Portland Public Schools board meetings
Board and committee meetings with links to the agenda, minutes and video.
| Date | Meeting | Records |
|---|---|---|
| October 6, 2026 | PPS Board Regular Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. District released rightsizing Scenarios A and B (closing 11 or 14 school buildings, new attendance boundaries), heard the Bond Accountability Committee report, took a vote on the 2027-28 budget calendar (Resolution 7383), and discussed transportation for Cleveland students to the Marshall campus. | Agenda Video |
| October 6, 2026 | PPS Board Annual Ethics Training Agenda and attached documents for the 5:00 PM meeting. Annual board ethics training. | Agenda Video |
| September 29, 2026 | PPS Board Special Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Board approved its responses to recommendations in the draft Bond Performance Audit for fiscal years 2024-25 and 2025-26 (Resolution 7382). | Agenda Video |
| September 29, 2026 | PPS Board Intergovernmental Affairs Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 12:00 PM meeting. Board committee on dealings with other governments and the legislature. | Agenda Video |
| September 23, 2026 | PPS Board Facilities Improvement and Oversight Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Facilities committee set its focus for the year and heard an update on facility improvements. | Agenda Video |
| September 22, 2026 | PPS Board Policy Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Board policy committee meeting. | Agenda Video |
| September 16, 2026 | PPS Board Board Retreat Agenda and attached documents for the 4:00 PM meeting. Board retreat to draft the superintendent evaluation template. | Agenda Video |
| September 15, 2026 | PPS Board Regular Meeting (Board Work Session) Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Rightsizing update on the decision-making framework and the measures used to weigh trade-offs between scenarios, plus discussion of a draft rightsizing resolution from Director Engelsman and a bond program update. | Agenda Video |
| September 15, 2026 | PPS Board Intergovernmental Affairs Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 12:00 PM meeting. Board committee on dealings with other governments and the legislature. | Agenda Video |
| September 8, 2026 | PPS Board Teaching, Learning, and Enrollment Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Committee heard a rightsizing update on what a 'well-resourced school' means. | Agenda Video |
| September 1, 2026 | PPS Board Regular Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Rightsizing update on well-resourced schools and the likely size of changes, a Community Budget Review Committee report on the local option levy, and a vote to extend the superintendent's contract. | Agenda Video |
| September 1, 2026 | PPS Board Intergovernmental Affairs Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 12:00 PM meeting. Board committee on dealings with other governments and the legislature. | Agenda Video |
| August 4, 2026 | PPS Board Regular Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Rightsizing update tied to the Southeast enrollment and program balancing equity audit (Southeast Guiding Coalition), the school funding formula (Resolution 7354), standing committees for 2026-27, and the revised 2026-27 board meeting calendar (Resolution 7363). | Agenda Minutes Video |
| July 7, 2026 | PPS Board Regular Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Board leadership vote, budget questions and answers, and first reading of a student access and safe schools policy. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| June 24, 2026 | PPS Board Facilities Improvement and Oversight Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Facilities committee update on Grice-Adair master planning and Portland Parks and Recreation. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| June 23, 2026 | PPS Board Special Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Board adopted the 2026-27 budget and imposed taxes (Resolution 7326), amended the 2025-26 budget, heard a bond update and amended the Bond Accountability Committee charter. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| June 23, 2026 | PPS Board Public Hearing on Approved 2026-27 Budget (TSCC) Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Public hearing held by the Multnomah County Tax Supervising and Conservation Commission on the district's approved 2026-27 budget. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| June 15, 2026 | PPS Board Policy Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Board policy committee meeting. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| June 11, 2026 | PPS Board Teaching, Learning, and Enrollment Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Committee heard an overview of alternative and focus school programs, relevant because focus options are part of the rightsizing scenarios. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| June 9, 2026 | PPS Board Regular Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Bond Accountability Committee quarterly report and charter discussion, budget discussion of the ACCESS transportation hub, and the Joseph Lane Middle School name change. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| May 27, 2026 | PPS Board Facilities Improvement and Oversight Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Facilities committee covered athletic facility master planning, bond audit recommendations and proposed Bond Accountability Committee charter changes. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| May 26, 2026 | PPS Board Special Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Board took up Resolution 7307 adopting guiding principles and a work plan for the rightsizing process, approved the 2026-27 budget as the budget committee, and heard a bond update. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| May 18, 2026 | PPS Board Policy Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Board policy committee meeting. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| May 14, 2026 | PPS Board Teaching, Learning, and Enrollment Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Committee heard the annual charter school report and updates on assessments and curriculum. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| May 13, 2026 | PPS Board Public Comment and Work Session on 2026-27 Proposed Budget Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Public comment and board work session on the proposed 2026-27 budget. