State cuts San Francisco Unified budget outlook to ‘negative’ on fiscal concerns

The California Department of Education downgraded its evaluation of the San Francisco Unified School District’s budget on concerns that the district won’t be able to pay its bills in the next two fiscal years, district officials said.

The district, which educates more than 50,000 students, said it received notice Friday that the state cut its certification of the most recent financial report from “qualified” to “negative.”