Ratifies a $50,000 contract with School Services of California for Sacramento lobbying
The Board approves, after the contract period began, an agreement with School Services of California to lobby the Legislature and State Administration for the district. The firm also tracks legislation and budget items, meets with board members and district leaders, and sets up meetings in Sacramento. It runs July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024 and costs no more than $50,000.
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- Vendor / partner
- School Services of California · Sacramento, CA
- Action
- New agreement
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- Governance & board business
- Term
- Jul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024
- This vote
- $50,000
- Funding
- General Purpose-Unrestricted
- Resource / site
0000-901- Vendor no.
003823- Presented by
- Superintendent
- File
23-1814· agendaT.-99- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, Sep 13, 2023
Official text
Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2023-2024 by and between the District and School Services of California, Sacramento, CA, for the latter to work proactively to protect and advance the District's interest in Sacramento, including developing strategies, monitoring legislation and budget items that would impact OUSD, and lobbying the Legislature and State Administration; meet with both Board Directors and district administrative leadership twice monthly and with district administrative leadership once monthly to provide timely updates and to assist OUSD with policy implementation, position writing, or other issues, as needed; and schedule necessary meetings with local leadership, as well as coordinate legislative meetings for the BOE and OUSD staff traveling to Sacramento, via the Office of the Chief of Staff, for the period of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00.
History
- Adopted on the General Consent Report