Report 2018-131 Recommendation 20 Responses

Report 2018-131: Alum Rock Union Elementary School District: The District and Its Board Must Improve Governance and Operations to Effectively Serve the Community (Release Date: May 2019)

Recommendation #20 To: Alum Rock Union Elementary School District

To improve organizational stability and increase transparency, the board should comply with district policy pertaining to other operational practices, including appointing a new board president only during its annual organizational meeting unless otherwise required to do so by policy, and limiting extensions of board meeting ending times to the single instance allowed per meeting.

1-Year Agency Response

ARUESD board of education elected its new Board President during the December 2018 and the December 2019 Regular Board meetings. For the past two years, there have been no board attempts to re-organize the duly elected board officials. Evidence of the new stability may be found on the minutes for the past two years.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented

Although the district's response addressed only the issue of appointing a new board president, minutes from its recent board meetings demonstrate that the board complied with district policy pertaining to other operational practices.

6-Month Agency Response

Agency did not provide a six-month response on the implementation status of this recommendation.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending

The district did not submit a six-month response to this recommendation. We continue to assess the status of the recommendation as pending.

60-Day Agency Response

1.Amend Board Bylaws (9000 series) as appropriate to include these requirements;

2.Include these requirements in the Board Governance Handbook to be developed.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending

All Recommendations in 2018-131

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.