uesf for their concern and asked for special ed to talk

u and i uesf -- and i know that uesf is going to bring a bus. their plans are still very fluid, but on their website, or on the cta web site, there will be more information for people. >> thank you. supervisor chu: thank you for your presentation. just a couple of questions -- the numbers that i saw here with regard to the ada reductions, there were three scenarios. one was a flat situation where it would be a reduction of $19 per ada. the second was the $330, and you laid out another one, which is if it wasn't all cuts budget, potentially $825. just wondering what the $330 [inaudible] what assumption is that tied to? >> that is what -- the failure to extend the temporary taxes -- let's say the temporary tax extension would have brought in additional revenue to the state of $3.4 million. -- billion dollars. of which, $2.1 billion would have been to fund k-12 education. failure of that tax extension, the $2.1 billion shortfall now translates into a cut of $330 per ada for all school districts. >> the $330 is basically the interpretation of losing

we referenced the uesf schedule. our unit members are quite aware of the difference in our salary schedule. however, we do understand a few things. our current schedule allows for specialist classes, including art and dance. it allows for the maintenance of low teacher to student ratios. in dire economic times, we understand our schedule is averting layoffs and furlough days. currently, the majority of the staff falls in the middle of the range of years of service. the majority of members will experience increases in compensation. our members can improve compensation with additional academic credit. it is the continued objective of our union to improve the composition of our members. in these economic times, we understand we must share the burden. the retention rate of more than 90% of our staff speaks to the union commitment to the success of the charter academy. if you look at the budget, our parents are not full-time employees. their hourly rate is $2 higher than the current rate offered by uesf. thank you. >> my

plan to bring this item to the curriculum committee on may 2 and i at that time would like to invite uesf to give us a short presentation about the document. so we'll -- desmond already knows about this. that's the -- she's the staff liaison but i wanted to make sure you're aware of that, that you're invited to have some time to present some of the concerns that are in this document at the curriculum committee on may 2. president mendoza: great, thank you. >> thank you. >> good evening, once again. i'm still dennis kelly, i still have spots on my shirt. thank you, commissioner mendoza. it's still a pink shirt, thank you superintendent garcia. may 9 through 13 we are talking about a state of emergency in california with regard to education. that says may 9 through 13, state of emergency. we have come to the point where we're no longer talking about cutting schools, cutting programs and all that. it's getting time that we whip out the old zapat a-line. about being better to live on your feet, teach on your feet. die on your feet, teach on your feet. than live on your knees. i even made sure

i wanted to mention that, but really, i wanted to address my comments are around the uesf and advocacy and be very clear -- it is not our local legislators who are at fault. that advocate incredibly long andadvocate, long and hard around educational issues. it is those of us who are not in the area with the understanding -- we know how important to the committee legislation as. if i was to say something -- it would be to those listening, and watching in the audience. talk to your relatives and friends, in california, to speak to the local legislators. those people have not come up through education, in their legislative and political past, did not get this. they did not have the tax extensions. the burden all across the state of california, they throw up their hands. i cannot understand how this could possibly be. i ask you to go to your relatives and friends, and to address the legislators. address the people who are there. did this the other way though -- the with the other legislators to. >> another any other comments? >> i appreciate you have done, with the hard work of overseeing

asked uesf for their concern and asked for special ed to talk about their concerns and issues surrounding the inclusive practices and we will follow up the next night with staff at the committee of the whole on the special ed redesign. >> the crick -- the curriculum committee we start at 5:30. president mendoza: thank you. augmented rules and policy and legislative commission. commissioner murase: my report will be brief. we reviewed legislative proposals and relied allegation on csba recommendations. i have that available if there are members of the board who would like to review the specific legislation. the committee is looking at a formal process for appointments to different committees that we have and the first step was really developing a full roster of the various committees and task forces that we appoint to. so i want to thank nancy for her staffing of this particular effort and it's still in process. we will continue to keep you updated as we come closer to a formal written policy. president mendoza: thank you. and a report on the committee of the whole, we had a presentation o

beautiful jersey that i have on this evening which was given to me by -- actually, i paid for it -- by uesf. it's it represents the jerseys we're going to be giving to the teachers we're honoring tomorrow at the giants game and it's the black to mourn the budget deficit and cuts that are coming to public education and the pink represents the pink slips that more than 20,000 teachers will be receiving throughout the state and so we will all be wearing these it's the giants game tomorrow. if there are no other -- >> may i make one comment? president mendoza: yes. >> i wanted to thank all of the teachers from the district who went up to sacramento yesterday. a number, i believe -- at least one, i saw, being led away on television by the c.h.p. so i think there were some arrests and i think they should consider that a badge of honor for standing up for injustice. so thank you to all of our staff people that went up there and thank you, mr. superintendent, for being on hand early in the morning to see them off. president mendoza: seeing no other comments, roll call, please? [roll call vote was t