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Meeting Date:
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12/15/2021 - 3:30 PM
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Category:
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Action Items
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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15.1 GENERAL FUNCTIONS: Public Hearing Regarding Trustee Area Redistricting Following the 2020 Census
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Strategic Plan:
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Enclosure
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File Attachment:
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Summary:
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For school districts that elect members of their governing boards by trustee area, like the Perris Union High School District, the 2020 Census brings new obligations and processes to follow in advance of the 2022 elections. These school districts are required to review the population balance within their trustee voting areas following the release of each decennial Census. Specifically, Section 5019.5 of the Education Code requires school districts with trustee area elections to review and adjust the boundaries of any or all trustee areas of the district to ensure that each trustee area is roughly equal in total population to the other trustee areas. This process is called redistricting.
The Education Code gives school districts until February 28 of the year following the release of the decennial Census data to adjust those areas. Given the recent release of the 2020 Census data this year, that translates to a February 28, 2022 deadline to review and make any adjustments to trustee areas. If any district does not make adjustments to its trustee areas by this deadline, the County Committee on School District Organization is obligated to adjust trustee areas on behalf of that school district.
The District’s total population as officially established by 2020 Census counted 204,051 people living within PUHSD boundaries. Each trustee area should ideally have one-fifth of that total population, or 40,810. Any deviation in the redistricting plan must not exceed 10% of the ideal population size for each trustee area. A plan’s deviation is measured by taking the difference between the least and most populous districts and dividing that number by the ideal district size.
For PUHSD, this means that the difference between the least and most populous trustee areas should not exceed 4,081 (10% of the ideal size). Thus, trustee areas could range from 38,770 to 42,850 and still be within the 10% deviation.
At the November 17, 2021 meeting of the Board of Trustees, Candace Reines, Deputy Superintendent of Business Services, provided a presentation to the Board of Trustees with additional background information as well as an analysis of the 2010 and 2020 Census data. She also presented a proposed approach to redistricting, including possible new trustee areas for consideration. The November 17, 2021 presentation and the proposed trustee areas are attached. The proposed trustee areas adjust the current boundaries to range from a population size of 40,245 to 41,526, or 19.72% to 20.35% of the total population. This option represents the closest each trustee area can be to 20% or one-fifth of the total population by taking into consideration city and community boundaries, and is in compliance with the California and Federal Voting Rights Act requirements.
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Funding:
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No fiscal impact.
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Recommendation:
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It is recommended that the Board of Trustees hold a Public Hearing to receive comments regarding the proposed trustee areas.
Time In: ______ Time Out: ______
It is also recommended that the Board of Trustees approve the attached proposed trustee area map. Alternatively, the Board may call for a Study Session to provide input and direction as it relates to how they would like to approach the redistricting.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Candace Reines - Deputy Superintendent
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Signed By:
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Grant Bennett - Superintendent
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Vote Results:
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| Original Motion | Member Dr. Jose Luis Araux Moved, Member Anthony T. Stafford, Sr. seconded to approve the Original motion 'It is recommended that the Board of Trustees hold a Public Hearing to receive comments regarding the proposed trustee areas.
Time In: ______ Time Out: ______
It is also recommended that the Board of Trustees approve the attached proposed trustee area map. Alternatively, the Board may call for a Study Session to provide input and direction as it relates to how they would like to approach the redistricting.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 5 Nay: 0. | | The motion Carried 5 - 0 | | | | | Dr. Jose Luis Araux | Yes | | David Nelissen | Yes | | Anthony T. Stafford, Sr. | Yes | | Dr. Randall Freeman | Yes | | Elizabeth Vallejo | Yes | |
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