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COLUSA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION Michael P. West, County Superintendent of Schools 345 5th Street, Suite A, Colusa CA 95932 [email protected] p 530.458.0350 f 530.458.8054 COLUSA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING DATE: Wednesday, May 8, 2019 TIME: 4:00 p.m. Board Business Meeting PLACE: 345 5th Street, Colusa, Large Conference Room NOTICES: The Colusa County Office of Education encourages those with disabilities to participate fully in the public meeting process. If you have a special need in order to allow you to attend or participate in our public meetings, contact the Superintendent’s Office at 530.458.0350 well in advance of the meeting that you wish to attend so that we may make every reasonable effort to accommodate you (Cal. Gov’t. Code, § 54954.2, subd. (a)(1)). The agenda packet and supporting materials can be viewed at the Colusa County Office of Education located at 345 5th Street, Colusa, CA, or online at ccoe.net. For more information, please call 530.458.0350. AGENDA DECISION 1.0 CALL TO ORDER 1.1 Pledge of Allegiance 2.0 ORDERING OF AGENDA 3.0 STAFF QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS 4.0 LETTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS 4.1 Awarding of Diploma 4.2 CalSTRS Advocacy Letter ‐ Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Format for Employer Reports 5.0 PUBLIC INPUT – Items not on the agenda 6.0 REPORTS FROM SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF Note: Bold indicates oral report 6.1 Superintendent’s Reports information 6.1.1 Superintendent's Monthly Report 6.1.2 Superintendents Council – April Meeting 6.2 Administrative Services – Gail Osborne information 6.2.1 Comparative Object Summary: Report of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance

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COLUSA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION Michael P. West, County Superintendent of Schools

345 5th Street, Suite A, Colusa CA 95932 [email protected] p 530.458.0350 f 530.458.8054

 

   

COLUSA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING 

DATE:  Wednesday, May 8, 2019  TIME:  4:00 p.m.  Board Business Meeting  PLACE:  345 5th Street, Colusa, Large Conference Room  NOTICES:  The Colusa County Office of Education encourages those with disabilities to participate fully in the public 

meeting process. If you have a special need in order to allow you to attend or participate in our public meetings, contact the Superintendent’s Office at 530.458.0350 well in advance of the meeting that you wish to attend so that we may make every reasonable effort to accommodate you (Cal. Gov’t. Code, § 54954.2, subd. (a)(1)). 

   The agenda packet and supporting materials can be viewed at the Colusa County Office of Education 

located  at  345  5th  Street,  Colusa,  CA,  or  online  at  ccoe.net.  For  more  information,  please  call 530.458.0350. 

   

A G E N D A 

        DECISION 1.0 CALL TO ORDER 

1.1 Pledge of Allegiance 

2.0 ORDERING OF AGENDA 

3.0 STAFF QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS 

4.0 LETTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS 4.1 Awarding of Diploma 4.2 CalSTRS Advocacy Letter ‐ Notice of Proposed Rulemaking:   Format for Employer Reports 

5.0 PUBLIC INPUT – Items not on the agenda 

6.0 REPORTS FROM SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF Note:  Bold indicates oral report 

6.1 Superintendent’s Reports   information 6.1.1 Superintendent's Monthly Report 6.1.2 Superintendents Council – April Meeting 

6.2 Administrative Services – Gail Osborne  information 6.2.1 Comparative Object Summary:  Report of Revenues,    Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance 

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Colusa County Board of Education May 8, 2019, Agenda Page 2 

6.3 Children’s Services – Vicki Markss  information 

6.4 Educational Services – Maria Arvizu‐Espinoza  information 

6.5 Human Resources – Serena Morrow  information 

6.6 Special Education & SELPA – Chuck Wayman  information 

6.7 Technology Services – Alex Evans  information 

7.0 BOARD QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS 7.1 Board President’s Report  information 

8.0 CONSENT AGENDA   (All items are approved by one motion unless pulled by a Board member for separate discussion or action.) 

8.1 Approve Minutes of the April 17, 2019, Regular Board Meeting  action 

9.0 PUBLIC INPUT – Items on the agenda 

10.0 OLD BUSINESS 10.1 Community College District Territory (standing item)  information 

10.2 Facilities Update (standing item)  information 

10.3 LCAP Update (standing item)  information 

11.0 NEW BUSINESS 11.1 Annual Salary and Benefit Review ‐ County Superintendent  information 

11.2 Set Board and Superintendent’s Health Dental Vision (HDV) Cap to  action   Match CCOE Employees’ HDV Cap ($10,000) Effective July 1, 2019 

12.0 ADVANCED PLANNING 12.1 S. William Able Community School Graduation  information   June 12, 2019, 5:00 pm   499 Marguerite Street, Williams, Education Village Multipurpose Rm.  12.2 LCAP & Proposed Budget Public Hearing  information 

June 18, 2019, 4:00 pm, 345 5th Street, Colusa, Large Conference Room  

12.3 Next Regular Board Meeting  information June 19*, 2019, 4:00 p.m. 345 5th Street, Colusa, Large Conference Room 

13.0 ADJOURNMENT 

*  Please note that due new financial system changes, the June Meeting will not be held on the second Wednesday of the month, as is customary. 

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COLUSA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION Michael P. West, County Superintendent of Schools

345 5th Street, Suite A, Colusa CA 95932 [email protected] p 530.458.0350 f 530.458.8054

April 19, 2019

Sal Sanchez, Governmental Relations

California State Teachers' Retirement System

P.O. Box 15275, MS-14

Sacramento, CA 95851-0275

Re: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Format for Employer Reports

The Colusa County Office of Education (CCOE) is a supporter of the continuance to improve business and

technological systems to increase efficiency and effectiveness. However, prior to implementing new

systems, our office carefully weighs the costs of implementation — for all users of the system — against

the perceived benefits. We believe the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CaISTRS) has failed

to properly and fully assess the perceived benefits of the Pension Solution project against the costs that

will be borne by Local Education Agencies to comply with the new reporting requirements.

Consequently, we are requesting that CALSTRS delay the implementation of the Pension Solution project

in order to perform a more thorough and comprehensive cost/benefit analysis.

Every new data element CALSTRS adds to the reporting requirements creates additional complexity for

the COE and LEA staff who work on retirement reporting at the reporting entity level. The Pension

Solution project dramatically increases the number of fields and codes that apply to each line of

retirement reporting. CCOE estimates that it will take hundreds of hours per staff member over the next

two years just to learn and train in the necessary transition of the new requirements. Because of the

increased complexity of error checking with so many new fields, we estimate the ongoing cost increases

per year for additional staffing at both county and the reporting school districts. In addition, the

programing costs borne by the software vendors will inevitably be passed down to LEA customers.

