Benicia Unified School District

Summary for the Upcoming Regular Governing Board Meeting of January 20, 2022

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Posted On: January 14, 2022

The first Regular Governing School Board meeting of 2022 is next Thursday, January 20, 2022 beginning at 7:00pm in the BUSD Board Room at 350 East K Street.  This meeting will be in person, masks are mandatory and anyone attending is asked to please sign in for contact tracing purposes.  Members of the public may address the Board at a regular meeting on any item within the Board’s jurisdiction. Speaker cards are available at the back table. Please note the item you wish to speak to and submit a card to the Board Secretary. The Board President will call all the “open session” public comments not on the agenda (Gov. Code Section 54954.3) during the public comment item. Comments for items on the agenda will be called during the specific item. Comments are limited to no more than three minutes per speaker or the board may limit the total time to 20 minutes per item. By law, no action may be taken on any item raised during the public comment periods and matters may be referred to staff for placement on a future agenda of the Governing Board.  We will continue to Livestream and record via the BUSD YouTube channel linked here:  https://www.youtube.com/c/beniciaunifiedschooldistrict.  

The highlight for this meeting will be a presentation by Principal Lewis of Liberty Highschool on Building Community Post COVID.  There are several resolutions under the consent calendar as well as the School Accountability Report Cards for each site.  The Communication/Informational items include:  A presentation on the Impact of 2020 Census Data on Trustee Area Map Population Balance.  We are inviting the public to review the options linked HERE and share your preference with the Board at this Board meeting and/or the following one on February 3.  There is also the Federal Adjustment, the Governor’s January Budget Proposal for the 2022-23 fiscal year for 7/1/2022-6/30/2023, an update on the BUSD School Facility General Obligation Bond, Measure S Program and Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee (CBOC), and the 2021/21 Annual Report of the School Facility General Obligation Bond, Measure S Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee (CBOC), Lastly the Non-Consent Action Items of the evening are the consideration and approval of Benicia Unified School District COVID-19 Sick Leave for All Employees and the Benicia Unified School District (BUSD) Independent Auditors Report. 

The entire agenda and packet can be found HERE

Our next scheduled Regular Governing Board meeting is Thursday, February 3, 2022

Enjoy the long weekend!