School Board Reorganization Meeting

1 Tuesday, November 19, 2024 School Board Reorganization Meeting Orange County Public Schools Ronald Blocker Educational Leadership Center 445 West Amelia Street Orlando, FL 32801 1. Meeting Notes * Subject 1.01 School Board Meeting General Information Meeting Nov 19, 2024 - School Board Reorganization Meeting Type Information The School Board of Orange County welcomes and encourages input from the community. Please refer to the Meetings, Agendas & Minutes page for the methods by which the public is provided the opportunity to participate. Below are some guidelines that the School Board has implemented. Public comment on matters subject to any quasi-judicial process or any pending litigation should not be presented to the Board. This includes any issues related to pending investigations or employee or student discipline matters. Any public comments on the collective bargaining process or other workplace labor concerns are not permitted. There is a collective bargaining process and system in which bargained issues and labor complaints may be brought to the table between the parties. If you seek to comment on matters which are on the school board meeting agenda you will be required to wait until that agenda item is before the board (items 3-15 and/or item 17). Prospective or current vendors are not permitted to comment during the bidding black-out period. If you need any assistance or adaptive devices to ensure your participation, contact the following: If you are hearing impaired, call 407-317-3409. For spoken language translation services, call 407-317-3410. For the visually impaired, call 407-317-3437. Please make your request three (3) days in advance of the school board meeting to allow for scheduling. * §286.0114, Florida Statutes, provides that "[m]embers of the public shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard on a proposition before a board or commission." §286.0114(3), Florida Statutes, provides that the public's "opportunity to be heard" does NOT apply to "[a]n official act involving no more than a ministerial act, including, but not limited to, approval of minutes and ceremonial proclamations." Accordingly, members of the public who wish to speak to an action agenda item may speak on items 3-15 and/or item 17; the remainder of the agenda items are either ministerial or are not a “proposition” before the School Board. OCPS EEO Non-Discrimination Statement The School Board of Orange County, Florida, does not discriminate in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in its programs and activities, on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, marital status, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by law. The following individuals at the Ronald Blocker Educational Leadership Center, 445 West Amelia Street, Orlando, Florida 32801, attend to compliance matters: Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Officer & Title IX Coordinator: Keshara Cowans; ADA Coordinator: Jay Cardinali; Section 504 Coordinator: Tajuana Lee-Wenze. (407.317.3200) File Attachments 1. Meeting Notes * Subject 1.02 Chairman's Agenda Meeting Nov 19, 2024 - School Board Reorganization Meeting Type Information File Attachments 2. Opening * Subject 2.01 Call to Order Meeting Nov 19, 2024 - School Board Reorganization Meeting Type Information File Attachments 3. Election of Vice Chairman of the School Board of Orange County, Florida Subject 3.01 Election of Vice Chair Meeting Nov 19, 2024 - School Board Reorganization Meeting Type Action File Attachments Motion & Voting Motion to elect Melissa Byrd as Vice-Chair (Second NOT required) Motion by Angela Gallo, second by Angela Gallo. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yea: Teresa Jacobs, Angela Gallo, Maria Salamanca, Alicia Farrant, Vicki-Elaine Felder, Melissa Byrd 4. Establishment of Dates for the School Board Meetings for the 2024-2025 School Year Subject 4.01 Request Approval of the Establishment of Dates for 2024-2025 School Board Meetings Meeting Nov 19, 2024 - School Board Reorganization Meeting Type Action Recommended Action Approval of the Establishment of Dates for 2024-2025 School Board Meetings BACKGROUND : Historically, the School Board has been conducting regular board meetings on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. I recommend that the School Board continue this practice with the following modifications: one meeting in December 2024 due to Winter Break^ one meeting in March 2025 due to Spring Break^ one meeting in May 2025 due to graduations ^ one meeting in July 2025 due to summer shut down^ ^ Section 1001.372(1), Florida Statutes, District school board