District overview
Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
Who governs FSUSD, and what shapes its budget?
Fairfield-Suisun Unified is governed collectively by seven trustees representing geographic areas, with a student trustee participating in board work. The board adopts policy, the annual budget and LCAP, senior leadership agreements, curriculum decisions, and facilities contracts; the superintendent and staff administer those decisions. California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) supplies the core operating mechanism, with funded attendance and the count of higher-need pupils shaping revenue. Restricted state and federal programs and voter-approved Measure S facilities bonds have narrower permitted uses.
Seven area trustees act as one board
Residents elect representatives from trustee areas, but trustees govern the whole district collectively rather than directing individual campuses.
LCFF links revenue to attendance and student need
Base funding follows funded attendance; supplemental and concentration funding reflects students who are low-income, English learners, or foster youth.
The LCAP links priorities to spending
The board adopts the three-year LCAP before the budget, after public review, and must receive a midyear report on outcomes and spending before the end of February.
School plans operate within district authority
Each campus develops a School Plan for Student Achievement with its School Site Council, but districtwide staffing, bargaining, construction, and the General Fund remain board responsibilities.
The adopted 2026-27 budget says the district can meet its obligations, while drawing down the General Fund by $33.3 million after financing uses. The district also maintains a separate economic-uncertainty reserve, so the planned drawdown is significant without by itself establishing insolvency.
2026–27 budget scale
The official June 25 presentation reports total proposed General Fund expenditures.
Context calculation: $364,463,185 divided by the district's latest published 20,600-pupil profile. The denominator is October 2024 enrollment rather than a 2026-27 projection, so this is approximate and not an audited per-pupil measure.
Expenditures exceed revenue by $30.99 million before other financing uses.
The same summary shows a $48.01 million beginning balance and a $33.32 million reduction after other financing uses.
Major projects
Anna Kyle main office and kindergarten complex
Construction reached purchase and closeout stageThe project adds five kindergarten classrooms, shared learning space, a new main office, safer circulation, parking, landscaping, and field improvements. A July 2026 board item scheduled the district's option to purchase the completed improvements under the lease-leaseback agreement.
- District holds the project groundbreaking
- Project team marks structural topping out during April 2025
- Board agenda schedules exercise of the district's purchase option
- Campus office reopens for the 2026-27 school year
Funding
Measure S general-obligation bonds and California state matching funds
The district identified $24 million for Anna Kyle within the voter-approved $249.6 million Measure S program.
2026-27 LCAP and budget implementation
Annual plan and budget adopted for implementationThe board's June cycle paired the 2026-27 LCAP update and federal addendum with the annual budget, establishing funded actions and outcome measures for the school year.
- Board holds its LCAP and budget public-hearing cycle
- LCAP update, federal addendum, and 2026-27 budget are presented for approval
- 2026-27 implementation year begins
Funding
LCFF, restricted state and federal programs, and local General Fund revenue
The district reports $333.47 million of General Fund revenue for the implementation year; action-level LCAP spending should be tracked in the midyear update.
Recent news
This overview uses Fairfield-Suisun Unified's official 2026-27 budget presentation, LCAP policy and plan materials, governing-board records, district enrollment profile, and facilities updates.
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