Sacramento City Unified School District’s former Chief Business Officer Janea Marking alleges in documents obtained by The Sacramento Bee that the board of trustees knowingly approved an “unaffordable” teachers union contract despite repeated warnings about its fiscal consequences.
Thanks to a deluge in unbudgeted spending and systemic poor fiscal practices, the district is facing a projected deficit of about $390 million by 2027-28 and could run out of cash in July.
FULL STORY: Ex-Sac City official alleges board favored teachers’ contract over fiscal solvency
Key takeaways
• Marking wrote in a March 10 email to Sacramento County Office of Education officials that the board was warned multiple times about the financial consequences of its decisions and that projections showed a $122 million deficit by the end of 2027-28…