{"id":2969,"date":"2026-05-22T14:32:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/sacramento-unified-advances-nearly-100-layoffs-as-budget-crisis-deepens\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:32:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:32:37","slug":"sacramento-unified-advances-nearly-100-layoffs-as-budget-crisis-deepens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/sacramento-unified-advances-nearly-100-layoffs-as-budget-crisis-deepens\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento Unified advances nearly 100 layoffs as budget crisis deepens"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Sacramento City Unified School District\u2019s board voted Thursday to issue final layoff notices to nearly 100 employees who had challenged the cuts and requested hearings.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/who-will-oversee-el-dorado-countys-banking-candidates-center-on-transparency-2\/\">Who will oversee El Dorado County\u2019s banking? Candidates center on transparency<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The vote stems from the district\u2019s broader layoff plan, which included nearly 568 full-time-equivalent classified positions \u2014 a measure showing staffing hours rather than the exact number of people affected. Thursday\u2019s resolutions listed 93 classified employees and one preschool employee set to receive final layoff notices.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The votes came as Sacramento Unified continues trying to close a roughly $170 million deficit and avoid state takeover, while the latest district update showed its fiscal outlook could still worsen next year.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really hard when we keep getting incomplete information, because that doesn\u2019t lead to good decision-making,\u201d board president Tara Jeane said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>One of the challenges the district has faced throughout the budget crisis is that key numbers, such as spending, budget expectations and projected savings, keep changing, leaving trustees to make major decisions with projections that are still in flux.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/sacramento-unified-sees-revised-state-budget-help-but-not-enough\/\">Sacramento Unified sees revised state budget help, but not enough<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Nikki Milevsky, president of Sacramento City Teachers Association, shared the concern as she criticized the district\u2019s business office and how the fiscal recovery plan still lacked details and urgency.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow is anyone supposed to make heads or tails of the district\u2019s budget when there is so much confusion and lack of information?\u201d Milevsky said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The administrative law judge who reviewed the job cuts acknowledged that SCUSD had financial grounds for the layoffs, but recommended rescinding them after finding that the district had not properly followed the required layoff process.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The board rejected the judge\u2019s recommendations to rescind the layoffs, and approved sending the final layoff notices to the employees. The notices can still be rescinded if positions are reinstated, district officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/home-sales-and-prices-in-sacramento-show-solid-increase-in-april-experts-say-2\/\">Home sales and prices in Sacramento show solid increase in April, experts say<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento City Unified voted to send final layoff notices to nearly 100 classified employees as it seeks to close a roughly $170M deficit and avoid state takeover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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