The Scott County Board of Education voted on multiple consent and action items during the meeting, approving the district’s working budget for 2026 and a series of memoranda of understanding and contracts.

Why it matters: these routine approvals set the district’s near‑term budget, formalize school resource officer placement, renew behavioral-health partnerships and authorize routine personnel and purchasing actions.

Items approved (motions summarized):

- Agenda approval (voice vote) — motion carried.
- Consent agenda (items 6a–6j) — approved by voice vote.
- Approve Change Order 003 for New Oxford Elementary — approved (see separate construction report).
- Approve student achievement report (presentation received; no formal board action beyond receipt noted in the minutes).
- Approve additional platforms for the district’s traceable communication system — approved by voice vote.
- Appoint calendar committee and select Becky Nelson to serve on the 2026–27 calendar committee — motion carried.
- Ratify and approve listed positions (12a–12d) — approved.
- Approve emergency certification for one theater teacher at Scott County Middle School — approved.
- Approve School Resource Officer memorandum of understanding between the City of Georgetown and Scott County Board of Education — approved.
- Approve revised memorandum of agreement with Cultivate Behavioral Health and Education — approved.
- Ratify and approve general contract for services between Scott County Schools and Franklin County Schools — approved.
- Approve the 2026 working budget — approved by voice vote.
- Approve 2024–25 technology activity report — accepted.
- Approve surplus items as submitted — approved.
- Financial report received; board approved current bills — approved.
- Move to closed session pursuant to KRS 61.810(1)(f) for student-discipline proceedings — motion carried; board entered closed session.

Board procedure and voting. Most motions were approved by voice vote with “Aye” recorded and no roll-call tallies stated in the public record. Where the record did not name individual votes, the minutes show motions carried and no named opposition.

Public comment. Earlier in the meeting Mike Davis, speaking on behalf of the Scott County Education Association, thanked the board for recent pay and culture improvements and urged further attention to classified employees, including bus drivers, cafeteria staff and custodians.

Ending: the board completed routine business, received reports, and recessed into a closed session to conduct student-discipline proceedings under KRS 61.810(1)(f).