# October 20, 2026 Regular School Board Meeting


**Body:** Cotati Rohnert Park Unified School District
**Date:** October 19, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Education, Grants & Funding


The Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District regular school board meeting on October 20, 2026, included updates on a district solar project, budget planning, and labor negotiations; no contract awards, bids, or purchasing decisions were identified. The board approved a new Food Services Program Manager job description and its salary schedule, approved revised 2026–27 SEIU hardship and work-year-reduction language, and approved an agreement allowing stipends for John Reed Elementary’s Community Schools Initiative committee. The district reported that the initiative is supported by a state grant, while the superintendent said solar-project planning and communications were ongoing. The transcript also begins an acceptance-of-donations item, listing amounts transcribed as $92 and $12,367, but cuts off before the item or any vote is completed.

Other discussion included ongoing wage bargaining with the district’s employee association and advocacy around Prop 3, which speakers said could protect approximately $7 million in school funding. The board discussed adding more specific district guidance on student mobile-device use; staff will gather information and return with a proposal at a future meeting. Student representatives also raised concerns about AI use, prompting an update that a district technology committee is considering AI and technology use. No procurement-related action was reported on those policy discussions.

**Source:** Cotati Rohnert Park Unified School District