Software contracts require vendors to bear these costs without increases during the current contract

term, but it is naïve to think they will not pass these costs on to customers. Already LEAs who are

renewing their software contracts are seeing dramatic price increase demands from their vendors, and

unfortunately the California LEA payroll system market is not awash with viable competitors (a fact that

is due in part to the complexity of California LEA retirement reporting). All these additional costs will be

borne by LEAs at a time when revenues are levelling off and cost pressures continue to rise — including

substantial employer retirement contributions.

We believe that CALSTRS has not sufficiently demonstrated that the value of the additional reporting

elements outweighs these costs. In fact, we believe that many of the new elements are of little or no

value. Below are some specific examples where Colusa COE questions the need for the new elements. In

some instances, even the appropriateness of providing the information to CALSTRS in the first place is in

question.

We urge CALSTRS to delay the implementation timeline, and to engage with the LEA community in a

systematic way to do a full cost benefit analysis. Any new reporting element that cannot be

demonstrated to add value to all the participants in the CALSTRS system in excess of the costs should be

eliminated.

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Examples of new reporting requirements that are of questionable value.

1. The CALSTRS Employment File is requiring leave of absence information to be reported for both

members and non-members. This information is not currently collected in a standardized

reportable format by any financial system that we are aware of. The leave of absence types

listed by CALSTRS is not an exhaustive list of possibilities, which then requires districts to

conform their bargained leave of absence types to the list of CALSTRS approved types (or

alternatively track this both for internal use and for CALSTRS reporting). We are also concerned

with the need to submit adjustment files each time leave is altered for both members and non-

members.

a. The need for this information is unclear.

b. Some of the information being requested is confidential and has HIPPA related

requirements.

c. Some of this information is protected by law. For example, it is requested that we report

someone who is on administrative leave pending an investigation. In the monthly

Employment File this leave may need to be reported prior to the determination of any

wrong doing and could be subject to litigation.

d. The reconciliation of district financial systems and the CALSTRS system to ensure that

leave dates are in sync seems excessive in comparison to the intended purpose, which is

to eliminate the process of getting the district certification of approved leave when an

employee would like to buyback time.

2. The CALSTRS Employment File is requesting the annual total compensation for all members and

non-members once a year for that fiscal year. We are concerned with the fact that CALSTRS

feels it is entitled to know the total compensation of both members and non-members, even

when this work is not creditable to CALSTRS or is PERS-able work. We feel the CALSTRS agency

should be limiting its scope of work to the collection of CALSTRS contributions and the payment

of pensions.

a. What is the intended purpose of collecting total annual compensation for all members

and non-members?

b. Has the benefit of having this information been weighed against the needed programing

changes in financial systems and the reconciliation efforts?

3. The CALSTRS Contribution File is requiring information that appears duplicative and will only add

more programing requirements, reconciliation at the district level, and additional data entry

during adjustments. For example:

a. The Assignment Code and Time Base fields appear similar, with the differences being

that the Assignment Code field uses numbers while the Time Base fields uses acronyms

to identify full-time, part-time, substitutes, etc. The Time Base field is uniquely breaking

out part-time work to part-time 50% or more, part-time less than 50%, part-time hourly,

part-time daily, but we are not clear why the additional information related to part-time

work is needed.

b. The Full-Time Base Hours per Position field requests the number of hours required in a

school term for full-time. This is similar to the field Work Hours per Day which requests

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the number of hours to work in a day to get full-time. What is the intended use of these

fields and why are both fields being requested, when only one is necessary?

4. The CALSTRS Contribution file is requiring the identification of actual months the employee is

expected to work. Although the field Expected Pay Periods does allow for Unspecified Breaks

(codes 1100, 1000, 0900, 0800), CALSTRS has highly encouraged the use of the specific month

range codes to be used. This would require additional programing in order to report.

a. What is the purpose of collecting this information?

b. Currently we are required to report number of months a member is working by using a

contribution code associated with the number of months the member is performing

creditable service in a given fiscal year.

c. Specifically, the code number 0000 is very confusing to end users as to when it should

be used.

We would like to thank for you allowing the opportunity to delay the implementation of the Pension

Solution project in order to perform a more thorough and comprehensive cost/benefit analysis.

Sincerely,

Gail Osborne

Associate Superintendent

Cc: Michael West, County Superintendent

Serena Morrow, Director of Human Resources

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6.2 COLUSA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION

Michael P. West, County Superintendent of Schools 345 5th Street, Suite A, Colusa CA 95932

[email protected] p 530.458.0350 f 530.458.8054

Business Services April Department Report

Implementing new Finance System “go live” January 2019 for all districts

and COE o Migrating data to new system, analyzing old data for import o Ongoing training & setup o Data conversion and validation ongoing o Reviewing current processes

Policy review Budget revisions for 2018-2019 Beginning Budget Development for 2019-2020 Analyzing each departments expenditures Training users and sites in purchase requisitions Analyzing each departments positions and rolling into next year Setting up workflow of signature authority in financial system Beginning workflow for Human Resources authority 2nd Interim Review of District financials AB1200 Oversight for districts District support Department support Quarterly Tax reports Preparing for External Audit Negotiations with Classified and Certificated Unions for 2019-2020

Coming Soon in Escape:

Inventory control Employee Portal Electronic HR Forms for hiring and personnel changes

Ongoing setup and improvements will continue through the summer  

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6.3

CCOE - Children’s Services

Vicki Markss, Director

Report for CCOE Board of Education

Month: April 2019

Meetings, Trainings, and Professional Development:

Attended preschool SEAL Training Module 11 in San Jose, CA

California Preschool Instructional Network (CPIN) provided professional development training to preschool teachers on Music.

Seasonal Migrant program operation began on April 1st at the Williams Children’s Center. Collaborative Outreach event for migrant families is scheduled for April 29th from 5:00-7:00 PM.

Prepared for the preparation of the Family Fair. Our event was a success with great attendance.

Attended Head Start Cluster meeting.

Attended monthly Executive, Leadership, Office Team, and Cabinet meetings.

ECE Mentor Selection Committee at Yuba College ECE Department identified, screened, and selected new mentor preschool teachers to provide coaching support for others.

Attended series training for Center for Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) to build social/emotional development in all classrooms. Piloting strategies and coaching at the Colusa Preschool Learning Center.

Hired a substitute for the Special Needs Coordinator position. Have two open classroom positions.

Attended meeting with Special Education to discuss placement of students for next program year.

Met with new Literacy Coordinator to discuss strategies towards improving website and outreach systems.

Attended transitional IEP in Special Needs Coordinator’s absence.

Attended California Head Start Association Leadership and Director’s Summit in Sacramento.

Set-up a recruitment booth at the Woodland Community College Career Fair at the Education Village.

Met with CCOE Adult Transition program. Placed two new student volunteers in our program.

Attend Brown Act Training.

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6.3

Grant Opportunities:

EHS Expansion Grant-still waiting. Inclusive Early Learning and Care Coordinator Program Grant through Sacramento

Office of Education titled Inclusion Builds Early Learning Opportunities for New Growth (IBELONG).

