Board Communications

agenda: BOARD COMMUNICATIONS - AUGUST 14, 2026

TO: Members of the Board of Education FROM: Mao Misty Her, Superintendent

1. OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT Mao Misty Her, Superintendent

Superintendent Calendar Highlights.docxLinked attachment: Superintendent Calendar Highlights.docx Official source: https://fresnounified.community.diligentoneplatform.com/document/2c847d57-e042-4cc7-b2df-692544e51ab4 Fresno Unified School District Board Communication

From the Office of the Superintendent Date: August 14, 2026 To the Members of the Board of Education Prepared by: Mao Misty Her, Superintendent Phone Number: (559) 457-3884

Regarding: Superintendent Calendar Highlights

The purpose of this communication is to inform the Board of notable calendar items:

Spoke at New Employee Orientation Gave interview with Thomas Fattoruso, The CEO Magazine, an international publication, regarding serving as Fresno Unified Superintendent Spoke at the Fresno Rotary Club Met with Cabinet Teams Attended CART Board Meeting Spoke at the Registered Nurse’s Buyback Day Held Back to School Press Conference Met with Fresno High School student regarding site concerns Visited the Special Education Paraprofessional Training Met with West Fresno Faith Leaders Gave interview with Christina Rodriguez, FOX 26, regarding opening of schools Attended the Vang Council Backpack Giveaway at Vang Pao School Made 18 student home visits

If you have any questions about the information in this communication, or require further information, please contact Misty Her at (559) 457-3884.

Cabinet Approval: Name and Title: Mao Misty Her, Superintendent

2. OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT Ben Amuku Drati, Ed.D., Deputy Superintendent

3. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF Ambra O'Connor, Chief of Staff

4. OFFICE OF BUSINESS & FINANCIAL SERVICES Patrick Jensen, Chief Officer

School Services of California Weekly Update Report for August 06, 2026.docxLinked attachment: School Services of California Weekly Update Report for August 06, 2026.docx Official source: https://fresnounified.community.diligentoneplatform.com/document/19e07d9b-fb2e-4129-ab04-39927fc6c815 Fresno Unified School District Board Communication

From the Office of the Superintendent Date: August 14, 2026 To the Members of the Board of Education Prepared by: Kim Kelstrom, Chief Executive Phone Number: (559) 457-3907

Regarding: School Services Weekly Update Reports for August 06, 2026

The purpose of this communication is to provide the Board a copy of School Services of California’s (SSC) Weekly Updates. Each week SSC provides an update and commentary on different educational fiscal issues. In addition, they include different articles related to education issues. The SSC Weekly Updates for August 06, 2026, are attached and include the following articles:

Top Legislative Issues–Legislature Returns – August 05, 2026 Teachers Have Some Big Wins in This Year’s California Budget. Here Are Their Victories – August 04, 2026 Trump Administration Threatens to Gut Head Start Rules, Affecting 70,000 Kids in California – August 05, 2026

If you have any questions about the information included in this communication, or need further information, please contact Kim Kelstrom at (559) 457-3907. Thank you.

Cabinet Approval: Name and Title: Patrick Jensen, Chief Financial Officer

School Services of California Weekly Update Report for August 06, 2026.pdfLinked attachment: School Services of California Weekly Update Report for August 06, 2026.pdf Official source: https://fresnounified.community.diligentoneplatform.com/document/288b9019-147d-48ce-ab47-d95b65393449 500 Capitol Mall • Suite 1700 • Sacramento • California 95814 • TEL: 916 . 446 . 7517 • FAX: 916 . 446 . 2011 • www.sscal.com DATE: August 6, 2026 TO: Misty Her Superintendent AT: Fresno Unified School District FROM: Your SSC Governmental Relations Team RE: SSC’s Sacramento Weekly Update Legislature Returns from Summer Recess The State Legislature returned from its summer recess on Monday, August 3, 2026, for the final sprint of the 2025-26 legislative session. In the Fiscal Report article below entitled “Top Legislative Issues—Legislature Returns” we preview the most significant education bills that are still active and have implications for local educational agencies. In this week’s Update, we want to provide context for the next major deadline, the second house Appropriations Committees’ suspense file hearings. The Appropriations Committees in both houses serve as a clearinghouse for legislation that has an impact on state or local revenues or expenditures and next week on either August 13 or 14 both the Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees will take up their suspense files and release hundreds of bills to the house floors for consideration. The committees will also hold a number of bills because of their fiscal implications to the state and local governments. During the suspense file hearings, the Appropriations Committee chairs, Senator Sabrina Servantes (D-Riverside) and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), will present the results at the speed of an auctioneer and will set the stage for the final two weeks of the legislative year. In many cases, the bills that make it out of the Appropriations Committees will do so because the authors agree to amendments that address fiscal concerns or reduce costs. The bills passed by the Appropriations Committees will need to be approved by the Legislature by 11:59 p.m. on August 31. The bills that do not make it out of the committees will be dead since it is the final year of the two-year legislative session. State Budget Cleanup Bill Expected While the 2026-27 State Budget package was signed into law in late June, we are expecting lawmakers to introduce and approve cleanup language, which will make changes to the Enacted Budget, before they adjourn for the year.

