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VUSD trustees to hear multiyear budget update – The Vacaville Reporter

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By Richard Bammer

Multiyear budget numbers will be on the agenda when Vacaville Unified leaders meet Thursday night, as Kelly Burks, associate superintendent of business and administrative services, will offer an update from the district’s Budget Advisory Committee.

In a computer-aided slide presentation, she will detail the functions of the committee, its mission, its goals for the current fiscal year, and a timeline shared by the governing board and the BAC.

Highlighting some of the numbers in boldface, Burks will tell trustees that the red ink during the next three budget years, through 2027-28, will increase each year by $18.7 million, $19.1 million and $21.4 million, respectively.

Source: VUSD trustees to hear multiyear budget update – The Vacaville Reporter

Spending plan for arts and music, and a meat contract on VUSD agenda – The Vacaville Reporter

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By Richard Bammer

A proposed spending plan for arts and music funding, appointments to the School Attendance Review Board, a six-figure contract with an area meat company, and the sale of certificates to refinance lease payments are on the agenda when Vacaville Unified leaders meet Thursday.

Ali Eeds, director of secondary education, will ask the governing board members to approve the district’s schools and dependent charter schools’ proposed spending plan for the 2025-26 for the Arts and Music Funding Guarantee and Accountability Act funds.

Source: Spending plan for arts and music, and a meat contract on VUSD agenda – The Vacaville Reporter

CA to Receive $1B in Previously Impounded Ed Funds – Year 2025 (CA Dept of Education)

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State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond and the California Department of Education (CDE) today announced that the CDE has received confirmation that it will receive the entirety of the nearly $1billion in previously impounded federal education funds for the 2025–26 school year. This comes after weeks of delays caused by the Trump administration’s decision to withhold critical funding allocations to states across the nation.

“California schools have been waiting for these resources to serve students, and now nearly $1billion of illegally impounded federal education funds will finally reach our classrooms,” said Superintendent Thurmond. “The Trump administration’s delay created unacceptable uncertainty for our schools and harmed many of our most vulnerable students. However, we are moving swiftly to ensure these funds support students, educators, and school communities without further interruption.”

Source: CA to Receive $1B in Previously Impounded Ed Funds – Year 2025 (CA Dept of Education)

TUSD to discuss layoffs to balance budget, a special tax – The Vacaville Reporter

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By Richard Bammer

A special tax for two Community Facilities Districts and the layoff a teacher and layoffs or reduced hours for several school-support employees are on the agenda when the Travis Unified governing board meets Tuesday night in Fairfield.

The district’s chief business officer, Gabe Moulaison, has recommended that district leaders adopt a resolution that would levy and apportion special taxes for Community Facilities Districts No. 1 and No. 2 for the the 2025-26 fiscal year.

Source: TUSD to discuss layoffs to balance budget, a special tax – The Vacaville Reporter

Suisun council, Measure S committee agree on proposed budget | dailyrepublic.com

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The council and Measure S committee offered support for the proposed budget in a joint meeting Tuesday night.

At a prior Tuesday meeting, the council, on a unanimous vote, approved the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District’s proposal to provide after-school programming for Crescent and Dan O. Root elementary schools.

The proposal for both schools includes transitional kindergarten through fifth grade.

Source: Suisun council, Measure S committee agree on proposed budget | News | dailyrepublic.com

Budget proposal, after school programming go before city council | dailyrepublic.com

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By Amy Maginnis-Honey

The City Council on Tuesday will consider the Fairfield-Suisun Unified District’s proposal to provide after-school programming for Crescent and Dan O. Root schools, as well as the proposed 2025-26 city budget.

The meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the council chamber at City Hall, 701 Civic Center Blvd.

Suisun Elementary’s after-school program is only for students, grades 1-5, at that campus. There is no cost to participate.

Source: Budget proposal, after school programming go before city council | School | dailyrepublic.com

VCUSD approves qualified second interim budget – Times Herald Online

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By Thomas Gase

The Vallejo City Unified School District approved its second interim budget report, which was certified as “qualified” at its Wednesday Board of Education meeting.

The “qualified” status indicates that the district may require assistance to fulfill its financial responsibilities during the current or the next two fiscal years.

