TRUCKEE/TAHOE, Calif. — The California Board of Education has approved — albeit on specific conditions — the school district's request for more than $1 million in funding for the next budget cycle.

At its board meeting Wednesday in Sacramento, trustees OK'd the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District's 2009-10 consolidated application for state funding, a decision Superintendent Steve Jennings said guarantees the district will not have to dive into reserves to make up the difference for the 2010-11 fiscal year, which begins July 1.

The approval came with conditions based on a “uniform complaint” filed by the English Learner parents, who alleged the district neglected to involve and communicate with them for the past two years, Jennings said.

“They asked us to present by the next board meeting an outreach plan outlining how the district intends to include non-English speaking parents,” he said. The board next meets May 12-13.

Other conditions require the district present a one-year report detailing its progress with EL parent communication and work with California Department of Education staff in those communication efforts.

“Going forward it will certainly be a top priority and we'll definitely make sure we address everything we are asked to address,” Jennings said.

Maria Herrera, president of Truckee's District English Learner Advisory Committee and one of the parent complainants, did not return phone calls for this story.