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The Livermore school board is set Tuesday to consider approving about $14.8 million in ongoing budget adjustments and reductions for the 2026-27 school year.
The proposed budget plan includes a hiring freeze; cuts to staff; the freezing of “me too” compensation increases for the executive cabinet, Livermore Management Association and Classified Managers/Confidentials, except for health benefits; furlough days for assistant superintendents and directors; reduction of substitute pay rate; reduction of special education transportation; elimination of select subscriptions and the shifting of funds, according to the agenda packet.
As directed by the board Feb. 10, the proposal was created by a budget reduction committee composed of representatives from employee labor groups, cabinet and board, according to the agenda.
Items may be removed from the reductions list as additional savings are identified, the agenda states.
Following approval of the recommended reductions, the board is set to consider formal resolutions at their next meeting to reduce staffing.
The Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District Board of Education meeting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 24) at LVJUSD headquarters, 685 E. Jack London Blvd. The agenda is available here.
In other business
* The board is set to provide an update on the district’s effort to find an interim superintendent. Michelle Pechette has been serving as acting superintendent in the wake of Torie Gibson’s departure Feb. 6.
Trustees are slated for “potential action on the process for employing an interim superintendent”, according to the agenda.
* Trustees are also poised to accept an updated board policy over the district’s response to immigration enforcement.
Unless required by the law, state or federal educational program or valid judicial subpoena, judicial warrant or court order, district staff are prohibited from soliciting and collecting information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of a student or the student’s family members.
They are also prohibited from disclosing education and personnel records to immigration enforcement officers as well as granting their entrance onto transportation provided by the district, the district’s non-public facilities or non-public areas where district-sponsored programs are occurring, according to the board policy.
However, district staff are not allowed to impede an officer or employee of an agency conducting immigration enforcement who enters lawfully.
“(The policy) clarifies staff responsibilities, reinforces student and family protections and establishes reporting, notification and complaint procedures related to immigration enforcement activities to ensure a safe, inclusive and legally compliant learning environment,” the agenda states.
The policy abides by the California attorney general’s model policies and must be adopted by March 1, according to the agenda.
* The board is set to consider approving a tentative agreement between a classified union and the district for increased compensation, under the “me too” clause for 2025-26 contract negotiations.
The tentative with Service Employees International Union Local 102 includes a 4% increase to their salary schedule effective Jan. 1. Union members would also receive a $1,344 ongoing increase towards health and welfare benefits effective July 1, 2025. Provisions would be paid no later than April of 2026, according to the agenda.
* The board will also consider approving 2025-26 contract reopener proposals for the SEIU collective bargaining agreement, effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026.
Previously, SEIU proposed sunshining two monetary articles Oct. 8, 2025. The additional articles proposed for reopening are the “Effects of Layoff — Artificial Intelligence” and the “Classified Layoff Procedure — Seniority,” according to the agenda.
Editor’s note: The budget item has been corrected to reflect the combined value of adjustments and reductions.
