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Pleasanton Unified School District
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
A district rebuilding its reserves after a negative certification
Pleasanton moved from a negative 2025-26 fiscal certification and a high-risk FCMAT assessment through $11.2 million in approved reductions to an adopted 2026-27 budget projecting a 3.42% reserve. The adopted budget retains the staffing reductions and includes no restorations.
Reserves fell below the state minimum
The 2024-25 unaudited actuals reported a 0.55% unrestricted reserve, and the December 2025 First Interim was certified negative.
The Board approved broad reductions
The February record lists $11.16 million in reductions, including staffing, programs, workdays, operating costs, and professional development.
FCMAT rated insolvency risk high
The March 2026 fiscal-health analysis identified reserves, leadership stability, and position control as the highest-risk areas.
The adopted budget improves the outlook
The June budget projects a 3.42% reserve for 2026-27, rising to 5.39% by 2028-29, while keeping previously approved staffing reductions.
The 2026-27 reserve relies partly on $7.118 million in committed stabilization funds that require state approval before use, and the district projects continued enrollment decline and future staffing adjustments.
Where the district stands
2026-27 adopted budget.
February 19 budget-reduction presentation.
2026-27 adopted budget presentation.
Two additional source records were byte-identical duplicates.
Major projects
Fiscal stabilization and staffing reductions
Adopted budget restores minimum reserveThe district adopted a broad reduction plan after receiving a negative certification. Its 2026-27 budget projects a positive certification path and retains the approved staffing reductions without restorations.
- First Interim receives a negative certification
- Remaining reductions move forward, bringing the approved plan to about $11.2 million
- Board resolutions authorize certificated and classified reductions in force
- FCMAT rates the district's fiscal-solvency risk high
- Board adopts a budget projecting a 3.42% reserve for 2026-27
Funding
General Fund, committed stabilization funds, and new state revenue
The adopted budget includes no additional staffing restorations.
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