Board adopts limited waiver to help some students meet graduation while strengthening ethnic-studies rollout The Santa Ana Unified board adopted a resolution creating a narrowly tailored waiver pathway so certain students (credit-recovery, alternative-education, McKinney-Vento, newcomers, foster youth) can meet graduation requirements while the district addresses course access and teacher training; the motion passed 4-1.

The Santa Ana Unified School District has adopted a resolution to create a limited waiver for certain students, ensuring they can still graduate while the crucial ethnic studies program is rolled out.

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Santa Ana USD says first-interim budget is 'positively certified' but warns of a structural deficit tied to enrollment decline District finance leaders told a Dec. 2025 town hall the first-interim shows the district is positively certified for the current year and two out years, but stressed a multi-year structural deficit driven by declining enrollment will require continued fiscal stabilization.

Santa Ana Unified School District's budget is certified for the next two years, but a looming $35 billion structural deficit tied to declining enrollment poses a serious threat to its future.

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