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On Thursday, the Sacramento City Unified School District board reapproved its agreement with the teachers’ union after the fiscal adviser suspended the initial approval in September, saying the district had not met state requirements for public disclosure and county office review.
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The unanimous vote comes as district officials scramble to address a $222 million structural deficit to avoid state receivership, while tensions with the Sacramento County Office of Education continue to mount over two memorandums of understanding— one still in limbo after the fiscal adviser rescinded the board’s July approval, and another the board reapproved Thursday.
“I just want it not to go to waste that we still have another $97 million that is still sitting on the table, and I’m hoping that SCOE sees that this is just part of that puzzle and part of that process combined,” Jasjit Singh, a board trustee, said during the meeting.
The rescinded MOU was projected to provide the district with $97.6 million in fiscal relief over three years, through 2027-28, including nearly $68 million in reimbursements from its CalPERS-administered retiree health trust for retiree health costs.
The second MOU extends the district’s retiree health trust reimbursements for one additional school year, 2028-29, and is expected to add about $23.6 million.
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The district shared the new MOU with state and county officials, including fiscal adviser Luz Cázares, late Wednesday, Sept. 9 — less than a day before the board approved it at a special meeting. The agenda packet containing the agreement was made public shortly before the meeting.
On Sept. 11, Cázares told the board she was staying its approval, saying the district had not met state public disclosure requirements or allowed the county office the required 10 working days to review the agreement. During Thursday’s meeting, district chief business officer Gerardo Castillo said the county office had reviewed and approved the MOU’s public disclosure documents.
Hours earlier, district superintendent Cancy McArn wrote to Cázares Thursday morning, calling the adviser’s concerns about the district’s revised budget to address the fiscal distress “unfounded” and disputing her warning that “speculative budget solutions” would not support the district to meet its financial obligations.
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