School Services of California Inc. August 6, 2026 Sacramento Update Page 2 Typically, cleanup language makes both minor and major changes to funding streams and programmatic areas that were approved as a part of the State Budget package. With the education omnibus budget trailer bill—Assembly Bill (AB) 126, which is nearly 350 pages long—we fully expect the Legislature and Department of Finance to release cleanup language for a number of the education provisions enacted by AB 126. We are also hearing that there may be clean-up language related to AB 150, the early childhood education trailer bill. These cleanup bills should materialize within the next couple of weeks as lawmakers race toward the August 31 deadline. Leilani Aguinaldo

School Services of California Inc. August 6, 2026 Sacramento Update Page 3 Top Legislative Issues—Legislature Returns By Michelle McKay Underwood School Services of California’s Fiscal Report August 5, 2026 The Legislature returned from summer recess on Monday, August 3, 2026, with one month to finish its work for the current legislative session. Having passed the policy deadline prior to summer recess, over the course of the next two weeks, bills with fiscal implications will move through the Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees, with the culmination of that work on August 13. While the Legislature is on recess, bills are not amended and do not move through committee, but that is not to say that work is not being done behind the scenes. Advocates are making final pushes to perfect—or stop— bills that are nearing the Governor’s desk. Administration staff—both fiscal and policy—are communicating with bill authors and preparing bill analyses for the Governor. More than 70 bills that we have covered in past “Top Legislative Iss

Joint Health Management Board Financial Updates - Quarter Three.docxLinked attachment: Joint Health Management Board Financial Updates - Quarter Three.docx Official source: https://fresnounified.community.diligentoneplatform.com/document/68d2bf6c-80db-4090-8f55-6ad26ff086a0 Fresno Unified School District Board Communication

From the Office of the Superintendent Date: August 14, 2026 To the Members of the Board of Education Prepared by: Kim Kelstrom, Chief Executive Phone Number: (559) 457-3907

Regarding: Joint Health Management Board Financial Updates – Quarter Three

The purpose of this board communication is to provide the Board the financial updates reported at the June 25, 2026, meeting of the Joint Health Management Board (JHMB).

The Third Quarter Health Fund Report for the 2025/26 fiscal year provides a review of actual JHMB income and expenditures from July 01, 2025, through March 31, 2026. The report also provides projected income and expenditures for the entire fiscal year 2025/26 compared to the budget for the same time period (Attachment I). Per the language in each of the district’s collective bargaining agreements, the attached is provided by the health plan consultant.

For 2025/26, the report projects a year-end projected deficit of $42.8 million, an increase from the prior quarter of $42.6 million.

If you have any questions about the information included in this communication, or need further information, please contact either Kim Kelstrom at (559) 457-3907 or Patrick Jensen at (559) 457-6226.

Cabinet Approval: Name and Title: Patrick Jensen, Chief Financial Officer

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5. OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS Adela G. Duncan, Chief Officer

6. OFFICE OF ENGAGEMENT & EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIPS Wendy McCulley, Chief Officer

7. OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES & LABOR RELATIONS David Chavez, Chief Officer

8. OFFICE OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL DIVISION Carlos Castillo, Ed.D., Chief Officer

9. OFFICE OF OPERATIONAL SERVICES Paul Idsvoog, Chief Officer

10. OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES Paoze Lee, Chief Officer