* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. GOOD MORNING, WELCOME. [00:00:02] THE TIME IS NOW 9:02 AM ON JUNE 5TH, 2026. WELCOME TO THIS REGULAR MEETING AT THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION, INCLUDING CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. UH, WE'LL TAKE [Roll Call of Members] ROLE. MS. NEWVILLE. PRESENT DR. RIVAS? PRESENT. MR. MELVIN? HERE. MS. CGO. MS. EZ. MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN. PRESENT BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON PRESENT. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A QUORUM [1. Board of Education Report No. 479-25/26 Division of Adult and Career Education] ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY. WE HAVE ONE OPEN SESSION ITEM AND THEN FOUR CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. SO WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO THE OPEN SESSION ITEM. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO BRING IT? I'LL MOVE IT. SECOND. MOVED BY MR. MELVOIN, SECONDED BY DR. RIVAS. UH, THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? NONE. NONE. OKAY. LET'S TAKE A VOTE. VOTE SPEAKER. OH, THAT'S RIGHT, I'M SORRY. THANK YOU, MR. TOSKI. I WILL GIVE YOU CREDIT ON THAT ONE. WE HAVE MR. DAVID TOSKI SIGNED UP ON ITEM ONE. COME ON DOWN, SIR. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN AND YOUR MIC IS ON. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT. UH, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT, UH, THE APPOINTMENT OF MATTHEW TO THIS, UH, APPARENTLY, UM, UNFILLED POSITION FOR A LONG TIME AND IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE CONSORTIUM. EXACTLY. YOU'VE GOT CULVER CITY, WHICH IS IN FISCAL TROUBLE. YOU'VE GOT MONTEBELLO, WHICH IS IN RECEIVERSHIP AND WE'RE IN THIS PARTNERSHIP. UM, WHAT, WHAT IS THIS BENEFIT OF THE CONSORTIUM AND DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE OUGHT TO BE WORKING ON A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA ACROSS THE STATE TO UNDO OUR TIES TO THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, AND PARTICULARLY TO PURSUE THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT MONEY. THIS FEDERAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT MONEY, WHICH IS CTE MONEY, WHICH A LOT OF YOU EXPRESS INTEREST IN, HAS DISPROPORTIONATELY MOVED TO CITIES AWAY FROM SCHOOL BOARDS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THIS IS WHERE KIDS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SUMMER WORK, TO, TO FIND CAREERS, AND IT'S GOING OVER TO CITIES AND THE CITIES ARE BUILDING BUILDINGS WITH IT RATHER THAN HELPING OUR KIDS. SIMILARLY IN GOVERNMENT RELATIONS ISSUES. UM, NEXT, UH, BOARD MEETING. YOU'LL BE WORKING ON, UH, OVER $500 MILLION OF THESE SLAB BUILDINGS THAT ARE UNSAFE FOR CHILDREN ACROSS THE STATE. UH, THIS IS A HUNDRED PLUS SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WE'RE APPARENTLY THE ONLY ONE PURSUING, UH, WHAT SHOULD BE PURSUED BY ALL DISTRICTS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT LEGISLATION SHOULD PUT MONEY ASIDE RATHER THAN TAKING OUT OF THE BOND. UM, NOBODY PRESSURED THE GOVERNOR OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS OR EIGHT YEARS TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. INSTEAD OF SPENDING YOUR BOND MONEY, YOU SHOULD BE WORKING ON, ON GETTING LEGISLATION TO HELP EITHER MATCH OR OR LEGISLATION. ALSO, THE ER MEASURE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FAILING. WE FAILED, UH, IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO BE PART OF THAT SALES TAX. THE ONLY WAY THAT SALES TAX WILL PASS IF IT INCLUDES THE PSYCHOLOGIST, NURSES, SOCIAL WORKERS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO IF IT COMES BACK ON, YOU SHOULD BE THERE. FINALLY, THE FISCAL STABILIZATION AND THE STATE MONIES ARE COMING IN. THIS YEAR'S TAX REVENUE IS NOW RUNNING 10% HIGHER THAN THE GREAT MONIES WE GOT LAST YEAR. IT SHOULD BE PART OF YOUR FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. YOU WERE TOLD THAT YOU WOULDN'T GET A SUPER COLA AT THIS BOARD MEETING AND NOW YOU HAVE A SUPER COLA, SO ADVOCATE AND PURSUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SIR. ALL RIGHT. SHALL WE TAKE THE VOTE ON TAB ONE, MS. NEW BILL? YES. DR. RIVAS? YES. MR. MELVIN? YES. MS. REGO. MS. EZ. MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN? YES. UH, BOARD PRESIDENT SCH? YES. OKAY. IT PASSES. , I HAVE A SCRIPT TO READ IN THE EVENT THAT IT DOES PASS, UM, THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO WAIVE LOCAL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE SECTIONS 3, 5, 1, 6, 0 AND FIVE. 1 2 2, 5 0.3 FOR, OH, I'M SORRY, . I'VE MADE TWO ERRORS TODAY ALREADY. ONE WAS FOR THE, UM, I'M SORRY. I'LL READ THAT ONE LATER. ONE MORE TO MAKE. THAT'S IT. AND MS. GRIEGO IS HERE. WELCOME. OKAY. NOW WE WILL READ, I WILL READ THE PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY FOR THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. I DON'T HAVE TO READ THE SCRIPT. THANK YOU EVERYONE. UH, UNDER TAB TWO, STUDENT MATTERS PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE SECTION 3 5 1 4 6, TAB THREE, PERSONNEL PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 7, PUBLIC EMPLOYED DISCIPLINE, DISMISSAL AND RELEASE IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION. UH, TAB FOUR CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. ANTICIPATED LITIGATION UNDER, UH, GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 6 0.9 D FOUR. THERE'S FOUR CASES UNDER PENDING LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 6 [00:05:01] 0.9 D ONE, UH, ISAAC KELLER, V-L-A-U-S-D, ANDREW BENNETT, V-L-A-U-S-D, JOHN BT DOE, V-L-A-U-S-D AND THE 1776 PROJECT FOUNDATION, V ALBERTO M CARVALLO, ETAL. ALL OF THESE CASE NUMBERS ARE LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE. IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO LOOK THEM UP, EITHER AT THE SUPERIOR COURT OR THE FEDERAL COURT ONLINE ACCESS SYSTEMS. AND UNDER TAB FIVE CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION OF 5 4 9 5 7 0.6 A NEGOTIATOR IS DR. MURPHY AND THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ASSOCIATED ADMINISTRATORS OF LOS ANGELES TEAMSTERS 2010, CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, LOS ANGELES COUNTY BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL POLICE ASSOCIATION, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL POLICE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, SEIU, LOCAL 99 TEAMSTERS, UNITED TEACHERS LOS ANGELES AND DISTRICT REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL. [Public Comment] AND NOW THE BOARD WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEMS THAT I'VE JUST READ. THAT'LL BE HEARD IN CLOSED SESSION. UH, I DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TAB TWO, THREE, OR FOUR. THERE IS PUBLIC COMMENT ON TAB FIVE CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS. UH, THEY'RE BOTH LISTED AS CALL-INS. UH, LET'S SEE IF THEY'RE WITH US. UH, MICHELLE HI SEE YOU ARE ON THE LINE. MICHELLE H PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. MICHELLE HAYDE. MICHELLE H PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. PLEASE GO AHEAD. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, MY NAME IS MICHELLE HYDE. I'M A BOARD CERTIFIED BEHAVIOR ANALYST SPEAKING TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FOR BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS, WHICH REPRESENTS OVER 37,000 PRACTITIONERS ACROSS THE ACROSS THE STATE, WE WISH TO EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN L-A-U-S-D AND SEIU LOCAL 99, DATED APRIL 23RD, 2026, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE SUBCONTRACTING PROVISIONS. THESE PROVISIONS HAVE THE IMPACT OF UNDERMINING THE SPECIAL EDUCATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE LA AND SURROUNDING AREAS. NPAS AND NPSS ARE AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR STUDENTS REQUIRING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES. THE PROFESSIONALS PROVIDING THESE SERVICES ARE SPECIALIZED TRAINED PROFESSIONALS THAT CANNOT SIMPLY BE REPLACED BY PARAEDUCATORS HIRED BY THE DISTRICT. FURTHER, NPAS PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SUPERVISION OF THEIR PARAEDUCATORS, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT OF BEHAVIOR PLANS, DATA COLLECTION, AND SUPPORT, THE DATABASE DECISION MAKING THAT IS CRITICAL FOR STUDENTS ACCESSING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES. THIS IS PROVIDED BY BOARD CERTIFIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS AND OTHER MASTER'S LEVEL CLINICIANS. THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT DOES NOT SPEAK TO HOW THIS COMPONENT OF A STUDENT SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICE WILL BE PROVIDED SHOULD SUBCONTRACTING WITH NPAS SUNSET. WHAT IS PROPOSED BY THE AGREEMENT IS NOT EQUIVALENT TO WHAT IS PROVIDED THROUGH THE CURRENT MODEL, WHICH INCLUDES NPAS AND NPSS, AND THE RESEARCH IS CLEAR. BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION FOR STUDENTS WITH AUTISM REQUIRES CONSISTENCY, CLINICAL OVERSIGHT, AND INDIVIDUALIZED IMPLEMENTATION. A PARAEDUCATOR WHO MAY BE REASSIGNED AT ANY MOMENT BY A BY SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND WITH ONLY AN OPTIONAL THREE DAY TRAINING CANNOT REPLICATE THAT. BEFORE YOU VOTE, WE ASK, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN TO MAINTAIN ACCESS TO QUALITY, BEHAVIOR AND OTHER SPECIALIZED SERVICES FOR STUDENTS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. DOUG MOOSE, I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE TO SPEAK REMOTELY. DOUG MOOSE, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. DOUG MOS. HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. PLEASE GO AHEAD. HELLO, THIS IS DR. MOS. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD. YES. MY NAME IS DOUG MOS. I'M A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND BOARD CERTIFIED BEHAVIOR ANALYST GIVING COMMENT. TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE AUTISM BUSINESS ASSOCIATION AND THE STEPPING STONES GROUP, I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO A FISCAL CONTRADICTION CREATED BY THE SUBCONTRACTING PROVISIONS OUTLINED IN THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN L-A-U-S-D AND SEIU LOCAL 99. YOUR BOARD IS APPROVED A FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN CALLING FOR 660 MILLION IN SAVINGS IN THE 27 20 EIGHTH FISCAL YEAR, THE SAME YEAR. THE PROPOSED SEIU SUBCONTRACTING PROVISION TAKES EFFECT DESIGNED TO PHASE OUT NON-PUBLIC AGENCY'S ROLE IN DELIVERING BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT SERVICES TO YOUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS. OUR COALITION HAS CONDUCTED A DETAILED FINANCIAL ANALYSIS TRANSMITTED YESTERDAY TO THE DISTRICT'S INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS UNIT. DOCUMENTING THAT ABSORBING NON-PUBLIC AGENCY BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION SERVICES IN-HOUSE WOULD COST THE DISTRICT AN ESTIMATED 170 MILLION MORE ANNUALLY [00:10:01] THAN THE CURRENT MODEL. THAT'S 26 CENTS EVERY DOLLAR YOU HAVE COMMITTED TO SAVING ADDED BACK BY A SINGLE PROVISION IN THE SAME YEAR. YOUR OWN CFO IS CALLED THE BUDGET OUTLOOK, A DOOMSDAY SCENARIO. WE ARE NOT HERE TO OPPOSE THIS AGREEMENT. WE ARE HERE BECAUSE THIS BOARD AND THE STUDENTS IT SERVES DESERVES A FORMAL FISCAL IMPACT ANALYSIS. BEFORE THIS VOTE IS CAST, BEFORE YOU VOTE, WE ARE ASKING FOR THREE THINGS, NONE OF WHICH REQUIRE VOTING NO TODAY. ONE, A FORMAL FISCAL IMPACT ANALYSIS OF THIS PROVISION. TWO, A LEGAL OPINION FROM DISTRICT COUNCIL ON LAD'S, IDEA