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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 20:1400 Civil Rights of Handicapped Child

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Interim Stip.Re: 2010-2011 RSIP Budget Provisions (Emma C.v. Eastin, USDC Northern 3:96-cv-04179-TEH) 

EDMUND G. BROWN JR. Attorney General of California 

JULIE WENG-GUTIERREZ

Supervising Deputy Attorney General LISA A. TILLMAN

Deputy Attorney General 

State Bar No. 126424 

1300 I Street, Suite 125 

P.O. Box 944255 

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550 

Telephone: (916) 327-7872 

Fax: (916) 324-5567 

E-mail: Lisa.Tillman@doj.ca.gov 

Attorneys for Defendants Delaine Eastin, 

Superintendent of Public Instruction, 

Department of Public Instruction 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

EMMA C., 

Plaintiff,

v. 

DELAINE EASTIN, ET AL., 

Defendants.

3:96-cv-04179-TEH 

DEFENDANTS’ INTERIM 

STIPULATION RE: RSIP 

BUDGET AND COURT 

MONITOR’S BUDGET 

Judge: The Honorable Thelton E. Henderson 

Defendants Delaine Eastin, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Department 

of Public Instruction (State Defendants) and Defendant Ravenswood City School 

District (District), collectively Defendants, respectfully submit the following 

interim stipulation concerning the 2010-2011 RSIP budget, and the allocation of the 

RSIP 2010-2011 budget and the Court Monitor’s budget between the Defendants. 

This statement reflects those provisions that the State and the District Defendants 

have reached agreement upon as of June 7, 2010, and indicates those provisions 

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subject to pending negotiations. By this stipulation, the Defendants request this 

Court approve the stipulated provisions, and so order the deposit of funds by the 

Defendants in accord with the stated schedule, allocation and other stipulated 

provisions. 

A. The RSIP Budget 

The Defendants have agreed on a single year RSIP budget of $3,200,591 

(three million, two hundred thousand, five hundred ninety-one dollars) for the 

2010-2011 fiscal year. A copy of the agreed-upon RSIP budget 2010-2011 is 

attached to this joint submission as Exhibit A. In addition to this amount, the 

Court Monitor has informed the parties that he has budgeted $393,234 for the 2010-

2011 fiscal year. (Court Docket (CD) 1490.) 

The Defendants agree upon the following schedule: 

● By July 1, 2010, the State Defendants will pay 30 percent of their 

respective allocated share (i.e., $41,289.57 or 30% of $137,631.901

) of 

the Court Monitor’s budget. 

● By July 1, 2010, the District will pay 15 percent of its respective 

allocated share (i.e., $38,340.32 or 15% of $255,602.102

) of the Court 

Monitor’s budget. 

● By July 15, 2010, the District will pay 15 percent of its respective 

allocated share (i.e., $38,340.32 or 15% of $255,602.10) of the Court 

Monitor’s budget. 

 ● By August 2, 2010, the State Defendants will pay 30 percent of their 

respective allocated share (i.e., $336,062.06 or 30% of $1,120,206.853

) 

of the RSIP budget. 

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 The State Defendants’ share of the Court Monitor’s budget is 35% of $393,234 which is 

$137,631.90. 2

 The District’s share of the Court Monitor’s budget is 65% of $393,234 which is 

$255,602.10. 3

 The State Defendants’ share of the RSIP budget is 35% of $3,200,591 which is 

$1,120,206.85. 

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 ● By August 2, 2010, the District will pay 30 percent of its respective 

allocated share (i.e., $624,115.25 or 30% of $2,080,384.15 4

) of the 

RSIP budget. 

● By August 15, 2010, the State Defendants will pay 30 percent of their respective allocated shares of the RSIP budget 

($336,062.06) and the Court Monitor’s budget ($41,289.57) (i.e., a total of $377,351.63). 

● By October 1, 2010, the District will pay 30 percent of its respective allocated shares of the RSIP budget ($624,115.25) and the Court Monitor’s budget (i.e., $76,680.63 or 30% of 

$255,602.10) (i.e., a total of $700,795.88). 

● By December 1, 2010, the State Defendants will pay 20 percent of their respective allocated shares of the RSIP budget (i.e., $224,041.37 or 20% of $1,120,206.85) and the Court Monitor’s budget ($27,526.38 or 20% of $137,631.90) (i.e., a total of $251,567.75). 

● By January 17, 2011, the District will pay 20 percent of its respective allocated shares of the RSIP budget (i.e., $416,076.83 or 20% of $2,080,384.15) and the Court Monitor’s budget (i.e., $51,120.42 or 20% of $255,602.10) (i.e., a total of $467,197.25). 

● By March 1, 2011, the State Defendants will pay 20 percent of their respective allocated shares of the RSIP budget (i.e., $224,041.37 or 20% of $1,120,206.85) and the Court Monitor’s budget ($27,526.38 or 20% of $137,631.90) (i.e., a total of $251,567.75). 

● By April 15, 2011, the District will pay 20 percent of its respective allocated shares of the RSIP budget (i.e., $416,076.83 or 20% of $2,080,384.15) and the Court Monitor’s budget (i.e., $51,120.42 or 20% of $255,602.10) (i.e., a total of $467,197.25). 

B. The Allocation between the District and the State Defendants 

The District and State Defendants have agreed that responsibility for the RSIP 

and Court Monitor’s budgets will be allocated sixty-five percent (65%) to the 

District and thirty-five percent (35%) to the State Defendants for the 2010-2011 

fiscal year. 

