
California's school-finance watchdog rates LAUSD at 'high risk' of insolvency; county projects a $231M cash shortfall by Nov. 2027
L.A. Unified lost more than 28,000 students in three years, but its staff kept growing. Now the state's school-finance watchdog says the district could burn through its reserves by the 2027-28 school year.
There's a $3.6 billion plan to fix it. Key parts of it haven't happened yet.
What's driving the shortfall, and what could get cut: