLOUT THAT SAYS LIKE, THIS IS HOW THIS 6.8 FITS INTO THE 18. 
          RIGHT? BECAUSE I JUST, I THINK SOMETIMES TO THIS IDEA OF PUBLIC TRUST WE'RE TOLD LIKE, OH, WELL, YOU'RE ONLY SHOWING ONE SIDE OF THIS, SO I UNDERSTAND WHY. 
          AND THAT'S A HELPFUL EXPLANATION, BUT JUST VISUALLY TO SAY LIKE, 6.8 IS PART OF THIS. 
          YES. 
          UM, I'D ALSO LIKE AT A FU AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THIS TILL NEXT MONTH, LIKE AS WE HAVE THESE ITERATIVE CONVERSATIONS, IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL TO GET A BREAKDOWN OF THIS 6.8 CENTRAL LEAF, WHAT'S CENTRALLY FUNDED VERSUS WHAT'S SCHOOL FUNDED, BECAUSE THAT ALSO GOES TO WHAT'S IN OUR, OUR DISCRETION TO LOOK AT REDUCTIONS IN. 
          AND THEN ALSO WHAT'S IN A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT VERSUS WHAT'S NOT IN A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THE, WE, WE DO THAT WITH THE NORM POSITIONS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT 2.3 BILLION IN NORMED, UH, THROUGH A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. 
          BUT THE 1.1 BILLION THAT ARE NON CBA, LIKE, DOES THAT JUST MEAN THAT IT'S THE BOARD'S DISCRETION TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT RAISING THAT NORM AND LOWERING THAT NORM? UM, SO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          AND THEN ALSO, AGAIN, JUST THAT NEXT LEVEL OF GRANULARITY WITH THE CATEGORIES LIKE OTHER, YOU KNOW, 178 MILLION TE WHAT ELSE IS IN THERE BESIDES, YOU KNOW, TELECOMMUNICATIONS IS THE ONE LITTLE PULLOUT, BUT CAN YOU, ONE, I'D LIKE TO SEE IT KIND OF, UM, IN MATERIALS, BUT JUST RIGHT NOW, LIKE WHAT ELSE IS IN THAT OTHER BUCKET OR WHAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OR TWO? OKAY. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD SAY OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD RIGHT NOW, OR, OH, UH, WITHIN THE UTILITY SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE? NO, JUST THE OTHER ONE. 
          THE, UH, FINAL ONE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT. 
          OH, WE CAN PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN I ALSO THINK WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL ON THIS SLIDE IS, UM, THAT WITH THE DIRECT STUDENT INSTRUCTION AND SUPPORT, I KNOW THIS BOARD HAS BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT EFFICACY AND RESEARCH AND EVALUATIONS AND THE ROI, BUT LIKE, REALLY WHEN IT COMES TO INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND TUTORING AND CURRICULUM, UM, WE, WE WANNA UNDERSTAND LIKE, WELL, WE WANT TO CUT ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE MIGHT BE LOWER HANGING FRUIT, I GUESS WHEN IT COMES TO THESE ARE INEFFECTIVE PROGRAMS ANYWAYS, WE HEARD, LIKE WITH THE TUTORING, YOU KNOW, BENCH, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT TRYING TO ACTUALLY FIGURE OUT THE OUTCOMES. 
          IT'S NOT AS MUCH A QUESTION FOR YOU AS IT IS THE INSTRUCTIONAL TEAM, BUT ALSO C UM, WHICH I'LL GET TO IN A SECOND. 
          BUT I KNOW WE'VE HAD REPORTS, OR LIKE WE HAD GOTTEN SOME PRESENTATIONS I THINK FROM, UM, UH, PRIOR FOLKS AROUND THE, THERE WERE, UH, EXTERNAL EVALUATIONS OF SE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF PEDRO CAN SPEAK TO ANY OF THE, UM, THOSE REPORTS. 
          BUT LIKE, WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE CUTS, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO OVERLAY THAT WITH THE RESEARCH ON WHAT'S BEEN EFFECTIVE AND WHAT'S NOT. 
          WE, WE DO, UH, BOARD MEMBER MELVIN AND, UH, CAROLYN, WE DO HAVE A, UM, A REPORT THAT JUST ACTUALLY CAME TO MY DESK. 
          SO WE WILL BE SENDING THAT TO THE BOARD SOON. 
          YEAH. 
          'CAUSE I JUST THINK, AGAIN, I MEAN THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT BUCKET YEAH. 
          ENOUGH SAID. 
          BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WE'RE LOOKING BETWEEN PROGRAMS, UH, AS OPPOSED TO JUST SAYING, WE'RE GONNA CUT 50 MILLION HERE. 
          LIKE, LET, LET'S LOOK AT WHAT'S DRIVING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND WHAT'S NOT. 
          UM, ON THE PROPOSED FSP, GONNA SLIDE 14, WHICH I KNOW HAS BEEN UNDERSTANDABLY THE SUBJECT OF A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION, UM, ON TUESDAY AT THE COW, WE HEARD THAT THERE ARE A FEW BUCKETS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN OUR REVENUE BECAUSE OF UNCERTAINTY, LIKE THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS GRANT AND SOME OF THE OTHER COMPETITIVE GRANTS. 
          WHEN WILL WE HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AND WILL IT BE BEFORE WE END UP HAVING TO VOTE ON THE FSP? SO NOT FOR COMPETITIVE GRANTS WHERE WE NEED TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS. 
          UM, AND EVEN FOR THOSE COMPETITIVE GRANTS, LARGELY, THEY MAY COME IN THE FORM OF RESTRICTED FUNDS, AND SO THEY WOULDN'T MOST LIKELY END UP IN A FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          UM, BUT YEAH, WE, WE, THERE'S FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A WEBINAR TODAY WHERE A LOT MORE INFORMATION IS BEING PROVIDED AND OUR STAFF IS ATTENDING TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE DETAILS OF SOME OF THOSE GRANTS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN ON TUESDAY'S PRESENTATION. 
          BUT THEY'RE LARGELY RESTRICTED. 
          AND AGAIN, TO THE EXTENT THEY'RE COMPETITIVE GRANTS, WE WOULD NOT INCLUDE ANY ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHETHER WE WOULD WIN COMPETITIVE GRANTS. 
          AND THIS IS KIND OF LIKE MISS ANNIE NEWELL'S QUESTION, BUT I GUESS THEN, WHAT IS THE MECHANISM BY WHICH WE ACKNOWLEDGE INCREASED REVENUE INTO THIS PLAN BEFORE WE SEE IT, THE NEXT ITERATION OF IT? WHEN WOULD WE SEE ADDITIONAL REVENUES? LIKE IF, IF WE HEAR IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS ABOUT THE ALLOCATION METHOD AND WE SAY, THIS IS HOW MUCH WE'RE GONNA GET IN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, LIKE WHERE, WHERE DOES THAT LIVE ON THIS SLIDE? AND WHAT'S THE PROCESS BY WHICH, LIKE, WE HAVE BOARD AND PUBLIC INPUT AND, AND HOW TO RE REDUCE THE REDUCTIONS? WELL, IF IT'S GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED, OR IF IT CAN BE USED FOR AN EXPENSE THAT IS CURRENTLY GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO INCREASE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE, THE NUMBERS IN ITEM ONE AND MAKE A CORRESPONDING REDUCTION, ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          UM, SO THAT, THAT IS POSSIBLE. 
          THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN WILL BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD ON JUNE 16TH, OR ASKED TO 
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BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD ON JUNE 16TH. 
          UM, BUT I ALSO MENTIONED THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION ITSELF IS PRELIMINARY. 
          AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION WORSENS OR IMPROVES SHOULD ONLY BE MODERATELY, GIVEN THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF THE INFORMATION ON THE ESTIMATED COSTS OF THESE LABOR AGREEMENTS, UM, THEN THERE MAY BE OTHER CHANGES AS WELL NECESSARY TO, TO THE GRAND TOTAL AND THE DETAILS OF THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          UM, GOT IT. 
          AND THEN ON THAT, LOOKING AT THAT REVENUE, UH, TO, TO, UH, ROSE, UH, ATTENDANCE AND 93% STARTING IN 26, 27, WHAT ATTENDANCE ARE WE PROJECTING? WHAT IS OUR ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR? THE 88 PERCENTAGE IS CURRENTLY 92% AS OF, UH, THE, FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. 
          AND THAT IS THE ASSUMPTION CURRENTLY IN THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION FOR FUTURE YEARS. 
          SO THIS REPRESENTS THE REVENUE IMPACT OF IT GOING UP TO 93% STARTING NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AND BESIDES THE FSP, IS THAT ALSO REFLECTED IN THE, UM, UH, ENDING BALANCES, LIKE ACROSS, DO WE TAKE NO, IT'S, SO IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S EITHER IN THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION OR THE FSP CAN'T BE BOTH. 
          UM, BUT, UM, THIS ONE IS A TARGET FOR INCREASED ATTENDANCE. 
          THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION ITSELF, THE OFFICIAL MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION THAT WE SUBMIT TO THE COUNTY, UH, IS BASED ON 92%. 
          AND THEN, UH, WHEN WE, I'VE LOOKED AT FSPS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS, THERE'S A LOT MORE SPECIFICITY TO THE ACTIONS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          I THINK WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THAT TO LACO AS WELL. 
          YOU KNOW, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE 200, I MEAN, THIS WAS ASKED ABOUT, BUT 200 MILLION, UH, IN CENTRAL OFFICE REDUCTIONS, THEY'RE GONNA BE ASKING LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU CUTTING? WHEN DOES THAT TAKE PLACE? AND WHEN DOES THE PUBLIC AND THE BOARD HAVE MORE INSIGHT INTO THE SPECIFICITY? SO LAKE WILL REQUIRE US TO PROVIDE UPDATES AT FIRST AND SECOND INTERIM. 
          AND BASICALLY, AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE PROJECTED NEGATIVE ENDING BALANCES, UH, FOR SOME OF THE STRATEGIES WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL REDUCTIONS HAVE NOT YET BEEN IDENTIFIED, WHAT WE WOULD UPDATE LACO ON IS THE PROCESS AND TIMELINE THROUGH WHICH WE WOULD ACHIEVE OR SEEK TO ACHIEVE THOSE REDUCTIONS. 
          IN OTHER CASES WHERE THEY'RE MORE SPECIFIC AND NOT TARGETED REDUCTIONS, UH, WE WOULD JUST PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING INFORMATION ON, ON THE WAY THAT WE CALCULATED THE ESTIMATED SAVINGS. 
          AND SO THE, YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT WHAT WE SUBMIT TO LACO AS PART OF THIS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN IS NOT JUST THIS TABLE. 
          UH, THEY WILL REQUIRE A LOT OF SUPPORTING INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN VALIDATE THAT THESE REDUCTIONS ARE PRACTICAL AND FEASIBLE. 
          UM, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO JUST, UM, TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT. 
          AND SO THAT SUPPORTING MATERIAL IS MEANT TO SUPPORT HOW REALISTIC THESE REDUCTIONS ARE AND THEIR, AND BE USED BY, BY THE COUNTY IN THEIR ASSESSMENT OF WHETHER THIS IS SUFFICIENT. 
          AND ARE THOSE SUPPORTING MATERIALS PART OF THE BOARD REPORT IN JUNE? UM, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I I CAN CHECK, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE ANY SUPPORTING MATERIALS THAT, THAT, UH, ARE BEING, ARE GONNA BE REQUIRED TO BE DEVELOPED AND SUPPORT AND IN DEFENSE OF THIS PLAN. 
          AND I'LL JUST SAY, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, TO STATE THE OBVIOUS, THIS IS S****Y, I THINK IS THE, IS THE TECHNICAL TERM FOR THE SITUATION WE'RE IN. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, KID, LIKE, AS, AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, OUR STUDENTS NEED EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THIS LIST. 
          WE KNOW THAT, UM, AND WE KNOW THAT THE EFFECT WILL BE FELT BY OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT OF COURSE, MOST IMPORTANTLY, BY OUR KIDS, AFTER YEARS OF HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT, AFTER YEARS OF REALLY HISTORIC INVESTMENT IN EQUITY, I MEAN, SE IS, IS A NATIONAL MODEL FOR EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION AND RESOURCES. 
