Oakland Unified School District Board of Education  
RESOLUTION NO. 1920‐0260 
(As Amended) 
(Red lined Copy) 
George Floyd Resolution to Eliminate the Oakland Schools Police Department  
 
WHEREAS,  the  Oakland  Unified  School  District  (“District”)  has  an  obligation  to  promote  the  healthy 
development of each one of its students, which includes protecting them from the impact of systemic 
racism and violence to the greatest extent possible while they are at school;  
 
WHEREAS, it has become clear that the District can no longer employ its own police force amid countless 
acts of violence, particularly against black men and boys;  
 
WHEREAS, in wake of the brutal murder of George Floyd in the city of Minneapolis by Minneapolis Police 
Department officers on May 25, 2020 and in response to the local, national and international demands 
for justice to end anti‐black racism and policing practices;  
 
WHEREAS, evidenced by school districts across the country, there are multiple resources and pathways 
to ensuring school safety that the District has already began employing such as Restorative Practices and 
Restorative Justice;  
 
WHEREAS, as a result of the persistent deaths of innocent Black citizens in the United States at the hands 
of  police  officers,  the  Minneapolis,  Denver,  Portland,  and  Coachella  school  districts,  along  with  others 
across the country, are  terminating  contracts with  police  departments for  the policing of  schools and, 
therefore, students; 
 
WHEREAS, it is no longer fiscally possible or financially sustainable to invest in the current structure of 
safety practices with a police department within the District;  
 
WHEREAS,  the  District  has  a  long  record  of  disproportionately  suspending,  expelling,  involuntarily 
transferring and arresting Black male and female students, thereby involving them in the criminal justice 
system while students lose important time from classroom; 
 
WHEREAS, since the 2015‐ 16 School Year, Black students made up 26% of the enrollment and yet made 
up 73% of arrests, accounting for 3 out 4 of the arrests in our schools, and in the last four years there were 
over 9,000 calls for service to the police on students;  
 
WHEREAS,  such  a  deeply  embedded  and  institutionalized  form  of  preemptive  policing  has  extremely 
significant  consequences,  foreclosing  opportunities  toward  graduation,  college,  and  employment  for 
Oakland’s Black youth, school policing is fundamentally undermining the economic and public health of 
the Black community by restricting access and opportunity;  
 
WHEREAS, from 2013‐14 through 2018‐19, Oakland Unified School District spent over $9.3 million dollars 
on  the  Oakland  Unified  School  District  Police  Department,  excluding  the  unarmed  school  site  security 
officers while, in the past three years, laying off 33 Restorative Justice Coordinators and only 3 School 
Police officers;  
 

 WHEREAS, having police employed by the District exposes Black students and all students of color, who 
comprise 90% of the student body in the District, to early police contact as a result of our police in and 
around schools, which can lead to higher chances of being criminalized, compared with the remaining 
10% of students who are White; and  
 
WHEREAS, the perpetuation of the school‐to‐prison pipeline is incompatible with our goal of creating safe, 
healthy, and equitable schools for all District students.  
 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education (the “Board”) directs the Superintendent 
to take the steps necessary to eliminate the Oakland Schools Police Department prior to January 1, 2021, 
or soon thereafter as legally permissible;  
 
