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Visalia Unified board approves use of Education Protection Account funds for instructional staff pay

3851087 · June 17, 2025
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Summary

The Visalia Unified School District board unanimously approved a resolution to spend Education Protection Account funds on instructional personnel salaries and benefits for fiscal year 2025–26, a use the district said is restricted by EPA rules.

The Visalia Unified School District Board of Education on a 6-0 vote approved a resolution to expend Education Protection Account funds to pay salaries and benefits for instructional personnel for fiscal year 2025–26.

Finance Director Kyla Johnson told the board the district is required to present in public session how it will use EPA funds and said, “No money for the EPA is allowed to be spent on administrative salaries or benefits, and the district plans to use these funds to pay salaries and the benefits for instructional personnel only.” The board voted to adopt the resolution after a motion and second.

The Education Protection Account (EPA) is intended for classroom-related expenditures; district staff presented the resolution as the annual compliance item the board must approve in public session. No additional changes to the proposed use of funds were reported at the meeting.

The board approved the measure with six votes in favor and none opposed. The action implements the district’s stated plan for using EPA resources in the coming fiscal year.