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El Rancho audit gets unmodified opinion but flags classroom-salary compliance shortfall

El Rancho Unified School District Board of Education · March 11, 2026
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Summary

Independent auditors issued an unmodified opinion on El Rancho Unified—s 2024-25 financial statements but reported a state-compliance finding: the district reported 48.28% of spending on classroom teacher salaries against a 55% threshold, producing a roughly $9.3 million deficiency; the board heard corrective-action and enrollment-projection updates.

Monique Manzo of Christy White presented El Rancho Unified—s 2024-25 financial audit to trustees, reporting an unmodified (clean) opinion on the district—s financial statements, federal awards and state awards but identifying one state-compliance finding tied to the required 55% classroom-teacher-salary threshold.

"We issued unmodified opinions for the district's financial statements," Manzo said, adding that there were no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in internal control. She then detailed the lone finding: "For fiscal year 24-25, only 48.28 percent was met, which ultimately resulted in a deficiency of about $9,300,000," she said, noting the figure reflected how…

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