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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Amador County Grand Jury
• 2014-2015
Grand Jury Follow-Up Report: Amador County Unified School District
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Recommendations 8
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R1Page 139Complaint process against trustees: The Board amended Bylaw 9401 on October 8, 2014 to have complainants use the existing Amador Public Schools Uniform Complaint Procedure (UCP) form and process, and to submit it to the Compliance Officer/Executive Director of Personnel. 133
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R2Page 140Censure policy against Board members (trustees): The Board amended Bylaw 9401 on October 8, 2014 to update the existing censure procedure to use a committee of two trustees from the five-member Board (previously three trustees for a seven-member Board).
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R3Page 140Trustee training: The Board reported to the current Grand Jury on February 11, 2015 on which California School Board Association (CSBA) classes each of the trustees has taken between September 2014 and January 2015. Each trustee was given the CSBA booklet on the Brown Act. The current Grand Jury requested that the Board strengthen the Bylaws to be in compliance with California Government Code § 53235 requiring ethics training (including Brown Act) and records be kept of all training taken. The Board amended Bylaw 9240 on April 22, 2015 as requested.
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R4Page 140Self-evaluation: The Board approved a new self-evaluation form, including two additional sections recommended by the current Grand Jury to cover Board goals, and Board training. Each trustee completed the self-evaluation and a compiled version of all of the self-evaluations was included in the April 22, 2015 meeting packet and was included on the agenda.
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R5Page 140Public comments on self-evaluation: The public had the opportunity to review and comment at the April 22, 2015 meeting on the compiled self-evaluations included in the meeting packet.
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R6Page 140Consequences if Bylaws are not followed: Bylaw 9401 was amended to use the UCP process for complaints.
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R7Page 140Cure and Correct Brown Act violations: The current Grand Jury will not pursue, as a practical matter, the “cure and correct” Brown Act violation portion of R7, and has observed that the current Board has been active in acquiring Brown Act training.
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R8Page 140Legal Counsel: The Board agrees to seek legal counsel (but at the discretion of the Board President and Superintendent) to review and approve the agendas as needed to avoid Brown Act violations.