          IT ALSO CREATES FLEXIBILITY FOR OUR, UH, OUR SCHOOLS. 
          UM, WHICH HAS BEEN IMPORTANT FOR, TO ME, YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME TIME, UM, WE HAVE NOW HEARD THROUGH MULTIPLE ADMINISTRATIONS, MULTIPLE CFOS, INCLUDING ONE WHO IS NOW THE CFO OF LACO, WHO IS OUR STATUTORY AUTHORIZER. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT IF YOU DO THIS, YOU HAVE TO DO THAT. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU INVEST IN THIS, YOU HAVE TO DO THAT. 
          AND, AND THIS IS VERY FUN, THAT THIS IS THE INVESTMENT, THAT THIS IS THE CONTRACTS THAT THIS IS THE CELEBRATIONS, BUT TODAY IS ABOUT THE THAT, UM, AND THE, THAT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, DELAYED BECAUSE OF SOME HISTORIC FEDERAL INVESTMENTS HITS DELAYED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF, UM, OF HIGHER THAN EXPECTED STATE REVENUES. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S AN IRONY, I WILL SAY AS, AS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR REDUCING TECH AND AI THAT OUR REVENUES ARE BECAUSE OF THE AI BOOM IN CALIFORNIA. 
          BUT I GUESS WE'LL TAKE, WE'LL REAP THE BENEFITS EVEN IF WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT STUDENTS FROM THE EFFECTS. 
          UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT THERE'S A, THAT, AND I, I THINK THE SKEPTICISM WE HEAR, UH, IS VALID BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE THIRD YEAR HASN'T COME OR BECAUSE OF THE ITERATIVE CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD ABOUT FINDING NEW SOURCES OF REVENUE. 
          UM, BUT I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF DEGREE AND NOT KIND. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THIS FSP IS NOT 3.5 BILLION, BUT WE GET DOWN TO 2.5 BILLION. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THE TOUGH COM CON, UH, CONVERSATIONS ARE COMING AND WHERE I DO APPRECIATE 
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THE, UM, THE INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC, WE JUST WANT TO BE VERY HONEST ABOUT THAT. 
          AND EVEN, AND AS MUCH AS I APPRECIATE THE OPTIMISM OF WINNING BACK BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS IN THE FALL, UH, EVEN WITH DIFFICULTIES IN VIRGINIA AND SOME HARDER THAN EXPECTED RACES HERE IN CALIFORNIA, LIKE, I, I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD CONTROL OF BOTH HOUSES OF WE BEING THE DEMOCRATS HAD CONTROL OF BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENCY, AND WE DIDN'T MAKE ANY MOVEMENT WITH IDEA. 
          WE'RE STILL AT MAYBE, I THINK, HOVERING AROUND 10% OF THE 40% GUARANTEE. 
          AND SO THERE'S A LEVEL OF THAT THAT WE CAN BANK ON, AND THERE'S A LEVEL THAT WE CAN'T. 
          BUT WHAT I FOUND AND WHY I APPRECIATE THESE PUBLIC ATIONS AND THE ITERATIVE NATURE OF THIS IS LIKE WHEN WE WERE LEADING UP TO LABOR NEGOTIATIONS, I THINK THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH LABOR PARTNERS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT ABOUT THIS, WHAT ABOUT OPEP, WHAT ABOUT FUND 17 REALLY HELPED US GET TO A BETTER PLACE? AND SO THAT'S WHY I REALLY DO WELCOME THE ADVOCACY AND THE CONVERSATIONS, AND I KNOW I WILL MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE AS WILL MR. MR. SIMON AS WE'RE JUST CALLING YOU TODAY, UM, TO FOLKS TO SAY, TO SAY WITHIN REAL, WITHIN A REALISTIC UNIVERSE. 
          LIKE, HERE'S ANOTHER SUGGESTION. 
          I MEAN, MY COLLEAGUES ARE SAYING LIKE, WELL, WHAT IF WE DON'T WANT TO DO THE SEMI REDUCTION FROM THIS TO THIS? WELL, THEN WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE? IS IT LOOKING AT OTHER CONTRACTS? UM, IS IT LOOKING AT, UH, ELLP? IS IT LOOKING AT PRIORITY SCORE? I MEAN, THERE ARE, THAT ITERATIVE CONVERSATION IS WHEN WE WELCOME, BUT I THINK, BUT, BUT WE CAN'T PUT OUR HEADS IN THE SAND AND PRETEND THE CONVERSATION DOESN'T EXIST. 
          AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR HIS FRAMING OF IT. 
          AND ALSO THE EMAIL THAT I KNOW YOU SENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, JUST TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          I TAKE ISSUE WITH THE IDEA THAT THAT GUTS SOMEHOW EQUATES TO PUTTING YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND. 
          COWARDICE IS PUTTING YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND. 
          AND THE BOARD NEEDS TO MAKE HARDER DECISIONS TODAY, I THINK, TO PROTECT STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES DOWN THE LINE. 
          AND SO IT'S S****Y AGAIN, UM, BUT, UH, UM, BUT NECESSARY, UH, AND, AND IT WILL BE ITERATIVE AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS. 
          SO THANKS. 
          OKAY. 
          BEFORE WE GET TO ROUND TWO, I JUST WANNA MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. 
          THE QUESTIONS ASKED WERE PERTINENT AND EXCELLENT, BUT I WAS THINKING OF A FEW THINGS. 
          WHEN WE WENT TO SACRAMENTO, I WENT WITH, UH, SUPERINTENDENT CHA AND LABOR UNIONS AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. 
          AND, UM, I JUST WONDER HOW IMPORTANT PUBLIC EDUCATION IS TO OUR CALIFORNIA SENATE AND HOUSE PEOPLE. 
          I MEAN, I NEVER HEAR ON THE NEWS ANYBODY TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL AND MORE FUNDING FOR SCHOOL. 
          THEY'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS, BUT NOT ABOUT SCHOOL FUNDING. 
          AND IT KIND OF, I, I GOT THINKING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 
          WE HAVE TO PRESSURE THESE PEOPLE AGAIN. 
          WE HAVE TO PRESSURE THEM WHEN THE NEXT ELECTION COMES ABOUT. 
          WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION? DO YOU SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA? YES OR NO? ARE YOU WILLING TO HELP US GET MORE MONEY FOR OUR KIDS? THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO START ASKING. 
          SO, AND I DON'T THINK WE DO THAT. 
          WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT OTHER THINGS, BUT NOTHING ABOUT EDUCATION. 
          SO THAT, THAT BOTHERS ME. 
          UM, I'VE ALWAYS WORKED AT A SCHOOL, I'VE NEVER WORKED AT BOWRY. 
          I'VE NEVER WORKED AT A LOCAL OFFICE, DISTRICT OFFICE. 
          I'VE ALWAYS WORKED AT A SCHOOL. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, OUR JOB IS EDUCATE THE KIDS. 
          BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THIS BUILDING ARE OUR FAMILY TOO. 
          THEY ARE OUR FAMILY. 
          AND I REALLY, IT CAME TO MIND ON MONDAY WHEN WE HAD OUR CLASSIFIED APPRECIATION DAY, AND I SAW THOSE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COMING DOWN, UH, TO, TO CELEBRATE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES DAY AND, UH, ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AT THE SCHOOL. 
          SO LET'S NOT FORGET THAT THESE ARE OUR FAMILY HERE AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE AND ALSO AT THEIR LOCAL OFFICES TOO. 
          IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW THAT. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WE'RE READY FOR ROUND TWO. 
          AND I KNOW KELLY, I SAID YOU WERE FIRST. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU, UH, BOARD PRESIDENT CHASON. 
          I THINK A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. 
          I GUESS A QUESTION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, COMMITMENT TO AN ONGOING CONVERSATION AND TO COLLABORATION WITH PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT. 
          UM, THE REALITY IS THAT THE GAP IS REAL. 
          LIKE WE ALL HAVE TO BE A HUNDRED PERCENT CLEAR THAT WE HAVE A $3.6 BILLION GAP TO CLOSE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          BUT, BUT THERE IS AN AVENUE FOR SOME OTHER DECISIONS TO BE MADE. 
          WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T ERASE SOME OF THESE REDUCTIONS, BUT WHAT, WHAT DO YOU FORESEE AND WHAT CAN WE COMMIT TO IN TERMS OF ONGOING COLLABORATIONS WITH LABOR PARTNERS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND SCHOOL COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE BUDGET REALITIES AND HOW WE GET TO SOLUTIONS? FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT, IT'S ABOUT COLLECTIVE ADVOCACY, PARTICULARLY IN SACRAMENTO, YOU KNOW, BOARD PRESIDENT SCHMERIN ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED THAT. 
          AND, AND, AND I WILL TELL YOU, I'VE BEEN UP THERE MYSELF THREE TIMES OVER THE LAST MONTH, PLUS IN, IN DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS. 
          AND, AND I WILL SAY THIS TO OUR LABOR COLLEAGUES AND OUR LABOR LEADERS, THE RECEPTION THAT WE RECEIVE WHEN WE WALK IN 
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MYSELF WITH YOU ALL IS A BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHEN WE WALK IN BY OURSELVES. 
          AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. 
          UH, WE ARE ALL SMART FOLKS IN THIS ROOM. 
          Y'ALL CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT I MEAN. 
          SO MY, MY COMMITMENT STARTS THERE IS, IS WORKING TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE IN COLLAB COLLABORATION WITH OUR LABOR LEADERS. 
          UM, AS CHALLENGING AS THE NEGOTIATIONS WERE ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO, I, I THINK ALSO SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, YOU FORGED THROUGH FIRE, UH, AND THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT I THINK WE, WE BUILT OR REBUILT IN SOME CASES WITH, WITH CECILY, WITH MAX, WITH MARIA, I, I THINK WILL SERVE US WELL. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE FIRST PIECE, AGAIN, IS THAT ADVOCACY AND BEING VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR AND, AND THE ACTUAL BENEFIT. 
          UH, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF A A POINT THAT I THINK WAS REALLY SALIENT AND ACTUALLY LANDED WITH A LOT OF OUR LEGISLATORS, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD A LOT WHEN WE WERE UP THERE IS THAT THERE WAS, UH, A DESIRE TO, TO BALANCE THE BUDGET WRIT LARGE, RIGHT? THAT THEY WANTED TO TAKE CARE OF. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY CALL US THE, THE PROP 98 SIDE OF THE HOUSE. 
          SO THEY WANTED TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROP 98 SIDE OF THE HOUSE, BUT THEY WANTED TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYONE ELSE, OTHER VERY LEGITIMATE NEEDS, MEDI-CAL AND SO ON. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I POINTED OUT, BOTH TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND OTHER FOLKS, IS THAT EVERY TIME WE HAVE AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS WORKING FOR US FULL-TIME OR CLOSE TO FULL-TIME AND IS GAINING BENEFITS AS PART OF THAT EMPLOYMENT, THAT IS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS A CALIFORNIAN, THAT IS NOT AVAILING THEMSELVES OF MEDI-CAL, THAT IS NOT TAKING RESOURCES FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE. 
          AND WHEN WE SHARED THAT WITH FOLKS, IT WAS AN ACTUAL LIKE REACTION OF LIKE, OH, WOW, THAT ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE BECAUSE IT DOES. 
          SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE WE'LL START IT SPECIFIC TO THE COMMUNITY, PARENTS, STUDENTS, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WITHIN SOME GUARDRAILS, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF, OF OUR ROLE AS A PUBLIC INSTITUTION IN TERMS OF TELLING FOLKS EXACTLY WHAT TO ADVOCATE FOR, RIGHT? THERE ARE SOME, SOME LIMITS THERE. 
          BUT MY PIECE IS ENGAGEMENT, COMMUNICATION, LETTING THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, AND AGAIN, ENCOURAGING THEM TO REACH OUT TO THE LEGISLATORS. 
          EVEN YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS, AGAIN, UP IN SACRAMENTO, WE FILMED A QUICK VIDEO JUST TO SEND OUT TO FAMILIES TO LET THEM KNOW WE'RE UP HERE, WE COULD USE YOUR VOICE. 
