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Hacienda La Puente USD accepts 2024–25 audit; auditors flag shortfall on classroom-teacher salary threshold

Hacienda La Puente Unified School District Board of Education · January 23, 2026
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Summary

Independent auditors issued unmodified opinions on the district’s 2024–25 financials but recorded a repeat state-compliance finding: the district spent 53.74% on classroom teacher salaries, below the 55% threshold required by the Education Code. District staff outlined corrective steps and may seek a county exemption.

The Hacienda La Puente Unified School District board accepted the independent audit for the year ended June 30, 2025, after an auditor presented results showing overall unmodified opinions but one repeat state-compliance finding.

Kyle Montgomery, a partner at Christie White, told the board the financial-statement, federal-compliance and state-compliance opinions were all unmodified — the highest-level opinions auditors can give — but that the…

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