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| May 12, 2026 | PPS Board Special Meeting and Work Session Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Board discussed draft guiding principles for rightsizing and heard the Community Budget Review Committee report on the proposed budget. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| May 7, 2026 | PPS Board Audit Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 5:00 PM meeting. Board audit committee meeting. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| May 5, 2026 | PPS Board Board Retreat Agenda and attached documents for the 5:30 PM meeting. Board retreat. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| April 28, 2026 | PPS Board Special Meeting and Work Session Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Superintendent delivered the 2026-27 proposed budget, the board heard a bond update, and board members reflected on the spring rightsizing engagement sessions. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| April 27, 2026 | PPS Board Rightsizing Community Engagement Session Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Board-hosted rightsizing listening session for the public (spring 'Learning and Listening' phase). | Agenda Minutes Video |
| April 27, 2026 | PPS Board Policy Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Board policy committee meeting. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| April 25, 2026 | PPS Board Rightsizing Community Engagement Session Agenda and attached documents for the 2:00 PM meeting. Board-hosted rightsizing listening session for the public (spring 'Learning and Listening' phase). | Agenda Minutes |
| April 22, 2026 | PPS Board Rightsizing Community Engagement Session Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Board-hosted rightsizing listening session for the public (spring 'Learning and Listening' phase). | Agenda Minutes Video |
| April 21, 2026 | PPS Board Facilities Improvement and Oversight Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Facilities committee on indoor air quality standards and air quality work in the Cleveland, Ida B. Wells and Jefferson modernizations. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| April 20, 2026 | PPS Board Rightsizing Community Engagement Session Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Board-hosted virtual rightsizing listening session for the public. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| April 14, 2026 | PPS Board Regular Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Board took up Resolution 7296 directing the superintendent to begin a rightsizing process, set the 2026-27 meeting calendar (Resolution 7290), and held budget training. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| April 11, 2026 | PPS Board Rightsizing Community Engagement Session Agenda and attached documents for the 2:00 PM meeting. Board-hosted rightsizing listening session for the public. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| April 9, 2026 | PPS Board Teaching, Learning, and Enrollment Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 5:00 PM meeting. Committee meeting on services for multilingual learners. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| March 31, 2026 | PPS Board Special Meeting and Work Session Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Rightsizing ('Growing Great Schools') work session with background reading on school consolidation, plus a budget work session and approval of 2026-27 inter-district transfers. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| March 31, 2026 | PPS Board Board Self-Evaluation Work Session Agenda and attached documents for the 5:00 PM meeting. Board self-evaluation work session. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| March 30, 2026 | PPS Board Policy Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Board policy committee meeting. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| March 17, 2026 | PPS Board Facilities Improvement and Oversight Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Facilities committee on Jefferson High School, bond athletic projects, bond audit status, and procurement and land use. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| March 12, 2026 | PPS Board Teaching, Learning, and Enrollment Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Committee discussed 'Growing Great Schools,' the early name for rightsizing planning. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| March 10, 2026 | PPS Board Regular Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Board heard 'Growing Great Schools' rightsizing planning, seismic prioritization of school buildings, the bond accountability report, and budget and bond updates. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| March 8, 2026 | PPS Board Board Retreat Agenda and attached documents for the 9:00 AM meeting. Board retreat on governance. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| March 5, 2026 | PPS Board Audit Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 5:00 PM meeting. Board audit committee meeting. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| February 24, 2026 | PPS Board Work Session with Vote on Consent Agenda Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Work session on restructuring the Metropolitan Learning Center program, graduation data, and 2026-27 budget development. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| February 23, 2026 | PPS Board Policy Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Board policy committee meeting. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| February 12, 2026 | PPS Board Teaching, Learning, and Enrollment Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Committee meeting on K-12 math and language arts curricula. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| February 10, 2026 | PPS Board Regular Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Board adopted the 2026-27 school calendar and heard budget, bond and annual financial report updates. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| February 5, 2026 | PPS Board Audit Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 5:00 PM meeting. Board audit committee meeting. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| January 30, 2026 | PPS Board Board Retreat Agenda and attached documents for the 12:00 PM meeting. Board retreat on roles and responsibilities. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| January 27, 2026 | PPS Board Work Session and Special Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Bond update and 2026 legislative priorities. