San Diego Unified School District

The San Diego Unified School District Board of Education voted unanimously on March 11, 2025 to positively certify the Second Interim Financial Report for the 2025-26 budget. Interim Superintendent Dr. Fabi Bagula’s Administration outlined a strategy to ensure the District is able to take a clear and responsible path to meeting all its financial obligations for the 2025-26 budget.

Highlights of the strategy presented include eliminating the remainder of the projected deficit, increased revenue projections, limited to no layoffs, and an expected positive fund balance increase for 2024-25 of about $19 million in the District’s General Fund Unrestricted resources.  With this strategy, the 2026-27 budget gap is also reduced from $210 million to $113.4 million, a 46% reduction.

As we work to balance the budget, we are committed to addressing it with transparency, collaboration and care. Our priority is to identify solutions that have the least impact on our classrooms, ensuring that we can continue to provide a high-quality education to every student. We see this budget gap as an opportunity to take a closer look at all aspects of our budget and align our resources more closely with our goals  around student wellness, academic outcomes, and college and career readiness. 

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Thank You for Sharing Your Ideas

Our students, families, staff, educational partners and community members are at the heart of what we do, and your insights and ideas are invaluable. We welcome your diverse perspectives and ideas for budget saving solutions as we navigate this budget gap together.

We thank everyone who shared their input on the Budget Survey. Here is a summary of what we heard: Budget Feedback Survey Data

Timeline & What's Next? 

Upcoming actions that will help to inform our decisions for how we get to zero.  

• Governor’s Budget – In January we will have a better understanding of the funding allocation from the state

• SERP -  In January the enrollment period for the Supplemental Early Retirement Plan will close, which will tell us how many team members choose to retire. 

• Budget Workshop – In February we will have another budget workshop with the community, and that is where the Governor’s Budget, SERP, and all the work we are doing to get to zero, will be shared. 

• Second Interim Report – In March we will present the second interim budget to the Board, and that’s where we intend to show how we get from $112 to zero.

• Lead Up to June Budget Adoption – After the second interim report, we will continue to work on the budget, make adjustments, issue possible notices for certified or classified employees – if needed, review the Governor’s revised budget, and then in June the Board will adopt a final budget – which will be balanced.   

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