Head Start Refunding Application was submitted with all supporting documents.

School Readiness:

Continue with kindergarten transition activities with children and with elementary schools.

Preschool Investigation Theme Study on Reuse and Recycle. Learning concepts include caring for our community, limiting waste, repurposing, Mathematics, Language and Literacy, Science, etc.

Family Engagement and Community Partnerships:

CCOE-Children’s Services Family Fair.

Participated in the Community Collaborative Partners Training with other Colusa County Agencies to identify community needs, services, and resources. Meeting is called Prevention Steering Committee.

Health & Nutrition:

Related staff attended the California Head Start Association Health Conference.

Facilities:

Working on improvements from Head Start Improvement funds.

Flooring at the Williams Children’s Center replaced. Planning Colusa Head Start June 15th, 2019.

Reviewing options for new facility/playground at Williams Elementary School.

Enhancement project for Colusa Preschool classrooms playground will begin in April.

 

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Educational Services Board Report

May 2019

INSTRUCTION

S. William Abel Community School

The Community School is proud to announce the fifth graduate of the year, Elizabeth Becerra, who

completed her coursework in April. Three more students are anticipated to graduate in June.

Students continue to work with the Farm to School Grant to construct raised beds, install irrigation,

transplant the seedlings they have grown in the greenhouse, and install landscaping. The plant sale

held earlier this month was also a success raising funds for ongoing support of the school

agricultural education efforts. The first crops should be ready to harvest before the end of the school

year.

The Community School has started to receive instructional materials related to career exploration

courses in a variety of areas as part of the CTEIG funds allocated by the state. Students in coming

years will have the opportunity to engage in career exploration and introductory courses in a variety

of fields including agriculture, metalworking, automotive repair, computer maintenance, computer

science, interior design, fashion, culinary arts and electrical engineering.

Students successfully visited the Point Reyes National Seashore earlier this month and learned

about earth and life sciences while enjoying a day off campus. For many students this was their

first time seeing the ocean and wildlife including elephant seals and bald eagles.

Colusa County Adult School

The adult school has been working in collaboration with Woodland Community College’s (WCC)

Student Outreach Specialist to develop transition plans for adult students. Rodrigo Lopez, who has

been hired by WCC, meets with our adult students to discuss available resources in our county and

set personal and career goals.

The Colusa County Adult School has a new logo. The logo was created by Laura Kate James, a

student that attended Colusa High School. We truly believe that education is a life experience.

Partnerships

A leadership training took place on 4/3/19 with the WJUSD administrative team, Williams teachers,

CCOE, and the Instruction and Leadership Coach from The International Center for Leadership in

Education. Training on the Collaborative Instructional Rubric (CIR), Quadrant Rating, and review

of the Rigor and Relevance Framework took place to prepare the teachers for the classroom

walkthroughs. Instructional rounds included scoring, team discussions, calibration after classroom

visits, and the implementation of effective activities, techniques, and instructional strategies.

A summer food services planning meeting (CalKidz) took place on 4/9 with Butte COE, Children

Services, Williams USD, and Ed Services to provide free summer meals to the Colusa County

community. To qualify as a feeding site, the location must be in an area that has 50% or greater

children qualifying for regular year free and reduced meals. CalKidz also targets sites that have a

predominant number of state-qualified migrant students whom automatically qualify for free and

reduced meals during the regular year. All targets are low-income areas where food insecurity is

high and the majority of the sites reside in rural areas where opportunities for social programs are

scarce. The open food sites are available for all children 18 years and under. CalKidz does not

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require families to provide income information, register, or complete other paperwork for open

feeding sites.

Farm to School Program

The next Farm to School Stakeholder Meeting will be May 16, 2019 at 7:00 PM in the Multipurpose

room.

The three-dimensional designs are now complete for display. The designs were created by Robert

Kirkman.

Farm to School Staff and S. William Abel Community School students hosted the first plant sale

at the Education Village. The plants were started in the greenhouse by students and sold to

members of the community. The $367.00 generated by the plant sale will be used to purchase

additional supplies for the raised beds. Some plants have been planted into the raised beds to reach

production.

Community school students and Farm to School staff have almost completed raised bed number 10

of the brick raised beds! (see picture below) Please come by if you would like to see them! Plans

for planting pumpkins, gourds, and melons are being discussed.

LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN

Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP)

Educational Services has reached out to all the LEAs to provide support and Technical Assistance

as they write the 2019-20 LCAP. Review of LCAPs in well underway! A meeting took place with

PJUSD Superintendent on 4/18 to provide the findings from the 2019-20 LCAP review. Ongoing

Technical Assistance has been provided to the WUSD leadership team as they write their LCAP.

Review of the Annual Update has taken place for the S. William Community School LCAP and is

currently being written.

The April Professional Learning Network (PLN) consortia was rescheduled for 4/30. LCAP

Updates and information were provided as well as an annual reflection on the participants’

experience to create a shared reflection, feedback, key learning, and a plan moving forward.

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The 14 county Geographic Lead meeting took place on 4/12/19. Discussion was held on the use of

Differentiated Assistance funds to support districts, professional development for team members,

and an upcoming Advisory Meeting to generate Asset Mapping for the team.

PREVENTION SERVICES

Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program

Every year the California Foster Youth Education Task Force puts together a Foster Youth

Education Summit. This year’s Summit focused on the impact of trauma on our students in foster

care and the systems that serve them. The summit also focused on understanding the impact of

trauma and the ways to respond to it to in order to have student success. This year the summit took

place in Sacramento.

During the March 13, 2019 Foster Youth Executive Advisory Committee (EAC) meeting

Educational Services invited EAC members to the Foster Youth Summit. CCOE, Williams Unified

School District, & Behavioral Health were able to attend the Summit. We will be presenting the

information gathered at the summit in our next EAC meeting scheduled for June 7, 2019.

Homeless & McKinney-Vento

Our annual Migrant Camp Outreach event took place on April 29, 2019. Partnerships include:

Educational Services, Advance Services, Inc., Ampla Health, BCOE Migrant Education, CAPC,

CCOE Adult Education, CCOE Children Services, First 5 Colusa, Behavioral Health, Colusa

County Free Library, DHHS, Colusa County One Stop., Public Health, Migrant Ed., and WUSD.

This event was created to help incoming families know where different services are available in

our county and what they provide.

McKinney Vento Youth living in the camp were provided Tobacco Use Prevention information

along with free necessities to help remove school attendance barriers. Identifying these youth as

McKinney Vento students to our district liaisons helps us better serve this population.

