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Audit flags Title I compliance at one site and repeats teacher-salary finding
Summary
The district's single-audit work identified a Title I compliance finding at the tested school site (site-council composition) and a repeat finding that classroom-teacher salaries fell below the Education Code 60% threshold; the district obtained an exemption from the county superintendent.
The audit presentation identified two formal compliance issues the board must track. Auditor Christina Zakarian said a federal compliance test at one school (the sampled site) found the site council was not properly composed, with staff outnumbering parents/community members. Zakarian described that mismatch as the primary Title I compliance finding from the testing.
Zakarian also noted a repeat state-compliance issue: the district did not meet the Education Code requirement to spend 60% of total educational expenses on classroom-teacher salaries. "So the district didn't meet that 60%." She said the district sought and received an exemption from the Madera County Superintendent of Schools for the year and recommended continued monitoring and requesting exemptions as needed.
Board members and the auditor emphasized the finding is a recurring item tied partly to changes in funding (for example, higher ESSER funds in prior years) and recommended continued administrative attention to staffing and expenditure classification to avoid future repeat findings.
