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Miss Caldell, a finance staff member, presented the revised budget and carryover request, saying the action reconciles projected beginning balances for several funds the division submitted in February. She told the board the administration was requesting a carryover of $1,964,001.76 in obligated and encumbered funds related to Medicaid and per-pupil allocations.

\"This is the annual, where we adjust the beginning balances for fund 314 ... and we're requesting the carry over, of that for it's a third year of our all in,\" Miss Caldell said. The board moved and seconded the measure and approved the final FY26 revision and supplemental carryover.

Superintendent Dr. Perrigan asked the board to approve a salary-scale amendment that adds an additional step for elementary and some middle-school administrative scales. He said the change is intended to align elementary principal and middle-school CTE principal scales with other administrative scales. The amendment corrects a step error for the new dean-of-students classification and would add a seventh step now and an eighth step in the 2026-27 scale.

Dr. Perrigan said the change will affect three or four employees and will increase pay by a few thousand dollars for those positions; he told members the division can absorb the cost in existing appropriations. The motion to approve the salary-scale amendment passed.

The board also approved nine division 'focus goals' that leadership recommended after a retreat and earlier meetings. Administration noted that several state-level policy changes under discussion could require the division to revise exam- and test-related procedures (administration flagged that recent state guidance would require that students' Standards of Learning test scores count for at least 10% of course grades and that some exams be scheduled in the final two weeks of school).

Dr. Wallace presented emergency response guides that were standardized across the division'covering 16 facilities'and said an intern, Lindsay Williams, helped convert the guides into a single format. Wallace told the board the guides will be shared with first responders per state timelines but would not be posted publicly; the board approved the guides.

Other approved items included the board's appointment of a delegate and alternate to the Virginia School Boards Association and the routine consent agenda. Several members praised convocation and the start of the school year during board updates.

The board took each item by motion and voice vote; where recorded, staff said the fiscal impacts were small and manageable within existing appropriations. The administration said it will report back on any policy changes required by new state rules and will finalize implementation details for the salary-scale changes and the budget carryover.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Washington County Schools - Regular Board Meeting - 8/11/2025","oneSentenceSummary","At its meeting the board approved a final FY26 budget revision and carryover, added an administrative salary step for principals, adopted nine focus goals for 2025\t6, approved emergency response guides for all facilities and took other routine actions.","taxTitle","WASHINGTON CO PBLC SCHS, School Districts, Virginia","taxId",80493,"location","Virginia","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":44,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6503422,"Washington County school board raises family HSA to $3,000 for employees on high-deductible plan",668,1767000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5561796-8d65a7f76e29561351469860e7447ade&start=1767&end=2435","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5561796-8d65a7f76e29561351469860e7447ade/thumbnail_1767000.jpg","/articles/6503422/Virginia/Washington-County-school-board-raises-family-HSA-to-3000-for-employees-on-high-deductible-plan","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6503422-31ce54a0756bb587a3bc2d4ebca20c32/orig.mp4?Expires=1771089477&Signature=izVS4-rpqK1viHfkVy4-2QA-leKLS4JekCyMX8f3Dg65zzeMCcdhY-cUMyUICO4xvl3wRAKAkYsnFexMvk89qPT-qYa7zg24GGD1cq6MsmqSi1B8k3J1bQe~eFua~nS-KfhOQivDfkbSaaCTKjgFOYQWJG27Ii956EHVzgUJEvcY5UZjCtitlNfCP5OUoYFNLP27aJEAVaqeSjLSA1f9a1qjX0o49y7E~cQej33-F5nULHdkS8QNneMB~YS2Mb-G4kVqwCLX2qwLW4jHlQrANCX8E1wYZimH-Hr83DEK5wTBVws4BFwYZ74HlwDeFGpETP8y2XqPZEiqxTjP5DH9sw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Washington County Public Schools board on Thursday approved increasing the district's employer contribution to employees' health savings accounts to $3,000 for those who choose the family high-deductible health plan, while leaving the $2,400 HSA amount in place for other enrollment tiers.

Superintendent Dr. Perrigan said the change is aimed at strengthening employee benefits while encouraging enrollment in the district's high-deductible plan. \"I'm recommending that we do for this upcoming year ... increase the health savings account to $3,000 for employees who choose the family high deductible plan,\" he told the board during the meeting.

The board heard figures prepared by staff showing possible savings if employees switch plans. Dr. Perrigan said that if 125 employees on other family-level plans switched to the high-deductible family plan, the division would save about $57,000 in premiums; the same shift could save employees collectively about $400,000 annually depending on their prior plan. The superintendent also reported that the division ended the prior year with 174 employees enrolled in the high-deductible plan and that claims fell by nearly $600,000 year-over-year as enrollment in the plan rose.

The approved change applies only to the family high-deductible option; employees who remain on employee-only, employee-plus-child or employee-plus-spouse high-deductible tiers will continue to receive a $2,400 HSA contribution. Staff said open enrollment begins Wednesday and that employees who do not take action will remain on their current plan unless they change it.

Board members asked about employee experience and program uptake; Dr. Perrigan said staff had received mostly positive feedback from those who switched and that the division would track movement in and out of the plan during the next open-enrollment cycle. He described the package as \"a no lose situation for the division and really a no lose situation for the employees,\" reflecting the administration's view that, under current pricing, the family HSA increase is a recruitment and retention tool.

Staff also noted practical details reported to the board: the high-deductible family plan carries a $6,000 family out-of-pocket maximum; the district previously increased the HSA from $1,500 to $2,400 for earlier plan years; and the proposed $3,000 amount would be applied only to the family high-deductible option to preserve budget neutrality for other tiers.

The board moved and seconded the measure; the motion passed on a voice vote. The administration said it will include tracking data in future reports to show enrollment shifts and claims trends.

Next steps: the $3,000 family HSA will be available to employees who elect the family high-deductible plan during the upcoming open-enrollment window.","The Washington County Public Schools board approved increasing the health savings account (HSA) contribution to $3,000 for employees who select the family high-deductible health plan; other HSA levels remain at $2,400.","actionData","errors"]

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Washington County board approves FY26 budget carryover, adds principal salary step, adopts focus goals and emergency guides

Washington County school board raises family HSA to $3,000 for employees on high-deductible plan