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| January 23, 2026 | PPS Board Policy Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 12:00 PM meeting. Board policy committee meeting. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| January 20, 2026 | PPS Board Facilities Improvement and Oversight Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Facilities committee on bond audit recommendations, the Bond Accountability Committee charter, seismic grants and the 2025 bond procurement schedule. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| January 13, 2026 | PPS Board Regular Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Board ended the Jefferson High School dual-assignment system and set new Jefferson attendance boundaries (Resolutions 7228 and 7229), and heard budget development and bond updates. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| January 8, 2026 | PPS Board Teaching, Learning, and Enrollment Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Committee meeting on career technical education and attendance. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| December 16, 2025 | PPS Board Work Session with Vote on Consent Agenda Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Work session on the superintendent's Jefferson High School assignment proposal and 2026-27 budget development. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| December 15, 2025 | PPS Board Policy Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Board policy committee meeting. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| December 11, 2025 | PPS Board Teaching, Learning, and Enrollment Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Committee on charter schools, talented and gifted services and Jefferson High School academic program expansion. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| December 9, 2025 | PPS Board Facilities Improvement and Oversight Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Facilities committee heard the Procedeo report (the bond program management firm), a bond audit implementation update and a review of the Bond Accountability Committee charter. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| December 8, 2025 | PPS Board Jefferson HS Enrollment Scenario Proposal Listening Session Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Board listening session on the superintendent's proposal to end Jefferson dual assignment and redraw attendance areas. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| December 2, 2025 | PPS Board Regular Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Board approved bond program management (Resolution 7216, the Procedeo contract), property purchase for the Center for Black Student Excellence, and a bond sale, and heard the Bond Accountability Committee report. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| November 18, 2025 | PPS Board Work Session with Vote on Consent Agenda Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Work session on Center for Black Student Excellence due diligence and on property taxes and the local option levy. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| November 13, 2025 | PPS Board Teaching, Learning, and Enrollment Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Committee heard a Jefferson High School enrollment update. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| November 10, 2025 | PPS Board Facilities Improvement and Oversight Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Facilities committee on seismic work, HVAC funding, maintenance staffing and the Center for Black Student Excellence building. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| November 6, 2025 | PPS Board Audit Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Board audit committee meeting. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| November 4, 2025 | PPS Board Regular Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Board amended the Ida B. Wells High School modernization plan and adopted the 2026-27 budget calendar. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| October 28, 2025 | PPS Board Work Session with Vote on Consent Agenda Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Work session on the draft 2026-27 budget calendar, a budget update and state test data. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| October 20, 2025 | PPS Board Policy Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Board policy committee meeting. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| October 16, 2025 | PPS Board Audit Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 5:00 PM meeting. Board audit committee meeting. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| October 14, 2025 | PPS Board Regular Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Board approved the facilities committee charter, revised modernization plans for Jefferson and Cleveland high schools, and heard the bond accountability report and a finance update. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| October 9, 2025 | PPS Board Teaching, Learning, and Enrollment Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Committee overview of special education services. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| October 8, 2025 | PPS Board Facilities Improvement and Oversight Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Facilities committee on health and safety work orders, seismic report, the Ida B. Wells master plan, athletics and bond audit status. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| September 30, 2025 | PPS Board Work Session with Vote on Consent Agenda Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Work session on the Fund for PPS, contracts and procurement, and the board work plan. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| September 18, 2025 | PPS Board Teaching, Learning, and Enrollment Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Committee reviewed its draft charter and heard enrollment updates. | Agenda Video |
