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San Marino Unified board approves budget certification, calendars and employee agreements; multiple AB 1200 disclosures filed
Summary
The San Marino Unified School District Board of Education on March 11 approved a set of financial and personnel actions — including a positive certification of its second interim financial report, adoption of the 2025–26 academic calendar and tentative salary agreements that include a 1% ongoing raise and a one‑time 5% payment — and filed the required AB 1200 disclosures.
The San Marino Unified School District Board of Education on March 11 approved a package of financial and personnel actions including a positive certification of the district's second interim financial report, the 2025–26 academic calendar and tentative salary agreements with certificated and administrative employees.
The board voted, by roll call, to certify the second interim financial report as positive, indicating the district's multiyear projections show it can meet its financial obligations for the current year and the next two years. The board also adopted the proposed academic calendar for 2025–26, with a student start date of Aug. 13, 2025 and a last student day of June 4, 2026.
In personnel actions the board approved a tentative agreement with the San Marino Teachers Association that provides a one‑time 5% payment for certificated employees employed before Sept. 1 and a 1% ongoing salary increase. The board approved an identical package for unrepresented management, confidential and administrative employees and approved the AB 1200 public disclosures required under California law that summarize the fiscal impacts of those agreements. The board likewise approved the combined AB 1200 disclosure for both units.
The board approved an amendment to the superintendent's employment agreement aligning her compensation changes with the unrepresented employees: a retroactive 1% salary increase to February and a one‑time 5% payment. The action included the required oral summary on the record.
Votes were unanimous on the recorded items: Mrs. Lam, Mrs. Ryan, Mrs. Gia and Mr. Chen cast the recorded aye votes in roll calls reported during the meeting.
Why it matters: The second interim certification is a statutory check on the district's financial stability and the AB 1200 disclosures provide public notice of the multi‑year budget implications of negotiated salary changes. The adopted calendar and approved agreements set the district's staffing and operational schedule for 2025–26.
Votes at a glance
- Second Interim Financial Report (2024–25): Motion to certify as "positive." Vote: Lam aye; Ryan aye; Gia aye; Chen aye. Outcome: approved. - Academic Calendar (2025–26): Motion to adopt calendar with student days Aug. 13, 2025–June 4, 2026. Vote: Lam aye; Ryan aye; Gia aye; Chen aye. Outcome: approved. - Tentative Agreement, San Marino Teachers Association (SMTA): One‑time 5% payment for certificated employees employed before Sept. 1 and 1% ongoing increase. Motion to approve tentative agreement: approved (Lam, Ryan, Gia, Chen — ayes). Outcome: approved. - Tentative Agreement, Unrepresented Management/Confidential/Administrative employees: One‑time 5% payment and 1% ongoing salary increase. Motion to approve: approved. Outcome: approved. - AB 1200 disclosure for SMTA: Motion to approve public disclosure report: approved. Outcome: approved. - AB 1200 disclosure for management/confidential/unrepresented employees: Motion to approve: approved. Outcome: approved. - Combined AB 1200 disclosure (SMTA + management/confidential): Motion to approve: approved. Outcome: approved. - Amendment to Superintendent Employment Agreement (oral summary given): 1% retroactive increase to February + one‑time 5% payment; remainder unchanged. Motion to approve: approved. Outcome: approved.
What the board recorded on next steps and fiscal context
Chief Business Officer Dr. Steven Choi presented the second interim, noting increases in enrollment (an estimated 146 students year over year, largely at the elementary level), continued strong local donations and parcel tax revenue, and updated cost assumptions (COLA projections and pension costs). The district's staff projected an ending fund balance of $21 million and reiterated a minimum state reserve requirement of 3% ($1.8 million). Dr. Choi said the district will hold a budget study session after the May Revise to review scenarios and committed funds.
Ending note: The board took the actions during the regularly scheduled March 11 meeting; several items (including the AB 1200 disclosures and the superintendent amendment) included the statutorily required on‑record summaries and roll‑call votes.