          AGAIN, IT'S THE COLLECTIVE VOICE. 
          I CAN GO UP THERE A HUNDRED TIMES AND I MIGHT MOVE THE NEEDLE A BIT. 
          I GO UP THERE AS ONE OF MANY, IT'S GONNA MOVE IT A LOT MORE. 
          THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          AND, UM, I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF YOUR WORK. 
          UM, AND ALSO OUR LABOR PARTNERS WHO HAVE BEEN THERE BY OUR SIDES ADVOCATING. 
          AND I THINK THAT THE LEVEL OF DRUMBEAT NEEDS TO CONTINUE, UM, AT THE SAME RATE, FREQUENCY INTENSITY AS IT HAS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS THROUGHOUT THE FALL. 
          BECAUSE TO MR. MOLSON'S POINT, THE ELECTIONS FOR OUR STATE LEGISLATORS ARE IN NOVEMBER. 
          SO THERE IS ACTUALLY A LEVER POINT TO PUSH ON WHAT IS YOUR, WHAT IS YOUR COMMITMENT LEVEL TO PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND WHAT CAN WE COUNT ON YOU TO DO IN SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. 
          UM, SO APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND I WOULD JUST HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, BASED ON OUR RESOLUTION LAST YEAR AROUND BUDGETING, UM, WITH STUDENT NEEDS AND EQUITY AT THE CENTER, I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS IN EACH OF OUR COMMUNITIES SO THAT OUR, OUR FAMILIES, OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF HAVE THE ABILITY TO WEIGH IN ON THESE CUTS AND, UM, CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH US, PUT OUR BRAINS TOGETHER AROUND WHAT ARE THE, WHAT IS THE FULL RANGE OF SOLUTIONS, WHAT, IF ANY, ALTERNATIVES EXIST BECAUSE I LIKE MY COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO DO ANY OF THESE THINGS. 
          UH, BUT THE, BUT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING AND IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING REAL. 
          AND IF WE PUT SOLUTIONS ON THE TABLE THAT ARE NOT BASED IN REALITY, THAT IS BEING DISHONEST TO OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          SO TO THE EXTENT THAT SELLING PROPERTY OR WAIVERS FROM THE STATE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT IS A POSSIBILITY, LET'S WORK TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY IN A, AN ONGOING CONVERSATION TO GET US THERE. 
          THANK YOU, TANYA. 
          UH, WELL JUST ON THAT NOTE, WE PASSED A RESOLUTION JUST LAST MONTH ABOUT A REVENUE TASK FORCE. 
          AND SO I KNOW IT DOESN'T CALL FOR A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD UNTIL THE FALL, BUT MAYBE IF THE TEAM COULD SHARE, YOU'RE DOING SOME OF THE ADVOCACY VISITS, BUT WHEN CAN WE EXPECT THAT TASK FORCE COMING TOGETHER TO BE VERY CONCRETE ABOUT THOSE ACTION ITEMS OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS? GREAT. 
          MAR, MARTHA AND I HAVE ALREADY BEEN, AGAIN, IN DISCUSSIONS, EVEN AGAIN AS RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY WHEN WE WERE UP WITH, WITH MAX AND JEN AND THE SEIU TEAM, WE ALREADY TOUCHED BASE THERE. 
          WE'RE OBVIOUSLY GONNA TOUCH BASE WITH ALL OF OUR OTHER LABOR LEADERS AROUND THAT. 
          SO THERE'S CERTAINLY AN URGENCY THERE. 
          GREAT. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND I WOULD, UM, ENCOURAGE THAT TASK FORCE TO INVITE THE LEGISLATORS TO OUR SCHOOLS AS WELL, TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN ACTION. 
          'CAUSE IT'S GREAT WHEN WE CAN GO TO SACRAMENTO AND HIT MANY LEGISLATOR, NOT HIT, BUT, YOU KNOW, VISIT WITH MANY LEGISLATORS AT THE SAME TIME. 
          UM, BUT THEY'RE RIGHT HERE IN LOS ANGELES AS WELL. 
          AND THEY SHOULD BE COMING TO OUR CAMPUSES AND SEEING THE GREAT THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED BECAUSE OF OUR DEEP INVESTMENTS AND PARTICULARLY OUR EQUITY INVESTMENTS. 
          UM, JUST ONE QUESTION FOR ME ON THIS ROUND. 
          UM, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE GET A FISCAL ADVISOR? WHAT POWER DOES THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OR THE BOARD MAINTAIN? WHAT POWER DO WE LOSE? SO THE FISCAL ADVISOR 
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CAN STAY OR RESCIND, UM, CERTAIN BOARD ACTIONS? UM, PUT ANOTHER WAY, VETO CERTAIN BOARD ACTIONS. 
          UM, THAT IS THE PRINCIPLE KIND OF THAT, THAT, THAT IT'S AN ELEVATED LEVEL OF INTERVENTION, UH, BY THE COUNTY. 
          SO I'VE NEVER WORKED IN A DISTRICT UNDER A FISCAL ADVISOR, SO I CAN'T SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE, BUT, BUT THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CHANGE, UM, THAT WE WOULD EXPERIENCE AS A DISTRICT IF AN ADVISOR WERE TO BE APPOINTED. 
          AND I, I WANNA RAISE THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF MS. REGO'S QUESTIONS ABOUT APPEALING, BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS WHAT OUR, WHAT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO US, AND THEN WHAT OPTIONS WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE TO US IF WE, YOU KNOW, DO GET AN APPOINTMENT AND, AND SOMETHING THAT LIKE THAT COMES TO FRUITION. 
          UM, I AM VERY INTERESTED IN THIS BOARD MAINTAINING POWER IN WHAT DECISIONS WE NEED TO MAKE. 
          I DO NOT WANT SOMEONE ELSE TO BE MAKING DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IT IS OUR COMMUNITY THAT SHOULD BE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS. 
          AND SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT POWER STAYS HERE WITH OUR PEOPLE, LET'S DO THAT. 
          THANKS. 
          CAN I ASK A FOLLOW UP ON THAT OF MR QUESTION OF JUST, UM, THE FISCAL ADVISOR. 
          IS THERE AN ANTICIPATED IMPACT TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS IF A FISCAL ADVISOR IS APPOINTED? I DON'T BELIEVE SO, BUT, BUT I CAN FOLLOW UP. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ROUND TWO, CARLA. 
          UM, SO ABOUT THE FISCAL ADVISOR, AGAIN, I JUST KNOW THAT WE CAN'T APPEAL IT AND I JUST, I MEAN, TO ME, WHAT DOESN'T SIT WELL IS JUST ACCEPTING THINGS AS THEY ARE. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE WHEN WE GO INTO THE DETAILS OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN, WHICH IS A REALITY, THAT IS CERTAINLY THE STEPS THAT COULD HAPPEN, AND JUST ACCEPT THAT IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. 
          LIKE WE NEED TO APPEAL THINGS. 
          AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT JUST LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, DUE PROCESS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE RIFED, THEY, IF YOU JUST ACCEPT IT, YOU'RE GONNA BE RIFED. 
          BUT IF YOU GO AND AND FOLLOW THE PROCESS OF APPEAL, MAYBE YOU'LL GET YOUR JOB BACK, RIGHT? SO IT'S THE SAME THING. 
          I DON'T WANNA SAY THAT I, AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M JUST LIKE WISHING AND HOPING AND SOMETHING IMAGINARY. 
          I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THAT IS A RIGHT THAT WE HAVE AS A DISTRICT TO APPEAL. 
          SO, UM, THE OTHER THING I WANNA ASK IS IN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, UM, YOU HAVE THE REVENUE PART. 
          YES. 
          RIGHT? YOU HAVE, UM, 628 FOR THE FIRST, FOR 26, 27, THEN 2 0 9. 
          SO WHY IS IT THAT IT GOES DOWN AGAIN? WHY DO YOU HAVE 6 28 FOR 26, 27, AND THEN 2 0 9, 2 10 FOR THE, THE OTHER YEARS? SO THE, THE, SORRY FOR, UH, PAGE 14, RIGHT? SO THE, THIS IS THE DETAIL BEHIND THAT TOTAL VALUE THAT YOU SEE IN SLIDE 14. 
          WITH ONE EXCEPTION, THE COLA OF 120 12 MILLION PER YEAR IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN BECAUSE IT'S INSTEAD INCLUDED IN OUR MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          AND SO, BUT BELOW THE ROW FOR COLA, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU SEE THERE IS THE DETAIL BEHIND THE FIGURES. 
          YOU SEE ON SLIDE 14, THE PROPOSED NEW FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE REASON WHY THE AMOUNT IS SO MUCH LARGER IN 26, 27 THAN IN THE ADDITIONAL YEARS IS BECAUSE SO MUCH OF WHAT WE'RE RECEIVING OR OR PROPOSED TO RECEIVE SET TO RECEIVE IN 26 27 IS IN THE FORM OF ONE-TIME GRANTS. 
          AND SO THE DISCRETIONARY BLOCK GRANT IS $328 MILLION. 
          UH, THE LEARNING RECOVERY EMERGENCY BLOCK GRANT IS ALSO ONE TIME $68 MILLION. 
          AND THEN THERE'S A SMALLER ALLOCATION ONE TIME THAT LAST ROW HOME AND SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION IS ONE TIME. 
          THE OTHERS THOUGH ARE, ARE ONGOING AND A VERY SIGNIFICANT ONE THAT IS ONGOING IS OF COURSE THE VERY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE TO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION BASE RATES, WHICH ARE ONGOING. 
          SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE, AGAIN, JUST THE LARGE NUMBER IN, IN THE FIRST 26, 27 YEAR, WHY IT'S SO MUCH LARGER THAN THE ADDITIONAL USE IS BECAUSE OF THAT ONE-TIME FUNDING. 
          AND WE DON'T DO IT BECAUSE, IS THAT LIKE A LEGAL RULE THAT YOU CAN'T INCLUDE ONE-TIME FUNDS IN YOUR MULTI-YEAR, UM, PROJECTIONS OR IN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN? OR WHY IS IT THAT WE, WE CAN, WE CAN INCORPORATE IN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN ONE TIME FUNDS THAT ARE IN THE MAY REVIVE REVISION. 
          SO BECAUSE THESE ARE IN THE MAY REVISION, THEY'RE ACTUAL PROPOSALS FROM THE STATE, WE CAN INCLUDE THEM FISCAL IN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          AND THAT'S LIKE A RULE. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING THAT LACO SAYS YOU CAN'T DO OR CAN'T DO, OR WHY IS IT, OR WE JUST, LACO DOES INCLUDE GUIDANCE ABOUT WHAT WE CAN INCLUDE IN THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION, WHICH IS OUR OFFICIAL PROJECTION, AND WHAT WE CANNOT INCLUDE IN THE OFFICIAL MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          AND SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE COLA BASED ON LACOSS GUIDANCE, WE CAN INCLUDE IN THE OFFICIAL MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          BUT THE OTHER PROPOSED REVENUES, WHILE THEY'RE NOT IN OUR OFFICIAL MULTITIER PROJECTION, LACO DOES ALLOW FOR US TO INCLUDE THEM IN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          AND IN TERMS OF THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, IT HAS THE SAME IMPACT BECAUSE IT'S STILL ABLE TO OFFSET CUTS THAT WE, OTHER ADDITIONAL CUTS THAT WE OTHERWISE WOULD'VE 
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NEED TO IDENTIFY WHETHER THESE FUNDS WERE IN THE MULTI-YEAR PRODUCTION OR THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          THEY HAVE THE SAME IMPACT. 
          BUT, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE DISTINCTION, UH, THAT THAT IS BASED ON THE GUIDANCE FROM, FROM, FROM LACO. 
          I ASK BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE ATTENDANCE AT 93% INCLUDED IN THERE, RIGHT? AND WHERE THESE ARE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE HOPING FOR 21 MILLION, 41 MILLION. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THESE ARE THE, IT'S BASED ON WHAT THESE PROJECTIONS, IT'S BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE VERY IMPORTANT STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR BOOSTING STUDENT ATTENDANCE WILL BE, WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND RESULT IN A ONE PERCENTAGE POINT INCREASE STARTING NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SO THEN THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'M WONDERING WHY WE CAN'T INCLUDE AT LEAST AN AVERAGE OF ONE TIME FUNDS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN THE PAST THREE YEARS. 
