Budget Committee adopts amendments to Student Success Fund grant, forwards measure to full Board
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The Budget & Finance Committee voted Sept. 18 to forward a resolution approving a retroactive grant agreement between San Francisco Unified School District and the city (via DCYF) for the Student Success Fund, with contract amendments adding benchmarks, fiscal oversight, quarterly invoicing, and protections against hiring-freeze impacts.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Budget & Finance Committee on Sept. 18 voted to forward to the full Board a resolution retroactively approving a one-year grant agreement (07/01/2024–06/30/2025) between the Unified School District and the city acting by and through the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families (DCYF) for the Student Success Fund.
Supervisor Hillary Ronan, the item’s primary author in committee, outlined negotiated contract language she said strengthens accountability: Appendix B now requires schools to document benchmarks of impact tied to each school’s proposed goals, creates cost-reimbursement invoicing and quarterly backup documentation from SFUSD central office, and adds a provision that funding may be reduced or rescinded if required positions are not filled. Ronan said benchmarks for FY24–25 will be completed by December 2024 and that the changes create a clearer fiscal oversight role for DCYF.
Nick Menard of the Budget and Legislative Analyst’s office said the revised grant moves the proposal substantially in the direction of the BLA’s recommendations by more clearly defining services and performance measures, though he recommended continuing discussions next year to specify program-level details for subsequent grant rounds.
Chair Connie Chan said the committee’s action amends the resolution’s text to reflect a clerical edit increasing the number of recipient schools from 52 to 53 and then moved the amended resolution to the full Board with a positive recommendation. A roll-call vote recorded Vice Chair Rafael Mandelman: Aye; Member Mirna Melgar: Aye; Chair Chan: Aye. Public comment was not offered on the item during the meeting.
The committee recorded the grant’s not-to-exceed amount in the staff presentation at approximately $26,500,000 for the one-year agreement as included in the file. Committee members said they expect to review program outcomes and potential future grant agreements through the city’s normal budget process.
The item will appear on the Board of Supervisors agenda on Sept. 24 for final action.