The board also approved a resolution calling for additional budget cuts in the 2026–27 school year. VCUSD Superintendent Rubén Aurelio previously cautioned the community that the recent school closures and consolidations were only the first phase of cost-saving measures.

Source: VCUSD approves qualified second interim budget – Times Herald Online

Fairfield-Suisun school board meets Thursday | dailyrepublic.com

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The Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District trustees on Thursday will receive a presentation on the governor’s 2025-26 budget proposal.

The public session begins at 6 p.m. following a closed session at 5, during which the board members will be updated on matters of student discipline, personnel, negotiations and litigation. No specifics were listed on the agenda.

Source: Fairfield-Suisun school board meets Thursday | News | dailyrepublic.com

Fairfield-Suisun school board meets Thursday | dailyrepublic.com

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The Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District trustees on Thursday will receive a presentation on the governor’s 2025-26 budget proposal.

The public session begins at 6 p.m. following a closed session at 5, during which the board members will be updated on matters of student discipline, personnel, negotiations and litigation. No specifics were listed on the agenda.

A presentation, “Student Voices: Campus Cleanliness and Environmental Awareness,” also is on the agenda.

Source: Fairfield-Suisun school board meets Thursday | News | dailyrepublic.com

VUSD New trustees, board reorganization, budget report – The Vacaville Reporter

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By Richard Bammer

Tonight will mark the Vacaville Unified governing board’s last meeting of 2024, and two newly elected women will be sworn in as the school district’s newest trustees — just in time to hear the school district’s 2024-25 first interim budget numbers and see some projected red ink.

Audra Orr, a retired state Department of Justice special agent and retired Air Force Reserve lieutenant colonel representing Trustee Area 4, and Michele Guerra, chairwoman of the Solano County Republican Central Committee representing Trustee Area 7, will take the oath of office.

Source: On VUSD agenda: New trustees, board reorganization, budget report – The Vacaville Reporter

Annual complete financial report on TUSD agenda – The Vacaville Reporter

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By Richard Bammer

Travis Unified leaders are expected to approve an annual complete financial report for the fiscal year 2023-24 when they meet Tuesday night in Fairfield.

Known as “unaudited actuals,” the report is an accounting which shows the district’s complete fiscal picture before it is formally audited, generally by an independent financial firm.

Chief Business Officer Gabe Moulaison will make the presentation to the five-member governing board.

Source: Annual complete financial report on TUSD agenda – The Vacaville Reporter

FSUSD trustees told gradual ‘landing pattern’ is best budget approach | dailyrepublic.com

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By Todd R. Hansen

Trustees for the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District on Thursday offered general ideas about how Superintendent Jennifer Sachs and her staff are expected to land a plane with a heavy debt load.

The projected deficit for 2024-25 is nearly $20.7 million, climbing to $23.26 million in 2025-26, district documents stated.

The discussion during a special budget study session, which preceded the regular board meeting, was largely one about what each board member felt were the highest priorities against an uncertain financial landscape.

Source: F-S Unified trustees told gradual ‘landing pattern’ is best budget approach | Politics | dailyrepublic.com

DUSD leaders to mull $1 million in budget reductions for 2026-27 year – The Vacaville Reporter

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By Richard Bammer

Dixon Unified School District governing board members will use Thursday’s meeting to discuss how to achieve nearly $1 million in budget reductions for the 2026-27 academic year.

Brett Barley, the eastern Solano County rural school district’s new superintendent, will lead the discussion about a third-party firm hired to explain opportunities for savings and possible revenue.

In the agenda documents, however, Barley did not name the firm, but he noted a report “should be ready” before a September trustees meeting. The report will be used to help in making decisions to comply with a resolution requiring the district to draft a “detailed plan” for $943,000 in budget reductions for the 2026-27 fiscal year. He expects to announce a timeline to carry it out at the governing board’s Oct. 3 meeting.

Source: DUSD leaders to mull $1 million in budget reductions for 2026-27 year – The Vacaville Reporter

F-S Unified trustees to discuss future budget shortfalls | dailyrepublic.com

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The projected 2024-25 budget for the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District has an $18 million deficit and the 2025-26 budget is in the red at $20.6 million.

