File #: 240545    Version: Name: Charter Amendment - Accountability for Funding Children and Youth Services for City Departments and the School District; Clarifying Uses of the Student Success Fund
Type: Charter Amendment Status: Unfinished Business
Introduced: 5/21/2024 In control: Rules Committee
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Charter Amendment (Second Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to 1) create an Our Children, Our Families Initiative (“Initiative”) to coordinate efforts by City departments and the San Francisco Unified School District (“School District”) to deliver outcomes-based services for children, youth, and families; 2) require the Initiative to use an objective and measurable outcomes framework (“Outcomes Framework”) to evaluate the budget and spending of each City department with expenditures that are eligible to be included in the Children and Youth Fund baseline, the Public Education Enrichment Fund (“PEEF”), the PEEF baseline, or any discretionary funding allocated from the General Fund for children, youth, and families; 3) require the Mayor and Board of Supervisors to consider the Initiative’s findings during their consideration of the City budget each year, including by the Board of Supervisors holding a public hearing and adopting findings about the expenditures; 4) require the School District to submit a proposal once every five years describing how it will spend the City’s general fund contribution to the PEEF consistent with the San Francisco Children and Families Plan and the Outcomes Framework, and prohibit the City from providing PEEF funding to the School District until the Board of Supervisors and Mayor have approved the School District’s proposal; 5) require the School District to submit annual reports describing how it has spent the City’s general fund contribution and the PEEF funding for arts, music, sports, and library programs; 6) authorize the Board of Supervisors and Mayor to place PEEF funding to the School District on reserve if the School District’s expenditures are inconsistent with the Charter, the Outcomes Framework, or the School District’s spending plan or its internal guidelines regarding student educational outcomes; 7) provide that money set aside for the School District in the Student Success Fund cannot replace, supplant, count as, or substitute for other City funding for the School District or children and youth required under the Children and Youth Fund, the PEEF, or other provisions in the Charter; and 8) prohibit the City from providing discretionary funds to the School District unless it has entered into a data-sharing agreement with the City; at an election to be held on November 5, 2024.
Sponsors: Myrna Melgar, Hillary Ronen, Shamann Walton, Catherine Stefani, Ahsha Safai, Matt Dorsey, Joel Engardio, Dean Preston
Attachments: 1. Leg Ver1, 2. Leg Dig Ver1, 3. Referral CON 052824, 4. Referral DHR 052824, 5. Referral FYI 052824, 6. Referral CEQA 052824, 7. Referral YC 052824, 8. Co-Sponsor Request - Engardio 052824, 9. CEQA Determination 062524, 10. DHR Meet and Confer not required 061324, 11. Comm Pkt 070124, 12. COB Memo 062824, 13. CON Fiscal Analysis 070124, 14. Comm Pkt 071124, 15. Leg Ver2, 16. Leg Dig Ver2, 17. Comm Pkt 071524, 18. Referral CON 071124, 19. Referral DHR 071124, 20. Referral CEQA 071124, 21. Referral FYI 071124, 22. Referral YC 071124, 23. CEQA Determination 071224, 24. CON Fiscal Analysis 071224, 25. DHR Meeting and Confer 071524, 26. Cosponsor Request Preston 071524, 27. Cmte Rpt 071624
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
7/16/20244 Board of Supervisors    Not available Meeting details Not available
7/15/20244 Rules Committee RECOMMENDED AS COMMITTEE REPORTPass Action details Meeting details Video Video
7/11/20244 Clerk of the Board REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT  Action details Meeting details Not available
7/11/20241 Rules Committee AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass Action details Meeting details Video Video
7/11/20242 Rules Committee AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLEPass Action details Meeting details Not available
7/11/20243 Rules Committee AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLEPass Action details Meeting details Not available
7/11/20244 Rules Committee CONTINUED AS AMENDEDPass Action details Meeting details Not available
7/1/20241 Rules Committee CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIRPass Action details Meeting details Video Video
5/28/20241 Clerk of the Board REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/21/20241 President ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE  Action details Meeting details Not available
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