OBLIGATIONS, AND THREE, A STRUCTURED STAKEHOLDER PROCESS WITH PROVIDERS AND FAMILIES BEFORE IMPLEMENTATION BEGINS. THESE ARE REASONABLE REQUESTS. WE ARE PREPARED TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE IAU AND THE DISTRICT STAFF TO VALIDATE OUR FINDINGS. THE STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT DESERVE NO LESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES ITEM SPECIFIC COMMENT AND NOW WE HAVE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'VE GOT 18 SPEAKERS SIGNED UP AS IS OUR USUAL PROCESS. I'LL CALL ON THE FOLKS WHO LISTED THEMSELVES AS SPEAKING IN PERSON AND THEN WE'LL TRANSITION TO THOSE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY. UH, THE FIRST SPEAKER IS MARIA LUISA PALMA. COME ON DOWN. MS. PALMA. I SEE YOU'RE OUT THERE. AND AFTER MS. PALMA IS CAROL LAND VERDE, UH, THEN MONICA OLA AND THEN DEANNA GUILLEN. ALL RIGHT, THE MIC IS ON AND THE TWO MINUTES IS YOURS, MS. PALMA. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. WELL, LA UNIFIED CONTINUES TO BE IN QUITE A FISCAL PICKLE AND ALSO ALSO IN A REPUTATION CRISIS. AND YET YOUR PICK TO BE THE FIGUREHEAD, THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE DISTRICT WHO APPARENTLY ISN'T NOT WITH US HERE TODAY, UM, LEAVES A BIT TO BE DESIRED, AND I'M HERE TO PROVIDE YOU SOME ASSISTANCE IN TODAY'S, UH, EVALUATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AS YOU GO BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, UH, AT A RECENT MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH MR. CHA BECAUSE HE LIKES TO TELL US THAT HE'S MEETING WITH PARENTS. WELL, HE'S MET WITH US. THAT'S TRUE, BUT HE PROCEEDED TO LECTURE US AT THAT MEETING AND TAKE UP ALL OUR TIME GOING COMPLETELY OFF THE AGENDA THAT WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING ON LONGSTANDING ISSUES WITH, ACCORDING TO HIM, HIS REMEDY TO, UM, THE FACT THAT THIS DISTRICT HAS MADE FINANCIAL PROMISES THAT IT'S UNABLE TO KEEP DUE TO THE FINANCIAL SITUATION. UH, HE PROCEEDED TO TELL US THAT YOU ARE ALL INCLUDING HIM OR ADVOCATING IN SACRAMENTO FOR MORE FINANCE ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE, BUT THAT THAT WILL NOT INCLUDE TAXES, ADDITIONAL TAXES ON CONSUMERS, BUT THEY WILL BE ON CORPORATIONS. AND AT THAT POINT IN THE DISCUSSION, I DID UNDER MY BREATH A LITTLE SOUND LIKE THIS, I INTERRUPTED AND I SAID, YEAH, I DID. I DISAGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT. AND THEN HE CAME AT ME AND SAID, WELL, HE DRAWS THE LINE AND HE WILL NOT TOLERATE DISRESPECT. SO HE IS BASICALLY INTOLERANT OF DISAGREEMENT. SO AT THAT POINT, OF COURSE, I HAD TO LEAVE THE MEETING, SO I'LL FILL YOU IN ON A FUN FACT. DO YOU KNOW HOW GOVERNMENT PENSION PLANS ARE FUNDED? YES, THERE ARE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THIS DISTRICT AND IN SOME CASES FROM THE EMPLOYEE, BUT THAT REQUIRES GROWTH IN THE VALUE OF THE SECURITIES OWNED BY CALSTERS AND CALPERS. BASED ON WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK? THEY'RE BASED ON PROFITS, CORPORATE PROFITS, MOSTLY ON LARGE CORPORATIONS AND OTHER, UH, TYPES OF INVESTMENTS FROM WALL STREET. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE MR. CATE IS AWARE OF THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. CAROL VERDE, ARE YOU HERE? COME ON DOWN MS. VERDE. YOU'LL HAVE, OKAY, MS. LAVERDE IS GONNA SPEAK IN SPANISH, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT SHE'S SAYING IN ENGLISH, PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS UP AND WE'LL GET YOU THESE TRANSLATION HEADSETS. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD MORNING. I CAME REALLY FAST IN THE CAR. I'M HERE FOR SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT AND MY CHILD ALREADY HAS FOUR WEEKS. HE HASN'T BEEN TO SCHOOL DUE TO THE SIMPLE FACT THAT A TEACHER'S ASSISTANT TRIED TO TOUCH MY CHILD INAPPROPRIATELY, MY CHILD MADE A REPORT TO THE RUSSIAN PRINCIPAL. THE, WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE PRINCIPAL, BUT THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN DONE ANYTHING. I'VE SENT TWO EMAILS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TO THIS MOMENT, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING. THEY'VE LEFT THINGS AS THEY ARE, AND IN REALITY, I'M AT THE POINT WHERE I WANT TO GO TO A HIGHER POINT. IF THE BOARD ISN'T GOING TO HELP ME, THEN I AM GOING TO GO TO [00:15:01] HIGHER LEGAL THINGS BECAUSE IT IS NOT RIGHT WHAT IS HAPPENING. MY CHILD HAS A DISABILITY WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION. HE HAS LIGHT AUTISM AND THANK GOD HE REPORTED THAT HE DOES NOT WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL. HE HAD TWO INCIDENTS IN WHICH I TOOK HIM TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM BECAUSE HE HAS LIGHT AUTISM AND HE HAS DIABETES TYPE ONE, HE HAS ASTHMA. THE CHILD, WHEN HE FEELS THAT SOMETHING IS GOING ON, HE FEELS SUFFOCATED. HE COULD EVEN DIE. AND IN REALITY, I AM A LEADER, PARENT AND I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED FOR THINGS TO BE HOW THEY ARE. AND I WILL SAY SOMETHING AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE I AM HERE. THE ONLY PERSON I'M SCARED OF IS GOD, AND I RESPECT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU. I RESPECT YOU, BUT IT IS NOT RIGHT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING INSIDE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE DOING THINGS THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE DOING. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE ISSUE. I'VE SENT TWO EMAILS AND MY CHILD HAS BEEN MISSING SCHOOL AND THAT PERSON HAS NOT BEEN REMOVED. THE PRINCIPAL TRIED TO HELP, BUT THERE IS NOT A JOB THAT THE DISTRICT CAN DO. YOU HAVE ME THIS WAY AND YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING. PLEASE TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YES. UH, MONICA OLA, ARE YOU HERE? I DON'T SEE MS. OLA. DEANNA GUILLEN, I SEE YOU OUT THERE. COME ON UP. