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Board approves audit, salary schedule and multiple routine items
Summary
At its Jan. 28 meeting the Palm Springs Unified School District Board approved a clean audit for fiscal year 2023–24, adopted a salary schedule and passed a package of routine personnel and accountability items, including two expulsions and a readmission.
The Palm Springs Unified School District Board of Education on Jan. 28 approved the district's audited financial statements for the year ending June 30, 2024, adopted a salary schedule and approved a series of routine consent and personnel items.
The board voted to accept an unmodified audit opinion from Eide Bailly, which the district's external auditor, Scott Gustafson, presented to the board. Gustafson told the board the financial statements, federal single-audit testing and applicable state compliance tests produced "no material weaknesses, no findings" and an "unmodified opinion." He also reported no findings on the district's Proposition 39 bond performance and financial testing for Measure E and Measure I.
The board approved the salary schedule, adopted an updated uniform cost accounting procedures resolution, and approved the 2024 School Accountability Report Card. The board also approved personnel/employee transitions, the readmission of an expulsion case from 2023-24 (case 4), and the recommendation to expel a student in case 2024-25-19.
Several routine items were approved under superintendent and board consent, including meeting minutes from Jan. 14 and other listed consent agenda items. Each motion passed with the board announcing "Aye" and the chair calling the motion passed.
Nut graf: The approvals finalize the district's fiscal reporting for 2023-24 and clear outstanding audit items, while the personnel and discipline votes implement routine staffing and student safety decisions required for operations.
Board action details and outcomes follow in the order presented at the meeting:
- Audit for year ending June 30, 2024 (Item 16A): Approved. Auditor Scott Gustafson reported an unmodified opinion and no findings on federal awards testing and state compliance. Outcome: approved.
- Salary schedule (Item 16B): Approved. Outcome: approved.
- Resolution updating uniform cost accounting procedures (Item 16C, Res. 2024-2025-20): Adopted. Outcome: approved.
- 2024 School Accountability Report Card (Item 16D): Approved. Outcome: approved.
- Certified and classified employee transitions (Item 16E): Approved. Outcome: approved.
- Readmission of expulsion case 2023/2024-4 (Item 16F): Approved. Outcome: approved.
- Approval of expulsion case 2024/2025-19 (Item 16G): Approved. Outcome: approved.
- Superintendent consent items 17A'E and board consent items including minutes (Item 18A): Approved. Outcome: approved.
Ending: The board scheduled a special board meeting for Feb. 4, 2025, and its next regular meeting for Feb. 11, 2025. The district will post any finalized audit documents and the audit report remains available as part of the district's public records.
