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[Roll Call of Members]
AND WELCOME.THE TIME IS NOW 10:04 AM ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2026.
WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION, INCLUDING CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. MS. NEWBELL, DR. RIVAS.
UH, AND YOU ARE HERE APPEARING REMOTELY TODAY.
UNDER WHICH EXCEPTION? CHILDCARE.
BOARD PRESIDENT MOLSEN PRESENT.
FIRST, I'M GOING TO READ THROUGH THE PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY OF TODAY'S MEETING.
THEN WE'LL TAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE ITEMS AND THEN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND FOLLOWING THAT, THE BOARD WILL RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION, UH, RIGHT UNDER TAB ONE.
STUDENT DISCIPLINE MATTERS PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE SECTION 4 8 9 1 8 CF UNDER TAB TWO PERSONNEL PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 7, PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE, DISMISSAL AND RELEASE, INSPECTOR GENERAL'S EVALUATION, GENERAL COUNSEL'S EVALUATION, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION UNDER TAB THREE CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
PENDING LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 6 0.9 D ONE, UH, JOHN DOE, VLAU S-D-O-B-V-L-A-U-S-D-H-G-V-L-A-U-S-D AND HUSAIN, V-L-A-U-S-D.
ALL THESE CASES CAN BE LOOKED UP USING THE LA SUPERIOR COURT CASE NUMBER FUNCTION ON THE LA SUPERIOR COURT'S WEBSITE.
AND YOU CAN FIND THOSE CASE NUMBERS ON OUR WEBSITE, BOE DOT A S D.NET.
UNDER TAB FOUR CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 7 0.6.
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 OF LOS ANGELES AND DISTRICT REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL.
I'LL NOTE THAT MS. NEW BILL IS HERE FOR THE RECORD.
[Public Comment]
TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.WE DO NOT HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS ONE AND TWO.
WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON TAB THREE, CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
MR. DAVID KOSKI, ARE YOU IN THE AUDIENCE? THERE YOU ARE, SIR.
YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
UH, TODAY YOU GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION EXECUTIVE SECTION ON LITIGATION.
YOU SHOULD HAVE POSTED A, UH, ATTEMPT TO DO AN AMICUS ON THE CTA AND CSBA LITIGATION ON THE MONEY OF $3.9 BILLION.
YOU'LL NOTE THAT NEITHER AXA NOR CASBO, THE BUSINESS OFFICIALS AND THE ADMINISTRATION ARE PART OF THIS LAWSUIT.
WONDER WHY YOU SHOULD ALSO SEND OUT A PRESS RELEASE.
YOU SEND OUT A PRESS RELEASE IF A KID EATS THREE NEW EGGS OUTTA THE CAFETERIA, BUT NOT A PRESS RELEASE ON THIS MATTER WHATSOEVER.
SHOULD SEND A LETTER TO THE COUNTY AND SAY TO THEM THEY SHOULD JOIN.
THERE WAS ASKED YESTERDAY ABOUT LINE LINEAGE OR THE SOLAR COMPANY THAT HAS COST OVER $5 MILLION, PROBABLY OF OEHS TIME SUPERINTENDENT'S, TIME, REGIONAL STAFF'S TIME.
THOSE COMPANIES ARE HIRING THE MOST POWERFUL LOBBYISTS.
PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, HEAD OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE WORKING ON BEHALF OF THESE COMPANIES THAT HAVE DAMAGED THINGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
YOU SHOULD INVESTIGATE AS, UH, PEDRO SAID YESTERDAY, WHETHER YOU'RE GONNA ASK FOR, UM, REMUNERATION OR PURSUE THE LITIGATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON THE PARKS, UH, EFFORT.
LIKE MALIBU IS A VERY TINY STEP IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK OWNS 17% OF THIS LAND IS PARKS.
WHEN YOU WENT FOR ALVAREZ AND MARSAL, THAT IS A COMPANY THAT WOULD'VE SHUT DOWN PLACES LIKE THIS.
