District overview
Pleasant Grove Joint Union School District
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
How Pleasant Grove's one school is paid for and who decides
Pleasant Grove Joint Union School District runs a single TK-8 school in rural south Sutter County. About 85% of its roughly $2.26 million in revenue comes from the state's Local Control Funding Formula. A five-member elected board meets on the second Tuesday of the month, and Dave Tarr serves as both superintendent and principal.
$2.37 million budget
2025-26 adopted budget, with a projected $107,219 deficit.
Reserves shrinking
Fund balance projected to drop from $839,856 (2024-25) to $627,183 (2027-28).
Audit findings
The board was asked in May 2026 to certify fixes for three findings in the 2024-25 audit.
Three seats end Nov. 2026
The board discussed an appointment process in Sept. 2026.
Minutes are not posted, so this page cannot show how each trustee voted or whether items passed.
Where the district stands
Major projects
Fixing 2024-25 audit findings
certification requestedBoard received the 2024-25 audit in Feb. 2026 and was asked in May to certify corrective action on three findings; a new auditor engagement was approved in March.
- Audit extension reviewed
- 2024-25 audit on agenda
- Auditor engagement for 2025-26
- Corrective action certification
Funding
General fund
Housing growth and developer fees
fees adoptedThe district commissioned a developer fee study and adopted school facility fees; development updates are a standing superintendent report item.
- Developer fee study contract
- Facility fee public hearing
- Facilities resolution
Funding
Developer fees (Capital Facilities Fund, $261,285 projected balance)
Student wellness policies
in progressMental health (Feb.), child abuse reporting and phone policies (June), and mental health and suicide prevention policies (Oct. 13).
- Mental health AR/BP 5141
- Phone and child-abuse policies
- BP 5141.5 and 5141.52
Funding
Not stated
Recent news
Board agendas and the 2025-26 adopted budget report from the district website (pgroveschool.org/School-Board), Nov. 2025 through the Oct. 13, 2026 agenda. The district does not post minutes, so this page reports what was scheduled, not how the board voted.
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