          WHY COULDN'T WE ADD THAT TO FY 27, 28 AND FY 28 29? SO I I, I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY SEEMS SOMEWHAT SUBJECTIVE WHY CERTAIN THINGS MIGHT BE ACCEPTABLE AND OTHERS NOT. 
          AND I, AND I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THIS, EVEN THIS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, INCLUDING THAT ASSUMPTION OF HIGHER ATTENDANCE WILL MEET LIKE THOSE REQUIREMENTS. 
          IT DOES NEED TO BE, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HAD ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE THINGS ARE HEADED, UM, AND THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE OF CERTAIN THINGS EITHER HAPPENING OR NOT HAPPENING, UM, IT'S NOT GUARANTEED THAT THIS WOULD MEET THEIR, UH, REQUIREMENTS. 
          I GET THAT, BUT I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE CHOOSING NOT TO INCLUDE AT LEAST AN AVERAGE OF POTENTIAL ONE-TIME FUNDS WHEN WE KNOW WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING THEM. 
          SO, I MEAN, TO MAKE THAT CHOICE MAKES THIS THE, THE OUTLOOK, YOU KNOW, WORSE, AND I DON'T SEE HOW YOU DON'T DO IT FOR THE, FOR THE MAY REVISION, BUT YOU DO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE ATTENDANCE, LIKE THESE GOALS THAT HOPEFULLY WE WILL MEET, WHICH I AM PROJECTIONS BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I'M ACTUALLY WORRIED IF WE'RE GONNA MEET 'EM, IF WE'RE, WE'RE FUNDING LESS STAFFING, THAT MEANS OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR SCHOOLS ARE GONNA SUFFER, RIGHT? SO WE KNOW KIDS COME TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY FEEL SAFE, BECAUSE THEY FEEL INCLUDED, BECAUSE THEY FEEL WELCOMED. 
          AND IF THERE'S A LOT OF STAFF THAT'S GONNA BE CUT THAT SUPPORTS THAT ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA ACHIEVE IT. 
          SO I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DECISION TO EXCLUDE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF RECEIVING, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ONE TIME FUNDS. 
          WE HAVE EVIDENCE AND A TRACK RECORD THAT WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING THEM. 
          AND IF WE DON'T WANNA INCLUDE THE EXACT NUMBER, AT LEAST AN AVERAGE OF THAT. 
          SO TO THE EXTENT WE DO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL ONE-TIME FUNDS, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE 27 28 SCHOOL YEAR BEYOND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE REFLECTING HERE, UH, THAT WOULD ALLOW ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL, ASSUMING THAT THIS PROJECTION DOESN'T WORSEN FOR OTHER REASONS, IT WOULD ALLOW US TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, TO THE EVEN DEEPER REDUCTIONS PROPOSED HERE FOR THE 28 29 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SO WHETHER WE, WE EITHER WILL OR WON'T RECEIVE THOSE REVENUES IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL. 
          WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY MIGHT BE. 
          EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE RIGHT THAT THERE'S BEEN MANY YEARS WHERE WE'VE RECEIVED ONE-TIME GRANTS. 
          UM, BUT WHEN WE, IF WE DO RECEIVE THOSE GRANTS, AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE NOT JUST FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS IN THE 28 OR NINE SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SO, BECAUSE IT'LL, AT THAT POINT, IT'LL BE REAL. 
          BUT I ALSO NEED TO NOTE THAT 12 MONTHS FROM NOW, WE'RE GONNA ADD THE 29 30 SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          AND THIS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN DOES NOT ELIMINATE OUR ANNUAL OPERATING DEFICIT. 
          IT DOES NOT ELIMINATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE SPENDING MORE THAN WE'RE BRINGING IN. 
          ALL IT DOES, IT DOES A LOT. 
          AND IT'S VERY, VERY PAINFUL. 
          IT ADDRESSES THE PROJECTING NEGATIVE ENDING BALANCE. 
          IT PROJECTED, IT PREVENTS THE DISTRICT MM-HMM . 
          FROM GOING NEGATIVE AND GOING INSOLVENT. 
          BUT ONCE WE ADD A NEW FISCAL YEAR, THEN WE ARE STILL GONNA HAVE A PROJECTED NEGATIVE ENDING BALANCE UNLESS SOMETHING VERY MATERIALLY CHANGES. 
          AND SO, UM, THE ATTENDANCE AT 1% HIGHER, WHILE IT'S NOT A VERY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REVENUE, WE WILL HAVE TO SUBMIT, UH, KIND OF IN, IN, IN LINE WITH, WITH BOARD MEMBER MULLOY'S QUESTIONS BEFORE A RATIONALE FOR HOW WE WOULD EVEN ACHIEVE THIS. 
          UH, IT'S NOT GONNA BE ACCEPTED AT FACE VALUE. 
          UM, WE DON'T NECESSARILY, WE DON'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PROVIDE INFORMATION ON HISTORICAL, UH, ONE-TIME GRANTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN THE PAST, BUT WE WOULDN'T REALLY BE ABLE TO SUBMIT A PLAN THAT WOULD DEMONSTRATE HOW WE'RE GOING TO ENSURE THAT WE GET THOSE REVENUES, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          IS THAT WHAT YOU THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THE DIFFERENCE. 
          THAT THAT'S ONE DIFFERENCE. 
          ONE, WE, WE IT'S IN OUR POWER. 
          SOMEWHAT. 
          SOMEWHAT, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          TO, TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          YES. 
          UM, ALRIGHT. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA, I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE IT'S COME UP ABOUT THE CBAS, THE CBAS, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE MAKE A AGREE, 
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WHEN WE REACH AGREEMENTS WITH OUR UNIONS AROUND ANYTHING, I WANT US TO POINT OUT THE DIRECT CORRELATION AND CONNECTION BETWEEN THE AGREEMENTS AND OUR STUDENTS, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES PEOPLE TALK ABOUT UNIONS AS IF THEY'RE JUST THIS ENTITY ALL ON ITS OWN, AND THEY'RE JUST LIKE DEMANDING ALL THESE THINGS WHEN THEY IN FACT, ARE THE ONES THAT ARE DOING THE SERVICES FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          SO WE, WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THESE CBAS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE VERY SPECIFIC PEOPLE WHO ARE PROVIDING THE EDUCATION AND THE CARE AND THE EVERYTHING THAT OUR SCHOOLS NEED AND OUR STUDENTS NEED. 
          SO I'M, I'M SAYING THIS ALOUD BECAUSE I KEEP HEARING IT FROM MANY DIFFERENT PLACES WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THE AGREEMENTS AS IF THEY'RE SEPARATE FROM EVERYTHING THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED. 
          AND SO FOR THAT REASON, I THINK THESE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS ARE VERY CRITICAL. 
          AND I'M, AND I'M GLAD, PERSONALLY, I'M GLAD THAT WE REACHED THESE AGREEMENTS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IN REACHING THESE, OUR STUDENTS ARE GAINING MORE, RIGHT? AND, AND THEY'RE, WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE. 
          SO THAT TO ME IS VERY IMPORTANT, UM, TO SAY ALOUD. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING I WANNA SAY IS THAT, UM, BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE, WE REALLY, AND I KNOW THAT MARTHA'S GONNA BE ON TOP OF IT, I'M GRATEFUL THAT, UM, THAT WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH, UM, OUR LABOR PARTNERS ON ADVOCATING. 
          I'M GRATEFUL THAT OUR OWN, YOU KNOW, MY COLLEAGUES ARE DOING ONE-ON-ONES WITH ELECTEDS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE NEED TO REMIND FOLKS THAT OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE CONSTITUENTS OF THESE FOLKS. 
          AND SO THE MORE THAT WE GO IN THERE AND WE TELL THE STORIES, THE MORE THAT THEY WILL PRIORITIZE NOT JUST MEETING THE BASIC PROP 98 REQUIREMENT, BUT TO EVEN INCREASE IT. 
          LIKE, SO I'M GLAD THAT AT LEAST WE HAVE THAT, UM, AGREEMENT AS A BOARD THAT WE DO SEE THE NEED TO, TO DEMAND OF OUR, OF OUR ELECTEDS AT THE STATE LEVEL, BUT ALSO AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO, TO INVEST MORE IN OUR STUDENTS. 
          UM, SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND ANY OF THESE, UM, UH, EVENTS AT THE STATE LEVEL OR EVEN, BUT I HAVE MET WITH FOLKS LOCALLY. 
          BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO ENGAGING THAT MORE AND MORE AS WE, UM, IT'S, THE WORK DOESN'T STOP. 
          IN FACT, THE WORK I THINK INCREASES BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE TO ENSURE THAT WE GET THAT THREE 90, UM, BILLION DOLLARS, UM, TO US, UH, WELL TO ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU CARLA. 
          RO, ONE QUICK QUESTION. 
          UM, EVEN AFTER IMPLEMENTING THE 3.6 BILLION IN REDUCTIONS, UM, THE DISTRICT STILL PROJECTS, UM, NEGATIVE BALANCES, RIGHT? MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO WHAT EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT THIS PLAN, UM, ACTUALLY STABILIZES THE DISTRICT LONG TERM? IT ADDRESSES ONLY THE PROJECTING NEGATIVE ENDING BALANCE. 
          UM, YOU'RE, YEAH, AND I'M KIND OF JUST REPEATING WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE POINTING OUT. 
          UM, UNLESS REVENUE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE OR THE DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT SIGNIFICANTLY SLOWS, MOST LIKELY WE WILL NEED TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND, AND I JUST WANT TO BE HONEST ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, IT'S NOT GUARANTEED THAT THAT WILL BE THE OUTCOME. 
          UM, CERTAINLY THINGS CAN CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND AND THE FUTURE. 
          UM, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE HONEST THAT THAT, THAT YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT THIS, THESE ACTIONS AS DRAMATIC AND LARGE AND PAINFUL AS THEY ARE ALONE, MAY NOT PROVIDE SUSTAINABILITY IN, IN PERPETUITY IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND IT'S UNDERSTOOD AS WAS, YOU KNOW, UH, MENTIONED BY MY COLLEAGUES, UM, EXTERNAL FACTORS THAT ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL, RIGHT? THIS ONE TIME MONEY, UM, THE STATE JUST, UM, OUR SOCIETY OVERALL SAYING THEY CARE FOR STUDENTS, BUT YET HERE WE ARE WITH THESE SORT OF STRUCTURAL, UM, INEQUITIES AND INEFFICIENCIES THAT ARE PLAGUING NOT ONLY L-A-U-S-D, BUT YOU KNOW, SO MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS YEAH. 
          AROUND CALIFORNIA. 
          SO UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE, OR THE DISTRICT IS REACTING, RIGHT, RATHER THAN RESPONDING LONG TERM. 
          SO UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE FACING. 
          UM, BUT APART FROM THAT, I, YOU KNOW, THE PRESENTATION REPEATEDLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT EVEN AFTER AGGRESSIVE CUTS, THE DISTRICT IS STILL GONNA FACE THESE DEFICITS MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, SO FOR ME, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THIS IS ACTUALLY A, A, A STABILIZATION PLAN. 
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IT'S MORE LIKE A DEFICIT MITIGATION PLAN WITHOUT DEMONSTRATING LONG-TERM STABILIZATION. 
          UM, AND SO THE DISTRICT IS BASICALLY ASKING THIS BOARD IN JUNE TO APPROVE PAINFUL CUTS, UH, WHILE ADMITTING THE CRISIS, UNFORTUNATELY REMAINS UNSOLVED. 
          AND YES, WE'VE DONE EVERY EFFORT AND WE CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO REALLY PUSH, YOU KNOW, OUR ASSEMBLY AND STATE SENATORS TO, YOU KNOW, DO RIGHT BY OUR CHILDREN. 
