Delegate Assembly and Budget Revisions

The Wednesday, March 4, 2026, Santa Clara County Board of Education (SCCBOE) meeting will start at 5:00pm. Contemporaneous public comments may only be made in person in the San Jose Room of the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE). Community members can follow SCCBOE meetings at home by clinking on this link and scrolling down to the Watch Live heading. If you cannot attend in person, and have a comment that you would like the SCCBOE to consider in its decision making, please email all of us prior to the board meeting at SCCBOEMembers@sccoe.org. The entire agenda and supporting documentation for this coming week's meeting can be found here.

First up on the agenda, the SCCBOE will recognize SCCOE's Employee of the Month, Chriselda Gonzalez. Chriselda is a Supervisor of Head Start Family Health Services in the Early Learning Services Department and has been with the SCCOE for 18.5 years. She is responsible for monitoring the provision of comprehensive health, mental health, and dental services for the Head Start and Early Head Start children. She is a big reason Head Start works. She was chosen because she is seen as a level headed leader to families and her colleagues alike.

Next, the Board will hear Public Comments of Persons Desiring to Address the Board (for non-Agendized items), followed by Reports from SCCOE Bargaining Units (which include its teaching and staff unions, among others). For public comments, participants are given 2 minutes at most to address the Board, and the Board is not permitted to engage on the subject matter because it is not agendized.

Then, the Board will consider approving its Consent Action and Information Items. The consent part of an agenda generally includes non-controversial subject matters that can be approved all together if the Board all deems the items non-controversial and chooses not to pull any for discussion. For the SCCBOE, this part of the agenda typically includes minutes from the prior meeting, resolutions recognizing ethnic groups the county serves, specific educational initiatives, outside donations the county has received, disposition of surplus items, Head Start program reports, approval of board policy updates, and employee compensation increases over a certain threshold. This meeting's agenda includes second readings of board policy updates, donations to the SCCOE and an update on SCCOE student advocacy groups. You can read more about all of them under agenda items 6 and 7.

The Board will next consider what trustees they will vote for Region 20 CSBA Delegate Assembly. This is an action item and the list of candidates and their bios/applications can be found under agenda item 8A. The board can only vote for 4 of the 6 applicants/candidates. Full disclosure, I am one of the candidates. I have been a delegate for 3 years and would like to continue my work. Representatives to the Delegate Assembly are tasked with representing our area's interests with the CSBA to ensure that this statewide organization is advocating with the state and federal government in all of our districts' best interest.

The Board will then consider Appointment of Trustees to a Superintendent Evaluation Ad Hoc Committee. This is an action item and according to Board Policy 2140 the Board must establish a committee with at most three members (including the Board President) to propose a process, criteria and methods of evaluation every year.

Next, Stephanie Gomez will present Budget Revisions for the Month of January 2026. This is an action item and her supporting documentation can be found under agenda item 8C. The short of it is that during the month of January 2026, expenditure budgets were increased by $7,396,786; revenue was increased by $7,277,091; and fund balance was decreased by $119,695.

Then, the Board will then receive a First Reading of Board Policy on Safety. This is an action item and the board policy can be found under agenda items 9A. Action will not be taken on these policies until our next board meeting. This meeting is for the board to ask any questions or request edits.

The Board will next go into Closed Session to discuss anticipated litigation and active litigation and conduct 3 Interdistrict Transfer Hearings.

Please note, these are just the highlights of what is on the agenda for the 3/4/26 meeting. You can inform yourself about the rest of the agenda at the link provided above. As always, feel free to email me with any questions.