Votes at a glance: Tehachapi Unified board approves bargaining reopener, labor negotiators, charter MOU, tax impoundment and educator declaration; expulsion and

The Tehachapi Unified School District Board of Trustees recorded multiple formal actions at its April 8 meeting. Major votes included an expulsion (closed session), approval to begin reopener negotiations with the teachers’ association, appointment of labor negotiators, approval of a memorandum of understanding for a charter school, adoption of a resolution to impound local tax revenues pending appeals, and approval of the district’s Declaration of Need for Fully Qualified Educators. Each item below lists the motion outcome and key details from the record.

Expulsion (closed session) • Motion/outcome: The board voted to expel a pupil in student case 2024‑2025 number 9, with the expulsion suspended until the student’s training or IEP is completed; placement to be determined by the IEP team. Motion by Trustee Wood, seconded by Trustee Kelly; roll call vote recorded as unanimous (7‑0). • Authority cited: Education Code sections 48917 and 48918. • Clarifying detail: The expulsion is suspended contingent on completion of training/IEP; the IEP team will determine placement when the suspension ends.

Reopener negotiations with Tehachapi Association of Teachers (TAT) • Motion/outcome: The board approved the district’s…