The Sacramento City Unified School District may have come up with a plan that will temporarily stop a state takeover due to a $35 million deficit. SCUSD will lay out its plan at a budget update meeting with the city Board of Education on Thursday. According to district officials, the 178 job cuts announced last week, on top of all the other cuts made so far, may have been enough to temporarily stop the state takeover that was set for June 1 if the district uses $19.67 million of district reserves to cover next year’s expenditures. Although tapping into district reserves is not a long-term solution to the SCUSD’s $35 million deficit, it will help buy the district some time to achieve long-term cost savings through labor negotiations with its teachers union. The Board of Education needs to approve the 2019-2020 budget plan in order for the state takeover to be pushed back. The board will vote on the plan on Thursday at 8:30 p.m.

The Sacramento City Unified School District may have come up with a plan that will temporarily stop a state takeover due to a $35 million deficit.

SCUSD will lay out its plan at a budget update meeting with the city Board of Education on Thursday.


According to district officials, the 178 job cuts announced last week, on top of all the other cuts made so far, may have been enough to temporarily stop the state takeover that was set for June 1 if the district uses $19.67 million of district reserves to cover next year’s expenditures.

Although tapping into district reserves is not a long-term solution to the SCUSD’s $35 million deficit, it will help buy the district some time to achieve long-term cost savings through labor negotiations with its teachers union.

The Board of Education needs to approve the 2019-2020 budget plan in order for the state takeover to be pushed back.

The board will vote on the plan on Thursday at 8:30 p.m.