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. MS. GUI IS GOING TO SPEAK IN SPANISH, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT SHE'S SAYING IN ENGLISH, PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS UP AND WE'LL GET YOU TRANSLATION HEADSETS. OKAY, , UH, BUENO. GOOD MORNING. FIRST, I WANT TO, UH, CONGRATULATE MS. EZ AND MR. MALVO THAT WILL BE HERE FOR FOUR MORE YEARS, PART OF THE BOARD, AND OF COURSE, MS. ROCIO RIVAS, WHO WITH $899,000 THAT THE SYNDICATE GAVE TO HER, SHE WILL BE HERE COMPARED TO THE TEACHER THAT WAS GOING AGAINST HER WITH $2,000, A TEACHER WHO'S HAD 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. BUT THE POLITICS OF THIS DISTRICT EARN, AND WHAT MATTERS IS THE MONEY. IT DOESN'T, PEOPLE DON'T MATTER. MONEY MATTERS. AND I WILL READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT DOING WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING HERE. YOU VOTE TO LIE TO PEOPLE. YOU LIE, YOU VOTE TO LIE TO TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS ELECTED MEMBERS IS TO SUPERVISE THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND THE RESPONSIBILITY PLAN, WHICH YOU READ ONCE A YEAR, THEN MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT STUDENT CURRICULUM AND SECURITY HERE, MS. CARLA GRIEGO WILL BE ANOTHER MAKING ANOTHER RESOLUTION ON THE 16TH FOR WHAT? TO, FOR THE COMMUNITY OF L-G-B-T-Q. BUT THAT IS NOT ONE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING. THAT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SEE THE PROGRAMS, THE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS FOR OUR CHILDREN, AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT. AND I'M ALSO CURIOUS TO SEE HOW YOU ARE LYING TO THE PUBLIC. MS. GRIEGO, YOU SENT THE PARENTS AN EMAIL SAYING THAT THERE ARE THREE, $3.3 BILLION THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS IN REGARDS TO A PROPOSITION, WHICH I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHICH ONE IT WAS, BUT IT'S NOT TRUE. WHAT IS NOT TRUE IS THAT THOSE $3.9 BILLION IS FOR THE WHOLE STATE, NOT FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND YOU ONLY GET LIKE $180 MILLION. THE 3.9 THANK BILLION IS FOR THE WHOLE STATE. STOP LYING TO THE PARENTS BECAUSE THAT MONEY ISN'T ONLY THANK YOUR FOR YOU. OKAY, THE LIAR SPEAKER IS STEVEN BRENDA ORTEGA. OH WAIT, THAT'S A CALL IN. UH, UH, JACQUELINE CHAVEZ. JACQUELINE CHAVEZ, COME ON UP. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. GOOD MORNING. UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MY NAME IS JACQUELINE CHAVEZ AND I'M A CLINICAL SUPERVISOR AT CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL THERAPIES. AND I'M ALSO A PARENT OF A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO HAS RELIED ON BOTH DISTRICT ASSIGNED AND MPA BEHAVIORAL SERVICES THROUGHOUT THEIR EDUCATION IN THIS DISTRICT. I'M SPEAKING TODAY ON BOTH, IN BOTH ROLES AS A CLINICIAN AND AS A PARENT BECAUSE THIS AGREEMENT AFFECTS ME ON BOTH SIDES. AS A CLINICIAN, WHEN A DISTRICT ASSIGNS A PARAEDUCATOR, THAT PERSON GOES WHEREVER. ADMINISTRATION DIRECTS THEM TO ANY STUDENT, TO ANY TASK. WHEN AN MPA ASSIGNS A BEHAVIOR TECHNICIAN, THAT PERSON SERVES ONE STUDENT IMPLEMENTING A SPECIFIC BEHAVIOR PLAN UNDER CLINICAL SUPERVISION. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME AS THE PARENT. I HAVE WATCHED WHAT CONSISTENT SPECIALIZED MP SUPPORT HAS MEANT FOR MY CHILD'S [00:20:01] DEVELOPMENT AND INDEPENDENCE. THE NOTION THAT A REAS ASSIGNABLE DISTRICT EMPLOYEE DELIVERS THE SAME OUTCOME IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE. AND NO PARENT OF A CHILD WITH SIGNIFICANT NEEDS WOULD BELIEVE IT. I'M ASKING THIS BOARD BEFORE YOU BOTH. PLEASE EXPLAIN BOTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT, KATIE. PACE, ARE YOU HERE? KATIE? PACE, COME ON DOWN. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. MY NAME IS KATIE PACE AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING A GROUP OF PARENTS WITH STUDENTS IN GRADE SIX THROUGH 12. A GROUP THAT FELT SO HOPEFUL WHEN YOU PASS THE USING TECHNOLOGY WITH INTENTION RESOLUTION. WE HAVE SINCE HOWEVER, READ THE DRAFT OF THE POLICY AND FEEL THAT YOU'RE COMPLETELY OVERLOOKING OUR CHILDREN. AS PARENTS, WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO SIT BY AND WATCH THIS AGE GROUP OF STUDENTS CONTINUE TO BE THE GUINEA PIGS FOR TECH USE WITHIN L-A-U-S-D. THEY WERE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHEN GIVEN CHROMEBOOKS FOR ONLINE LEARNING DURING A PANDEMIC THAT NO ONE EVER TOOK AWAY FROM THEM. THEY WENT TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WERE SENT HOME WITH YOUTUBE, A NEW I-READY EXPERIMENT AND A SCREEN ADDICTION IN THEIR BACKPACKS. AND NOW THESE HIGH SCHOOLERS ARE BEING TOLD THAT THREE HOURS A DAY, THREE QUARTERS OF THEIR STATE MANDATED INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES IS SOMEHOW A LIMIT. I KEEP HEARING. WELL, HIGH SCHOOL IS TRICKY. IT'S MORE NUANCED. YET THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS POLICY DEMONSTRATING ANY SORT OF NUANCED GUIDELINES. THERE'S NO MENTION OF HOW TEACHERS ARE TO COORDINATE TIME LIMITS AMONG A STUDENT'S COURSE LOAD, AND NO REFERENCE TO HOW THIS MAY APPLY TO HOMEWORK. SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S NOT THAT IT'S ACTUALLY NUANCED, IT'S THAT YOU THINK IT'S OKAY FOR TEENS TO SPEND HOURS ON A DEVICE. YOU TOOK AWAY THEIR CELL PHONES, BUT YET THE CHROMEBOOKS ARE EVEN WORSE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOW, THEY'RE NOW THE SAME ALL DAY DISTRACTION JUST DISGUISED AS EDUCATION. THERE NEEDS TO BE MAXIMUM TIME LIMITS FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLERS, NOT SIMPLY RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS POLICY. THE MINIMUM SHOULD