A key state assessment team has recommended the return of financial management to the Vallejo City Unified School District, paving the way for the restoration of full local governance.
The Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team will tell state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson that the district is ready to regain control of its treasury.

It will be Torlakson's decision whether to approve the recommendation. Torlakson was in the state Senate when the Legislature approved a $60 million loan to the struggling district and placed it under receivership.

"We are a district now that is much healthier (than in 2004)," Vallejo school board president Hazel Wilson said Friday.

Wilson was also on the board in 2004 when the state bailed out the district after a massive deficit was uncovered. The governing board was stripped of its powers and control handed to State Administrator Richard Damelio.