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4689 City and County of San Francisco Legislation Details File #: Version: 4 240545 Name: Charter Amendment - Accountability for Funding
Children and Youth Services for City Departments
and the School District; Clarifying Uses of the
Student Success Fund Status: Type: Charter Amendment Passed File created: In control: 5/21/2024 Clerk of the Board On agenda: Final action: 7/23/2024 Enactment date: 7/23/2024 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, Rafael Mandelman 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 Ver2,3,4, 16. Leg Dig Ver2,3,4, 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, 28. Board Pkt 072324, 29. Leg Final,
30. Transmitted to Elections 072524

Action By Date Action Result Ver. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE President 5/21/2024 1 REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT Clerk of the Board 5/28/2024 1 CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR Rules Committee 7/1/2024 1 Pass AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE Rules Committee 7/11/2024 1 Pass AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE Rules Committee 7/11/2024 2 Pass