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Perris Union High reports stronger-than-expected 2024-25 finances; board approves consultant contract amid debate
Summary
Trustees heard the district's 2024-25 unudited actuals showing larger ending balances than earlier estimates and approved a two-year, month-to-month consulting agreement after a 3-2 vote. Board members and employee representatives sparred over messaging about reserves and recent changes to employee dress-code guidance.
The Perris Union High School District on Sept. 10 received its 2024-25 unudited actuals and approved a disputed consulting agreement as trustees weighed how to use higher-than-expected year-end balances.
Dr. Williams, director of fiscal services, told the board the district closed the books with an $8.1 million ending general-fund balance for 2024-25, a swing from an earlier estimate of about $1.3 million. He said the difference reflected a roughly $2.3 million revenue increase (including an ADA adjustment of 33 students), about $4 million in unrestricted expenditure savings and accounting adjustments such as fair-market-value changes to investments. Dr. Williams emphasized that portions of the total are restricted or accounting adjustments and not fully available for discretionary spending.
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