LAUSD Board of Education Compensation Review Committee — Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2023-03-06
Time: 18:00

LAUSD BOARD OF EDUCATION COMPENSATION REVIEW COMMITTEE

 Monday, March 6, 2023

 ROOM 340, CITY HALL ­ 6:00 PM
 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

 MEMBERS: EFREN MARTINEZ, CHAIR
 ALI SALEH, VICE CHAIR
 LEON REYBLAT
 JARED RIVERA
 WENDY RUIZ
 CARMEL SELLA
 JIMME WOODS­GRAY


 (Andrew Suh ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1072 or andrew.suh@lacity.org)

Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, and due to concerns over COVID­19, this committee meeting will take all public comment by
teleconference.

The audio for this meeting is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.gov/calendar. The live audio can also be
heard at: (213) 621­CITY (Metro), (818) 904­9450 (Valley), (310) 471­CITY (Westside) and (310) 547­CITY (San Pedro Area).
If the live audio is unavailable via one of these channels, members of the public should try one of the other
channels.

Members of the public who would like to offer public comment on the items listed on the agenda should call 1 669 254 5252
and use Meeting ID No. 160 810 4238 and then press #. Press # again when prompted for participant ID. Once admitted into
the meeting, press *9 to request to speak.

Requests for reasonable modification or accommodation from individuals with disabilities, consistent with the Americans with
Disabilities Act can be made by contacting the City Clerk's Office at (213) 978­1133. For Telecommunication Relay Services
for the hearing impaired, please see the information located at the end of this agenda.

 Submit written comment to Andrew.Suh@lacity.org


Note: For information regarding the Committee and its operations, please contact the Committee Legislative Assistant at the
phone number and/or email address listed above. The Legislative Assistant may answer questions and provide materials and
notice of matters scheduled before the City Council. Sign Language Interpreters, Communication Access Real­Time
Transcription (CART), Assistive Listening Devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or services may be provided upon request. To
ensure availability, you are advised to make your request at least 72 hours prior to the meeting/event you wish to attend. Due
to difficulties in securing Sign Language Interpreters, five or more business days notice is strongly recommended. For
additional information, please contact the Legislative Assistant listed above.

Notice to Paid Representatives: If you are compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require
you to register as a lobbyist and report your activity. See Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. More information is
available at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. For assistance, please contact the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or
ethics.commission@lacity.org.


Roll Call
notice of matters scheduled before the City Council. Sign Language Interpreters, Communication Access Real­Time
Transcription (CART), Assistive Listening Devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or services may be provided upon request. To
ensure availability, you are advised to make your request at least 72 hours prior to the meeting/event you wish to attend. Due
to difficulties in securing Sign Language Interpreters, five or more business days notice is strongly recommended. For
additional information, please contact the Legislative Assistant listed above.

Notice to Paid Representatives: If you are compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require
you to register as a lobbyist and report your activity. See Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. More information is
available at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. For assistance, please contact the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or
ethics.commission@lacity.org.


Roll Call


Multiple Item Comment


General Public Comment

Comments by the public on agenda items and on all other matters within the subject matter jurisdiction
of the Commission will be heard during the "Public Comments" period of the meeting. Members of the
public who wish to speak on Agendized items shall be allowed to speak for up to two minutes per item,
and one minute on Non­Agendized items, up to a total of five minutes per meeting. Given the logistical
limitations of interconnecting two independent virtual meeting spaces, once every member of the public
has been given the opportunity to be heard, further public comment will not be possible at this meeting.

Approval of the Minutes

Item(s)

 (1) Discussion and presentation by current and former LAUSD Board of
 Education members relative to Board member responsibilities, time
 commitments, compensation, and related matters.


 (2) Discussion and presentation by Michael McLean, Executive Officer,
 LAUSD Board of Education, relative to Board member responsibilities,
 salaries, and related matters.


 (3) Discussion with the Chief Legislative Analyst’s Office relative to salary
 information, compensation data, and related matters.


 (4) Discussion of future agenda items.



Adjournment

Telecommunication Relay Services

Telephone communication is one of the most important forms of communication in society today. Due to advancements in
technology, telephone devices have evolved with new services and capabilities. Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and
individuals with a speech disability are following these trends and are rapidly migrating to more advanced telecommunications
methods, both for peer­to­peer and third­party telecommunications relay service (TRS) communications.

Telecommunications Relay Service is a telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and
receive telephone calls. TRS is available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or
long distance calls. TRS providers ­ generally telephone companies ­ are compensated for the costs of providing TRS from either a
state or a federal fund. There is no cost to the TRS user.
Adjournment

Telecommunication Relay Services

Telephone communication is one of the most important forms of communication in society today. Due to advancements in
technology, telephone devices have evolved with new services and capabilities. Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and
individuals with a speech disability are following these trends and are rapidly migrating to more advanced telecommunications
methods, both for peer­to­peer and third­party telecommunications relay service (TRS) communications.

Telecommunications Relay Service is a telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and
receive telephone calls. TRS is available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or
long distance calls. TRS providers ­ generally telephone companies ­ are compensated for the costs of providing TRS from either a
state or a federal fund. There is no cost to the TRS user.

What forms of TRS are available?There are several forms of TRS, depending on the particular needs of the user and the equipment
available: TRS includes: Text to Voice TIY­Based TRS; Speech­to­Speech Relay Service; Shared Non­English Language Relay
Service; Captioned Telephone Relay Service; Internet Protocol Relay Service; and Video Relay Service. Please visit this site for detail
descriptions, https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications­relay­service­trs.

Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the CA is a telemarketer. If you hear, "Hello. This is the relay
service .. . " when you pick up the phone, please don't hang up! You are about to talk, through a TRS provider, to a person who is
deaf, hard­of­hearing, or has a speech disability.

For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit
theFCC's Disability Rights Office website.

JOURNAL – LAUSD BOARD OF EDUCATION COMPENSATION REVIEW COMMITTEE

 Monday, March 6, 2023

 ROOM 340, CITY HALL ­ 6:00 PM
 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

 MEMBERS: EFREN MARTINEZ, CHAIR
 ALI SALEH, VICE CHAIR
 LEON REYBLAT
 JARED RIVERA
 WENDY RUIZ
 CARMEL SELLA
 JIMME WOODS­GRAY


 (Andrew Suh ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1072 or andrew.suh@lacity.org)

Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, and due to concerns over COVID­19, this committee meeting will take all public comment by
teleconference.

The audio for this meeting is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.gov/calendar. The live audio can also be
heard at: (213) 621­CITY (Metro), (818) 904­9450 (Valley), (310) 471­CITY (Westside) and (310) 547­CITY (San Pedro Area).
If the live audio is unavailable via one of these channels, members of the public should try one of the other
channels.

Members of the public who would like to offer public comment on the items listed on the agenda should call 1 669 254 5252
and use Meeting ID No. 160 810 4238 and then press #. Press # again when prompted for participant ID. Once admitted into
the meeting, press *9 to request to speak.

Requests for reasonable modification or accommodation from individuals with disabilities, consistent with the Americans with
Disabilities Act can be made by contacting the City Clerk's Office at (213) 978­1133. For Telecommunication Relay Services
for the hearing impaired, please see the information located at the end of this agenda.

 Submit written comment to Andrew.Suh@lacity.org


Note: For information regarding the Committee and its operations, please contact the Committee Legislative Assistant at the
phone number and/or email address listed above. The Legislative Assistant may answer questions and provide materials and
notice of matters scheduled before the City Council. Sign Language Interpreters, Communication Access Real­Time
Transcription (CART), Assistive Listening Devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or services may be provided upon request. To
ensure availability, you are advised to make your request at least 72 hours prior to the meeting/event you wish to attend. Due
to difficulties in securing Sign Language Interpreters, five or more business days notice is strongly recommended. For
additional information, please contact the Legislative Assistant listed above.

Notice to Paid Representatives: If you are compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require
you to register as a lobbyist and report your activity. See Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. More information is
available at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. For assistance, please contact the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or
ethics.commission@lacity.org.


Roll Call
notice of matters scheduled before the City Council. Sign Language Interpreters, Communication Access Real­Time
Transcription (CART), Assistive Listening Devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or services may be provided upon request. To
ensure availability, you are advised to make your request at least 72 hours prior to the meeting/event you wish to attend. Due
to difficulties in securing Sign Language Interpreters, five or more business days notice is strongly recommended. For
additional information, please contact the Legislative Assistant listed above.

Notice to Paid Representatives: If you are compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require
you to register as a lobbyist and report your activity. See Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. More information is
available at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. For assistance, please contact the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or
ethics.commission@lacity.org.


Roll Call


Multiple Item Comment



Public Comment



Approval of the Minutes


Item(s)

 (1) Discussion and presentation by current and former LAUSD Board of
 Education members relative to Board member responsibilities, time
 commitments, compensation, and related matters.

 Current Board member and President Jackie Goldberg and Board Members Dr.
 George McKenna and Tanya Ortiz Franklin provided comments relative to their
 experience as Board members, responsibilities, time commitment, and compensation
 and addressed related questions from the Committee.
 (2) Presentation by Michael McLean, Executive Officer, LAUSD Board of
 Education, relative to Board member responsibilities, salaries, and related
 matters.

 Michael McLean, LAUSD Executive Officer, presented information relative to salaries
 of the LAUSD staff and addressed related questions from the Committee.
 (3) Discussion with the Chief Legislative Analyst’s Office and other City staff
 relative to salary information, compensation data, and related matters.

 Andrea Galvin, CLA’s Office, presented information relative to salary information,
 compensation data, and related matters.
 (4) Discussion of future agenda items.

 (Sella)

 Why the LAUSD BoE hasn’t taken the 2% raise per year since 2017.

 How the student enrollment trend and the predicted decline will impact the
 district.

 (Woods­Gray)
 compensation data, and related matters.
(4) Discussion of future agenda items.

 (Sella)

 Why the LAUSD BoE hasn’t taken the 2% raise per year since 2017.

 How the student enrollment trend and the predicted decline will impact the
 district.

 (Woods­Gray)

 Classroom teacher C­basis base salary and last step.

 Why the retirement/pension benefit was discontinued in 2014.

 LAUSD Budget breakdown and how much room the budget can accommodate
 relative to an increase in Board member compensation. (+Ruiz)

 Requested an outreach to LAUSD union representatives and stakeholders to
 provide input on the LAUSD Board of Education compensation. (+Sella)

 (Ruiz)

 Whether LAUSD is considering a pension benefit for the Board of Education
 members.

 (Rivera/Ruiz)

 Comparison of City and County elected offical retirement benefits against
 LAUSD Board member retirement benefits.



Adjournment