BE REMOVED AS NO STUDENT, REGARDLESS OF AGE SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO USE A SCREEN DAILY. THE LIMIT SHOULD BE SET BY SUBJECT PER WEEK, NOT DAILY. WITH MIDDLE SCHOOLERS SET AT 45 MINUTES PER SUBJECT PER WEEK AND HIGH SCHOOL AT ONE HOUR, THE PASSING PERIOD DEVICE SPAN NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED INTO HIGH SCHOOL AS THERE IS STILL NO REASON FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS TO BE IN INTO SCREEN INSTEAD OF A CONVERSATION DURING LUNCH. THE POLICY ALSO NEEDS TO DISCOURAGE SCREEN-BASED HOMEWORK AND HAVE HOMEWORK FACTORED INTO THE SCREEN TIME LIMITS. EVERY NIGHT WE POLICE SCREEN ADDICTIONS MASQUERADING AS HOMEWORK. LASTLY, WE NEED YOU TO ENACT A COMPLETE MORATORIUM ON ALL STUDENT USE OF AI. EVERY DAY WE LEARN OF ITS NEW HARMS TO CHILDREN. AND YES, THESE TEENS ARE STILL CHILDREN. WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO LET TECH COMPANIES SINK THEIR TEETH INTO THIS GROUP OF STUDENTS. THIS PERIOD OF ADOLESCENCE IS THE SECOND LARGEST PERIOD OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NEXT TO THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE. THIS IS THE TIME WHEN THEY'RE FORMING ALL OF THEIR EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS AND SO FAR THEY'RE ONLY LEARNING HOW TO FUNCTION WITH THE SCREEN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. NEXT IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS MIKE BOGGIO, MIKE B, COME ON DOWN. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. UH, DEAR BOARD, MY NAME IS MIKE BOGGIO. I AM A CONCERNED PARENT WITH JUST A FEW REMINDERS ABOUT HOW CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY HINDERS LEARNING, NOT TALKING ABOUT CODING OR VIDEO MAKING THAT'S DIFFERENT. FIRST, AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, OVER A DECADE OF RESEARCH CONFIRMS THAT LITERACY AND READING COMPREHENSION DECLINES ON SCREENS. READING ON PAPER TRIGGERS THAT SPATIAL AWARENESS AND MEMORY FROM THE PAGE NEEDED FOR DEEPER LEARNING AND IS LOST WITH THE SHALLOW SCREEN SKIMMING. SECOND, HAVE YOU NOTICED HOW WRITING BY HAND FORCES DEEPER AND MORE DELIBERATE THOUGHT? THE SUBTLETY OF TACTILE VARIATION, WRITING, BIG, SMALL, DARKER, CURVY, STRAIGHT CONNECTS BODY AND MIND LEARNING IN WAYS THAT ROTE MECHANICAL TYPING NEVER CAN. AND THIRD, HUMAN TO HUMAN EMPATHETIC SYNCHRONICITY. I SEE YOU. YOU SEE ME. WE'RE LOOKING AT EACH OTHER. ESSENTIAL FOR NUANCED LEARNING BETWEEN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IS ABSENT WHEN STARING AT THE SCREENS. LASTLY, REGARDING ATTENTION AND DISTRACTION SURVEYS, TRACKING THE DIGITAL HABITS OF THIRD THROUGH 12TH GRADERS REVEAL ABOUT HALF OF EVERY HOUR ON SCREENS IN CLASS IS SPENT OFF TASK WHEN THE VERY SAME TOOL STUDENTS USE FOR PLAYING GAMES, WATCHING SHOWS, MEDIA SCROLLS AND PRIVATE CHATS IS PUT IN FRONT OF THEM. FOR WHAT? FOR SCHOOLWORK. HOW CAN THEY BE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ON TASK IN THE CLASSROOM? THEY CAN'T. MOST ADULTS CAN'T, AND THEIR LEARNING IS UNDERMINED. AND YET OF THE 300 MINUTES PER DAY OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME REQUIRED BY THE DISTRICT FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS MINUTES THAT INCLUDE RECESS AND LUNCH, THE NEW SCREEN TIME GUIDANCE DRAFT RECOMMENDS AN AVERAGE OF HALF THE DAY SPENT ON SCREENS. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. IF THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT IS SERIOUS ABOUT GIVING THE NEXT GENERATION OF STUDENTS A FIGHTING CHANCE AT SCHOLASTICALLY OUTPERFORMING THEIR PREDECESSORS, PLEASE AMEND THESE DISTRICT GUIDELINES TO RECOMMEND. OF COURSE, NO SCREENS THROUGH SECOND GRADE, BUT CAP MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AT 60 MINUTES AND HIGH SCHOOLERS AT 90 MINUTES PER DAY. THAT DEAR BOARD WOULD FORCE USING SCREEN TIME WITH INTENTION. THANK [00:25:01] YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY, NOW I WILL TRANSITION TO THOSE FOLKS WHO LISTED THEMSELVES AS SPEAKING REMOTELY. STEVEN, BRENDA ORTEGA, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? STEVEN, BRENDA ORTEGA, UH, ON THE LINE. ARE YOU IN THE ROOM, SIR? STEVEN BRENDA ORTEGA, UH, THAKUR SINGH. 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. THAKUR SINGH. MR. SINGH, I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. THERE YOU ARE. HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. PERFECT. GREAT. GREAT MORNING EVERYONE. HAPPY, HAPPY FRIDAY. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UM, I'M AGAIN TODAY TO, TO SPEAK. I'M GETTING HERE TODAY TO SPEAK, UM, ON THE MATTER THAT I BROUGHT UP YESTERDAY AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING AND, UH, MING PRIOR, WHICH IS A MATTER OF JESUS AND GUO MARIA. SO MAYOR AND LATASHA BUCK, THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE STILL, UM, EMPLOYED BY L-A-U-S-D. THEY'RE STILL PAID BY TAXPAYER DOLLARS. AGAIN, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO LOCKED A STUDENT IN A ROOM WHO REPORTED A RAPE. THEY LOCKED HER IN A ROOM FOR HOURS, UM, AND THEN, THEN THEY WERE PROMOTED AND NOW EARN OVER $200,000 A YEAR OF ALL OF OUR MONEY, INCLUDING YOURS. AND THEN THERE'S LATASHA BUCK WHO SAID THAT RAPE WAS OKAY SINCE IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO. THESE ARE SPOKESPEOPLE FOR THE DISTRICT. WHY ARE THEY STILL WORKING FOR L-A-U-S-D? AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATIONS HAD, WE OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, DUNNO THE EXTENT OF THESE CONVERSATIONS. