Fresno County Grand Jury
• 2024-2025
The Brown Act. Is it being taken seriously by Fresno County school districts?
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Findings and Recommendations 5 findings
F1
Presently serving elected school board members were uncertain whether Brown Act/Ethics training was a requirement as a board member.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
The Fresno County Superintendent of Schools should provide no later than September 1, 2025, a courtesy notification to the governing boards of all Fresno County school districts to indicate the following: 1) AB 2158 mandates two hours of public service ethics laws training every two years for all elected school board members. 2) All elected school board members must complete AB 1234 training by December 31, 2025 unless their term of office ends before January 1, 2026. 3) That records pertaining to AB 1234 training of elected school board members are public records, and subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act. (F1 - F4) 7
F2
Presently serving elected school board members were unaware of the consequences which could arise from violating the Brown Act.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
The Fresno County Superintendent of Schools should provide no later than September 1, 2025, a courtesy notification to the governing boards of all Fresno County school districts to indicate the following: 1) AB 2158 mandates two hours of public service ethics laws training every two years for all elected school board members. 2) All elected school board members must complete AB 1234 training by December 31, 2025 unless their term of office ends before January 1, 2026. 3) That records pertaining to AB 1234 training of elected school board members are public records, and subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act. (F1 - F4) 7
F3
Brown Act training is among the core content topics required in any curriculum to satisfy AB 1234 training requirements.
Related Recommendations (2)
R1
The Fresno County Superintendent of Schools should provide no later than September 1, 2025, a courtesy notification to the governing boards of all Fresno County school districts to indicate the following: 1) AB 2158 mandates two hours of public service ethics laws training every two years for all elected school board members. 2) All elected school board members must complete AB 1234 training by December 31, 2025 unless their term of office ends before January 1, 2026. 3) That records pertaining to AB 1234 training of elected school board members are public records, and subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act. (F1 - F4) 7
R2
The Fresno Unified School District Board of Education should ensure no later than September 31, 2025, that curricula developed or utilized to comply with AB 1234 training for their elected school board members contain all the core content topics identified in Fair Political Practices Commission Regulation 18371. (F3, F4)
F4
As per requirements of AB 2158, local school districts are responsible to provide an AB 1234 training curriculum to the elected school board members that includes all core content topics identified in Fair Political Practices Commission Regulation 18371.
Related Recommendations (2)
R1
The Fresno County Superintendent of Schools should provide no later than September 1, 2025, a courtesy notification to the governing boards of all Fresno County school districts to indicate the following: 1) AB 2158 mandates two hours of public service ethics laws training every two years for all elected school board members. 2) All elected school board members must complete AB 1234 training by December 31, 2025 unless their term of office ends before January 1, 2026. 3) That records pertaining to AB 1234 training of elected school board members are public records, and subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act. (F1 - F4) 7
R2
The Fresno Unified School District Board of Education should ensure no later than September 31, 2025, that curricula developed or utilized to comply with AB 1234 training for their elected school board members contain all the core content topics identified in Fair Political Practices Commission Regulation 18371. (F3, F4)
F5
Within Fresno County, presently serving elected school board members were receptive to developing an onboarding checklist to assist in identifying when state-mandated training requirements are completed by newly elected board members.
Related Recommendations (1)
R3
The Fresno County Superintendent of Schools should provide no later than September 1, 2025, a courtesy notification advocating that Fresno County school districts each develop and implement an onboarding checklist for newly elected board members to identify and monitor state-mandated training requirements. (F5)
No Responses Found 2
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Fresno County County Superintendent of Schools
Elected County Office
Fresno Unified School District
School District