          UM, AND I KNOW THAT WE, WHEN WE MET WITH THEM, THEY, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT, RIGHT? THEY, THEY, THEY FEEL THAT THEY DEFINITELY WANT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR CHILDREN, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS A CASE AT, AT THE STATE LEVEL WITH WHAT THEY HAVE TO ALSO FACE, RIGHT? UM, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, OUR, YOU KNOW, UH, MY COLLEAGUES HAS ALSO MENTIONED THAT WE ALL HAVE TO GO TO THIS STATE. 
          WE ALL HAVE TO PUT PRESSURE UNDERSTOOD LEGISLATORS. 
          AND I REMEMBER OUR PASSPORT PRESIDENT, JACKIE GOLDBERG, WHO WAS IN THE ASSEMBLY, SAID, UM, FRIDAYS, YOUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE IN THEIR OFFICES AND NOBODY'S VISITING THEM. 
          SO I WANNA RESTATE THAT. 
          UM, AND SHE SAID IT REPEATEDLY, GO ON FRIDAYS AND TALK TO THEM, UM, TO ASSEMBLY MEMBERS, TO YOUR STATE SENATORS AND, AND YOU KNOW, LET THEM KNOW ALL OF US, RIGHT, EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE FACING, WHAT YOUR CHILDREN ARE FACING, WHAT, HOW VULNERABLE YOUR POSITIONS ARE BECAUSE OF LAYOFFS. 
          AND, AND THEY NEED TO HEAR MORE AND MORE AND MORE. 
          AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE SOME CHANGE. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN, SO YOU KNOW MORE ON THAT. 
          SO IT'S A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, YOU KNOW, CANNOT BE SOLVED WITH TEMPORARY MONEY. 
          AND THIS IS THE MESSAGE THAT WE NEED TO SEND TO, TO SACRAMENTO, UM, AND ALL OUR REPRESENTATIVES. 
          BUT ABOVE ALL THAT, THE CHOICES THAT THIS DISTRICT IS MAKING, UM, IS, IS, IS VERY CONTRADICTORY. 
          UM, IT'S, I CAN'T SEE OR GRASP HOW THE DISTRICT CAN JUSTIFY REDUCING SAN BY BASICALLY TO ZERO, UM, YOU KNOW, UP TO 500 MILLION WHILE CLAIMING TO PRIORITIZE HIGH NEED STUDENTS IN HIGH NEED SCHOOLS. 
          UM, THIS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN IS ASKING FOR MASSIVE PROGRAM REDUCTIONS THAT CONTRADICT EQUITY CLAIMS. UH, THE, YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL KNOW, PROPOSING SENATE REDUCTIONS, BSAP HEAT SCHOOL CONSOLIDATIONS, UH, NORM POSITION REDUCTIONS, THIS IS DEEPLY CONCERNING. 
          AND, AND WE'VE HEARD IT HERE FROM, FROM, UM, THIS DAY IS FROM MY COLLEAGUES AND I SHARE THAT SENTIMENT AS WELL. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, C IS THERE TO SUPPORT HIGH NEEDS SCHOOLS. 
          BSAP IS THERE TO DIRECTLY SUPPORT OUR, UH, BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. 
          OUR BLACK STUDENTS POSITION REDUCTIONS INEVITABLY IMPACT SERVICES TO STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES. 
          UM, YET THE PRESENTATION SIMULTANEOUSLY FRAMES THE PLAN IS EQUITY CENTERED. 
          SO THERE IS A CONTRADICTION BETWEEN CLAIMING TO PRIORITIZE VULNERABLE STUDENTS WHILE PROPOSING SOME OF THE LARGEST REDUCTIONS AND TO TARGET EQUITY INVESTMENTS. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GRAPPLING WITH. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THE PLAN ALSO RELIES HEAVILY ON THE FEAR OF THE COUNTY INTERVENTION, WHICH I, EXCUSE ME, I SHARE THE SENTIMENTS OF BOARD MEMBER GREGO. 
          SEVERAL SLIDES FOCUS EXTENSIVELY ON POSSIBLY LACO OVERSIGHT FISCAL ADVISORS, RESCINDING BOARD AUTHORITY. 
          THAT FRAMING MAY BE FACTUALLY ACCURATE, MAYBE, BUT IT ALSO FUNCTIONS RHETORICALLY, UM, APPROVE THIS PLAN OR LOSE CONTROL. 
          THAT IS A FEAR TACTIC THAT MANY BOARD MEMBERS ACROSS THIS STATE HAVE HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WHEN I SPEAK TO MY OTHER, OTHER COLLEAGUES THROUGHOUT THIS, THIS, UM, THIS STATE, IT'S ALMOST AS IF WE'RE SHARING THE SAME EXPERIENCE THE SAME TIME. 
          YOU'RE HEARING THE SAME SORT OF SCRIPT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 
          UM, SO THIS BOARD SHOULD BE CAREFUL NOT TO CONFUSE URGENCY WITH ADEQUACY. 
          A FLAWED PLAN DOES NOT BECOME A GOOD PLAN SIMPLY BECAUSE THEIR ALTERNATIVES ARE WORSE. 
          UM, SO I KNOW THERE'S MORE TO COME BECAUSE THIS IS JUST A PRESENTATION AND WE WILL BE VOTING ON THIS IN JUNE. 
          UM, SO I WILL RESERVE SOME MORE COMMENTS UNTIL THAT TIME. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, ROCIO. 
          UH, ROUND TWO. 
          WELL, I KNOW WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ELEVATING THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND I THINK IT'S NOT TAKEN FOR GRANTED IN THIS ROOM. 
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UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TO PUT ON A FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY INADEQUATE FOR MANY OF US. 
          AND AS WE'VE SEEN THE BENEFITS, WE'VE SEEN THE DISTRICT, UH, INCREASE, UH, ACHIEVEMENT OVER THE LAST YEARS, UH, BECAUSE OF THESE INVESTMENTS AND TO HAVE TO MINIMIZE THOSE, I THINK ONE THING HAS COME EVIDENT, AND I APPRECIATE THE PRESIDENT SAYING THAT, DO WE REALLY BELIEVE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION? WHO BELIEVES IN PUBLIC EDUCATION? WHO BELIEVES IN PUBLIC EDUCATION? AND ARE WE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION? AND IS A STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOING TO REALLY PUT THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS? IF THEY SAY THEY BELIEVE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, LET'S CALL 'EM ON IT. 
          AND I THINK THAT IS THE TIME. 
          I THINK IT HAS NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN NOW THAT WE COLLECTIVELY BRING IT TO THEIR ATTENTION. 
          I MEAN, AND AGAIN, LOS ANGELES COUNTY IS DIFFERENT THAN EVERY OTHER COUNTY. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT COMMENT BECAUSE TO LIVE HERE IS NOT THE SAME AS TO LIVE IN FRESNO, AS TO LIVE IN HEMMETT AS TO LIVE IN, YOU KNOW, I COULD GO ON BAKERSFIELD. 
          UM, AND UNTIL THEY CHANGE THAT, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO SEE THAT. 
          AND L-A-U-S-D CANNOT BE ABLE TO FUND WHAT THE STATE SHOULD BE FUNDING BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW. 
          AND SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE TOGETHER AND APPRECIATE, UH, REVIS, UH, BRINGING IT PUBLICLY THAT MEET WITH OUR LEGISLATORS. 
          THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I DO ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS, ENCOURAGE OUR FAMILIES TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS, ENCOURAGE OUR TEACHERS TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE SHARING OUR STORIES HERE IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. 
          THIS IS LA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          I DON'T WORK FOR NO OTHER PLACE, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REPRESENTING US. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEING THERE TO BRING THIS TODAY. 
          AND I KNOW WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THIS INFORMATION WITH, UM, WITH UNBIASED LENS. 
          WE GOTTA LOOK AT THIS INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS AND APPRECIATE THE STATUTORY, BUT THEY TOO CAN BE CHANGED. 
          AND HOPEFULLY THAT WITH ENOUGH ADVOCACY, WE CAN BE ABLE TO SEE DIFFERENT FOR THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THE WEST SIDE. 
          AND I SAY THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAS ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, AT THIS SIZE. 
          BECAUSE IN THIS COUNTRY, THERE IS NO OTHER LIKE US. 
          SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN LEAD THE WAY IN THIS AND OUR STATE AS WELL. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SHERETTE. 
          NICK, ROUND TWO. 
          NO, LET, LET ME JUST ADD SOMETHING POSITIVE BECAUSE EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS OUT OF OUR HANDS AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT, BUT THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO. 
          SO, UM, MR. KAMI TO GET MORE MONEY INTO THE DISTRICT, WE NEED TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT, CORRECT? THAT, THAT, THAT'S A BIG FACTOR. 
          ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE ARE THE BIGGEST FACTORS. 
          ATTENDANCE, WELL, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID BEFORE, I'VE ONLY WORKED AT A SCHOOL AND I KNOW THAT IF WE CAN MAKE OUR SCHOOLS WORK, WHEN PARENTS WALK THROUGH THAT FRONT DOOR AND THE STAFF IS NICE TO THEM AND POLITE AND SAY HELLO, WHAT'S, THAT'S ONE WAY TO DO IT. 
          THAT'S ONE WAY TO DO IT. 
          WHEN PEOPLE WORKING AT THE SCHOOL, EVERYBODY WORKING THIS SCHOOL IN THE CAFETERIA OR OUR PLANT MANAGERS, OUR CUSTODIANS DON'T 'CAUSE THEY'RE NICE TO PARENTS AND SAY, HEY, HOW YOU DOING? HOW YOU PEOPLE LIKE THAT SCHOOL? THEY WILL RECOMMEND THAT SCHOOL TO THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. 
          AND THAT'S HOW WE CAN TRY TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT. 
          AND THAT'S IN OUR HANDS, NOT OUT OF OUR HANDS. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THIS BRINGS US TO THE ONE ITEM FOR ACTION. 
          UH, THERE IS PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM. 
          UH, WE'LL TAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST AND THEN, UH, WE WILL GO ON TO THE ITEM ITSELF. 
          SO, UH, LET'S SEE. 
          WE HAVE, UH, MR. JUAN MA GANDHI, ARE YOU IN THE AUDIENCE? YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          NO, I DON'T SEE YOU HERE. 
          YOU'RE ALSO NOT ONLINE. 
          THE REST ARE, UH, REMOTE. 
          UH, ENCORE PATEL, I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          ENCORE PATEL. 
          HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M ONCOR PATEL. 
          UH, YEAH, I'M AGAINST THESE LAYOFFS, THESE RISKS, AND IT'S NICE THAT, UH, 38 OF THESE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES ARE GETTING A HEARING, BUT HUNDREDS, NOT THOUSANDS OF FOLKS ACROSS THE DISTRICT ARE NOT GETTING THIS CHANCE, RIGHT. 
          EARLIER IT SAYS, BECAUSE OF THESE DRAMATIC REDUCTIONS TO SCHOOL ALLOCATIONS, BUT IT'S REALLY, THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN STRANGLING 
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THE SCHOOL SITE BUDGETS. 
          AND IT'S REALLY THE STAFF AT THE SCHOOL SITE THAT MATTERS. 
          WE TALK ABOUT IT, THAT WE CARE, WE WORRY ABOUT THESE ESSENTIAL WORKERS, WE WANT TO SUPPORT THEM, BUT NOW WE'RE RELYING ON THIS ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE'S DECISION IS COVERED TO JUSTIFY OR, UH, ACCEPT THESE LAYOFFS. 
          AND EARLIER IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE LAW JUDGE ACTUALLY GOT DIFFERENT INFORMATION THAN WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU, THE BOARD. 
          SO HOW CAN WE BUILD TRUST AND RESPECT WHEN WE'RE BALANCING THE BUDGET ON THE BACKS OF LOW WAGE WORKERS? AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE CONTINUING TO NOT LOOK AT THE SUBCONTRACTING, THE OUTSOURCING THAT'S GOING ON. 
          UM, IT'S AMAZING THAT THE, THE, THE TWO ITEMS, RIGHT, THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, AND NOW THESE LAYOFFS HAVE PUT US IN THIS DRAMATIC SITUATION, BUT IT REALLY DOES TAKE US COURAGE, RIGHT? TO DO WHAT'S NECESSARY TO DEFEND PUBLIC EDUCATION, TO CARE ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND THESE DRAMATIC REDUCTIONS TO SCHOOL ALLOCATIONS, STRANGLING SCHOOL SITE BUDGETS. 