THIS IS WHAT THEY DID IN NEW ORLEANS.
THIS IS WHAT THEY DID IN BRAZIL TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
A BIGGER PICTURE IS THE PARKS.
AND THE CITY HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN A GOOD FRIEND ON PARKS.
THEY, THEY, THEY MAKE US AT THE DISTRICT PAY FOR THINGS THAT ARE THEIRS AND THEY DON'T PAY THEIR DEVELOPER FEES AND IMPACT FEES.
BUT LET'S CORRECT THE OTHER PARTS IN HERE BECAUSE, UM, WE, WE KNOW THAT 26 CITIES ARE PART OF THE DISTRICT, NOT JUST LA OKAY? AND SOME
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OF THOSE CITIES ARE IN YOUR DISTRICTS AND THEY'RE NOT PART OF THIS MOTION, OKAY? AS WELL AS THE COUNTY.WE NOW MOVE ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'LL CALL ON THOSE WHO ARE LISTED, UH, SPEAKING IN PERSON, AND THEN WE'LL CALL ON THE, THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE REMOTE, UH, DEANNA GUILLEN.
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
AND I SAID LIKE SHE WAS GONNA PARTICIPATE REMOTELY.
NOT MS. GUIANA 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 A TRANSLATION HEADSET.
I WANNA TELL YOU SUCH LITTLE RESPECT FOR YESTERDAY.
THE MICHAEL HAMMER FROM THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, WHOSE PRESIDENT TO TELL YOU THAT THE BOND COMMITTEE, THAT YOU DID NOT BUY THOSE 50 BUSES.
WHY? BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, THOSE BUSES ONLY RUN FOR A HUNDRED MILES.
WHEN THE TRADITIONAL ONES 300 MILES, THEY ARE THREE BIGGER, AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE SPACE, YOU DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE YOU CAN MAINTAIN THEM.
THOSE SAME CONDUCT, THOSE SAME DRIVERS DON'T WANT THOSE BUSES BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GO UP THE HILLS.
SO 5.5 WAS OVER AN ANONYMITY, AND YOU'RE SAYING, OH, THE, THE ENVIRONMENT NEEDS THEM BECAUSE THEY ONLY HAVE 10 YEARS.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BUY DOUBLE AND IT'LL BE A TRASH ACCUMULATION.
DO YOU HAVE, HOW MANY ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION WILL THEY, THEY HAVE IN 20 YEARS? YOU DON'T RESPECT THE VOLUNTEERISM OF ANYBODY BECAUSE THEY DID A LOT OF WORK TO STUDY THIS AND INVESTIGATE THIS.
AND IN 2025, THERE WAS AN INCIDENT OF AN ELECTRIC BUS IN ON THE TWO 10 WHERE THE PARENTS INFORMED THAT IT WAS BURNING AND THE PARENTS WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEIR CHILDREN'S SHOES WERE HEATING UP AND BURNING AND, AND YOU HAVE NOT FULLY INVESTIGATED THIS SUCH INCIDENT.
SO EITHER ONE OF YOU WHO HAVE OTHER POLITICAL INCENTIVES, OUR COMMUNITY IS GOING TO TRY AND RECLAIM THE FUNDS THAT ARE GOING TOWARDS THESE THINGS AND YOU'RE IGNORING US.
AND IT DOESN'T MATTER THE TITLE THAT WE CARRY.
ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARIA LUISA PALMER.
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN MARIA LUISA PALMER.
WELL, GOOD MORNING ONCE AGAIN.
WE ARE SO GLAD THAT WE FINALLY HAVE AVAILABLE LAGOS CONDITIONAL BUDGET APPROVAL LETTER.
IT SHOWS US THE, WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO DO, UH, INCLUDING CONDITION NUMBER ONE, UH, GIVING US THE REQUIREMENT FOR YOU TO PUBLISH THE ROADMAP.
WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE, HOW, AND WHERE YOU WILL TAKE UPON THESE ACTIONS.
THEY'VE ALSO ASKED YOU TO SET UP A MEASURABLE PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR THAT.
SO WE CAN'T WAIT TO REVIEW THIS, BUT WE NEED YOU TO EXPLAIN ALL OF THAT TO THE PARENTS.
NOW, CONDITION NUMBER TWO, UNDER THE CASH PROJECTIONS, PRESUMABLY YOU SHOULD ALREADY HAVE THAT, BUT WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO DO IS EXPLAIN THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MONTHLY CASH FLOW PROJECTIONS, WHICH IS ONE THING THAT'S BEEN CITED AS 231 MILLION IN NOVEMBER OF 2027, PROJECTED NEGATIVE, AND THE STRUCTURAL DEFICITS THAT ARE LEADING TO THE GIANT NEGATIVE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUNDS.
BECAUSE SINCE YOU HAVE NOT EXPLAINED THAT, YOU'VE ALLOWED THE UNIONS AND THE MEDIA TO POINT TO THE CASHFLOW PROBLEM AS BEING LIKE THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
YOU'VE ALLOWED THEM TO CONFUSE OR DOWNPLAY THE REAL ISSUE SPEAKING ABOUT THE NEGATIVE 231 MILLION NEGATIVE CASH FLOW AS THE PROBLEM VERSUS THE 5.5 BILLION IN THE DECREASE IN THE NEGATIVE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND.
SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO IS TO WRITE IT ALL DOWN, MAKE IT PUBLIC.
THIS IS YOUR PLAN AND HAVE YOU STICK TO IT AND EXPLAIN THEN TO THE PARENTS, HOW ARE YOU GONNA GO ABOUT THIS? HOW WILL THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CONTINUE TO FUNCTION? PARENTS NEED TO SEE THIS.
MR. CHA, IN YOUR VIDEOS, YOU TALKED ABOUT TRANSPARENCY.
WE'RE GONNA HOLD YOU TO THAT COMMITMENT THAT YOU MADE.
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THE PARENTS, PLEASE EXPLAIN IT IN A WAY THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF EDUCATORS.
THERE ARE PRESUMABLY YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT EASILY.
UH, PUBLIC'S COMMENT FOR ALAN.
ALAN, I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE AND PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
ALAN WI SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE WITH US.
I'M A RETIRED TEACHER AND MAGNET COORDINATOR AND I HAVE FOUR BRIEF OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE METLIFE DENTAL PPO CONTRACT.
ONE DISTRICT STAFF HAD TO BE AWARE THAT THE DENTAL PPO CONTRACT, THE HBC RECOMMENDED ON SEPTEMBER 7TH WAS A CUT TO EXISTING BENEFITS AND A VIOLATION OF BOARD POLICY LAST WEEK'S SUBSCRIPTION.
IN THE BOARD MATERIALS CLAIM THAT QUOTE, THE NEW AGREEMENT HAS THE SAME DENTAL COVERAGE AS THE CURRENT OFFERING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE REIMBURSEMENT METHODOLOGY FOR OUT-OF-NETWORK SERVICES.
THE PLAN UPDATE REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS TO THE DISTRICT IN COMPARISON TO THE PREVIOUS METHODOLOGY.
END QUOTE, AS THE CHANGE IN METHODOLOGY WAS CLEARLY A BENEFIT CUT, WHOEVER CRAFTED THAT STATEMENT WAS INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING THE BOARD TWO.
YESTERDAY THE BOARD SEEMED CONFUSED ABOUT THE COST OF THE CONTRACT RECOMMENDED BY THE HBC ON SEPTEMBER 14, WHICH RESTORED THE DENTAL PPO OUT OF NETWORK BENEFITS THE DISTRICT HAS OFFERED FOR MANY YEARS.
THERE MAY BE A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE CONTRACT, BUT THAT CONTRACT COVERS FIVE YEARS.
