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Chawanakee board approves 2023-24 unaudited actuals, adopts GANN and EPA resolutions
Summary
The Chawanakee Unified School District board unanimously approved the 2023-24 unaudited actuals (district ending fund balance $2,377,295.48), adopted the annual GANN limit, and approved the Education Protection Account plan for 2024-25, which the district says it will spend on teachers' salaries and benefits.
The Chawanakee Unified School District Board of Trustees on Sept. 10 unanimously approved the district's 2023-24 unaudited actuals showing a district ending fund balance of $2,377,295.48, of which $1,131,828.00 is restricted. CBO Melissa Kielpinski told trustees the books must be closed and submitted to the Madera County Superintendent of Schools by Sept. 15 for county and state review.
Kielpinski also presented and the board adopted Resolution No. 3-2024/2025 adopting the GANN limit required by the California Constitution, and Resolution No. 4-2024/2025 concerning the Education Protection Account (EPA). Kielpinski said the district "expended the previous year's EPA funds solely on teacher's salaries and benefit and will continue to spend 2024/25 fiscal year EPA funds in the same manner." Trustees voted unanimously on each motion (Ayes: B. Bigelow; J. Hutchens; S. Waltner; J. Thornburg; E. Parish). The meeting minutes show the board also approved an exemption request under EC Section 41372 because the district did not meet the statutory minimum percentage spent on classroom teacher salaries for 2023-24 and cited a "serious hardship" as the basis for that request.
What happens next: staff will file the unaudited actuals with the county and state per the statutory timeline. The EPA spending determination was made in public session as required by law; the board recorded no dissent during the vote.
