END OF STATE OF EMERGENCY AND NEW REMOTE PARTICIPATION RULES - Assembly Bill 2449
 

Governor Newsom announced that the COVID-19 state of emergency ended on February 28, 2023. With the end of the state of emergency, agencies are no longer able to utilize pandemic-era virtual meeting procedures. However, board members may continue to participate remotely by telephone and/or videoconference under traditional Ralph M. Brown Act teleconference rules. Effective January 1, 2023, Assembly Bill 2449 (AB 2449) allows individual board members to participate in meetings remotely during "emergency circumstances" or for "just cause." Specific requirements may be found in the full text of AB2449 (California Legislation Information).  All requirements for attendance by the YPICS Board of Trustees are adhered to in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act.

Instructions for Presentations to the Board by Parents and Citizens

YPICS (or the "Charter Schools") welcome your participation at the Charter Schools' Board meetings. The purpose of a public meeting of the Board of Directors ("Board") is to conduct the affairs of the Charter Schools in public. Your participation assures us of continuing community interest in our Charter Schools. To assist you in the case of speaking/participating in our meetings, the following guidelines are provided:

If you wish to make a public comment, you may attend in person and may complete a "Speaker Card" (on an agenda item or non-agenda item) card which will be available at the door. 

When addressing the Board, speakers are requested (but not required) to state their name and address from the podium and adhere to the time limits set forth. Non-agenda items are limited to three (3) minutes and total time allotted to not exceed fifteen (15) minutes and Items on the agenda are limited to five (5) minutes. 

Ordinarily, Board Members will not respond to presentations and no action can be taken. However, the board may give direction to staff following a presentation.
 
Any public records relating to an agenda item for an open session of the Board which are distributed to all of the Board members shall be available for public inspection on the Charter Schools website at ypics.org or at 2670 W 11th Street, Los Angeles, California 90006, 12513 Gain Street, Pacoima, CA 91331, 9400 Remick Avenue, Pacoima, California 91331 and 10660 White Oak Avenue, Granada Hills, CA 91344.

YPICS adheres to the Americans with Disabilities Act. Should you require special accommodations, or more information about accessibility, please contact us at least 48 hours in advance at (818) 834-5805,  (213) 413-9600 or (818) 480-6810  or at info@coronacharter.org, info@romerocharter.org. All efforts will be made for reasonable accommodations.

1. Board Academic Committee update presented by Committee Chair Cesar Lopez- The Academic Committee did meet in January to review the CA Dashboards for each school.  The next scheduled meeting will be in March to review mid-year district benchmark assessment results against the academic school action plans.  Lastly, ED King-Berg will conduct an outside audit of the Special Education Program, which will focus on  program review along with academic outcomes, number of students, and fiscal best practices when supporting  students with IEPS
 

2. Board Finance Committee update presented by Committee Chair, Michael Green: Finance Committee met last on February 2, 2025, at 5:00 PM.  The committee's recommended fiscal items were presented to the board for approval during the regular board meeting held the same day at 6:00 PM.  This committee is looking forward to reviewing the Special Education Audit Recommendations for implementation to improve the outcomes.  The Audit Team is being led by Alice Fisher, Retired CDE Special Education Director.
 

3. Board Technology Committee update will be presented by Committee Chair, Dean Cho.  Ryan and I have been reviewing e-rate consulting from learning tech. Based on their pricing, they are unreasonable. Our current E-Rate Consultant, Learning Tree, is about 20k total for the year. Vet other consultants. The Director is reviewing other E-Rate consultants. Ryan has budget tracking for forecasting. He has helpful diagrams; the goal is to have a virtual for decision making.  From Board Member Cho’s perspective, Learning Tree is quite expensive.  BCCS firewall: The equipment was delivered many months ago, and we need a plan to replace the existing firewall.  The licensing will expire in 3 years.  MORCS needs to upgrade beginning on 27.  The overall goal is to standardize the entire network.  Managing the staff to the equipment network is positive. We will need to engage someone to develop an overall security plan. 

All board members must submit their Form 700 responses electronically via the county website at https://losangelescounty.southtechhosting.com/eDisclosure.

All matters listed under the consent agenda are considered by the Board to be routine and will be approved/enacted by the Board in one motion in the form listed below.  Unless specifically requested by a Board member for further discussion or removal from the agenda, there will be no discussion of these items prior to the Board's vote on them.  The Executive Director recommends approval of all consent agenda items.

1. Receive and file the FY24-25 YPICS LAUSD Oversight Reports

This is a recommendation to approve the YPICS January 2026 financials and check registers as submitted. 

This is a recommendation to approve the YPICS FY25-26 2nd Interim Report.

This is a recommendation to the Board to approve the updated YPICS Safe and Secure Learning Enviornment for All Students Policy to include updates in accordance with AB 49 Immigration Model Policies.

This is a recommendation to the Board to approve a regional placement center program partnership with Expatiate.

This is a recommendation to approve Larson Communications proposal to increase enrollment.

Recommendation to approve the update of the Comprehensive School Safety Plan which includes the updated Safe and Secure Policy.

The next YPICS Regular Board Meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 23, 2026.