STAFF SHOULD HAVE POINTED OUT THAT 100 MILLION IN CURRENT YEAR EXPENDITURES DOESN'T NEED TO BE CUT TO BALANCE THAT PART OF THE BUDGET.
THE COST OF THE RESTORED BENEFIT WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $20 MILLION PER YEAR.
ACCORDING TO LAST WEEK'S BOARD MATERIALS, THERE ARE 136,000 ACTIVE RETIREES AND DEPENDENTS ENROLLED IN THE DENTAL PPO PLAN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY GO TO OUT OF NETWORK DENTISTS, BUT IF A THIRD TRIED TO SAVE MONEY BY SWITCHING DENTISTS OR PLANS, THERE CAN'T POSSIBLY BE ENOUGH IN THAT IN-NETWORK PPO AND DENTAL HMO DENTISTS TO ABSORB SO MANY NEW PATIENTS.
THE RESULT WOULD BE CHAOS AND THOUSANDS MIGHT BE UNABLE TO ACCESS NEEDED DENTAL CARE.
FROM EVERYTHING I HAVE READ, IT'S NOT LEGAL TO REDUCE RETIREES VESTED BENEFITS.
I FULFILLED MY PART OF THE CONTRACT TO EARN LIFETIME HEALTH BENEFITS FROM A USD AND I'M NO LONGER AN EMPLOYEE WITH WHOM A USD CAN NEGOTIATE.
SD CAN ONLY PERFORM ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE CONTRACT.
I AM NO LONGER REPRESENTED BY YOUR OKAY.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CONCERNED, PARENT CONCERNED PARENT.
UH, AKUR SINGH, YOU'RE ALSO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY.
I DO NOT HAVE YOU IN THE ROOM.
ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC
[Recess into Closed Session]
COMMENT.THE TIME IS NOW 10:17 AM AND THE BOARD IS GOING TO RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION.
[Reconvene to Open Session]
WELCOME BACK.THE TIME IS NOW 4:19 PM ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2026.
THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING IN LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION, UH, INCLUDING CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. I'M GONNA TAKE ROLE MS. NEW BILL PRESENT DR.
UM, MR. MALVO HERE IN A DIFFERENT SPOT.
BOARD PRESIDENT SHAMON PRESENT.
I'M GOING TO REPORT OUT THE ITEMS, UH, THAT THE BOARD TOOK ACTION ON IN CLOSED SESSION.
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE EXPULSION OF STUDENT IN CASE NUMBERS 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, AND 11 WITH A RECOMMENDED DISPOSITIONS.
THE VOTE WAS SEVEN A'S THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DENIED THE ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS IN CASE NUMBERS 0 0 2 A AND 0 0 3 A WITH A RECOMMENDED DISPOSITIONS.
THE VOTE WAS SEVEN A'S UNDER TAB TWO, PERSONNEL, PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE, DISMISSAL AND RELEASE.
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZED THE DISMISSAL OF TWO CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES.
THE VOTE WAS SEVEN A'S UNDER TAB THREE PENDING LITIGATION, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZED A SETTLEMENT IN THE CASE OF JOHN DOE GZ, V-L-A-U-S-D.
UH, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ALSO AUTHORIZED A SETTLEMENT IN THE CASE OF B-L-A-U-S-D.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF BOTH MATTERS WILL BE AVAILABLE UPON THE FINALIZATION OF THE AGREEMENTS AND THE VOTE IN BOTH MATTERS WITH SEVEN AYES.
AND, UH, ALSO TODAY THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY'S FEES ORDERED BY THE COURT AND THE AMOUNT OF $2,785,777 AND 74 CENTS PLUS INTEREST IN THE MATTER OF HUSSEIN D, CASE NUMBER BC 6 69 3 6 8 AND NOT SEEK APPELLATE REVIEW.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE MATTERS FOR REPORTING OUT UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OBJECTIONS.
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THIS MEETING SHALL ADJOURN.