The district board of trustees will hold a budget review session on Thursday.

“The board study session will include a presentation of the critical aspects of the approved California state budget, the revised multi-year projections, and a review of the approved list of reductions for the 2024-25 school year,” the agenda states.

Source: F-S Unified trustees to discuss future budget shortfalls | News | dailyrepublic.com

More than third of F-S Unified budget goes into LCAP | dailyrepublic.com

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The Fairfield-Suisun Unified board of trustees recently approved the $116.62 million 2024-25 Local Control and Accountability Plan.

The total represents about 36.12 % of the district’s full budget of $322.86 million.

LCAP is a three-year plan guides the district on education services for high-needs students, including foster youth, English learners and low-income students.

Source: More than third of F-S Unified budget goes into LCAP | News | dailyrepublic.com

DUSD trustees expected to approve LCAP, 2024-25 budget – The Vacaville Reporter

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By Richard Bammer

Dixon Unified leaders Thursday night are expected to approve two key documents that will guide the rural eastern Solano County school district in the coming year: the Local Control Accountability Plan and the 2024-25 budget.

NIck Girimonte, the assistant superintendent of educational services, will recommend approval of the LCAP, a sort of blueprint of the district’s budget for the coming academic year and subsequent two years.

It is a plan, according to agenda documents, that describes the goals, actions, services and expenses “to support positive student outcomes that address state and local priorities.”

Source: DUSD trustees expected to approve LCAP, 2024-25 budget – The Vacaville Reporter

TUSD leaders expected to OK 2024-25 budget, LCAP – The Reporter

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District leaders are expected to approve the Local Control Accountability Plan and the 2024-25 budget, key annual financial documents, when the Travis Unified governing board meets Tuesday evening in Fairfield.

Approval of the $86.5 million budget comes on the heels of a June 4 governing board meeting, when Chief Business Officer Gabe Moulaison, in a public hearing and presentation, detailed the pending academic year’s proposed budget for the 5,400-student district. (It operates five elementary schools — two on Travis Air Force Base, Scandia and Travis, and two, Cambridge and Foxboro, in Vacaville, and Center Elementary in Fairfield — Golden West Middle School, Vanden High, and a continuation high school.)

Source: TUSD leaders expected to OK 2024-25 budget, LCAP

LCAP, 2024-25 budget on DUSD governing board agenda – The Vacaville Reporter

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By Richard Bammer

The Local Control Accountability Plan and the projected 2024-25 budget are on the agenda when Dixon Unified leaders meet Thursday evening in Dixon.

Trudy Barrington, the school district’s chief business official, will offer information about the 2024-25 LCAP, a sort of blueprint for the district’s budget for the coming academic year. She also will offer information about the two outlying years, through June 30, 2027, based on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s state budget revision released early last month.

Source: LCAP, 2024-25 budget on DUSD governing board agenda – The Vacaville Reporter

LCAPs, budgets for district, several charter schools on VUSD agenda – The Vacaville Reporter

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By Richard Bammer

Local Control Accountability Plans and the projected 2024-25 budgets for the district and several charter schools are on the agenda when Vacaville Unified leaders meet Thursday evening in Vacaville.

Kelly Burks, the associate superintendent of business and administrative services, will present the Local Control Funding Formula, a description of the district’s money sources, first in a public hearing, followed by information about the 2024-25 LCAP, a sort of blueprint for the district’s projected $185 million in expenses while revenue tops out at $167 million for the coming academic year.

Under the funding formula, California school districts get money from state, local and federal funds. By law, districts must adopt their budgets by June 30, the end of the fiscal year.

Source: LCAPs, budgets for district, several charter schools on VUSD agenda – The Vacaville Reporter

Budget, obligation bond, LCAP land before Travis Unified board | dailyrepublic.com

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Trustees for the Travis Unified School District on Tuesday will receive a presentation and conduct a public hearing on the proposed 2024-25 budget.

A final decision on placing a $65 million general bond on the Nov. 5 ballot is also on the agenda.

The district, if approved, would set a rate of 6 cents on every $100 of assessed value, generating an average of $4.7 million a year for facility needs.

Source: Budget, obligation bond, LCAP land before Travis Unified board | News | dailyrepublic.com