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SFUSD budget update: reconciliation narrows some gaps while restricted funds and reconciliation work continue
Summary
Deputy Superintendent Chris Benitez told the board the district reconciled assumptions from the adopted budget and showed modest changes: unrestricted deficit fell but restricted planned deficit grew. Staff emphasized reconciliation, data integration and plans for public fiscal dashboards.
Deputy Superintendent of Business Services Chris Benitez gave the Board an update on the district’s fiscal and operational health, describing recent reconciliations between the budget adopted in June and later, more complete revenue and expenditure information.
Benitez told commissioners that when the adopted budget is reconciled to actual apportionment, property tax receipts and final staffing decisions, some figures shift. In the district’s unrestricted general fund, reconciled revenue increased by about $9 million while expenses rose by about $8 million, leaving an improved unrestricted deficit of roughly $800,000 less than projected. In restricted funds…
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