The Prevention Services Coordinator (PSC) is working in partnership with Children Services to

serve the McKinney Vento children. On 4/25/19, the PSC presented a McKinney Vento 101

presentation to some of the Children Services staff. The Presentation included topics such as; How

to properly identify a McKinney Vento youth, AB 1806 graduation aimed for McKinney Vento

Parents, Removing School Barriers, & How to obtain School Supplies through our Education for

Homeless Children and Youth grant. We plan to continue this partnership with our children

services team and provide other trainings to help serve our youth, starting with our children.

Early Mental Health Initiative (2nd Step/PIP)

This month, the focus was on combining learning about “Accidents” and “Caring and Helping

Others.” The students learned and listened to two new songs on the Second Step CD, “Everyone

has accidents,” as well as “Caring and Helping.” A short Sesame Street video called, “Helping

People,” was introduced to students as well.

The 2019-20 MOU to continue to provide services to Hand in Hand is currently being reviewed.

Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE)

The FDA has developed the “The Real Cost” E-Cigarette Prevention Campaign, which aims to

educate teens on the dangers of e-cigarette use. In a unique attempt to target the most vulnerable

places of usage, they created informational posters. The posters are intended to be displayed in high

school bathrooms – a location where teens are often faced with the decision to use e-cigarettes –

and deliver snarky, hard-hitting messages. The posters are being sent out to school districts in

Colusa County and will be put-up to help students understand the dangers associated with vaping.

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The 4th Annual North State Youth Advocacy Summit has been scheduled for Friday, October 25th,

during Red Ribbon Week. This event is put on as a collaborative effort between CCOE, Colusa

County Public Health, Yuba County, Sutter County, and Glenn County. It focuses on youth

empowerment, finding a voice, and learning how to have an impact in one’s community. The

planning committee has started to meet monthly; currently we are trying to find a powerful keynote

speaker and determining what breakout sessions will be most influential.

TUPE participated in this year’s Family Fair where we were able to engage all ages from pre-school

to high school. We had an informational coloring activity and coloring book about, “why animals

don’t smoke” and the “lung challenge” activity that demonstrated how difficult it can be to live

with lung diseases like emphysema and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). It was a

great opportunity for the kids to be physically active, while also having fun and learning about the

dangers of tobacco.

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6.5

Colusa County Office of Education

Serena Morrow, Director of Human Resources Human Resources Department Board Meeting Report

May 8, 2019

Meetings & Trainings (May 2019)

Administrative Services & Human Resources Department Meetings – Held twice monthly

CalPADS & CalSAAS meeting with CCOE stakeholders – May 2 Board of Education Meeting – May 8 CCOE Cabinet Meeting – May 14 PASSCo Meeting – May 16-17 NVSIG JPA Board Meeting – May 23 TCSIG Executive Committee Meeting – May 24

Recruitment

4 new hire orientations held (4/1/19-4/30/19) 5 employees hired (4/1/19-4/30/19): 1 Administrative Services, 3 Children’s

Services, 1 Special Education Current vacancies posted (as of 4/24/19): ECE/CD Teacher, Speech and

Language Specialist, School Psychologist, Special Education Teachers, Paraeducators, multiple substitute positions

Human Resources Activities

TCSIG Health and Voluntary Term Life Insurance Open Enrollment May 1-31

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COASTAL BUTTES DRAGONS

Mission Statement

Provide for the individual needs of the child using a full continuum of educationally beneficial services. Our services are designed to support the reintegration into the individual child’s least restrictive environment

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Goal

Providing individualized education to students with unique needs and skills. We believe in building on the inherent resiliency within each child using a combination of behavioral and social emotional evidence based practices while developing individual strengths and skills.

Population

Coastal Buttes is a Special Education Center that will target K-8 students with a primary or secondary disability of Emotional Disturbance, or significant behaviors that impede academic progress in their current placement.

Students are placed through the IEP process

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NWEA

Assessment tool used to determine baseline in reading, math, and language.

Administered three times a year to monitor growth

Assessment results loaded into Exact Path

Exact Path

Takes assessment result from NWEA and creates an individual learning path for each student

The learning path focuses on areas of need with unique lessons and activities for each student

Coastal Buttes is 1:1 technology, so each student has their own laptop to work independently at their pace

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Enrichment

Mr. Kirkman, former Colusa High Art teacher, provides Art instruction twice a week. Students have input into lessons and are getting hands on experience.

PE is provided throughout the week

Implementing other enrichment activities throughout the year i.e. music, science, karate

Therapy Coastal Buttes Academy believes strongly in addressing the social-emotional difficulties of our

students through a multi-modal therapeutic approach, with a specific focus on skill deficits that most impact relational and academic growth. Relying heavily on assessment and treatment planning as a key to successful intervention, our clinical staff are trained in the most current evidenced based and trauma-informed practices. Our team believes in accentuating resiliency factors already present in the life of the child to increase capacity in self-regulation, relational skills, and executive functioning.

Below is a further description of the therapeutic services offered at Coastal Buttes Academy:

Parent Training/Psycho-education: To maintain progress made in the milieu setting, the Academy accentuates parent involvement as a key to generalization of skills and maintenance of stability outside the clinical setting. The Academy offers monthly meetings where parents are able to connect with other parents, weekly coaching/therapy, and trainings throughout the year on various topics.

Group Therapy: Using Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency (ARC), an evidence based practice used in the treatment of traumatic stress, as a curriculum, the group focuses on building affect regulation, affect modulation, social relationships, and skills related to executive functioning. ARC can be tailored to fit multiple age groups and is best supported by individual therapy and parent training.

Individual Therapy: Individual therapy at CBS is designed to address goals outlined in each child’s Individualized Education Plan. CBS utilizes a therapist licensed by the Behavioral Board of Sciences that specializes in the treatment of children and adolescents exposed to chronic traumatic stress and mental health challenges.

Milieu Treatment: In addition to tailored therapeutic interventions, all staff at CBS are trained in trauma theory, mental health, and ABA principles. At CBS, we see some of the most therapeutic work being done in the moment by all members of the team. Individual social emotional goals are often practiced and reinforced within the classroom setting, leading to a true continuum of care within the school.

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Behavior

Positive Behavior Intervention Support (PBIS)

Create systematic terminology to use school wide and within goal and mission statement

School Store Access to preferred items based on point systemIndoor and outdoor break areas available for X minutes per use where time is determined by student need

Daily preference assessment performed upon arrival and as needed throughout the day

Classroom Dojo, Class Craft or similar program to track progress

Parent training requirement

Level System

Points are earned and not taken as punishment

Minimum point totals for access to preferred items/activities

Points turned in for daily access and weekly totals for access to school store

Points measured at morning break, lunch and end of the day

Points earned for 2 school wide criteria of School Expectations and Transitions

Points earned for individual goals that can be weighted

Behavior (cont.)Behaviors 9:15 10:15 Break 11:15 12:15 Lunch 1:15 Break 2:15

Class Expectations

Transitions

Goal 1Goal 2Goal 3

Staff Initials

Total Points

Bonus Points

Daily total

Sample+ Met behavior/goal expectation

-Did not meet behavior/goal expectation-X points required for access for each break/item

-80% of possible points for full access to preferred activities and access to student store-60% of possible points for restricted access

-60% or lower of possible points for basic access

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Classroom Dojo

Used to give points for positive reinforcement

One point is valued at a penny

Staff Training

Each Wednesday is early release where staff meet and receive training on numerous topics.

