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Inglewood Unified recommends 'positive' budget certification while warning of multiyear deficits; board told to find $6.7M in reductions
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Rafael Guzman recommended a "positive" certification for Inglewood Unified’s second interim report, but told the board the district faces multiyear deficit spending unless it sustains a plan of reductions and revenue actions, including $6.7 million in identified cuts and a target to find an additional $5 million.
Assistant Superintendent and Chief Business Official Rafael Guzman told the Inglewood Unified School District Board on March 11 that administration recommends a “positive” certification for the district’s 2025–26 second interim report, while warning that multiyear deficit spending requires continued action.
Guzman presented actuals through Jan. 31, 2026, and described the main drivers behind the update: a lower-than-anticipated state cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) supplied in the governor’s budget and a projected decline in enrollment and average daily attendance (ADA). “When we did the first interim report a few months ago … COLA was higher. Since that changed, our revenue is lower,” Guzman said, explaining why LCFF revenue projections fell.
Guzman outlined the district’s enrollment assumptions…
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