Commentary
One would think that a few years after the coronavirus lockdowns in California, things would settle down for school districts. But in Los Angeles County, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, 10 of the districts moved up or down the annual fiscal rankings by double digits.
It’s a time-consuming chore to go to the website of all 79 districts, find the fiscal services department and maybe have a webpage that provides the annual audited financial statements.
Transparency-focused districts provide a listing with links, those who are ambivalent encourage you to dig through the board minutes, and those who don’t care need to be emailed and cajoled. One quarter into the new fiscal year, a dozen districts still don’t have this information available. But there is good news. I was able to obtain these audited financial statements from the California Policy Center’s Local Fiscal Health Dashboard….