"At least three Solano County school districts want to join a federal education reform effort, though none so far have the support of their teachers unions.
Friday was the deadline to submit an agreement to the state to participate in the federal Race to the Top funding program.
Officials from the Benicia, Vallejo and Vacaville unified school districts said they would or had submitted a required Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) by the deadline.
The state could be eligible for up to $700 million of the $4.35 billion Race to Top funding, which requires participating districts to institute as-yet undetermined education reforms"