| September 18, 2025 | PPS Board Special Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Special meeting to ratify an agreement with the Portland Association of Teachers. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| September 16, 2025 | PPS Board Facilities Improvement and Oversight Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Facilities committee on revised master plans for Jefferson, Cleveland and Ida B. Wells high schools, athletics facilities and 2025 bond planning. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| September 9, 2025 | PPS Board Regular Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Board approved the purchase agreement for the Center for Black Student Excellence building and heard a seismic study report and budget brief. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| August 28, 2025 | PPS Board Policy Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Board policy committee meeting. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| August 19, 2025 | PPS Board Special Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Short special meeting to approve contracts and minutes. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| August 19, 2025 | PPS Board School Board Retreat Agenda and attached documents for the 1:00 PM meeting. Board retreat on governance and communications. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| August 14, 2025 | PPS Board Teaching, Learning, and Enrollment Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. First meeting of the new teaching, learning and enrollment committee: purpose, charter and outdoor school. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| August 12, 2025 | PPS Board Facilities Improvement and Oversight Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. First meeting of the new facilities committee: charter, work plan, and updates on 2020 and 2025 bond projects. | Agenda Minutes Video |
| August 5, 2025 | PPS Board Annual Board Ethics and Public Meetings Training Agenda and attached documents for the 5:00 PM meeting. Annual training on ethics and public meetings law. | Agenda Video |
| July 22, 2025 | Public notice: PPS Board Work Session Legal public notice of the meeting with its time, place and agenda, posted on the district's former website. Full agenda packets for meetings before mid-2025 may not appear on the current BoardBook listing. | Agenda |
| July 22, 2025 | Public notice: PPS Board Regular Meeting Legal public notice of the meeting with its time, place and agenda, posted on the district's former website. Full agenda packets for meetings before mid-2025 may not appear on the current BoardBook listing. | Agenda |
| July 22, 2025 | PPS Board Work Session Agenda and attached documents for the 7:50 PM meeting. Work session on 2025-26 board and superintendent focus areas. | Agenda Video |
| July 22, 2025 | PPS Board Regular Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Board set 2025-26 standing committees, heard a budget update, amended the 2025-26 budget and approved a PPS-Beaverton district boundary change. | Agenda Video |
| June 24, 2025 | PPS Board Special Meeting and Work Session Agenda and attached documents for the 6:45 PM meeting. Board accepted the certified results of the May 20, 2025 vote approving $1.83 billion in school bonds (Resolution 7134) and heard the staff plan for relocating the district headquarters. | Agenda Video |
| June 23, 2025 | PPS Board Policy Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 4:30 PM meeting. Board policy committee meeting. | Agenda Video |
| June 23, 2025 | PPS Board Charter Schools Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 5:30 PM meeting. Board charter schools committee meeting. | Agenda |
| June 23, 2025 | PPS Board Audit Committee Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 11:00 AM meeting. Board audit committee meeting. | Agenda |
| June 10, 2025 | Public notice: PPS Board Regular Meeting Legal public notice of the meeting with its time, place and agenda, posted on the district's former website. Full agenda packets for meetings before mid-2025 may not appear on the current BoardBook listing. | Agenda |
| June 10, 2025 | PPS Board Regular Meeting Agenda and attached documents for the 6:00 PM meeting. Board adopted the 2025-26 budget and imposed taxes (Resolution 7121) and heard an update on the Jefferson High School enrollment strategy. | Agenda Video |
| May 19, 2025 | Public notice: PPS Board Special Meeting Legal public notice of the meeting with its time, place and agenda, posted on the district's former website. Full agenda packets for meetings before mid-2025 may not appear on the current BoardBook listing. | Agenda |
| May 6, 2025 | Public notice: PPS Board Regular Meeting Legal public notice of the meeting with its time, place and agenda, posted on the district's former website. Full agenda packets for meetings before mid-2025 may not appear on the current BoardBook listing. | Agenda |
| April 15, 2025 | Public notice: PPS Board Audit Committee Legal public notice of the meeting with its time, place and agenda, posted on the district's former website. Full agenda packets for meetings before mid-2025 may not appear on the current BoardBook listing. | Agenda |
| April 8, 2025 | Public notice: PPS Board Regular Meeting Legal public notice of the meeting with its time, place and agenda, posted on the district's former website. Full agenda packets for meetings before mid-2025 may not appear on the current BoardBook listing. | Agenda |
| March 18, 2025 | Public notice: PPS Board Work Session with Consent Agenda Legal public notice of the meeting with its time, place and agenda, posted on the district's former website. Full agenda packets for meetings before mid-2025 may not appear on the current BoardBook listing. | Agenda |
| March 4, 2025 | Public notice: PPS Board Regular Meeting Legal public notice of the meeting with its time, place and agenda, posted on the district's former website. Full agenda packets for meetings before mid-2025 may not appear on the current BoardBook listing. | Agenda |
| January 21, 2025 | Public notice: PPS Board Work Session (canceled notice) Legal public notice of the meeting with its time, place and agenda, posted on the district's former website. Full agenda packets for meetings before mid-2025 may not appear on the current BoardBook listing. | Agenda |
| January 21, 2025 | Public notice: PPS Board Work Session Legal public notice of the meeting with its time, place and agenda, posted on the district's former website. Full agenda packets for meetings before mid-2025 may not appear on the current BoardBook listing. | Agenda |
| January 7, 2025 | Public notice: PPS Board Regular Meeting Legal public notice of the meeting with its time, place and agenda, posted on the district's former website. Full agenda packets for meetings before mid-2025 may not appear on the current BoardBook listing. | Agenda |
| Undated | PPS Board of Education YouTube channel Live streams and recordings of board meetings, committee meetings and engagement sessions. | Video |
| Undated | PPS Board meeting materials on BoardBook Official posting site for PPS board and committee agendas, packets, resolutions and minutes. Check here before each meeting for the documents the board will vote on. | Agenda |