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Votes at a glance

- Posting and public review of revised trustee-area map: The board voted 5-0 to post the redistricting consultant\u000027s revised trustee-area map and accept public-submitted modifications to that revised map by 1 p.m. the next day for posting; final consideration was scheduled for Oct. 3. (Motion by Trustee Lorraine Chavez; second by Trustee Cortese; roll call: President Do, Vice President Lay, Clerk Chavez, Member Herrera, Member Cortese all \"aye\").

- Resolution on sufficiency of textbooks and instructional materials (Resolution 2025-26-09): The board adopted a resolution confirming sufficiency of instructional materials under Education Code 60119. (Moved by Trustee Cortese; second by Trustee Herrera; roll call: unanimous.)

- Fiscal solvency plan and related resolution (referenced as a FY solvency resolution): The board adopted a fiscal solvency resolution and instructed staff to implement specified reductions (including $4 million in current-year operational/contract reductions, $26 million in reductions for FY 26-27 and an additional $5 million thereafter) to reduce multi-year deficits. The motion passed on roll call (5-0). (Mover/second not specified in the public record excerpt; roll call votes: all \"aye\").

- Update to adopted budget, Fiscal Year 2025-26: The board approved the budget update that incorporates the solvency measures. (Motion by Vice President Lay; second by Trustee Cortese; roll call: unanimous.)

- Adoption of policies, contract approvals, bond and capital actions and consent calendar: The board approved a sequence of policy readings and adoptions and awarded/approved contracts and bond-related professional services over $25,000 and $50,000 as listed on the agenda; the consent calendar passed 5-0. Items included (not exhaustive): proposed policy amendments and second readings (foster youth education policy, continuation school policy, involuntary transfer policy), Proposition 28 art and music annual report acceptance, professional services contracts and piggyback purchasing authorization, and multiple board policy updates. (Roll calls recorded as unanimous where shown.)

What the fiscal actions say

District staff presented a multi-year expenditure reduction plan that aims to reduce deficit spending substantially over the next three years. A staff slide presented at the meeting showed projected reductions moving a multi-year deficit from a roughly $36 million exposure down to more manageable negative figures (staff language: reductions reduce the projected deficit to approximately $3.4 million in the outer year under current assumptions). Trustees voted to adopt the solvency resolution and the associated budget update so staff can submit required documentation to the county office of education by its Oct. 8 deadline.

Public comment and next steps

Public commenters raised concerns about cuts to certificated staff and asked whether alternative spending reductions had been explored. The district said it would continue to refine financial projections at first and second interim reporting points and that the solvency plan will be revisited as fiscal circumstances change.

Most of the items on the consent calendar and policy readings were routine approvals that the board approved by roll call; the board recorded each vote on the public record during the meeting. The Oct. 3 meeting remains scheduled to consider the final trustee-area map adoption after the posted public modification window closes.

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The revised map and the specialist\u000027s analysis were presented during a public hearing on the district\u000027s transition from at-large to trustee-area elections. Dr. Justin Levitt, the district\u000027s redistricting consultant, reviewed five draft maps and described how the revised plan attempts to follow the statutory priorities in California\u000027s Fair Maps Act while protecting communities of interest.

Levitt told the board, \"First and foremost districts must be equal in terms of total population,\" and walked trustees through the Fair Maps Act criteria (population equality, Section 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act, contiguity, communities of interest, minimized division of cities/CDPs, identifiable boundaries and compactness). He said the district\u000027s adjusted population is just under 550,000 and summarized the district\u000027s overall demographics: about 35% Latino, 48% Asian American/Pacific Islander, roughly 13% non-Hispanic white and about 3% Black.

The revised plan preserves two Asian-majority trustee areas and one Latino-majority trustee area, Levitt said, and attempts to avoid splitting the Alum Rock and East Foothills census-designated places. He described the revised map as having a 7.3% population deviation (within the 10% legal threshold) and said it unites substantial Vietnamese-surname concentrations that sit on both sides of Highway 101 into a single trustee area.

Community members and civic leaders addressed the board during public comment. Eddie Garcia, representing the Committee for Fair and Equal Eastside Representation, read a submitted letter that urged the board to adopt options D or E from earlier community proposals to protect Latino representation. Several speakers from the Vietnamese American community urged that the Little Saigon neighborhood and adjacent residential Vietnamese communities be kept whole; Harrison Pham told trustees that \"Map B not only complies with the legal requirements but also reflects the demographic realities of our district,\" and other speakers said they needed more time to study the revised map.

Legal counsel warned the board that some previously proposed maps (identified as maps D and E in letters to the district) were legally vulnerable to challenge. Counsel said, \"I do not believe D and E are viable choices,\" and explained that those maps could be subject to litigation as racial gerrymanders because of how they allocate population and draw lines around high-concentration blocks.

After discussion, Trustee Lorraine Chavez moved and Trustee Cortese seconded a motion to post the revised map immediately, allow members of the public to submit modifications to that revised map by 1 p.m. the next day for posting, and bring the map forward for final action at the board\u000027s Oct. 3 meeting. The motion passed unanimously on a roll call vote (President Do, Vice President Lay, Clerk Chavez, Member Herrera, Member Cortese: all \"aye\").

Next steps: the district said it will post a zoomable version of the revised map and the demographic spreadsheets, accept map variations filed through the district site by the 1 p.m. deadline, and publish all submissions in time to meet the statutory 7-day notice requirement for the Oct. 3 final hearing. The board indicated it expects to hold the Oct. 3 meeting at 6 p.m.

Board members and staff emphasized that the map adopted Oct. 3 will be accompanied by a written justification showing how it meets the Fair Maps Act criteria.

The hearing combined technical legal analysis, community testimony about neighborhoods such as Little Saigon and Alum Rock, and a working timeline imposed by state law and incoming legal threats.

The board\u000027s action was procedural (posting and accepting modifications) and did not adopt a final trustee-area map on Sept. 25.

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