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 The District’s share of the RSIP budget is 65% of $3,200,591 which is $2,080,384.15. 

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The District and the State Defendants request that the Court issue an order to 

approve the RSIP budget for the 2010-2011 fiscal year and to implement the 

allocation and schedule described herein. 

The District and the State Defendants further agree that the percentage or 

contribution amounts set forth above may change pursuant to the issuance of a 

Court Order determining that certain RSIP expenditures are no longer supported or 

needed to implement the RSIP, or that the respective duties of the parties have 

changed during the course of the 2010-2011 budget year, or pursuant to a Court 

Order authorizing additional RSIP expenditures for fiscal year 2010-2011. 

C. Redirection of Funds 

Pending Negotiations 

D. Changes in District Budget 

The District shall notify the State Defendants if its overall budget and/or any 

particular line items of the District’s budget is reduced during fiscal year 2010-11, 

as a result of and not limited to staff furloughs, layoffs, freezes on scheduled salary 

increases, net salary savings from vacant positions, reduction in school days, such 

that the actual amount needed to fund any stipulated RSIP budget item or the 

overall RSIP budget is reduced. The District must notify the State Defendants of 

that reduction or freeze by letter to the State Defendants’ counsel within 30 days of 

the action so that the District and the State Defendants may reach a stipulation on 

the amount of any deposited RSIP funds to be returned or credited, and, if requested 

by either the District or the State Defendants, engage in a meet-and-confer process, 

with the facilitation and/or mediation of the Court’s Monitor, to reach a stipulation. 

Absent a stipulation between the District and State Defendants, the sought return or 

crediting of deposited RSIP funds may be determined by the Court upon briefing 

and hearing conducted under applicable rules of the federal court. 

Nothing in this stipulation constitutes a waiver by the District of its right to 

file a motion with the Court seeking additional contribution from the State 

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Defendants for an overall increase in the RSIP budget due to extraordinary 

circumstances. 

E. Invoices on Compensatory Education Services 

As of July 2010, the District will require, as a provision of its contracts with 

compensatory education service providers for services under the December 20, 

2007 Order (Court Docket (CD) 1157), that the contractor provide a statement 

(such as a spreadsheet) to CDE and to the District, at the same time, indicating (1) 

the SEIS student identification numbers of the students receiving services, (2) the 

types of services provided to each student, (3) the number of minutes of service 

provided and (4) the invoice numbers and amounts for rendered services for each 

student to enable tracking of the rendered services and funds by student. Should a 

contractor not be amenable to this provision, then the District will provide to the 

California Department of Education (CDE) the invoices and indicate (1) the SEIS 

student identification numbers of the students receiving services, (2) the types of 

services provided to each student, and (3) the number of minutes provided for the 

rendered services. The District will provide a copy of the invoices to CDE at the 

same time they are provided by the District to the Court Monitor. 

As of July 2010, the District will indicate on the submitted invoices for 

products in lieu of compensatory education services the SEIS student identification 

numbers of the students receiving the products. The District will provide a copy of 

the invoices to CDE at the same time they are provided by the District to the Court 

Monitor. 

As of July 2010, the District will provide on a monthly basis to CDE a 

statement indicating (1) the names of the students receiving compensatory 

education services from District employees, including and not limited to teachers, 

(2) the types of services provided to each student, (3) the number of minutes 

provided to each student for each service provided to that student in that month, and 

(4) the amount paid to the employee for performing the compensatory education 

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service to the extent the employee is paid in excess of his or her standard salary for 

performing such services. 

F. Quarterly Invoices 

The District and the State Defendants further agree that the District shall 

submit quarterly invoices, in accordance with the same schedule agreed upon for 

payment into the Court registry, to the Court Monitor reflecting the funding 

necessary to implement the First Amended Consent Decree and RSIP. 

The District and the State Defendants further agree that copies of any and all 

invoices, and any supporting documents provided by the District to the Court 

Monitor shall also be provided at the same time to the CDE. 

The District and the State Defendants further agree that they shall meet and 

confer, upon the request of either party received within 30 days after the submission 

of the quarterly invoices to the Court Monitor, regarding the invoices or other 

documents provided to the Court Monitor. The parties request that the Court 

Monitor be instructed to maintain an accounting of all such invoices and forward 

them to the Court for immediate payment. 

G. Line Item Accounting 

The District and the State Defendants further agree that on a quarterly basis, in 

accordance with the same schedule agreed upon for payment into the Court registry 

and with a final statement due by August 31, 2011, the District will provide CDE 

with a line item accounting of budget expenditures. Upon CDE’s written request, 

the District will provide backup documentation, in the form of and not limited to 

invoices and expenditure reports, supporting the RSIP expenditures so that CDE 

can perform a quarterly audit of RSIP expenditures. 

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H. Audits of RSIP Service and Expenditure Records 

Pending Negotiations 

Dated: June 8, 2010 Respectfully submitted, 

EDMUND G. BROWN JR. Attorney General of California 

/s/ Lisa A. Tillman 

LISA A. TILLMAN

Deputy Attorney General 

Attorneys for Defendants Delaine 

Eastin, Superintendent of Public 

Instruction, Department of Public 

Instruction 

SA2005104070 

10579374.doc 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Thelton E. Henderson

06/10/10

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