Citizens' Oversight Committee
Pursuant to Section 15278 of the Education Code, the District is obligated to establish a committee to satisfy the accountability requirements of Prop 39.
The Board of Trustees of the Panama-Buena Vista Union School District (the "Board") adopted Resolution #13-12 on December 11, 2012, to establish the Panama-Buena Vista Union School District Citizens' Oversight Committee ("the Committee"). The Board adopted Resolution #19-12 on January 15, 2019, to declare the existing Committee to also be the independent Citizens' Oversight Committee for the Measure H Bond Measure. The Board adopted Resolution #23-17 on January 17, 2023, to declare the existing Committee to also be the independent Citizens' Oversight Committee for the Measure I Bond Measure. The Committee does not have any independent legal capacity from the District.
Current members
- Nayree Davis - Representing Community Member-at-Large
- Michael Hansen - Representing Business Organization
- Gerrie Kincaid - Representing Senior Citizens' Organization
- Ashley Luna - Representing Parent Organization
- Tommie Wofford - Representing Parent Organization
- Annette Rushing - Representing Taxpayers Association
- Kelly Youngstrom - Representing Community Member-at-Large
All Committee proceedings shall be open to the public and shall be subject to the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act. All documents received by the Committee and reports issued by the Committee shall be a matter of public record and be made available on an Internet website maintained by the school district's governing body.
The next meeting is scheduled for January 18, 2024 at 4:00 PM at Stonecreek Junior High School. All Committee meeting minutes will be available on this website upon adoption.
Committee Successes
The Panama-Buena Vista Union School District (the "District") was successful at the election conducted on November 6, 2012 (the "Election"), in obtaining authorization from the District's voters to issue up to $147,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the District's general obligation bonds (the “Bond Measure”).
In addition, the District was successful at the election conducted on November 6, 2018 (the "2018 Election"), in obtaining authorization from the District's voters to issue up to $90,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the District's general obligation bonds (the "Measure H Bond Measure").
The District was successful at the election conducted on November 8, 2022 (the "2022 Election"), in obtaining authorization from the District's voters to issue up to $99,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the District's general obligation bonds (the "Measure I Bond Measure").
The 2012, 2018, and 2022 Elections were conducted under Proposition 39, being chaptered as the Strict Accountability in Local School Construction Bonds Act of 2000, at Section 15264 et seq. of the Education Code of the State ("Prop 39").