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Santa Rosa district labeled a "lack of going concern"; staff outline cash-management and multiyear planning steps
Summary
District staff told the finance subcommittee the Sonoma County Office of Education designated Santa Rosa City Schools as a "lack of going concern" and presented immediate cash-management steps, a pre-first interim multiyear projection and other measures to avoid a county administrator takeover.
District staff told the Santa Rosa City Schools Board Finance Subcommittee on Oct. 6, 2025, that the Sonoma County Office of Education had designated the district as a “lack of going concern,” and described a package of near-term cash-management and multiyear-planning steps to prevent a county takeover.
The designation prompted the staff presentation outlining a pre-first interim multiyear projection (MYP), an outside fiscal health assessment and tighter monthly cash controls. “We have received our official communication from the county office of ed letting us know that they were designated us as a lack of going concern,” a district staff member said. “This was expected. I mean, it's been selected for months.”
Why it matters: staff said a shortage of cash — not just accounting deficits — would force the state or county to step in to…
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