          IT JUST SHOWS THAT THE DISTRICT, THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOT PRIORITIZING THE PEOPLE AT THE SCHOOL SITE. 
          AT LEAST NOT ENOUGH. 
          AND THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT WE COULD BE DOING AND WE SHOULD BE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESOURCES THANK YOU TIME ARE GONNA THE SCHOOL SITE STAFF AT THE CAMPUS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARIA DAISY ORTIZ. 
          YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY, BUT YOU ARE NOT ONLINE. 
          ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? NOT HAVE YOU ONLINE RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, MARCELLA GARCIA, NOT ONLINE OR IN THE ROOM. 
          UH, KARINA LOPEZ, ALSO NOT ONLINE OR IN THE ROOM, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE MARIA DAISY ORTIZ JUST SHOWED UP. 
          MARIA DAISY ORTIZ, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK WHEN SHE BEGIN. 
          MARIA DAISY ORTIZ. 
          AND SHE'S GOING TO BE SPEAKING SPANISH, SO IF YOU HAVE THOSE TRANSLATION HEADSETS. 
          HELLO? OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. 
          MY NAME IS MARIA DAISY ORTIZ, AND I AM HERE, FIRST OF ALL, TO SAY TO EACH ONE OF YOU, AND ESPECIALLY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, THAT THE WORD TRANSPARENCY IN YOUR MOUTH IS WAY TOO BIG. 
          BECAUSE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY, YOU HAVE TO OPEN UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR INFORMATION. 
          AND THAT WHICH YOU HAVE PRESENTED TODAY BEFORE YOU TO THE COMMITTEES, THE PAC COMMITTEE, DLAC, AND CAC, IT HAS NOT EVEN BEEN PRESENTED. 
          LET'S NOT EVEN TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOLS. 
          SO THAT IS NOT TRANSPARENCY OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT MEANING IT HAS FOR YOU. 
          UH, THE WORD TRANSPARENCY ALSO STOP USING THE VULNERABILITY OF OUR IMMIGRANT, UH, PEOPLE SAYING WORDS, CHEAP WORDS AND CORRUPT WORDS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE POSITIONS THAT YOU HAVE BECAUSE YOU JUST LIKE POWER, BUT YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 
          BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE PAYING FOR A SUPERINTENDENT THAT IS NOT WORKING AND ONE THAT IS AN INTERIM. 
          SO DOUBLE THERE. 
          HOW EMBARRASSING AND APART FROM THAT 250 MILLIONS THAT WAS SET ASIDE FOR PEOPLE FOR OTHER, UH, SEXES, AND THAT IS THE WAY THAT YOU WANT US TO SUPPORT YOU, STOP DOING THINGS THAT ARE CORRUPT, UH, POLITICALLY. 
          YOU ARE JUST THERE TO SERVE FOR THOSE THAT PAY FOR YOUR CAMPAIGNS. 
          WE TRULY NEED THAT. 
          EACH ONE OF YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE, ACCOUNTABLE, AND ALL OF YOU SHOULD BE OUT BECAUSE YOU ARE INEFFICIENT IN OUR SYSTEM. 
          YOU HAVE THE STUDENT IN DEBT BECAUSE YOU ARE THE ONES THAT MAKE THESE DECISIONS, AND YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN, UH, THE WRONG DECISION BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA LISTEN TO PARENTS. 
          YOU WENT TO SACRAMENTO WITH THE BOARD, AND THEY, YOU GUYS DIDN'T EVEN THINK OF TAKING PARENTS BECAUSE THE VOICE OF THE PARENTS IS NOT IN SACRAMENTO. 
          AND THAT IS NOT EQUITY, MR. CHAIRPERSON. 
          SO WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES, EFFECTIVE CHANGES, AND DO THE RIGHT THING FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR STUDENTS, EVALUATE ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT MANY OF THEM DO NOT WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ON THE SINGLE ACTION ITEM, MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND MOVE IT, MOVE BY BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON. 
          I'LL SECOND. 
          SECONDED BY MR. MELVOIN, SUPERINTENDENT SHA. 
          THANK YOU BOARD PRESIDENT. 
          JUST SOME VERY BRIEF REMARKS. 
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ALL OF US RECOGNIZE THAT A REDUCTION IN FORCE CREATES SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY IN PERSONAL HARDSHIPS FOR EMPLOYEES, FAMILIES, AND SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. 
          I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR THAT THIS ACTION IS NOT IN ANY WAY A REFLECTION OF EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE OR DEDICATION, BUT RATHER A DIFFICULT AND NECESSARY RESPONSE TO STRUCTURAL FISCAL CONDITIONS. 
          THE NUMBER OF FINAL NOTICES BEING PROPOSED IS THE SAME AS WHAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZED IN FEBRUARY. 
          HOWEVER, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE NUMBERS DO NOT REPRESENT THE ULTIMATE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT WILL BE RELEASED FROM DISTRICT SERVICE AND PLACED ON A REEMPLOYMENT LIST, PENDING BOARD RATIFICATION OF THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN SEIU AND THE DISTRICT TENTATIVELY PLANNED FOR JUNE 16TH, WE WILL TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION, INCLUDING RESTORATION OF THE IT SUPPORT TECHNICIAN POSITIONS. 
          EMPLOYEES WHO ARE LAID OFF WILL BE PLACED ON A REEMPLOYMENT LIST BY CLASSIFICATION FOR A PERIOD OF 39 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF SEPARATION. 
          DURING THIS PERIOD, THEY WILL BE OFFERED REEMPLOYMENT IN ORDER OF SENIORITY WITHIN THEIR CLASSIFICATION. 
          ADDITIONALLY, IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT EMPLOYEES RIGHTS TO EMPLOYMENT IN OTHER CLASSES AND THE USE OF VACANCIES GENERATED BY ANNUAL ATTRITION WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED REDUCTIONS AND THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES ACTUALLY BEING RELEASED FROM DISTRICT SERVICE. 
          AND, AND AGAIN, I I WILL REITERATE ONCE MORE, THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AT EVERY LEVEL POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT WE BRING IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR OUR DISTRICT TO AMELIORATE FURTHER CUTS. 
          MR. MR. MCLEAN, LET ME JUST ADD THAT I, I AM HOPING THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING RELEASED, THAT, UM, DISTRICT STAFF AND DISTRICT PERSONNEL AND DIRECTORS AND MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS ALL ASSIST THESE EMPLOYEES IN UPDATING THEIR RESUMES, HELPING THEM TO WRITE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, MEETING THEIR EMOTIONAL NEEDS. 
          WE MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CHILDREN, BUT WE HAVE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR EMPLOYEES TOO. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND, UM, BOARD PRESIDENT, THE PERSONNEL COMMISSION WILL BE WORKING WITH EMPLOYEES ON EXACTLY THOSE SKILLS RESUMES, INTERVIEWING, UM, AS WELL AS SENDING THE LIST OF ALL OF THE CLASSIFIED VACANCIES TO ALL CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES EACH WEEK TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO APPLY FOR OTHER JOBS THAT ARE OPEN THE BOARD DISCUSSION. 
          YEAH, JUST ALONG THOSE LINES, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UM, AROUND WHAT, WHAT SUPPORT ARE WE PROVIDING TO PUT, TO HELP AFFECTED EMPLOYEES FIND POES POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE STAFF SHORTAGES IN? FOR EXAMPLE, UM, IF YOU COULD SPEAK IN MORE DETAIL DR. MURPHY ABOUT THAT. 
          I'M JUST, I CAN'T SEE FROM BACK HERE IF, IF, UH, THE, OUR PERSONNEL DIRECTOR IS HERE. 
          DAVID GRECO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE, THE PERSONNEL COMMISSION IS, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE SENDING OUT A LIST OF VACANCIES OF ALL VACANCIES EVERY WEEK TO OUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES. 
          THEY ARE GOING TO BE HOLDING WORKSHOPS AND, UH, RESUME WRITING INTERVIEW SKILLS, UH, HOW TO JOB SEARCH SKILLS FOR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE, UH, POTENTIALLY BEING, UH, LAID OFF AT THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          THEY'RE ALSO WORKING EVERY SINGLE DAY TO PROVIDE, TO LOOK AT OUR RETIREMENTS, RESIGNATIONS AND SEPARATIONS, AND HOW WE MAY BE ABLE TO MOVE EMPLOYEES WITH RIGHTS TO THOSE JOBS, INTO THOSE ASSIGNMENTS. 
          UM, I'M SORRY, DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT DID. 
          UM, ANOTHER QUESTION IS, THE ITEM BEFORE US LOOKS AT CLASSIFIED REDUCTIONS. 
          UM, SO HOW ARE WE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT CENTRAL OFFICE REDUCTIONS DO NOT DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT THE LOWEST PAID STAFF? HOW, HOW DOES THIS CONTEMPLATE REDUCTIONS AT THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND CERTIFICATED ADMINISTRATOR LEVELS, UM, IN ADDITION TO, TO CLASSIFIED STAFF? SO WE, WE DID HAVE, AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL ACTION THAT YOU AUTHORIZED, UM, LETTERS WERE SENT TO ALL OF OUR CERTIFICATED ADMINISTRATORS INDICATING AND, UH, SENIOR MANAGEMENT INDICATING THAT THEY MAY ALSO BE SUBJECT TO, UM, REDUCTIONS. 
          AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS WHO HAVE, UM, WILL BE RETURNING, WILL BE LEAVING THE CENTRAL OFFICE AND WILL BE RETURNING TO SCHOOL SITE POSITIONS AS WELL. 
          UH, THOSE POSITIONS ARE NOT THE SAME AS A RIF BECAUSE ADMINISTRATORS, CERTIFICATED ADMINISTRATORS ARE NOT ENTITLED TO ASSIGNMENTS OTHER THAN TEACHER. 
          UH, WE WILL BE ENSURING THAT ALL OF OUR 
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CURRENT, UH, ADMINISTRATOR AND CERTIFICATED STAFF WILL BE FILLING ANY VACANCIES BY ATTRITION AS WELL. 
          BUT THERE HAS BEEN A REDUCTION AT CENTRAL OFFICE OF CERTIFICATED, UH, ADMINISTRATOR POSITIONS AS WELL. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          AND IF AT SOME POINT THAT CAN BE QUANTIFIED, SO WE CAN HAVE A SENSE OF HOW THOSE NUMBERS COMPARE, CERTIFICATE VERSUS CLASSIFIED. 
          ANOTHER, ANOTHER PIECE OF THE RESOLUTION WAS ENSURING THAT, UM, THE VALUE OF ALL EMPLOYEES IS RECOGNIZED AND THAT THERE ARE NOT DISPARITIES BETWEEN CERTAIN TYPES OF EMPLOYEES COMPARED TO OTHERS AS WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE REDUCTIONS. 
          TANYA, UH, MAYBE ALONG THOSE LINES, WHY WERE MEMBERS OF UTLA OR LA SCHOOL POLICE NOT AFFECTED BY LAYOFFS THIS YEAR? I, CAN YOU ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN? YEAH. 
          WHY WERE MEMBERS OF UTLA AND LA SCHOOL POLICE NOT AFFECTED BY THE RIFS EARLY LAYOFFS? OH, WHEN, OH, SO FOR UTLA, UM, WE ARE ABLE TO, UH, USE THE ATTRITION FOR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE RETIRING, UH, AND RESIGNING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE TEACHERS INTO THOSE VACANCIES. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF TEMPORARY CONTRACT TEACHERS WHO WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, RELEASE TO ENSURE THAT OUR PERMANENT EMPLOYEES WHO HAD RIGHTS TO ONGOING EMPLOYMENT WERE ABLE TO MOVE INTO THOSE ASSIGNMENTS. 
          UM, AS FAR AS SCHOOL POLICE GOES, I BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE THE BUDGET REDUCTIONS, THE 20% BUDGET REDUCTIONS, UM, WITHOUT IMPACTING STAFF BECAUSE OF EXISTING VACANCIES. 
