Sacramento City Unified Board of Education

9 meetings on our record, all from the past year · typical meeting 2 h 44 min · 38,268 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 17, 2026: Board meeting, 25 min
Newest meeting we have: Sep 17, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Tara Jeane, President · Michael Benjamin, Board of Education Member · Taylor Kayatta, 1st Vice President · Jose M. Navarro, Board of Education Member · Chinua Rhodes, Board of Education Member · Jasjit Singh, Board of Education Member · April K. Ybarra, 2nd Vice President

Watch the board’s yearA decision it made, its hours, its busiest night at the mic and where its time went, each with its source

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 25 minThursday, September 17, 2026Budget cuts and layoffsSpeakers: Jasjit Singh, Chinua Rhodes

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Special meeting · 54 minThursday, September 10, 2026Sacramento City Unified board approves 2025-26 unaudited actuals and SCTA agreementBudget cuts and layoffsSpeakers: Tara Jeane, Jasjit Singh, Chinua Rhodes, Taylor Kayatta

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Board meeting · 2 h 44 minThursday, September 3, 2026Sacramento City Unified board weighs special education contracts, including two County Office of Education paymentsChronic absenteeismBudget cuts and layoffsSpeakers: Tara Jeane, Jasjit Singh, April K. Ybarra, Chinua Rhodes and 2 more

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Board meeting · 39 minThursday, August 20, 2026Sacramento City Unified staff present first monthly update on fiscal sustainability planBudget cuts and layoffsSpeakers: Tara Jeane, Jasjit Singh, April K. Ybarra, Taylor Kayatta

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 9 board meetings, Mar 19, 2026 – Sep 17, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seat1 members were seated for fewer than 8 board meetings on our record, leaving 3 to compare; we rank at 4.

Coverage: about 76% of members’ speaking time named (42%–88%)

Minutes = time we heard them speak per meeting, from the speech we have named so far, so each is a floor: at least that much.

Runs the meeting

Tara JeanePresident · Area 1 · runs the meeting, not ranked22.3min, at least8 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart3.1questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Jasjit SinghBoard of Education Member · Area 27.6min, at least9 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.6questions asked per meeting, at least

Jose M. NavarroBoard of Education Member · Area 3 · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.5min, at least4 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.2questions asked per meeting, at least

April K. Ybarra2nd Vice President · Area 44.6min, at least7 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.7questions asked per meeting, at least

Chinua RhodesBoard of Education Member · Area 5 · We could name only 27% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%3.5min, at least7 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.1questions asked per meeting, at least

Taylor Kayatta1st Vice President · Area 65.7min, at least7 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.6questions asked per meeting, at least

Michael BenjaminBoard of Education Member · Area 7 · We could name only 16% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%1.8min, at least6 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Minutes speaking per full board meeting held while seated; a meeting they missed or stayed silent in counts as zero · bar = minutes named so far · talk time only, never tone or stance · Hamlet

Meetings on our record

All 9 meetings on our record

Clips

What board members said

This means fewer adults serving children, reduction in classroom support, transportation, school services, educators, administrators, And the risk of increasing inequities for students who rely on public education to be their great equalizer across the city and across this country.Jasjit SinghBoard of Education Member · Sacramento City Unified Board of Education · Aug 20, 2026Watch the full meeting from 23:23

We have staff that rely on us to, to keep, keep the lights on and keep the doors open. But we are making decisions based off student needs, and we don't have a state government making decisions based off student needs or our workers.Jasjit SinghBoard of Education Member · Sacramento City Unified Board of Education · May 21, 2026Watch the full meeting from 2:44:46

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance34%26%–44%

Ceremony and recognition8%0%–23%

Public comment3%0%–7%

Safety and discipline0%0%–23%

The two readers didn’t agree on 31% of the time; it counts toward no topic, so every share above is a floor.

Not shown: facilities, closures and enrollment, curriculum and instruction, student services and special education, labor and personnel, governance and policy, routine business, other subjects, whose checks haven’t passed

Public comment

Of the 9 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 9; 8 had at least one. The busiest, on Aug 6, 2026, heard from 15.

15 on Aug 6, 202615 speakers8 speakers7.3 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 0633840 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district