Board approves unaudited 2024–25 financials and routine personnel items; votes recorded 6–0 with one absent
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Summary
The Visalia Unified School District Board approved the agenda, multiple consent items, recommended suspensions and expulsions, the FY 2024–25 unaudited actuals report, an exemption from required teacher-salary expenditure minimums and the warrant list; most motions passed unanimously among trustees with one member absent.
The Visalia Unified School District Board took a series of formal votes during the regular meeting; recorded outcomes and key details follow.
Adopt meeting agenda — Motion to adopt the board meeting agenda was made by Board Member Gamoyan and seconded by Board Member Villegas. The board recorded the motion as passing 6–0 with one absent.
Consent agenda — A motion by Board Member DeYoung, seconded by Board Member Belt, approved the consent agenda. The Student Board Representative voted yes; the motion passed 6–0 with one absent.
Recommended suspended expulsions — On a motion by Board Member Villegas and seconded by Board Member Gamoyan, the board approved the recommended suspended expulsions. The Student Board Representative abstained; the meeting record states the motion passed 6–0 with one absent.
Recommended expulsions — A motion by Board Member Gamoyan, seconded by Board Member DeYoung, approved recommended expulsions. The Student Board Representative abstained; the record shows the motion passed 6–0 with one absent.
Fiscal year 2024–25 unaudited actuals report — Chief Business Officer Nathan Hernandez presented the district’s unaudited actuals, showing general‑fund revenues of about $520,000,000, expenditures of about $540,000,000, an ending unrestricted fund balance of about $51,000,000 and a district reserve of 8.2%. Board Member Belt moved to approve the unaudited actuals report; Board Member Villegas seconded. The Student Board Representative voted yes; the motion passed 6–0 with one absent.
Exemption from required expenditures for classroom teacher salaries (Ed. Code §41372) — The board approved a required exemption request, noting the district’s classroom‑salary ratio is about 50.8% versus the 55% threshold in Education Code §41372 (district staff said this waiver is commonly required as districts expand classified and expanded‑learning services). A motion by Board Member Gamoian, seconded by Board Member Odo, passed with the Student Board Representative voting yes and the board tally recorded as 6–0 with one absent.
Warrant list (08/01/2025–08/29/2025) — A motion by Board Member Gaby, seconded by Board Member Gamoyan, approved the district warrant list for the stated dates. The Student Board Representative voted yes; the motion passed 6–0 with one absent.
No additional roll-call breakdown for individual trustee votes was recorded in the meeting transcript beyond the student representative’s recorded votes and the final tallies. Several items reported the student board representative’s vote specifically (consent agenda, unaudited actuals, warrant list — yes; expulsions and suspended expulsions — abstain). The board’s official minutes and the county office filings will carry the formal record.
Votes recorded in this meeting will be forwarded in the district packet to the Tulare County Office of Education as part of the unaudited actuals submission and included in the district’s official minutes.