Glad to see a request for an audit of a school district. We need an audit of Medi-Cal for all the laws being broken giving free health care to illegal aliens. Or the waste and scams involved with the train to nowhere? How about the use of tax dollars to promote sexual grooming in government schools and racism and Jew hating in our colleges? Lots to audit.
“The Joint Legislative Audit Committee has approved Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez’s request to consider a “full-scale audit” of Coachella Valley Unified School District, following a projected $60 million budget deficit that has had led to layoffs and reduced employee hours.
Gonzalez, a Republican representing the 36th Assembly District — which includes Coachella, Indio, Thermal, Mecca and Salton City — announced the committee’s decision on Wednesday, adding that the move is a response to growing frustration from parents, educators and taxpayers over what is viewed as years of “long-term mismanagement at the highest levels of district leadership.”
A quicker, and more effective method would be throwing ALL the school board members off the Board and elect five CPA’s. Then get the DA ready for indictments.
California State Assembly to consider ‘full-scale’ CVUSD audit at request of Jeff Gonzalez
Jennifer Cortez, Palm Springs Desert Sun, 6/6/25 https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/education/2025/06/05/california-state-assembly-to-consider-coachella-valley-unified-school-district-audit/84049958007/
The Joint Legislative Audit Committee has approved Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez’s request to consider a “full-scale audit” of Coachella Valley Unified School District, following a projected $60 million budget deficit that has had led to layoffs and reduced employee hours.
Gonzalez, a Republican representing the 36th Assembly District — which includes Coachella, Indio, Thermal, Mecca and Salton City — announced the committee’s decision on Wednesday, adding that the move is a response to growing frustration from parents, educators and taxpayers over what is viewed as years of “long-term mismanagement at the highest levels of district leadership.”
“This crisis didn’t happen overnight, and it didn’t happen by accident,” Gonzalez in a press release. “The community deserves answers. They deserve transparency and they deserve to know who’s responsible.”
The Joint Legislative Audit Committee is a bipartisan committee within the California State Legislature that oversees the state’s independent auditing body, the California State Auditor. JLAC reviews audit requests submitted by lawmakers and determines which agencies, programs or local governments should be formally investigated for performance, accountability and use of public funds.
While CVUSD officials have attributed the deficit to the expiration of federal COVID-19 relief funds and lower-than-expected state funding and cost-of-living adjustments as contributing factors, Gonzalez argues the problems “point to deeper, systemic failures.”
Due to the structural deficit, CVUSD finalized 42 teacher layoffs in May, effective at the end of the fiscal year. Among classified staff, 262 positions were also impacted by reductions in force. Of those, 170 received final layoff notices, while 92 saw reduced hours or were reassigned into different roles based on seniority.
Negotiations are still underway between the district and the California School Employees Association, which represents the classified staff, to reduce hours rather than lay off some positions, including instructional media technicians, English language support assistants and parent liaisons.
“This is more than just a budget problem, this is a leadership failure,” Gonzalez continued in the press release. “Our students, faculty and staff are paying the price for bad decisions they didn’t make. This audit is the first step toward restoring integrity, rebuilding trust and protecting the future of public education in the Coachella Valley.”
CVUSD did not respond immediately to requests for comment.
What happens next?
The committee will formally review the audit request and determine next steps at a hearing scheduled for Wednesday, June 18 in Sacramento.
If approved by JLAC, it’s unclear how this audit would differ from the independent review requested by the Riverside County Office of Education or the comprehensive fiscal analysis conducted by Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team, a state-funded agency which evaluated the district’s financial health in both 2019 and 2025.
According to the JLAC’s website, after the committee approves an audit request, the California State Assembly generally takes at least six months to complete the audit work. State law precludes the CSA’s office from discussing or disclosing any aspect of the audit, including the audit approach or potential findings, until it is completed.
What happens after an audit is released?
Once an audit is completed and released, its website states, the CSA requires the audited agency to provide a 60-day, six-month, and one-year response on the status of implementing recommendations in the audit report. This information is used to determine the need for any follow-up review, or in some cases, legislative oversight hearings.