          BUT I'LL, I'LL HAND THAT TO PEDRO, THAT HE ALSO MADE A NUMBER OF REDUCTIONS AT THE, UM, MANAGEMENT AND CLERICAL LEVEL, AS WELL AS, UM, WE ELIMINATED CERTAIN, UM, MANAGEMENT POSITIONS. 
          AND IDEALLY WHAT WE DID IS WE ELIMINATED TWO LIEUTENANT POSITIONS AND OPENED UP A SERGEANT POSITION. 
          AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KIND OF, I WOULD SAY, FLATTEN THE MANAGEMENT LEVEL THERE AND INVEST IN THOSE THAT ARE ACTUALLY SUPPORTING KIND OF OUR COMMUNITY ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY SUPPORT. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE ICE ACTIVITY AND, AND, UH, OTHER COMMUNITY SUPPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN DESIRED AT SCHOOL SITES. 
          UM, THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          BUT I'M, I'M WITH MS. GONA THAT I, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTING, UM, CERTAIN, UH, EMPLOYEES AND SCHOOLS, UM, PARTICULARLY WHO, UH, HAVE CHOSEN TO HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO LIKE WORK NEAR THEIR SCHOOLS. 
          SOME OF THESE POSITIONS, I THINK WE CALL 'EM RESTRICTED POSITIONS, UM, WHETHER IT'S THE ROLE OR THAT THEY NEED TO LIVE WITHIN A CERTAIN RADIUS, THE, UM, COMMUNITY REPS, HEALTHY START NAVIGATORS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ALL THESE FOLKS WHO, UH, SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT I, I FEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LOSS OF SERVICE WILL BE FELT. 
          UM, AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE GONNA BE GROWING SOME OTHER POSITIONS. 
          UM, AND, AND I'LL JUST, YOU KNOW, CALL IT OUT LIKE WE'RE GROWING AT UTLA AND THEN WE'RE LAYING OFF SCIU, AND THAT IS A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION BEFORE THIS BOARD. 
          UM, AND SO IT HELPS US WHEN WE KNOW THAT STAFF HAS REALLY CONTEMPLATED ALL OF THE LIMITATIONS AND POSSIBILITIES HERE. 
          AND SO I, I GUESS THAT'S ULTIMATELY MY QUESTION IS LIKE, DID WE HAVE TO LAY OFF CERTAIN POSITIONS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT ALREADY PROTECTED BY COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS AND THERE WAS MORE, YOU KNOW, QUOTE UNQUOTE DISCRETION OR FLEXIBILITY WITH THOSE POSITIONS VERSUS OTHERS THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, LOCKED IN BECAUSE OF BARGAINING AGREEMENTS? UH, YES. 
          SO, UH, YES, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS SUCH AS CLASS SIZE OR COUNSELING RATIOS, P-S-A-P-S-W SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST RATIOS FOR UTLA THAT ARE IN THE CONTRACT. 
          AND, UH, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO LAY OFF THE EMPLOYEES NEEDED TO FULFILL THOSE RATIOS, UH, UNLESS WE RENEGOTIATED THOSE RATIOS AND INCREASED THE, THE STUDENT TO EMPLOYEE RATIO. 
          SO THAT IS, UH, ONE REASON, BUT A, AGAIN, DO THE, THE DECREASES DUE TO DECLINING ENROLLMENT, UM, WE ARE ABLE TO ABSORB THIS YEAR THROUGH ATTRITION AND RETIREMENTS. 
          AND I'LL NOTE MR. GRECO IS HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS PREVIOUSLY, PREVIOUSLY ASKED IF, IF STILL NEEDED. 
          RIGHT. 
          ANY OTHER BOARD COMMENTS BEFORE WE ASK MR. GRECO TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM? JUST ONE FINAL THOUGHT BEFORE. 
          SURE. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF SIMON, YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. 
          YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THE PROCESS THAT, THAT RESULTED IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE REDUCTIONS. 
          SO AS, AS WE SHARED PREVIOUSLY IN, YOU KNOW, STARTING IN FEBRUARY, THE, THE RIF AUTHORIZATION WAS FOR CENTRAL OFFICE POSITIONS. 
          AND THE CENTRAL OFFICE REDUCTIONS INCLUDED CLASSIFIED REDUCTIONS AND CERTIFICATED REDUCTIONS. 
          AND, UH, AS, AS, UH, DR. MURPHY MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME DIFFERENCES IN HOW IT WORKS, UH, PROCESS WISE FOR CERTIFICATED VERSUS CLASSIFIED, 
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BUT THERE WERE REDUCTIONS FROM THE CENTRAL OFFICE REDUCTIONS THAT IMPACTED BOTH CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES AND AND CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES. 
          UH, WHEN DIVISIONS, SORRY, WERE THOSE ALL AND UTLA MEMBERS OR JUST ALL A MEMBERS? UM, I, KRISTEN, CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THAT ONE? I'M SO SORRY. 
          COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? THE CENTRAL OFFICE POSITIONS, WERE THOSE BOTH UTLA AND ALL A MEMBERS, OR JUST ALL A MEMBERS? UH, IT WAS BOTH, UH, I'LL GET THE NUMBERS FOR YOU. 
          AND EACH DIVISION'S REDUCTIONS WERE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          BUT, UH, THE INSTRUCTIONS WERE CERTAINLY TO ELIMINATE, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER ELIMINATING SENIOR MANAGEMENT LEVEL POSITIONS, MIDDLE MANAGEMENT LEVEL POSITIONS, UH, BUT DIVISIONS HAD TO MEET A CERTAIN TARGETED REDUCTION. 
          AND WHILE EVERY DIVISION DIDN'T, REC DIDN'T, ULTIMATELY WASN'T ULTIMATELY REDUCED BY THE SAME AMOUNT BECAUSE WE HAD TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT ON, ON STUDENTS ON OPERATIONS OF THE DISTRICT ON VITAL SERVICES. 
          UM, THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS IN, UH, SENIOR MANAGEMENT LEVEL POSITIONS AND, AND MIDDLE MANAGEMENT LEVEL POSITIONS. 
          THERE'S JUST, THERE ARE FEWER OF THOSE POSITIONS THAN THERE ARE KIND OF IN TERMS OF OUR OVERALL, UH, EMPLOYEE POPULATION. 
          BUT, BUT THERE WERE REDUCTIONS KIND OF, AND, BUT BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE REDUCTION, IT DID NEED TO ENCOMPASS A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF POSITIONS AT, AT ALL LEVELS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I'LL JUST SHARE BEFORE IT GOES INTO THE NEXT BOARD MEMBER. 
          YOU KNOW, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT FORCE PLACEMENTS. 
          UM, WE HAVE A, A HISTORY OF, UH, TRYING TO HAVE MUTUAL CONSENT BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND THE EMPLOYEE. 
          AND I HOPE THAT WE'LL DO THAT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY THIS YEAR. 
          I DO KNOW ALSO THAT WE HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF HAVING TO FORCE, UH, PEOPLE AT SCHOOLS AND THAT HAS BEEN CHALLENGING. 
          YEAH. 
          MUST PLACE POSITIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE AVOIDING THAT, WHERE SCHOOLS CANNOT ABSORB, UM, THE CHALLENGES THAT MIGHT ARISE WHEN THERE IS NOT MUTUAL CONSENT. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, UH, I KNOW WE'LL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT THAT NEXT MONTH. 
          UM, BUT JUST A FLAG. 
          HIGH AND HIGHEST NEED SCHOOLS REALLY NEED AS MUCH MUTUAL CONSENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR SCHOOLS ARE, UH, RUNNING COLLECTIVELY, UM, TO MEET THE EXTREME NEEDS THAT, UM, WE KNOW OUR STUDENTS ARE GONNA BE FACING EVEN MORE SO WITH THESE BUDGET CUTS. 
          SO, THANKS MR. REEN. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL ASK MR. GRECO TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM. 
          KELLY, WE HAVE MR. GRECO HERE FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, PEOPLE WHO MAY BE RELEASED. 
          YES. 
          UM, MY QUESTION WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT, UH, A NUMBER OF OUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES WILL BE IMPACTED BY TODAY'S ACTION. 
          WHAT SUPPORTS ARE WE PROVIDING TO THEM TO HELP THEM TO HELP MOVE THEM INTO POSITIONS THAT WHERE WE HAVE OPENINGS, WHERE WE HAVE STAFF SHORTAGES AND ENSURE THAT THOSE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO STUDENTS, AS WELL AS ENSURING THAT THOSE FOLKS CAN CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? SO THE CLASSIFIED, UH, SYSTEM IS DICTATED BY THE MERIT SYSTEM. 
          SO WE CANNOT JUST MOVE PEOPLE INTO CLASSIFICATIONS. 
          UH, EVERY WEEK, ANYTIME THAT THERE ARE VACANCIES AND OPENINGS, WE SEND OUT TO ALL EMPLOYEES A JOB BULLETIN THAT TELLS 'EM EVERYTHING THAT IS OPEN SO THAT THEY CAN APPLY. 
          SO LONG AS IT THEY MEET THE EQS, THEY WILL THEN, UH, TEST FOR THE JO JOB. 
          AND IF THEY GET ON THE ELIGIBILITY LIST IN THE TOP THREE RANKS, THEY CAN BE CHOSEN. 
          SO WE ARE SENDING OUT THE JOB BULLETINS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE, THE OPENINGS THAT THERE ARE. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE ARE ALSO DOING IS OUR ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE BRANCH IS HOLDING A CAREER, UH, WORKSHOP WHERE THEY'LL HELP, UH, FINE TUNE SKILLS OF RESUME BUILDING INTERVIEW SKILLS AND TESTING SKILLS, WHETHER THAT BE WITHIN THE DISTRICT OR OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT. 
          AND DOES THAT INCLUDE DIRECT OUTREACH TO THE, TO THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IMPACTED OR WHO ARE LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED TODAY? SO IT IS, IT IS WIDELY PUBLICIZED ON OUR WEBSITES AND ALSO SENT OUT TO ALL CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES THROUGH EMAIL. 
          DOES THE PC HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL OUTREACH AND GUIDANCE TO, TO, TO THESE INDIVIDUALS? WE CAN HAVE, WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO, TO REACH OUT WITH EMAILS AND OR LETTERS AND HAVE THEM REACH BACK OUT TO US IN CONTACT THAT WE DO NOT HAVE RESOURCES TO MAKE INDIVIDUAL PHONE CALLS TO EVERY EMPLOYEE. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU DO WHATEVER YOU, YOU ARE ABLE TO WITHIN YOUR, YOUR STAFFING CAPACITY. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT IT, IT PUBLICIZING, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IT PUBLICLY IS HELPFUL, BUT DIRECT OUTREACH I THINK IS, IS NECESSARY FOR, FOR THESE IMPACTED EMPLOYEES AND BOARD MEMBER EZ. 
          WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO MAKE PHONE CALLS TO THE EMPLOYEES WHO MAY ULTIMATELY BE, UH, LAID OFF OR, OR RELEASED FROM DISTRICT SERVICE. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S A SM A MUCH SMALLER NUMBER. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, MR. MCLEAN? ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA TAKE THE VOTE ON TAB ONE. 
          WE'RE DONE. 
          OH, YOU, WE, THAT WAS QUITE, I'M SORRY. 
          YOU SAID, I THOUGHT YOU SAID CALL THE VOTE. 
          DO, YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          ARE THERE MORE, MORE DISCUSSION? THERE'S MORE DISCUSSION. 
          SORRY. 
          I WAS LIKE, WHOA. 
          UM, UH, REGARDING THE RESCISSION, THE PROCESS FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEIR, THEIR JOBS BACK, AND 
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IS IT BASED ON ATTRITION, UM, THAT POSITIONS WILL BE OPEN AND PEOPLE CAN APPLY FOR THEIR POSITIONS? UH, YES. 
          SO, UH, AND I SEE THE PERSONNEL DIRECTOR, MR. GRECO COMING UP AGAIN, BUT, UM, AS FAR AS PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN EITHER, UH, BUMPED DOWN TO A LOWER CLASSIFICATION OR WHO MAY BE LAID OFF, THEY HAVE A, UH, RIGHT TO THOSE ASSIGNMENTS BY SENIORITY AND WILL BE CALLED BACK BY SENIORITY, IF YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THERE'S A 39 39 MONTH REEMPLOYMENT LIST FOR EACH CLASSIFICATION. 