meetings, requires the School Board to hold “not less than one regular meeting each month for the transaction of business according to a schedule arranged by the district school board.” Holding only one (1) meeting in the months of December of 2024, March of 2025 and July of 2025 is in compliance with Section 1001.372(1), Florida Statutes. The tentative budget public hearing meeting on July 29, 2025 meets requirements for the Truth In Millage (TRIM). December 10, 2024 April 22, 2025 August 26, 2025 January 14, 2025 May 13, 2025 **September 9, 2025 January 28, 2025 June 10, 2025 September 30, 2025 February 11, 2025 June 24, 2025 October 14, 2025 February 25, 2025 *July 8, 2025 October 28, 2025 March 11, 2025 **July 29, 2025 November 11, 2025 April 1, 2025 August 12, 2025 November 18, 2025 (Reorganization) *Tentative/Optional school board meeting if needed **Budget Public Hearing FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT : None RECOMMENDED RESOLUTION : Approval of the Establishment of Dates for 2024-2025 School Board Meetings SUBMITTED AND PREPARED BY : Maria F. Vazquez, Superintendent File Attachments Motion & Voting Approval of the Establishment of Dates for 2024-2025 School Board Meetings Motion by Angela Gallo, second by Alicia Farrant. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yea: Teresa Jacobs, Angela Gallo, Maria Salamanca, Alicia Farrant, Vicki-Elaine Felder, Melissa Byrd 5. Meeting of the Orange County School Board Leasing Corporation Subject 5.01 Request Approval of Officers to the Leasing Corporation Meeting Nov 19, 2024 - School Board Reorganization Meeting Type Action Recommended Action Approval of Officers to the Leasing Corporation Goals 5. Efficient Operations BACKGROUND: The Orange County School Board Leasing Corporation (the “Leasing Corporation”) is a non-profit organization that exists to facilitate lease financings for school facilities. The Leasing Corporation is an organization separate from The School Board of Orange County, Florida (the “School Board”) with its own bylaws and corporate identification. The current members of the School Board also serve as members of the Board of Directors of the Leasing Corporation. The main purpose of the Leasing Corporation is to facilitate financings under the School Board’s Master Lease Program by serving as the lessor of facilities to be financed under the leases for which the School Board is the lessee. The Leasing Corporation initiates the lease purchase financing by entering into contracts and agreements for the financing of the construction and acquisition of school facilities. Immediately after the closing, rights and responsibilities of the Leasing Corporation are assigned to a trustee bank with no further duties required of the Leasing Corporation. The trustee bank ensures that the proceeds from the lease financing arrangement are used to acquire and construct the school facilities and will also oversee annual principal and interest payments due from the School Board for payments to holders of the Certificates. The School Board is responsible for the actual construction of the facilities. The meeting of the Leasing Corporation will be held on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, immediately following a recess in the meeting of the School Board of Orange County, Florida. Notice of the meeting was published in the Orlando Sentinel . Agenda Items are as follows: CALL TO ORDER APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD LEASING CORPORATION DATED APRIL 23, 2024 ELECTION OF OFFICERS ADJOURNMENT FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT: None STUDENT DATA TO BE SHARED: None RECOMMENDED RESOLUTION: Request Approval of Officers to the Leasing Corporation SUBMITTED AND PREPARED BY: Doreen Concolino, Chief Financial Officer Judith Padres, Senior Director, Office of Management & Budget Steven Compton, Director, Treasury Services File Attachments 25 Slate of Officers.pdf (88 KB) 04-23-24 OCSBL Minutes.pdf (90 KB) Motion & Voting Approval of minutes of the Orange County School Board Leasing Corporation dated April 23, 2024 Motion by Melissa Byrd, second by Maria Salamanca. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yea: Teresa Jacobs, Angela Gallo, Maria Salamanca, Alicia Farrant, Vicki-Elaine Felder, Melissa Byrd Approval of Officers to the Leasing Corporation Motion by Maria Salamanca, second by Angela Gallo. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yea: Teresa Jacobs, Angela Gallo, Maria Salamanca, Alicia Farrant, Vicki-Elaine Felder, Melissa Byrd 6. Adjournment * Subject 6.01 Meeting Adjourned Meeting Nov 19, 2024 - School Board Reorganization Meeting Type File Attachments