Votes at a glance: Carlsbad Unified actions on construction, fees, personnel and policy

Key board votes and formal actions from the meeting:

• Consent calendar: Approved unanimously (motion: Trustee Emery; second: Trustee Rawlings).

• Project Labor Agreement (PLA): Motion to authorize superintendent to negotiate a PLA passed 3–2 (mover Trustee Rawlings; second Trustee COC). The authorization begins negotiations; any PLA must return to the board for approval.

• Statutory school facility fee increase: Board adopted updated developer fee levels to match state maximums (residential $5.17 → $5.38/sq ft; commercial/industrial $0.84 → $0.87/sq ft). Motion passed 5–0 (mover Trustee Emery; second Trustee Rawlings).

• Declaration of Need for Fully Qualified Educators: Adopted 5–0 (declaration estimates emergency permit needs for 2026–27).

• Employee appreciation resolutions (Day of the Teacher and Classified School Employee Week): Adopted 5–0.

• Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) position: Board approved establishment of an in‑house certificated BCBA program specialist (salary range 11; est. ~$130,000 + LRC) to reduce reliance on agency BCBAs and supervise RBTs; motion passed 4–1 (mover Trustee Emery; second Trustee COC).

• CUDA reopeners: Board received 2026–27 reopeners for limited bargaining (Articles 7 and 18) (vote 5–0 to receive).

• Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) goals and success indicators: Staff‑proposed updates were put to a vote and failed 2–3; trustees asked staff to return with clarified targets.

• Full‑day kindergarten pilot: Board voted 3–2 to expand the pilot to additional site(s) (motioned by Trustee Rawlings, seconded by Trustee Ward). Trustees emphasized the need to bargain staffing and class‑size details and to return with implementation specifics.

• Resolution affirming nondiscrimination, anti‑harassment and anti‑bullying commitments: Adopted unanimously 5–0. Trustees asked staff to align implementation actions with the forthcoming DEI/Forward Together plan.

All votes referenced here reflect roll calls stated on the record; staff committed to follow‑up reporting and to returning detailed implementation materials for items that require staffing or bargaining.