All staff participate in the interactive training

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Transition Plan

Transition back to the home school when the student has met the exit criteria established during the placement process. The transition team will consist of the IEP team and staff from Coastal Buttes Academy. Participation by case manager, district site administrator and receiving teacher(s) is required.

The transition will take place over an extended period with the student attending both schools during the process. The student will gradually be phased back into home school when the transition team is confident the student is ready.

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Colusa County Office of Education

Technology Services

Board Report May 8, 2019

We held a brief CEWAN Meeting with the Tech Team over Skype to discuss how the EduNet is now be possible due to the Sprint spectrum proposal. We will be presenting this information at the upcoming Superintendents Council Meeting to see which districts would like to pursue it. We are still in the process of negotiating a deal for spectrum from Sprint for the EduNet. Sprint is looking into the logistics of our requests. There are still many uncertainties that lie ahead due to the upcoming FCC Draft changes and the forthcoming Sprint / T-Mobile merger, however we remain optimistic. We are still exploring the possibility of applying for the USDA Community Connect Grant and partnering with the County of Colusa to potentially build an internet point to point backhaul into Sites, Lodoga and Stonyford and serve as the Internet Service Provider for the area. We are in the process of reaching out to our stakeholders to discuss options. We helped PJUSD install their new switches at all of the school sites and cutover to their 10 Gbps for their local area network. We are working with Maxwell Unified to deploy their Polycom equipment so that we can have the final walkthrough of the 2016 RUS Grant and close it out. We setup the Aeries Parent Portal for the CCOE Community School. We have been assisting Lisa Nilsen-Raymond in her new role as Director of Information Technology at CUSD. We spent some time reviewing and adjusting the Veeam backup solution at Yuba County Office of Education. We are splitting our CCOE Guest Wi-Fi Network to be more granular at our each of our sites.

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COLUSA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION Minutes of Regular Meeting April 17, 2019 

Acronyms Used in This Document May Be Found in Attachment A 

Board Members Present:  Lynn Bowen Burnham, Ed Conrado, Jason McMullan, and Barry Morrell 

 Staff/Visitors Present:  Maria Arvizu‐Espinoza, Alex Evans, Tina Maxwell, Serena Morrow, 

Lorilee Niesen, Gail Osborne, Chuck Wayman, and Michael West 

1.0 CALL TO ORDER 1.1 Pledge of Allegiance 

President Pro Tempore Ed Conrado called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. in the 345 5th Street, Colusa, Large Conference Room, and led the Pledge of Allegiance. 

2.0 ORDERING OF AGENDA No changes. 

3.0 STAFF QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS No questions or comments. 

4.0 LETTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS 4.1 Awarding of Diploma – S. William Abel Community School 

Maria Arvizu Espinoza reported that the student did not complete her course work until April 17, 2019, so a diploma was not prepared for this meeting. 

5.0 PUBLIC INPUT – Items not on the agenda No public input. 

6.0 REPORTS FROM SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF 6.1 Superintendent’s Monthly Reports 

6.1.1 Superintendent’s Monthly Report Michael West said that he reviewed the Farm to School program today with Craig Richards, and he was impressed by Community School students’ full participation in the project.  He acknowledged both Craig’s and Lorilee Niesen’s dedication to the program, in addition to stakeholders’ invaluable assistance and input.  Lorilee spoke about the success of the Farm to School plant sale.  Michael reported on his participation and attendance in activities, such as the Wildland Fire Academy graduation ceremony for seventeen fire fighters, and an interview and subsequent hiring of Literacy and Public Relations Coordinator Jennifer Jelavich, who in addition to heading up the F2B program, will be marketing CCOE through newsletters and social media. 

   

8.1

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Michael spoke about the impact of the CCSESA Federal Advocacy Trip, and he reviewed leave‐behind publications that were provided to legislators, including CCSESA’s Federal Advocacy Priorities, SSC’s Pocket Budget 2019‐20, and CCSESA’s Head Start for Working California Families and Special Education in California.  Discussion was held on impending Federal education cuts, which Michael said are currently projected to be greater than 9%, but would most likely settle in the 5 to 7% range.  Michael also reported on the CCSESA Quarterly Meeting in San Diego, and the CCSESA Board of Directors Meeting, during which he received information on CCEE’s role in the System of Support as well as Differentiated Assistance to counties.  Discussion was held on the NCC PLN as a statewide example of collaboratively extending support to districts.  Michael said that he also attended the Adult Education Block Grant meeting as chairman to finalize the 2019‐2020 budget.  Lorilee added that CCOE garnered additional monies for the Adult Education program.  Michael provided an update on And Literacy For All, and he distributed a data report on ALFA’s F2B status and level of accomplishments.  Discussion was held on making a correlation between F2B and the results of the CASPP, which should be possible this year because students who began the program in their first grade of school will be entering the third grade (when CASPP is first administered); and 

on outreach to home school students in Stonyford. Michael also reported on the CHS Super Seven event, and a recent Williams USD School Board meeting during which procedures to fill a Board vacancy were reviewed.  Discussion was held on community involvement in WUSD Board meetings, and on the deadline for WUSD’s Board to fill the vacancy (May 14).  Michael reminded the Board about the April 30, 2019, Brown Act Training, and the May 8, 2019, staff and Board photograph session. 

6.1.2 Superintendents Council – March Meeting Michael West reported that he met with the district Superintendents in March and discussed issues of concern to the districts, and the group participated in a CDE LCAP webinar.  Michael reported that a tentative agreement with ECCOE had been reached, and he is awaiting ratification from its members.  Michael said that he will show a video next month to the Board on understanding the overall school pension issue in California.  Discussion was held on Brown Act Training RSVPs. 

6.2 Administrative Services – Gail Osborne The Board did not have any questions or comments about Gail Osborne’s April 2019 Business Services written report. 

6.2.1 Summary Report of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance Gail reviewed a Revenues or Expense Pie Chart, which shows the impact of salaries on the budget, and a Comparative Object Summary.  Discussion was held on Educational Services’ new van. 

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6.3 Children’s Services – Vicki Markss Michael West reported that Vicki Markss was attending a conference, and the Board did not have any questions or comments about her April 2019 Children’s Services written report.  Discussion was held on the success and quality of the Annual Colusa County Family Fair. 

6.4 Educational Services – Maria Arvizu‐Espinoza The Board did not have any questions or comments about Maria Arvizu‐Espinoza’s April 2019 Educational Services written report.  Discussion was held on students gearing up for the student/staff kick ball match, and CCOE’s role as administrator of First 5. 

