Board grants Superintendent emergency powers at COVID-19 emergency meeting
At an emergency board meeting called for 2:00 PM on Friday, March 13, 2020 — the day Governor Newsom's earlier statewide guidance prompted California school districts to close — the LBUSD Board took two extraordinary actions in open session. Item 3.F: "Consideration of Resolution Granting Emergency Powers to the Superintendent." Item 3.G: by unanimous vote under Public Contract Code §20113, the board granted emergency contracting authority that allowed the district to enter contracts without going through the normal competitive-bid process during the emergency. These are the legal mechanisms that authorized all subsequent COVID-era operational decisions (distance learning rollout, technology procurement, reopening plans). The emergency-powers grant remained the underlying procedural basis for Superintendent action through the COVID-era school closures.
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- BoardDocs Agenda — Emergency Board Meeting, March 13, 2020 primary Laguna Beach Unified School DistrictLaguna Beach Unified School District · 2020-03-13
F. Consideration of Resolution Granting Emergency Powers to the Superintendent G. Authorize, by unanimous vote, under the provisions of section 20113 of the California Public Contract Code
Verbatim agenda item captions for the two open-session actions that created the legal authority for all subsequent COVID-era operational decisions.