          SO IF AN INDIVIDUAL IS BUMPED DOWN FROM A ONE CLASS TO A LOWER CLASS, AND LET'S ASSUME THAT MAYBE THEY'RE BUMPED DOWN THREE CLASSES, THEY MAINTAIN A 39 1 REEMPLOYMENT LIST FOR EVERY CLASSIFICATION THAT THEY BUMPED OUT OF. 
          SO AS SOON AS THERE'S A VACANCY, WE GO STRAIGHT TO THE REEMPLOYMENT LIST. 
          WE ARE NOT PERMITTED TO HIRE FROM THE OUTSIDE, WE GO STRAIGHT TO THE REEMPLOYMENT LIST IN ORDER OF SENIORITY, AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE THREE OPPORTUNITIES TO REJECT OR ACCEPT A JOB. 
          IF THEY REJECT IT THREE TIMES, THEN THEY'RE TAKEN OFF OF THE REEMPLOYMENT LIST. 
          UH, IF THEY, IF THEY REJECT THE FIRST TIME WE GO TO THE SECOND PERSON IN SENIORITY AND SO FORTH. 
          DO YOU KNOW THE AVERAGE ATTRITION RATE FOR CLASSIFIED POSITIONS FOR ANY OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE ON THIS LIST? THAT, I MEAN POSITIONS ON THIS LIST, I SHOULD SAY. 
          I WELL, I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU AND LOOK AT EACH INDIVIDUAL FOR ATTRITION, JUST IN GENERAL. 
          WE DO, WE HAVE, BECAUSE I KNOW WE WERE ABLE TO PREDICT FOR, UH, CERTIFICATED STAFF, RIGHT, THAT WE, WE MADE AN ASSUMPTION THAT THERE WERE GONNA BE ENOUGH PEOPLE RETIRING AND LEAVING, THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO ANY LAYOFFS FOR THOSE, UM, AT LEAST RIFS FOR THOSE POSITIONS. 
          UM, SO I'M WONDERING IF WE HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION FOR CLASSIFIED. 
          SO WE DID LOOK AT THE NUMBERS INITIALLY TO DETERMINE WHAT NUMBERS WE TYPICALLY HAVE IN A YEAR. 
          UM, AND THAT KIND OF HELPED, UH, THE DECIDING FACTORS OF, OF WHAT THE, THE REQUEST WAS FROM THE DISTRICT TO AUTHORIZE THE LAYOFF. 
          UM, EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT WE GET A RESIGNATION OR RETIREMENT FROM AN IMPACTED CLASSIFICATION, WE THEN GO TO THE SENIORITY LIST AND WE RESCIND THOSE LAYOFFS. 
          SO IN REAL TIME, WE ARE CURRENTLY RESCINDING LAYOFFS OR, OR LOWER CLASSIFICATION BUMPS, AND WE WILL BE DOING SO ALL THE WAY THROUGH JUNE 30TH AND THEREAFTER. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, LET'S SEE HERE. 
          SO THE VOTE, JUST CLARIFICATION ON THE VOTE, UM, THAT WE'RE TAKING TODAY, UM, IS THE VOTE TO ACCEPT THE LAYOFFS AND TO GIVE AUTHORITY TO RESCIND ANY, ANY, UH, POSITIONS, ANY, ANY RIF NOTICES? UH, YES. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE THREE OF THE BOARD REPORT, THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, UH, IT DOES SAY THAT BY ADOPTING THE PROPOSED DECISION, THE BOARD WILL AUTHOR WILL AUTHORIZE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RESCISSIONS IDENTIFIED DURING THE HEARING PROCESS REFLECTED IN THE PROPOSED DECISION. 
          AND IN ADDITION, THE DISTRICT MAY IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES WHOSE LAYOFF NOTICES SHOULD BE RESCINDED BASED ON FURTHER REVIEW OF STAFFING, UH, AND ATTRITION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO THAT'S, UM, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. 
          UM, BUT I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE POSITIONS THAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY, UM, ARE THE VERY POSITIONS THAT EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, UM, WERE ALREADY REDUCED, RIGHT? AT OUR SCHOOLS. 
          SO OUR SCHOOLS WERE ALREADY DESTABILIZED, UM, BECAUSE THESE POSITIONS WERE ALREADY BEING REDUCED. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, AND THAT IS A RESULT OF HAVING FULLY FUNDED SCHOOLS. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES HAVING CAMPUS AIDE, HEALTHY START NAVIGATORS, PSA AIDS GARDENERS WHO KEEP OUR, OUR, OUR GARDENS WELL. 
          'CAUSE WHO ELSE IS GONNA DO IT? RIGHT? THE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE GARDENER DOING IT, THEN YOU'RE PUTTING IT ON THE OTHER STAFF. 
          AND THAT'S WHEN SCHOOLS START TO FEEL NOT WELCOMING. 
          THAT'S WHEN THEY START TO FEEL AND THEY LOOK AND APPEAR, NOT THE KIND OF PLACE WHERE YOU WANNA BE AT. 
          SO I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT THESE, ALL OF THESE POSITIONS, UM, HAVE BEEN AT RISK FOR A WHILE, AND NOW IT'S, UM, BY PUTTING THEM ON THIS FINAL, UH, VOTE, WE ARE MAKING A REALITY. 
          WE'RE MAKING IT A REALITY THAT OUR SCHOOLS 
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ARE NOW GOING TO BE VERY MUCH MORE DESTABILIZED THAN THEY HAVE BEEN. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION WE TALKED ABOUT C THOSE ARE THE HIGHEST NEEDS SCHOOLS. 
          THERE'S A BIG, UH, CORRELATION BETWEEN C AND BSAP SCHOOLS. 
          THESE ARE THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THESE RIFTS. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, I WANNA ALSO POINT OUT THAT THESE POSITIONS, AND I KNOW PEOPLE HERE ARE EMPATHETIC, AND THEY, AND THEY FEEL SYMPATHY, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, THESE FOLKS, THEY'RE NOT A TITLE. 
          THEY'RE NOT JUST A POSITION, THEY'RE NOT A LINE ITEM. 
          IT REALLY, THEY REPRESENT A PERSON'S LIVELIHOOD, RIGHT? AND FOR A LOT OF THEM ALREADY, THEY HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. 
          AND I RECEIVED LETTERS TODAY WHERE SOMEBODY IN ALL CAPS SAID, I AM BEGGING YOU TO VOTE NO ON THESE RIFS. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON. 
          THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, OUR STUDENTS PARENTS IN MANY CASES, OUR STUDENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WE ARE DOING THIS. 
          AND, UM, AND IT CONCERNS ME THAT WE'RE MAKING SUCH A HUGE DECISION THAT IS GOING TO IMPACT PEOPLE SO SIGNIFICANTLY IN A TIME WHEN OUR STATE BUDGET HAS NOT BEEN FULLY FLESHED OUT. 
          WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, UH, FINAL OUTCOME WILL BE ON OUR BUDGET. 
          AND YET, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME FOLKS MIGHT BE RESCINDED, BUT THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE PUTTING PEOPLE THROUGH RIGHT NOW IS TREMENDOUS. 
          AND I'VE BEEN AT A SCHOOL FOR 20 YEARS WHERE THERE WAS HISTORIC DESTABILIZATION, SO I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE. 
          I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE AT A SCHOOL THAT HAS STAFF THAT IS CONSTANTLY MOVING. 
          WE'RE LOSING FOLKS, COLLEAGUES WHO ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS. 
          UM, AND I MEAN, EVERYONE, SPECIAL EDUCATION ASSISTANTS, UM, OFFICE TECHS, SAAS, WHAT ALL THE POSITIONS, UM, I KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE WHEN MY COLLEAGUES HAVE HAD TO LOSE THEIR JOB. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST A LINE ITEM, IT'S NOT JUST A NUMBER. 
          IT'S NOT THE END. 
          YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER AT THE END OF YEAR ONE, TWO, OR THREE. 
          IT IS REAL HUMAN BEINGS. 
          AND, UM, BACK IN FEBRUARY, I VOTED NO FOR THIS BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION. 
          I STILL FEEL THE SAME WAY BECAUSE THE BUDGET HAS NOT BEEN FULLY FLESHED OUT. 
          AND THIS IS A HUGE DECISION, DECISION THAT TO ME, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE OUR TIME. 
          AND I KNOW THAT LEGALLY WE HAVE TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. 
          BUT, UM, I STILL, I I, I STILL FEEL THAT THE, THE, THERE'S LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT OUR BUDGET WILL LOOK LIKE, THE, THE FINAL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WILL BE COMING IN. 
          AND SO I JUST WANT TO, ONE, I WANNA, YOU KNOW, SEND A MESSAGE TO ANYBODY WHO IS ON THIS LIST THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, I I'M NOT GONNA SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT I, I RESPECT YOUR WORK. 
          I VALUE YOUR WORK. 
          AND, UM, AND I'M GONNA FIGHT HARD BECAUSE I, WHEN I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S AN, AN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK THAT IS NOT POSITIVE AND THAT THERE ARE HARD DECISIONS TO BE MADE, BUT I STILL BELIEVE THAT LAYOFFS SHOULD BE THE, THE LAST THING THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IMPACTED, BUT ALSO HOW THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE CONNECTED. 
          AND SO, UM, SO ANYWAY, I'M, I'M, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, AND I'M, BY ME SAYING I RESPECT YOU AND I VALUE YOU. 
          THAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT MY COLLEAGUES DON'T, I WANNA BE CLEAR 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY ALSO FEEL THE SAME WAY. 
          UM, BUT I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THAT, UM, TO ME, THIS, THIS STILL FEELS LIKE IT'S, IT'S TOO MUCH TOO SOON. 
          AND, UM, THAT'S WHERE I STAND RIGHT NOW. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, MR. MCLEAN? ALL RIGHT. 
          HAVING BEEN MOVED BY BOARD PRESIDENT SCHMERIN, SECONDED BY MR. MELVOIN, UH, I BELIEVE MS. NEW BILL WILL BE BACK WITH US SHORTLY. 
          UH, DR. RIVAS? NO. 
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MS. MR. MALVO? YES. 
          MS. GRIEGO? NO. 
          MS. EZ? YES. 
          MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN? YES. 
          BOARD PRESIDENT THAT'LL WALK FOR YOU? AGAIN? BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON ? YES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT'S, UH, SAME ON YOU. 
          FOUR YESES, TWO NO'S. 
          AND WAITING ON MS. NEW BILL. 
          SO IT PASSES, BUT WE'LL WAIT ON THAT ONE BOAT. 
          NO, NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. 
          NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. 
          NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. 
          NO JUSTICE. 
          NO PEACE. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE ONE MORE VOTE TO RECORD. 
          THAT IS MS. NEWBELL. 
          YES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT IS, UH, FIVE EYES AND TWO NOS. 
          THE ITEM PASSES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO BEFORE WE GO, I'D LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THE IDEA THAT WE DISCUSSED ON TUESDAY AT OUR AD HOC, UH, AT OUR, SORRY, AT OUR WHOLE, UH, COMMITTEE, THE WHOLE MEETING. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO FORM AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR AI AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE DISTRICT. 
          SO THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE FORMED BY SOME BOARD MEMBERS AND INDUSTRY EXPERTS WHO WILL LISTEN TO HOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ARE IMPLEMENTED IN OUR DISTRICT AND ASSESS THEIR IMPACT ON STUDENT SAFETY AND LEARNING. 
          SO ONLY THREE MEMBERS CAN BE ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT IF THEY AGREE. 
          UH, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN, MR. MELVOIN, AND MS. EZ. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WORKS FOR ME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, JUST GONNA REPEAT, UH, MR. MALVO, UH, MS. CONEZ AND MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE AS PER THE RESOLUTION. 
          GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, BUSINESS IS DONE. 
          WOULD ANYONE CARE TO ADJOURN OR OBJECT TO AN ADJOURNMENT? WE'RE GOOD. 
          THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 1 36.
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