• Inform the public concerning the District’s expenditure of Measure G bond proceeds;
• Review expenditure reports produced by the District to ensure that Measure G bond proceeds were expended only for the purposes set forth in Measure G; and
• Present to the Board of Education in public session, an annual written report outlining their activities and conclusions regarding the expenditure of Measure G bond proceeds.

On February 5, 2019, Lawrence Fleischer was approved as a member of the Committee representing the position of “At Large Community Member.”  Mr. Fleischer has been a valuable member of the Committee serving as the Committee Chair. Staff is requesting Board approval for an extension of his appointment to the Committee for an additional term, expiring February of 2023.

• Inform the public concerning the District’s expenditure of Measure G bond proceeds;
• Review expenditure reports produced by the District to ensure that Measure G bond proceeds were expended only for the purposes set forth in Measure G; and
• Present to the Board of Education in public session, an annual written report outlining their activities and conclusions regarding the expenditure of Measure G bond proceeds.

On October 4, 2016, Kristen Schoepe was approved as a member of the Committee representing the position of “Parent / Guardian of a child enrolled in our district and active in H&SC.”  Ms. Schoepe has been a valuable member of the Committee who attends regularly and Staff is requesting Board approval for the extension of appointment for Kristen Schoepe to an final term, expiring March of 2023.

Proposition 39 provides for an allocation of district facilities to a charter school that makes a timely request and is eligible under the statute and regulations for use of district facilities. Facilities are allocated based upon the charter school’s in-district average daily attendance. The District entered into a Facilities Use Agreement with Charter School of Morgan Hill (CSMH) for the 2017-18 school year. On the following dates, the Board of Education has approved the listed Addendums to extend the 2017-18 agreement:

June 5, 2018:  Addendum #1 for the 2018-19 school year

October 16, 2018: Addendum #2 for the 2019-20 school year

October 1, 2019: Addendum #3 for the 2020-21 school year

October 6, 2020: Addendum #4 for the 2021-22 school year

The District and CSMH determined it would be mutually beneficial to extend the current Facilities Use Agreement through 2022-23. Staff recommends approval of Addendum #5.

Long-Term Facility Use Agreement 

Based on the Board’s direction at the April 20, 2021 meeting, CSMH and District staff are working to create a single facility use agreement that encompasses the expanded Proposition 51 facilities and the remaining Proposition 39 facilities as well as those facilities owned by CSMH. This Agreement would provide CSMH with use of the entire site with a Proposition 39 waiver while it occupies the facilities. This would effectively end the annual Proposition 39 process.

As part of the proposed Agreement, the whole site would be maintained at CSMH’s sole cost and expense and no facilities fee would be charged. A provision would be included that if CSMH’s enrollment declines below a certain threshold the District would be entitled based on a formula to reclaim classroom spaces the following year. Staff continues to work collaboratively to develop this agreement and anticipates bringing it forward for the Board's consideration in early 2022.

Senate Bill 1029 (SB 1029), which went into effect on January 1, 2017, revises the Government Code to require additional reporting requirements related to the issuance of debt by a local agency. SB 1029 amends Government Code Section 8855 to place additional reporting obligations on the issuers of public debt in California. As amended, Section 8855(k) now requires state and local debt issuers who have submitted a report of final sale to CDIAC to subsequently submit an annual debt report. The annual debt report must include, at a minimum, the amount of debt authorized, the debt outstanding, and the use of proceeds of the issued debt during the reporting period.

Only Measure G Series B was issued after January 1, 2017 and is under the new requirements. The attached report was submitted to CDIAC. This report is submitted as information to the Board in accordance with the District’s debt policy adopted on August 1, 2017

The attached document lists the contracts executed by the Superintendent or designee for the month of September 2021.

The Department of Special Education requests approval of the following 2021-22 Special Education contract for Morgan Hill Unified School District. 

The current Agreement with the County funds one SLS Coordinator position. The SLS Coordinator supports the connections between home, school, and students. This Amendment provides additional funding which will allow the District to hire and retain a second SLS Coordinator position. The SLS Coordinator is responsible for: 

• Building and maintaining school and community partnerships;
• Coordinating SLS services and referrals, including family engagement activities; and
• Serving as an integral part of the school district

The SLS Coordinator works primarily with school sites that offer Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) Services, which are also funded by the County. PEI provides funding for outreach programs for families, providers, and others to recognize early signs of mental illness and to improve early access to services, and to reduce stigma and discrimination.  The SLS Coordinator maintains referral and service data, which is reported monthly to the Student Services Coordinator and to the County.

On October 21, 2021, the Policy Subcommittee reviewed and approved the attached policy changes. The policies with yellow highlights are CSBA updates and policies with yellow highlights and red texts are updates made during the Board Policy Subcommittee meeting.  These policies are presented to the Board tonight for their approval.

During this current substitute shortage, many regular teachers are requested to cover their colleagues’ classes during their prep periods, and these teachers receive the hourly rate of pay for their coverage.  The District appreciates our teachers' willingness to cover classes when there are unfilled vacancies.

The current hourly rate of pay for teachers multiplied by five (a secondary teacher’s schedule consists of five teaching periods) is now exactly equivalent to the new increased daily sub rate of pay ($32 x 5 = $175). 

The District acknowledges the diligence of existing teachers in covering classes during a shortage, and realizes the benefit of increasing the miscellaneous hourly rate of pay that teachers receive when covering classes and performing other certificated hourly assignments. 

The District also acknowledges that having one hourly rate of pay instead of two creates operational efficiencies.  

Therefore, in meeting with the President of the Morgan Hill Federation of Teachers, the District entered into a sideletter agreement to supercede the current article in the collective bargaining agreement to increase the hourly rate of pay for both adult education and for home instruction/miscellaneous assignments to $38.00 per hour for work beginning October 1, 2021 and to be paid out in the November 10th payroll.

Adult Education teachers' hourly rate of pay will increase from $35.00 to $38.00 per hour, an increase of 8.58%

Home Instruction and Miscellaneous will increase from $32.00 to $38.00 per hour, an increase of 18.75%

Based on the benefit to unit members and to the District, the parties have agreed to a one-year amendment to Article 4. The attached amended language will be reviewed and tentatively folded into the agreement during negotiations in 2022 or will expire on June 30, 2022.

Staff recommends that the Board ratify the agreement as submitted.