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ACTION WILL BE TAKEN. UM, AND UH, OF COURSE THERE ARE THE REG DISTRICT REGULATIONS AROUND, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, FULLY DISCLOSING ACTIONS TAKEN. BUT WE ASK FOR AT LEAST SOME SORT OF UPDATE. AND WE, WE KNOW THAT THESE, AT THE VERY LEAST, WE KNOW THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE STILL EMPLOYED BY L-A-U-S-D, THEY SHOULD BE FIRED OR THEY SHOULD RESIGN. UM, THIS, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, JUST IMAGINE WHAT THIS DOES TO LEOS D'S REPUTATION. AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED YESTERDAY, I LEARNED THAT THEIR NAMES HAVE BEEN MENTIONED ON IN THE NATIONAL MEDIA, MS. SUSAN GOLAN MARIA. SO THEY HAVE BEEN MENTIONED IN THE NATIONAL MEDIA AND THAT'S OF COURSE ON TOP OF RECENT, UM, ALLEGATIONS AGAINST L-A-U-S-D IN, IN, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF INVESTIGATIONS AND SUCH. SO PLEASE, I ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER IS THIS, ARE THESE THE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT YOUR VALUES? ARE THESE THE PEOPLE WHO YOU WANT WORKING ON YOUR DIME? PLEASE CONSIDER, CONSIDER THAT AND I THINK YOU WOULD AGREE THAT THE ANSWER IS NO. AND THEN PLEASE FIRE THEM IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. NEXT SPEAKER IS BRIANNA HERNANDEZ. BRIANNA HERNANDEZ, I DON'T HAVE YOU ON THE LINE. ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? BRIANNA HERNANDEZ? NO. ALL RIGHT. ABIGAIL ELLA TORRE, YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY. I DON'T. HAVE YOU SIGNED IN RIGHT NOW, ABIGAIL D NO. UH, LET'S SEE. KRISTA ES ESELLA TORRES. KRISTA TORRES NOT ON THE LINE. ARE YOU IN THE ROOM MS. TORRES? NO. RIGHT. JAMILA. JAMILA, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY, BUT I DO NOT HAVE YOU ON LINE. ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? JAMILA AMANDA MCCARTHY. I SEE YOU ARE ON THE LINE. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. AMANDA MCCARTHY. GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME'S AMANDA MCCARTHY UCCI. I'M A PARENT AND EDUCATOR WHO'S PART OF THE L-A-U-S-D COMMUNITY. I CURRENTLY WORK FOR ONE OF THE DISTRICTS OPTION SCHOOLS. CITY OF ANGELS. WERE AN INDEPENDENT STUDY SCHOOL WHERE MANY STUDENTS COME BECAUSE THEY'RE UNABLE TO ATTEND TRADITIONAL SCHOOL. IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING THE PANDEMIC, OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY HAS GROWN TO INCLUDE STUDENTS WHOSE MENTAL HEALTH IS SEVERELY IMPACTED AND THE VULNERABLE STUDENTS AFFECTED BY ICE ACTIVITY. OUR SCHOOL HAS MAINTAINED CLASSROOMS AT BELLEVUE PRIMARY CENTER IN SILVER LAKE FOR OVER 15 YEARS, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITY AND WITH LOCAL FEEDER SCHOOLS. OUR CAMPUS ALSO SERVES AND HOUSES OTHER PROGRAMS FOR VULNERABLE STUDENT GROUPS, INCLUDING THE LOW INCIDENCE PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES SERVICES TO CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES SUCH AS HEARING LOSS, VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, AND ORTHOPEDIC IMPAIRMENT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A PROPOSAL BEING VOTED ON AT SOME POINT THIS MONTH TO CONVERT OUR CLASSROOMS AT BELLEVUE PRIMARY CENTER INTO A MEDICAL CLINIC OF SOME KIND. GROUPS OF PEOPLE FROM FACILITIES AND STUDENT MEDICAL SERVICES HAVE PUSHED INTO OUR CLASSROOMS THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS AND TALKING ABOUT THEIR CONSTRUCTION PLANS, WHICH APPEAR TO BE VERY COSTLY. A COLLEAGUE OVERHEARD A MEMBER OF THEIR TEAM SAYING THAT OUR LOCATION HAD THE BEST VIEW AND THAT'S WHY THEY WERE CHOOSING IT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS ARE USUALLY HOUSED ON TRADITIONAL CAMPUSES WHERE THEY CAN REACH A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS. THE DECISION TO TAKE OVER OUR SMALL CAMPUS THAT SERVES [00:30:01] SUCH A SPECIALIZED POPULATION IS CONFUSING, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING HOW MANY VACANT PROPERTIES AND SPACE L-A-U-S-D HAS. THE PROGRAMS THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THIS DISPLACEMENT ARE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE RECONSIDER THE BUILDING OF A CLINIC OR MEDICAL FACILITY AT BELLEVUE PRIMARY CENTER AND HELP KEEP OUR PROGRAMS INTACT AND OPERATING OUT OF THIS CAMPUS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KATE BRODY. KATE BRODY. 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. KATE BRODY. HELLO, MY NAME IS KATE BRODY. I'M AN ELEMENTARY. I'M AN ENGLISH TEACHER AND PARENT OF TWO L-A-U-S-D STUDENTS. I AM HERE REPRESENTING SCORES OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENTS WHO ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT ALTHOUGH THE NEW TECHNOLOGY RESOLUTION CREATES MUCH NEEDED RESTRICTIONS ON ONE-TO-ONE DEVICES FOR TK TO ONE, IT FALLS SHORT IN ADDRESSING THE PROLIFERATION OF SHORT FORM VIDEO CONTENT ON PLATFORMS SUCH AS YOUTUBE, SO-CALLED BRAIN BREAK. VIDEOS HAVE BECOME WIDESPREAD IN THE YOUNGEST GRADES AND THEY'RE ANYTHING BUT A BREAK FOR YOUNG BRAINS. AT SOME POINT IN THE LAST DECADE, THEY WERE FOISTED UPON TEACHERS AS A NECESSARY OR GOOD EDUCATIONAL TOOL, BUT THEY'RE ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF FOR-PROFIT TECH COMPANY INFILTRATING TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS AND CO-OPTING THE LANGUAGE OF EDUCATION AND WELLNESS TO SHOW THEIR OWN HIGHLY ADDICTIVE PRODUCTS. AND IS TIME FOR US TO CORRECT THE RECORD WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY A RARITY LIKE A MOVIE PARTY ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR IS NOW PART OF MANY YOUNGEST LEARNERS DAILY SCHOOL ROUTINES. TALK TO PARENTS IN OUR DISTRICT AND YOU'LL HEAR MY KINDERGARTNER WANTS TO BE A YOUTUBE STAR BECAUSE HE WATCHES DANNY GO AT SCHOOL OR MY CHILD SAYS HER FAVORITE PART OF THE DAY IS WATCHING TV. YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT HAMSTER VIDEOS AND SLIME VIDEOS AND BOOKS AND ALL VARIETY OF INTERNET SLOP. THIS L-A-U-S-D IS CURRENTLY SUING YOUTUBE AND OTHER GAMING AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS FOR BEING ADDICTED