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Sacramento City Unified School District delays state takeover with surplus from school shutdowns

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Sacramento City Unified School District delays state takeover with surplus from school shutdowns
Sacramento City Unified School District delays state takeover with surplus from school shutdowns
Jessica Mensch reports

THEY DIDN'T INCUR A LOT OF THEUSUAL EXPENSES.

BUT OF COURSETHAT CANNOT BE A LONG-TERMSOLUTION.

A SIGH OF RELIEF ATTHURSDAY NIGHT'S SCHOOL BOARDMEETING A SACRAMENTO CITYUNIFIED ANNOUNCES IT ENDED THELAST SCHOOL YEAR WITH MONEY TOSPARE.THE DISTRICT PREDICTED AROUGHLY 12 MILLION DOLLARBUDGET SHORTFALL BUT ENDED UPWITH A 23 MILLION DOLLARSURPLUS WE WORK AS WELL ASFOOLS BECAUSE OF COVID-19 AFIRST.AND SO THIS IS THE RESULTIN SOME OF THESE SPENDINGCATEGORIES.BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOLCLOSURES THEY SAVE MONEY ONUTILITIES TRANSPORTATION ANDSOME VACANT POSITIONS NOTBEING FILLED.

STILL CHIEFBUSINESS OFFICER ROSE BRAHMOSWARNS THIS SAVINGS IS NOTSUSTAINABLE.

SOME STUDENTSWILL EVENTUALLY RETURN TO THECLASSROOM.

THE SACRAMENTO CITYTEACHERS ASSOCIATION ISFRUSTRATED OVER THE INACCURATEBUDGET FORECAST THAT QUITEFRANKLY, YOU KNOW SCARE PEOPLEAND AND PEOPLE QUITE NATURALLYCONCERNED THAT THEY MAY.IF YOU'RE TURNED OUT NOT TOBE CORRECT.

BUDGET DOCUMENTSSHOW THAT EVERY YEAR SINCE2012 THE DISTRICT HASPREDICTED IT WOULD SPENDMILLIONS MORE THAN ACTUALLYDEAD.WHAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE THEMOST ACCURATE INFORMATIONPOSSIBLE SO WHEN WE'RE MAKINGDECISIONS WHEN A CONCLUSIONAND THE BEST DECISION FOR OURSTUDENTS BASED ON THEINFORMATION IN AUGUST THEDISTRICT SAID IT WOULD RUN OUTOF CASH BY FEBRUARY 2021.WHICH WOULD PROMPT A STATETAKEOVER.THE DISTRICT SAYS DESPITETHIS BETTER BUDGET OUTLOOK FORLAST YEAR IT DOES NOT FIX ITSFINANCIAL PROBLEMS.AND WE DID ASK A DISTRICTSPOKESPERSON ABOUT THAT 2021

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