BE  IT  FURTHER  RESOLVED,  that  the  Board  directs  the  Superintendent  to  ensure  that  henceforth  the 
District  will  no  longer  employ  law  enforcement  or  armed  security  presence  of  any  kind  within  District 
schools; its intention is to specifically eliminate the sworn law enforcement employees of the Oakland 
School Police Department and to reimagine how to keep District students and staff safe. The community‐
driven process for completing the revised District safety plan described below will explore ways to create 
revised positions in a way that reflects equity and a positive culture and climate of accelerated learning 
for Black students and all students of color; 
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board directs the Superintendent to implement training for all staff –
including  instructional,  teaching,  and  other  certificated  staff  –  in  the  areas  of  instruction  as  well  as 
unconscious or implicit bias, anti‐racism, as well as a culturally responsive multi‐tier system of supports 
via the onboarding of new employees and annually for all other employees during their time working in 
the District on behalf of children; 
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board commits to ensuring that Board members themselves attend 
and receive unconscious or implicit bias and anti‐racism training;  
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board directs the Superintendent to identify funds to support Black 
students and all students of color that could pay for such positions as school‐based case managers, social 
workers,  psychologists,  restorative  justice  practitioners,  academic  mentors  and  advisors,  culture  and 
climate leads, or other mental or behavioral health professionals; 
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board directs the Superintendent to launch, by no later than August 
21,  2020,  an  inclusive,  community‐driven  process  –  involving  parents,  students,  teachers,  school 
administrators, student support staff, the Black Organizing Project, and other community partners – for 
completing a revised District safety plan with strategies for enhancing student learning, safety, and well‐ 
being within the District; the Superintendent or her designee shall provide a report to the Board on the 
status of this community‐driven process no later than August 26, 2020;  
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Superintendent or her designee shall provide at least two reports to 
the Board during the 20‐21 school year on the progress of the community‐driven process in creation of a 
District safety plan, with the plan ready to be implemented no later than December 31, 2020; and  
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution supersedes and voids the portion of Resolution No. 1920‐ 
0214, adopted by the Board on March 4, 2020, which directed the Superintendent to, among other 
things, “develop an alternative Safety Plan that could be put in place if the Board elected to eliminate all 

 non‐school site staff sworn officers of the Oakland Schools Police Department” and to present the 
alternative Safety Plan “to the Board no later than September 2020.” 
 
Passed by the following vote:  
 
PREFERENTIAL AYE:  
 
PREFERENTIAL NOE:  
 
PREFERENTIAL ABSTENTION:  
 
PREFERENTIAL RECUSE:  
 
AYES: 
 
NOES:  
 
ABSTAINED:  
 
RECUSE:  
 
ABSENT: 
 
 
 

 CERTIFICATION 
We hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of a Resolution passed 
at a Regular Meeting of the Board of Education of the Oakland Unified School District held 
on June 24, 2020. 
Legislative File
File ID Number:
Introduction Date:
Enactment
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20-1382
06/24/2020

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 Oakland Unified School District Board of Education
RESOLUTION NO. 1920-0260
(As Amended)
(Clean Copy)
George Floyd Resolution to Eliminate the Oakland Schools Police Department
WHEREAS, the Oakland Unified School District (“District”) has an obligation to promote the healthy
development of each one of its students, which includes protecting them from the impact of systemic
racism and violence to the greatest extent possible while they are at school;
WHEREAS, it has become clear that the District can no longer employ its own police force amid countless
acts of violence, particularly against black men and boys;
WHEREAS, in wake of the brutal murder of George Floyd in the city of Minneapolis by Minneapolis Police
Department officers on May 25, 2020 and in response to the local, national and international demands
for justice to end anti-black racism and policing practices;
WHEREAS, evidenced by school districts across the country, there are multiple resources and pathways
to ensuring school safety that the District has already began employing such as Restorative Practices and
Restorative Justice;
WHEREAS, as a result of the persistent deaths of innocent Black citizens in the United States at the hands
of police officers, the Minneapolis, Denver, Portland, and Coachella school districts, along with others
across the country, are terminating contracts with police departments for the policing of schools and,
therefore, students;
WHEREAS, it is no longer fiscally possible or financially sustainable to invest in the current structure of
safety practices with a police department within the District;
WHEREAS, the District has a long record of disproportionately suspending, expelling, involuntarily
transferring and arresting Black male and female students, thereby involving them in the criminal justice
system while students lose important time from classroom;
WHEREAS, since the 2015- 16 School Year, Black students made up 26% of the enrollment and yet made
up 73% of arrests, accounting for 3 out 4 of the arrests in our schools, and in the last four years there were
over 9,000 calls for service to the police on students;
WHEREAS, such a deeply embedded and institutionalized form of preemptive policing has extremely
significant consequences, foreclosing opportunities toward graduation, college, and employment for
Oakland’s Black youth, school policing is fundamentally undermining the economic and public health of
the Black community by restricting access and opportunity;
WHEREAS, from 2013-14 through 2018-19, Oakland Unified School District spent over $9.3 million dollars
on the Oakland Unified School District Police Department, excluding the unarmed school site security
officers while, in the past three years, laying off 33 Restorative Justice Coordinators and only 3 School
Police officers;