6.5 Human Resources – Serena Morrow The Board did not have any questions or comments about Serena Morrow’s April 2019 Human Resources written report.  Serena presented information on CCOE Human Resources’ guiding philosophy and principles, which revolve around the concept that employees are HR’s customers; and on her plan to use the “power of moments” philosophy to make those customers happy to be a part of CCOE.  Discussion was held on the well thought out plan, and on looking at staff as customers. 

6.6 Special Education & SELPA – Chuck Wayman Chuck Wayman answered the Board’s questions regarding his April 2019 Special Education and SELPA written report, regarding the locations that new teachers are needed, on filling the Speech and Language Teacher vacancy, and on Coastal Buttes Academy, which enrolled two new students this week. 

6.7 Technology Services – Alex Evans Alex Evans reported on his progress with Sprint, saying that he hoped to be able to test pilot EduNet soon.  He also answered the Board’s questions regarding his April 2019 Technology Services written report, regarding the EduNet’s purpose of bringing internet access to students who don’t have or can’t afford it, the possibility of expanding that access to non‐students through the USDA Community Connect Grant, the uncertainty of improved service in Arbuckle, the grant possibly empowering CCOE to become an ISP, which would require partnerships with YCCD and the County of Colusa. 

7.0 BOARD QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS Jason McMullan said that he would attend the September 2019 Annual CCBE Conference, and encouraged his fellow Board members join him.  He also enquired about arranging meetings with department heads or joining them during staff meetings. 

7.1 Board President’s Report No report. 

   

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8.0 CONSENT AGENDA All items are approved by one motion unless pulled by a Board member for separate discussion or action.  Barry Morrell/Moved, Jason McMullan/Seconded, and the motion carried four ayes, one absent (Brenda Miller) to approve the following Consent Agenda item: 

8.1 Approve Minutes of the March 13, 2019, Regular Board Meeting 

9.0 PUBLIC INPUT – Items on the agenda No public input. 

10.0 OLD BUSINESS 10.1 Community College District Territory (standing item) 

Michael West reported on continued communication and support from WCC for 

the Farm to School grant, on WCC’s ongoing search for a dean of the Colusa County campus, and on WCC’s awareness of the Community College’s impact on Colusa County students. 

10.2 Facilities Update (standing item) 

Michael West reported on the status of the Education Village construction litigation. 

10.3 LCAP Update (standing item) Maria Arvizu‐Espinoza reported she is beginning her review of district LCAPs, and continuing to provide technical assistance to the districts to ensure that they are on track.  She reminded the Board that a county office may only make recommendations, with no authority to enforce those.  Maria said that work has begun on CCOE’s LCAP, and that it will align with the SPSA. 

10.3.1 2018‐19 CCOE Differentiated Assistance Spending Plan. Maria Arvizu‐Espinoza reported on the Differentiated Assistance Spending Plan, which is not required this year, but will be next year.  She said that she continues to work with those who have exited Differentiated Assistance so that they do not become eligible for it again.  Discussion was held on the value of the LCAP to the districts, with Maria saying that if the LCAP is written correctly, is aligned to districts’ plans (e.g. SPSA), and is monitored well, then the LCAP is a valuable tool. 

11.0 NEW BUSINESS 11.1 Approve Request for Allowance of Attendance Because of Emergency 

Conditions (Form J‐13A) – February 14 – 15, 2019 Michael West reported on the need for the Board’s approval prior to submitting the Request for Allowance of Attendance to the State.  Jason McMullan/Moved, Barry Morrell/Seconded, and the motion carried four ayes, one absent (Brenda Miller) to approve the Request for Allowance of Attendance Because of Emergency Conditions (Form J‐13A) – February 14 – 15, 2019. 

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11.2 Approve Administrative Services Inventory for Disposal Michael West reported on the need for the Board’s approval prior to disposing of Administrative Services’ non‐operational of obsolete inventory.  Barry Morrell/Moved, Jason McMullan/Seconded, and the motion carried four ayes, one absent (Brenda Miller) to approve Administrative Services Inventory for Disposal. 

11.3 Acknowledge Receipt of Sunshine Proposal for 2019‐20 from Colusa County Educational Support Professionals (CCESP) Michael West explained that this document discloses to the Board and to the public the negotiated agreement between CCOE and the Colusa County Education Services Professionals (CCESP). 

11.4 Superintendent’s Response to Sunshine Proposal for 2019‐20 from Colusa County Educational Support Professionals (CCESP) Michael West explained that this item provides notice at a public meeting of his opening proposal to CCESP. 

11.5 County Superintendent Annual Salary Review Process to Begin in May Board Meeting Ed Conrado and Barry Morrell are the Superintendent’s Salary Committee, and will begin work to formulate a recommendation to the Board. 

12.0 ADVANCED PLANNING 12.1 Next Regular Board Meeting 

May 8, 2019, 4:00 p.m. 345 5th Street, Colusa, Large Conference Room 

13.0 ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 5:09 p.m. 

Adopted and Entered    Respectfully Submitted             Brenda Miller, President    Michael P. West, County Superintendent Colusa County Board of Education    and Secretary, Colusa County Board of Education 

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Attachment A

ACRONYMS  

ALFA  And Literacy for All Initiative 

CASPP  California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress 

CCBE  California County Boards of Education 

CCEE  California Collaborative for Educational Excellence 

CCESP  Colusa County Education Services Professionals 

CCOE  Colusa County Office of Education 

CCSESA  California County Superintendents Educational Services Association 

CDE  California Department of Education 

CHS  Colusa High School 

ECCOE  Educators of Colusa County Office of Education 

F2B  Footsteps to Brilliance 

HR  Human Resources 

ISP  Internet Service Provider 

LCAP  Local Control and Accountability Plan 

NCC PLN  North Counties Consortium Professional Learning Network 

SELPA  Special Education Local Plan Area 

SPSA  School Plan for Student Achievement 

SSC  School Services of California, Inc. 

USD  Unified School District 

USDA  United States Department of Agriculture 

WCC  Woodland Community College 

WUSD  Williams Unified School District 

YCCD  Yuba Community College District 

 

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Policy and Procedures Manual Colusa County Board of Education BP 3014.00 Series 3000—Business Page 1 of 1

County Superintendent Salary The salary of the County Superintendent shall be reviewed and adopted on an annual basis by the County Board of Education in an open meeting of the County Board of Education. It is the intent of the County Board of Education to consider as the standard of comparison a number of data sources in establishing the annual salary of the County Superintendent. These data sources may include, but are not limited to:

1. Salaries of Class 7 County Superintendents statewide; 2. Salaries of district superintendents in Colusa County; 3. Salaries of contiguous county superintendents; 4. Other compensation, i.e. Medical plan, pension, benefits, that are

accrued to the base salaries of these superintendent groups.

