And welcome to the neighborhood services and education committee.

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Thank you so much.

All right, that begins our meeting of the neighborhood services and education committee for Thursday, August 13th, 2026.

Um that brings us to our first item, which is the consent calendar.

Library and Education Commission Annual Report and Work Plan.

Do we have a motion?

Move for approval.

Okay.

Oh.

Oh, yeah, I'm so sorry.

We got to do roll call.

Let's do roll call.

My apologies.

Councilmember Campos.

President.

Candelas.

Casey?

Here.

Duan here.

Orties.

Present.

We have a quorum.

Awesome.

Uh, and then back to uh C item one, which is Library and Education Commission annual report and work plan.

We have a motion and a second.

We can call for the vote.

Can we do a verbal vote?

It came up.

It came up for us.

Okay.

Motion passes.

Thank you so much.

That leads us to D reports to committee, starting with item one Children and Youth Services Master Plan Status Report.

Good afternoon, Chair Ortiz and members of NSC.

I am pleased to provide a brief update on our progress implementing the Children and Youth Services Master Plan 2.0.

As Council will recall, the Master Plan is our roadmap for creating a more coordinated system of services and opportunities for San Jose's children, youth, young adults, and families.

With the 2.0 phase, we are moving from a broad planning framework towards a more focused, action-oriented strategy centered on measurable outcomes.

Our work is organized around two overarching outcomes, meaningful and sustaining jobs, and safe, clean, and connected communities.

To help achieve those outcomes, we are focusing our efforts across three critical stages of a young person's development.

Stage one is child care access and kindergarten readiness.

We want more children entering school ready to learn.

Our initial measures include access to affordable child care, kindergarten readiness, and developmental screenings.

Stage two is third grade reading and chronic absenteeism.

We know that early academic success and consistent school attendance are important indicators of future outcomes.

We are working with our partners to establish baseline measures around reading proficiency, chronic absenteeism, and other conditions that may affect a young person's ability to succeed.

Stage three is A-G preparedness and workforce development.

Here, our focus is ensuring that young people leave our systems with real opportunities.

We will look at A to G completion, participation and completion of workforce programs, connections to employers, and young adults ages 18 to 24 who may be disconnected from education and employment.

Together, these three stages create a continuum.

Children enter school ready to learn, students are reading and attending school, and young people graduate prepared for college, a career, and civic life.