 WHEREAS, having police employed by the District exposes Black students and all students of color, who
comprise 90% of the student body in the District, to early police contact as a result of our police in and
around schools, which can lead to higher chances of being criminalized, compared with the remaining
10% of students who are White; and
WHEREAS, the perpetuation of the school-to-prison pipeline is incompatible with our goal of creating safe,
healthy, and equitable schools for all District students.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education (the “Board”) directs the Superintendent
to take the steps necessary to eliminate the Oakland Schools Police Department prior to January 1, 2021,
or soon thereafter as legally permissible;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board directs the Superintendent to ensure that henceforth the
District will no longer employ law enforcement or armed security presence of any kind within District
schools; its intention is to specifically eliminate the sworn law enforcement employees of the Oakland
School Police Department and to reimagine how to keep District students and staff safe. The communitydriven process for completing the revised District safety plan described below will explore ways to create
revised positions in a way that reflects equity and a positive culture and climate of accelerated learning
for Black students and all students of color;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board directs the Superintendent to implement training for all staff –
including instructional, teaching, and other certificated staff – in the areas of instruction as well as
unconscious or implicit bias, anti-racism, as well as a culturally responsive multi-tier system of supports
via the onboarding of new employees and annually for all other employees during their time working in
the District on behalf of children;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board commits to ensuring that Board members themselves attend
and receive unconscious or implicit bias and anti-racism training;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board directs the Superintendent to identify funds to support Black
students and all students of color that could pay for such positions as school-based case managers, social
workers, psychologists, restorative justice practitioners, academic mentors and advisors, culture and
climate leads, or other mental or behavioral health professionals;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board directs the Superintendent to launch, by no later than August
21, 2020, an inclusive, community-driven process – involving parents, students, teachers, school
administrators, student support staff, the Black Organizing Project, and other community partners – for
completing a revised District safety plan with strategies for enhancing student learning, safety, and wellbeing within the District; the Superintendent or her designee shall provide a report to the Board on the
status of this community-driven process no later than August 26, 2020;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Superintendent or her designee shall provide at least two reports to
the Board during the 20-21 school year on the progress of the community-driven process in creation of a
District safety plan, with the plan ready to be implemented no later than December 31, 2020; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution supersedes and voids the portion of Resolution No. 19200214, adopted by the Board on March 4, 2020, which directed the Superintendent to, among other things,
“develop an alternative Safety Plan that could be put in place if the Board elected to eliminate all non-

 school site staff sworn officers of the Oakland Schools Police Department” and to present the alternative
Safety Plan “to the Board no later than September 2020.”
Passed by the following vote:
PREFERENTIAL AYE: Denilson Garibo
PREFERENTIAL NOE: None
PREFERENTIAL ABSTENTION: None
PREFERENTIAL RECUSE: None
AYES: Aimee Eng, Jumoke Hinton Hodge, Gary Yee, Roseann Torres, James Harris, Vice President
Shanthi Gonzales, President Jody London
NOES: None
ABSTAINED: None
RECUSED: None
ABSENT: Mica Smith-Dahl (Student Director)

 CERTIFICATION
We hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of a Resolution passed
at a Regular Meeting of the Board of Education of the Oakland Unified School District held
on June 24, 2020.
Legislative File
File ID Number:
Introduction Date:
Enactment
Number:
Enactment Date:
By:

20-1335
06/24/2020
20-1130

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