The average of base salaries of Class 7 County Superintendents statewide shall be computed each year. The salary shall be established within funding constraints and shall be effective July 1 of the current year. Legal References: Education Code, 1205, 1207 Adopted: November 10, 1994 Reviewed: January 13, 1999 Reviewed: May 10, 2006

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8.0 CONSENT AGENDA All items are approved by one motion unless pulled by a Board member for separate discussion or action. Ed Conrado/Moved, Virginia Frias/Seconded, and the motion carried unanimously to approve the following Consent Agenda items:

8.1 Approve Minutes of the September 12, 2018, Public Hearing 8.2 Approve Minutes of the September 12, 2018, Regular Board Meeting

The following items were information only: 8.3 First Reading: Board Policy Revision

8.3.1 BP 9110 Terms of Office 8.3.2 BP 9323 Meeting Conduct 8.3.3 BP 6146.10 High School Graduation Requirements/Standards of

Proficiency 8.3.4 BOP 6146.10, Exhibit A, Colusa County Office of Education

Courses/Credits Authorized to Meet Diploma Requirements 8.3.5 BOP 6146.10, Exhibit B, Colusa County Office of Education Graduation

Requirements for a High School Diploma

9.0 PUBLIC INPUT -Items on the agenda No public input.

10.0 OLD BUSINESS 10.1 Community College District Territory (standing item}

No information or update.

10.2 Facilities Update (standing item}

Michael West reported that he will have a meeting with Girard, Edwards, Stevens, and Tucker, LLP on October 25, 2018, to discuss the direction and status of the lawsuit regarding Education Village construction.

10.3 LCAP Update (standing item} Lorilee Niesen reported on an upcoming LCAP October Stakeholders' meeting.

10.4 Annual Salary Review - County Superintendent Ed Conrado led the discussion regarding the legality of developing a salary schedule for an elected position, and suggested editing the document to indicate no guarantee of step advancement and editing agenda item 10.4.1 to remove the word schedule . Additional discussion was held on the difference between an Assistant and an Associate Superintendent, and Michael West explained that the Associate Superintendent may supervise a Deputy or an Assistant

Superintendent.

10.4.1 Approve 2018-19 Superintendent Salary Sehed1:1le Guideline The group agreed that the Salary Schedule is a guideline, and not a guarantee of automatic step increases, and directed the Clerk to edit the agenda item and the document to make that point clear. Ed Conrado

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presented the Salary Committee's analysis of the history of the Superintendent's current salary and options for a 2018-19 increase. Michael West reviewed changes and increases to the Superintendent's responsibilities with more to come in the future, the need to make the salary competitive, increased demands on County Offices, and the ongoing growth of CCOE. Discussion was held on contiguous county and Class VII counties' salaries, on the job being the same as more populated counties, but the revenue is not.

Virginia Frias/Moved, Brenda Miller/Seconded, and the motion carried unanimously to approve the 2018-19 Superintendent Salary Guideline

10.4.2 Approve Placement on 2018-19 Superintendent Salary SehedYie Guideline Concern was raised about Step 3 being too high, and Step 2 being too low, and need for a Step 2.5.

Brenda Miller/Moved, Virginia Frias/Seconded, to approve setting the Superintendent's salary at Step 3 on the 2018-19 Superintendent Salary Guideline.

Discussion was held on Step 3 providing a 10% increase to the Superintendent's salary, on Step 2 being below that of the average District Superintendents' salaries, and on the need for a Step 2.5. Michael West distributed a report on Superintendents' salaries including districts. Discussion was also held on the need to consider that the Colusa County Superintendent's salary was underfunded for many years.

The motion on the table failed two ayes (Virginia Frias and Nancy Marshall), and three noes (Ed Conrado, Brenda Miller, and Barry Morrell).

Brenda Miller/Moved Ed Conrado/Seconded to develop a Step 2.5, to be the exact mid-range between Steps 2 and 3, or approximately $154,250, and the motion carried unanimously.

11.0 NEW BUSINESS 11.1 Approve 2017 Unaudited Actuals

Gail Osborne presented information from the Unaudited Actuals Report including the effect of spending restricted EPA expenditures money in lieu of unrestricted monies whenever allowable for County Offices. Gail reported on countywide attendance that is flat countywide, on lottery monies, and on Gann Limit calculations. Gail highlighted the Summary Report of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance that indicates CCOE closed 2017 $473,000 higher than 2017 budget development expectations, citing the following reasons for the overage : Previous CBO's assumptions, shifting revenue from the previous year to the current year, budgeting monies that were not

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SUPERINTENDENT GUIDELINE 2018-2019 SALARY PLAN 001

PC 5-00

Reference Point: AnnualHours per Day: 8.0Days per Year: 230

Step 1 Step 2 Step 2.5 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5

Class 1 143,773 150,962 154,736 158,510 166,435 174,757

Placement on the salary schedule is subject to Board approval

10.10.18

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Superintendent Salaries 18/19

Class VIICounties Work Days Salary Daily Rate Years In OfficeCalaveras 220 $136,000 $618

Glenn 230 $141,411 $615

°Inyo 215 $175,000 $814

Lassen 225 $143,705 $639

Modoc 215 $131,616 $612

Mono 200 $151,680 $758

Siskiyou 260 $138,688 $533

Trinity 205 $133,759 $652

Tuolumne 225 $163,200 $725

*°Amador 225 $181,280 $806

*Del Norte 260 $165,960 $638

*Mariposa 260 $162,288 $624

*Plumas 225 $151,143 $672

Average Class VII Counties 228 $151,979 $670

230 $143,773 $625

Work Days Salary Daily Rate224 $160,048 $715

225 $136,000 $604

225 $164,092 $729

220 $152,000 $691

Average Colusa Co District Superintendents 224 $153,035 $685

230 $143,773 $625

Work Days Salary Daily Rate

224 $171,945 $768

230 $141,411 $615

217 $168,950 $779

220 $189,143 $860

215 $181,178 $843

Average Contiguous Superintendents 221 $170,525 $773

230 $154,736 $673

*Del Norte, Mariposa and Plumas Countys are 3 of 5 county/unified school districts; most of the salary is paid by

°Verified 5/1/19 Revised 5/1/19

* Del Norte did not get back to me. Using same days and salary from last year

the district.

