Sacramento City Unified board approves central-office reductions, rejects LCFF-funded site cuts
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The Sacramento City Unified School District board approved Exhibit A of Resolution 3568, advancing central-office certificated staff reductions, and unanimously rejected Exhibit B, which listed school-site positions funded entirely by LCFF; the board said final layoff notices may be revisited on a March 15 timeline.
The Sacramento City Unified School District board voted unanimously to approve Exhibit A of Resolution 3568, moving forward with proposed central-office certificated staff reductions, and simultaneously voted to reject Exhibit B, which listed site-level positions paid fully with Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) dollars.
Jay Kansan of the district’s Human Resources Department told the board that the two exhibits were presented as options to support the district’s fiscal-solvency plan and that the list was limited to positions fully funded by LCFF because of the current timeline and contractual constraints. "The reductions are being brought forward as potential strategies to support the district's fiscal solvency plan," Kansan said. He told members the district is "on the March 15 timeline" and that his hope was to return with a recommendation on final layoff notices once an administrative law judge's decision is received.
During public comment, Steve Bruno objected to the proposals and criticized board choices that, he said, contributed to the district's budget shortfall. "This approach is a freaking hand grenade," Bruno said, urging the trustees to accept responsibility for prior decisions and pointing to reserve reductions and recent contract approvals as contributing factors. Bruno also alleged campaign-contribution influences and called for elected members to resign.
Board members pressed staff for clarity about the distinction between Exhibits A and B. Kansan explained that Exhibit A includes central-office positions and a mix of management and nonmanagement roles; he said Exhibit A lists—among other items—12.6 FTE in TK–12 and 36 FTE certificated management positions identified for consideration. Exhibit B, he said, listed site positions fully funded by LCFF, including a 0.6 FTE resource teacher and one assistant principal on the resolution, and was provided as an option at the board’s request.
After a motion to move Exhibit A separately, the board held a roll-call vote that recorded ayes from all members present and approved Exhibit A to proceed. The board then voted on a motion to not move forward with Exhibit B; that motion also passed on a unanimous roll-call vote, meaning the board will not proceed with the LCFF-funded site reductions listed in Exhibit B at this time.
The board did not discuss final layoff notices in detail during this session; staff said they expect to return with further recommendations tied to the March 15 timeline and contingent on the ALJ decision. The board’s votes leave Exhibit A as the only set of reductions advancing under Resolution 3568.
Actions at a glance: Resolution 3568 — Exhibit A approved (motion moved by Member Kayatta; seconded by Member Navarro; roll-call vote: unanimous ayes); Exhibit B rejected (motion to reject approved by roll-call vote: unanimous ayes).
