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The Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District Board of Education is set to hold three public hearings during its regular meeting Tuesday regarding its proposed budget for 2025-26, its goals for the coming years and the adoption of instructional materials for English Language Development.
According to the proposed budget, the district anticipates that it will meet the state minimum reserve requirement in the current and two subsequent years, given a $600,000 reduction in spending in the 2026-27 school year. This fall, an advisory committee is set to identify reductions necessary for meeting the requirement.
The proposed budget is considered an “initial blueprint” because the state has not yet enacted its budget and the actual revenues and expenditures for the current year are unknown, the proposal states. If necessary, a revised budget will be presented to the board no less than 45 days after the enacted state budget.
Per state law, the public must be presented with an opportunity to address the board regarding the proposed budget.
Also up for public discussion is LVJUSD’s draft Local Control and Accountability Plan for 2024-2027, which includes the district’s vision for students, its annual goals and specific actions to reach those visions and goals.
This three-year plan needs annual updates and is required of California school districts, the agenda states.Â
Per state requirement, the LCAP must focus on eight items including basic services, school climate, student achievement and engagement, other student outcomes, parental involvement, course access and implementation of California State Standards, according to the agenda.
LVJUSD’s draft LCAP goals include boosting students’ preparedness for high school and college graduation and or their career readiness; providing an engaging, clean, healthy and safe environment for students and enhancing parent and community engagement and communication, according to the agenda.
The district’s goals in its draft LCAP apply to all students and specifically to English learners, foster youth and low-income students, the agenda states.
Following the public hearing, the board is set to consider approving the final LCAP at a meeting June 17. It will then be submitted to Alameda County Office of Education by June 30 for final approval.
The board also invites the public to comment on the adoption of instructional materials for middle school English Language Development.
Following the piloting of two programs during the 2024-25 school year, Vista Higher Learning Get Ready and Bridges is recommended for adoption for LVJUSD middle schools.
Vista Higher Learning and ELD materials are currently available for viewing at the district office and East Avenue Middle School through Friday (June 13).
No action will be taken regarding the adoption of instructional materials at the upcoming meeting.
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday (June 10). The full agenda is available here.
In other business:
*As part of its consent calendar, the board is set to approve a number of personnel recommendations, including the resignation of assistant superintendent of human resources Amy Robbins effective Aug. 31.
*The board is set to consider approving memoranda of understanding between the Livermore Education Association teachers union and the district, effective in the 2025-26 school year. One of the MOU designates which LEA members provide intensive educationally related mental health services to students as well as their duties and working conditions, according to the agenda. The other addresses staffing for Vineyard Alternative School and Del Valle Continuation High School as well as class size limits for Vineyard teachers.
*Trustees will also consider approving tentative agreements reached by the California School Employees Association classified union and district representatives during 2024-25 negotiations, regarding their collective bargaining agreement. These articles include pay and allowance, classification/reclassification as well as health and welfare benefits articles, the agenda states.
In addition to the originally proposed articles, the negotiating teams also tentatively agreed to MOUs regarding increased pay, a calendar adjustment for instructional specialists in the Kid Connection program as well as parameters for workload distribution resulting from workforce reductions and guidelines for employees impacted by a reduction in hours or layoff.
If approved by the board, the revised articles will be incorporated into the current CSEA collective bargaining agreement and MOUs will be implemented, according to the agenda.