Glenn

Yolo

Lake

Colusa

Colusa

Colusa UnifiedDistrict

Williams Unified

Sutter

Pierce Joint Unified

Butte

Contiguous Counties

Colusa

Maxwell Unified

C:\Users\tmaxwell\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\RO5ZZX1Q\18-19 Salary Survey 4.28.19

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COUNTY/ DISTRICT

DAYS/YEAR

SALARY CAR 

ALLOWANCECAP

MASTER'S 

DEGREE

DOCTORATE 

DEGREE

ENGLISH 

LANUAGE 

CERTIFICATE

ACSA DUESCELL 

PHONEOTHER TOTAL SALARY

Calaveras 220 136,000.00$  -$ 10,000.00$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 600.00$ -$ 146,600.00$

Glenn 230 141,411.00$  -$ 1,152.00$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 142,563.00$

Inyo 215 175,000.00$  -$ -$ 500.00$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 175,500.00$

Lassen 225 143,705.00$  -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 1,508.90$ 600.00$ -$ 145,813.90$

Modoc 215 131,615.58$  -$ 12,550.00$ 1,300.00$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 145,465.58$

Mono 200 151,680.00$  -$ 2,200.00$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 360.00$ -$ 154,240.00$

Siskiyou 260 138,688.00$  -$ 12,000.00$ 1,300.00$ 1,500.00$ -$ -$ 600.00$ -$ 154,088.00$

Trinity 205 133,759.00$  -$ 6,052.00$ -$ -$ -$ Yes -$ -$ 139,811.00$

Tuolumne 225 163,200.00$  8,200.00$ 9,300.00$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 600.00$ -$ 181,300.00$

Amador 225 181,280.00$  500.00$ 10,050.00$ -$ -$ -$ 150.85$ 100.00$ 48.22$ 192,080.85$

Del Norte 260 $165,960 -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 166,220.00$

Mariposa 260 162,288.00$  6,000.00$ 13,359.00$ 1,000.00$ 1,500.00$ -$ Yes -$ -$ 184,147.00$

 Plumas 225 151,143.10$  -$ 11,059.00$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 162,202.10$

Colusa USD 224 160,048.00$  6,000.00$ 10,523.76$ 800.00$ 1,000.00$ -$ Yes 600.00$ -$ 178,971.76$

Maxwell USD 225 136,000.00$  -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 136,000.00$

Pierce Joint USD 225 164,092.00$  -$ 10,288.00$ 800.00$ -$ -$ Yes -$ -$ 175,180.00$

Williams USD 220 152,000.00$  -$ 9,600.00$ 1,000.00$ 1,000.00$ -$ Yes Provided -$ 163,600.00$

Butte 224 171,945.00$  -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 171,945.00$

Glenn 230 141,411.00$  -$ 1,152.00$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 142,563.00$

Lake 217 168,949.80$  -$ 13,000.00$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 360.00$ -$ 182,309.80$

Sutter 220 189,143.00$  -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 189,143.00$

Yolo 215 181,178.00$  7,800.00$ 1,000.00$ Yes 1,200.00$ 189,978.00$

Colusa 230 154,736.00$  4,200.00$ 8,000.00$ -$ -$ -$ Yes -$ -$ 166,936.00$

*Lassen $50/month (cell phone)*Mono $30/month (cell phone)*Siskiyou $50/month (cell phone)*Tuolumne $50/month (cell phone)*Mariposa $500/month (car allowance)*CUSD $50/month (cell phone)*WUSD (Cell Phone provided)

* Del Norte did not get back to me. Using same days and salary from last year

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COLUSA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION 0 Michael P. West, County Superintendent of Schools

345 5th Street, Suite A, Colusa CA 95932 [email protected] p 530.458.0350 f 530.458.8054

TO: Colusa County Office of Education Board of Trustees

FROM: Serena Morrow, Director of Human Resources

DATE: May 1,2019

SUBJECT: Health/Dental/Vision (H/D/V) Employer Contribution 2019-2020

A Tentative Agreement has been signed by the County Superintendent, the Educators of Colusa County Office of Education (ECCOE), and the Colusa County Education Support Professionals (CCESP), to increase the annual H/D/V employer contribution from $9,235 annually to $10,000 annually. The increase will take effect July 1, 2019.

With this in mind, it my recommendation that the Board of Trustees consider taking action to increase the County Superintendent and Board of Trustees' annual H/D/V employer contribution to $10,000 annually, with an effective date of July 1, 2019.

For your consideration, I have attached a copy of premium cost spreadsheets that detail the monthly cost to both the County Superintendent and Board of Trustees at the employer contribution rate of $9,235 annually and $10,000 annually.

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County Superintendent Above CAP Premium Cost Effective 10/1/18 thru 9/30/19

Tiered: Employe + One

Plan 1A-SE1 Medical - Empl+One

Dental - Basic/Unlimited/3 Vision - Plan C

Sub Total

Months Covered

Yearly Total CCOE Paid Annual Cap Employee Pays Yearly

1,869.00 118.27 25.50

2,012.77

12

24,153.24 9,235.00

14,918.24

Employee Pays Monthly (12 Months) $1,243.19

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County Superintendent Above CAP Premium Cost Effective 10/1/18 thru 9/30/19

Tiered: Employe + One

Plan 1A-SE1 Medical - Empl+One

Dental - Basic/Unlimited/3 Vision - Plan C

Sub Total

Months Covered

Yearly Total CCOE Paid Annual Cap Employee Pays Yearly

1,869.00 118.27 25.50

2,012.77

12

24,153.24 10,000.00 14,153.24

Employee Pays Monthly (12 Months) $1,179.44

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TCSIG - Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance - Composite 19-20 Fiscal Year coverage July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020

7/1/19 to 6/30/20 - 12 months Premier Standard Basic CDHP Medical $ 1,846.00 $ 1,538.00 $ 1,323.00 $ 939.00

Dental D2 $ 107.00 $ 107.00 $ 107.00 $ 107.00

Vision Plan B $ 22.00 $ 22.00 $ 22.00 $ 22.00

Total Monthly Premium $ 1,975.00 $ 1,667.00 $ 1,452.00 $ 1,068.00 less CCOE Paid Monthly Cap* $ (769.58) $ (769.58) $ (769.58) $ (769.58) TOTAL $ 1,205.42 $ 897.42 $ 682.42 $ 298.42

Board Member Pays Monthly (12 Months) $ 1,205.42 $ 897.42 $ 682.42 $ 298.42

*Cap is $9,235 Annually / $769.58 Monthly

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TCSIG - Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance - Composite 19-20 Fiscal Year coverage July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020

7/1/19 to 6/30/20 - 12 months Premier Standard Basic CDHP Medical $ 1,846.00 $ 1,538.00 $ 1,323.00 $ 939.00 Dental D2 $ 107.00 $ 107.00 $ 107.00 $ 107.00 Vision Plan B $ 22.00 $ 22.00 $ 22.00 $ 22.00 Total Monthly Premium $ 1,975.00 $ 1,667.00 $ 1,452.00 $ 1,068.00 less CCOE Paid Monthly Cap* $ (833.33) $ (833.33) $ (833.33) $ (833.33) TOTAL $ 1,141.67 $ 833.67 $ 618.67 $ 234.67

Board Member Pays Monthly (12 Months) $ 1,141.67 $ 833.67 $ 618.67 $ 234.67

*Cap is $10,000 Annually / $833.33 Monthly