AND HARMFUL TO CHILDREN. THE RESOLUTION CALLS FOR BANNING STUDENT-LED USE OF YOUTUBE ON ONE-TO-ONE DEVICES, BUT IF STUDENTS ARE STILL REGULARLY SUBJECTED TO YOUTUBE VIDEOS VIA PROJECTOR OR SMART BOARD, THE SAME HARMS REMAIN ONLY VIDEOS WITH CLEAR CURRICULAR VALUES SHOULD BE SHOWN IN THE CLASSROOM PER THE STANDARDS OUTLINED IN BULLETIN 1 4 5 7 0 9. THIS BULLETIN WAS CIRCULATED IN 2023 AND PERTAINS TO DIGITAL TOOLS, BUT AT THE MOMENT IT APPEARS TO BE LARGELY IGNORED. IT DEFINES INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AS MATERIALS DESIGNED FOR USE BY PUPILS AND THEIR TEACHERS AS A LEARNING RESOURCE THAT HELPS PUPILS ACQUIRE FACTS, SKILLS, OR OPINIONS TO DEVELOP COGNITIVE PROCESSES. THE LANGUAGE OF THIS BULLETIN NEEDS TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE FINAL TECHNOLOGY POLICY RECIRCULATED AHEAD OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR, ALONG WITH COMMUNICATION THAT MAKES IT CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT THE DISTRICT'S GUIDELINES APPLY TO SHORT FORM AND INTERNET BASED CONTENT AS WELL AS FILMS WITH MPA RATINGS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS HAVE TOLD SBS THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO THE DISTRICT FOR GUIDANCE AROUND ACCEPTABLE CLASSROOM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO DEFINE AND COMMUNICATE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS UH, SANDRA MARTINEZ ROW. I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE MS. ROW. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. SANDRA MARTINEZ ROW. HI. HELLO. HI, PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI, MY NAME IS SANDRA MARTINEZ ROW AND I AM THE MOTHER OF A FOURTH GRADER IN AN L-A-U-S-D SCHOOL AND I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE AI TASK FORCE AVOIDING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. WE HAVE REVIEWED OUR FOUR, THE FOUR AI TASK FORCE MEETINGS, WHICH CONVENED SEPTEMBER, 2023, MAY, 2024, AND WE DID NOT FIND A SINGLE MENTION OF PROTECTING STUDENTS FROM THE HARMS OF AI OR DISCUSSION OF AI'S EDUCATIONAL BENEFIT. INDEED, THE PRESENTATION DECKS FROM THESE MEETINGS READ LIKE SALES PITCHES FOR CODE.ORG AND AN INFAMOUS ED CHAT BOT PROGRAM. THE RESOLUTION CLEARLY IDENTIFIES THE NEED FOR INPUT FROM INDEPENDENT EXPERTS, YET IT ALSO STATES THAT THE NEW AI AD HOC COMMITTEE WILL COLLABORATE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EXISTING TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BEST PRACTICES AND GUARDRAILS FOR THE USE OF AI IN SCHOOLS. THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE. THE EXISTING TASK FORCE INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES FROM GOOGLE AS WELL AS CODE.ORG, ISTE AND OTHER TECH LOBBY LOBBYISTS, GROUPS AND TRADE ORGANIZATIONS. GIVEN THESE REPRESENTATIVES OBVIOUS FINANCIAL STAKE IN THE OUTCOME OF ANY L-A-U-S-D TECH POLICY AS WELL AS A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE PREVIOUS SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS RELATIONSHIPS WITH TECH VENDORS, ANY AI TASK FORCE CONVENED DURING THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION MUST BE DISBAND. ANY FUTURE TASK FORCE MUST NOT INCLUDE MEMBERS WITH A CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR THE APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST REGARDING DISTRICT TECH POLICY. THIS IS HOW WE GOT HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [00:35:01] THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. LET'S SEE, STEVEN, BRENDA ORTEGA. I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE WITH US NOW. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. STEVEN ORTEGA. HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS AND INTERN SUPERINTENDENT SHAPE. MY NAME IS STEVEN ORTEGA, ALUMNI FROM L-A-U-S-D, ESTOS HIGH SCHOOL AND DIRECTOR OF YOUTH ORGANIZING WITH INNER CITY STRUGGLE. I'M HERE TODAY TO DEMAND THAT THE BOARD FULLY PROTECT AND BSAP FUNDING, FULLY PROTECT OUR SCHOOLS AND STOP MOVING IN FEAR AND STAND UP FOR OUR YOUTH. NOW MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED OUR LEADERSHIP TO FULLY STEP UP AND FIGHT AGAINST THESE RACIST BIGOTS IN OFFICE WHO ARE TRYING TO KILL OUR COMMUNITIES. WE NEED YOU ALL TO FIGHT AGAINST THIS RACIST, TRANSPHOBIC, XENOPHOBIC AGENDA THAT SHOULD NOT BE REFLECTED IN THE PHYSICAL STABILIZATION PLAN. SINCE HIGH SCHOOL HAVE BEEN ORGANIZING AND FIGHTING FOR OUR SCHOOLS TO HAVE PROGRAMS AND FUNDING SO YOUNG PEOPLE CAN FEEL SAFE AND SEEN IN THEIR SECOND HOME, BSAP CREATES SPACES FOR BLACK STUDENTS TO BE SEEN FULLY SUPPORTED THROUGHOUT THEIR EDUCATION JOURNEY AND MENTAL HEALTH. WE HAVE JUST CELEBRATED FIVE YEARS OF BSAP AND TO NOW HEAR THAT THIS BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM WILL BE CUT 80%, 80%, TAKING AWAY RESOURCES FROM OUR STUDENTS AND PUSHING WHITE SUPREMACIST AGENDA, SENDING SUPPORTS OUR HIGH NEEDS SCHOOLS TO BRING IN THE RESOURCES AND THE STAFF WHO KNOW HOW TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS. SENDING IS THE ANSWER TO THE INEQUITABLE FUNDING THAT OUR HIGH NEEDS SCHOOLS NEEDED. BOTH BSAP AND SUNNY WERE WHAT WERE, WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS FOUGHT FOR AND CREATED AND ARE. THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO CONTINUE ON PROTECTING TO SEE THAT THERE ARE NO CUTS BEING MADE TO SCHOOL POLICE WITH OVER $70 MILLION IN THEIR BUDGET, INCLUDING $20 MILLION FOR CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF, DOES NOT SIT WELL WITH ME. THE DISTRICT SHOULD NOT BE SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN EDTECH CONTRACT CONTRACTS THAT TRULY DOES NOT SUPPORT OUR YOUTH, UM, ACHIEVING IN OUR SCHOOLS, BUT INSTEAD HARMS THEM IN CRIMINALIZES THEM. NOW MORE THAN EVER, OUR SCHOOLS NEED SE AND BSAP. WE NEED THE DISTRICT TO PROTECT THESE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE SHOWN STUDENT SUCCESS. INVEST IN OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS RIGHT NOW. WE NEED MORE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT IN OUR SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SOPHIE RYAN. SOPHIE RYAN, YOU'RE LISTED AS CALLING IN BUT I DO NOT HAVE YOU ON THE LINE. ARE YOU IN THE ROOM MS. RYAN? NO. AND ANYA MEEN. ANYA MEEN. I SEE YOU ARE ON THE LINE. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. ANYA MESEN. HI, UH, MY NAME IS ANYA MAXON AND I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS BEYOND SCREENS. WE HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR A MORATORIUM ON STUDENT USE OF GENERATIVE AI UNTIL THE AD HOC AI COMMITTEE PROVIDES ITS DETAILED GUIDELINES TO GUIDELINES TO THE DISTRICT. IN RESPONSE TO THIS, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE DISTRICT ALREADY HAS AN AI POLICY IN PLACE TITLED GUIDELINES FOR THE AUTHORIZED USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OR BULLETIN 1 5 1 1 3. WE HAVE REVIEWED THIS POLICY IN DETAIL AND WANT TO UNEQUIVOCALLY STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT THIS POLICY IS NOWHERE NEAR SUFFICIENT TO PROTECT STUDENTS FROM SERIOUS LASTING HARM. OUR MOST PRESSING CONCERNS ARE AS FOLLOWS. THE CURRENT AI POLICY FAILS TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY OF THE PROVEN HARMS OF AI INCLUDING COGNITIVE OFFLOADING, CONFIDENCE EROSION, CHEATING, THE SPREAD OF MISINFORMATION, THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNHEALTHY EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENTS, ATTACHMENTS TO CHATBOTS, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT AND IDENTITY AND IMAGE THEFT. THE POLICY ASSUMES THAT AI USAGE IN A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT IS A NECESSARY EDUCATIONAL TOOL WITH NO DATA TO SUPPORT SUCH AN ASSUMPTION RELYING INSTEAD ON TECH INDUSTRY TALKING POINTS. THE POLICY SECTION LACKS SPECIFICITY AND GUIDANCE FOR BOTH STUDENT AND TEACHER USE OF AI. IT CALLS IN MULTIPLE PLACES FOR FUTURE ADDITIONS AND YET IN THE TWO YEARS SINCE THE BULLETIN WAS POSTED, NO SUCH ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE HAS BEEN PROVIDED. FURTHERMORE, ALL OF THE IOCS ASSOCIATED WITH THE POLICY HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AND NOW PRESENT AS DEAD LINKS. THE POLICY PROHIBITS STUDENTS UNDER 13 YEARS OLD FROM USING AI, BUT WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THIS PROHIBITION IS NOT BEING ENFORCED WITH MANY REPORTS OF CHILDREN UNDER 13 BEING ROUTINELY EXPOSED TO GOOGLE GEMINI AS WELL AS EMBEDDED AI CHATBOTS WITHIN PROGRAMS LIKE ADOBE EXPRESS AND CANVA. AND WE HAVE MANY REPORTS OF AI PLATFORMS AND APPS CURRENTLY IN USE AT L-A-U-S-D, WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN VETTED OR APPROVED BY THE DISTRICT AT ALL, WHICH ALSO VIOLATES THE POLICY IN LIGHT OF THESE ISSUES AND THE SIGNIFICANT WELL-DOCUMENTED DANGERS TO CHILDREN'S EMOTIONAL, COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FROM USING LLMA BAN ON STUDENT USE OF GENERATIVE AI PENDING THE FINDINGS OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE IS BOTH REASONABLE AND ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. [00:40:01] UM, BOARD MEMBER DIEGO, I NEED TO COME BACK TO YOU FOR YOUR VOTE ON TAB ONE. YES. YES. OKAY. SIX I SO FAR. ALL RIGHT. THE [Recess into Closed Session (Part 1 of 2)] BOARD IS NOW GOING TO RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION. THE TIME IS 9 42. 9:42 AM BOARD [Reconvene to Open Session (Part 1 of 2)] TOOK ACTION TO WAIVE LOCAL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE SECTIONS 3 5 1 6 0 AND 5 1 2 2 5 0.3 FOR A STUDENT WHO IS TERMINALLY ILL AND HAS MET ALLSTATE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, THE BOARD DIRECTS THE SCHOOL, THE BOARD DIRECTS THE SCHOOL THE STUDENT IS CURRENTLY ATTENDING TO ISSUE A DIPLOMA TO THE STUDENT. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ACTION. UNDER TAB THREE, UH, PERSONNEL, PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE, DISMISSAL AND RELEASE, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZED THE DEMOTION OF ONE CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEE. THE VOTE WAS SIX A AND ONE NO FROM BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZED THE DISMISSAL OF TWO CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES. UH, THE VOTE WAS SIX A AND ONE NO BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZED THE DISMISSAL OF TWO CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES. THE VOTE WAS SEVEN AYES. UNDER TAB FOUR CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZED A SETTLEMENT IN THE FOLLOWING CASES. KELLER V-L-A-U-S-D, UH, BENNETT, V-L-A-U-S-D, AND JOHN BT DOE, V-L-A-U-S-D. THE VOTE WITH SEVEN EYES IN ALL MATTERS TERMS AND CONDITIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE UPON THE FINALIZATION OF THE AGREEMENT. UH, THE TIME IS NOW 3 49 AND THE BOARD IS GOING TO RECESS THIS CLOSED SESSION MEETING UNTIL 6 10 26. THAT'S JULY 10TH, 2026 AT 9:00 AM JUNE 10TH, JUNE 10TH AT 2026 HERE IN THIS ROOM AT 9:00 AM THANK YOU. [Recess into Closed Session (Part 2 of 2)] GOOD MORNING. IT'S NOW 9:00 AM ON JUNE 10TH, 2026. THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION IS RECONVENING THE MEETING THAT WAS RECESSED FROM JUNE 5TH, 2026. THANK YOU. [Reconvene to Open Session (Part 2 of 2)] GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME BACK. THE TIME IS NOW 1258 ON JUNE 10TH, 2026. THE BOARD HAS COME OUT OF CLOSED SESSION FROM THE CLOSED SESSION THAT IS ORIGINALLY STARTED ON JUNE 5TH, 2026. EVERYTHING THAT NEEDED TO BE REPORTED OUT WAS REPORTED OUT ON THE FIFTH, AND THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED WITH THE FORUM YOU SEE SITTING BEFORE YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.