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Ocean View trustees certify positive second‑interim budget and approve contracts, grants
Summary
On March 11, 2025, the Ocean View School District Board of Trustees certified a positive second‑interim budget and approved multiple service agreements and grants, including a roughly $400,000 behavioral‑health capacity grant; most votes carried 4–1 with Trustee Singer absent.
The Ocean View School District Board of Trustees on March 11 certified a positive second‑interim budget for 2024–25 and approved a series of contracts and grants, including a School Link partnership grant intended to build district behavioral‑health billing capacity.
Assistant Superintendent and Chief Business Official Keith Phoh presented the second‑interim report, telling trustees the budget is a multi‑year projection that reflects recent adjustments to state cost‑of‑living assumptions, declining enrollment and ongoing program contributions for special education and routine restricted maintenance. Phoh said the district is conservatively budgeting and that the current revenue mix is primarily state‑sourced.
"The budget is a projection based on estimates using information available at this time," Phoh said, outlining assumptions on COLA and enrollment and the district’s strategy for addressing deficit spending over multiple years.
Trustees asked how potential federal funding shifts could affect the budget. Phoh replied that about 94% of the district’s revenue comes from the state and local property taxes and said that, while federal changes could affect specific programs, the district’s general fund is largely state‑driven.
Votes at a glance
- Second interim budget (certify as positive): Approved, motion carried 4–1 (Trustee Singer absent). - Piggyback extension to Lakeshore Learning Materials (procurement): Approved, motion carried 4–1. - Pest‑control contract (Animal Pest Management Services, coyote/gopher services): Approved, motion carried 4–1. - StartWell infant early‑childhood mental‑health consultation at Oakview Preschool: Approved, motion carried 4–1. - Participation in Golden State Pathways grant for career‑connected schools (Oak and Vista): Approved, motion carried 4–1. - Educators cooperative professional development contract (Oakview Elementary): Approved, motion carried 4–1. - Amendment to Student Behavioral Health Incentive Program (SBHP): Approved, motion carried 4–1. - School Link partnership/capacity grant (~$400,000) to build billing capacity and provide interim behavioral‑health services: Approved, motion carried 4–1. - County Health Care Agency MOU for Alcohol and Other Drug prevention programs: Approved, motion carried 4–1. - 2025–26 district calendar: Approved, motion carried 4–1. - Resolution designating Week of the Employee (May 12–16, 2025): Approved, motion carried 4–1.
Several agenda items involved brief discussion before approval. On the pest‑control contract, facilities staff described treatments and monitoring approaches for gophers and coyotes and reassured trustees that student safety is part of contract requirements. For the School Link grant, staff described a two‑part plan: build the district’s internal capacity to bill private insurers for behavioral‑health services and fund interim services until the billing infrastructure is operational.
What happens next
Staff will proceed with the approved agreements and grants and return with follow‑up reports where required. The budget certification sets the district’s financial assumptions ahead of development of the next fiscal year’s budget, which the board will revisit in June after the Governor’s May revision.
Action provenance
The board documented each vote on the record; roll‑call outcomes were read aloud at the meeting. The closed‑session personnel action releasing a probationary certificated employee (Resolution No. 18 12425) was reported out at the start of open session.
