The Smithfield School Committee on Sept. 18 approved fiscal year 2026 budget transfers and recorded routine consent items, including bills totaling $164,067.28.

The committee placed the approval of open minutes and the regular bills on the consent agenda; committee documents list regular bills totaling $164,067.28 and direct checks dated Sept. 13–26 (year not specified in the transcript). The committee then moved to approve FY26 budget transfers and voted in favor.

The consent agenda item referenced approval of open minutes from the Sept. 18, 2025, school committee meeting and approval of bills described in the meeting packet as “regular bills, totaling a $164,067.28” and “direct checks from 09/13/2025 to 09/26/2025” (the transcript contains an inconsistent year for the direct checks; the year is not specified). The committee also noted there was no high school student representative present at the meeting.

A motion was announced to consider convening an executive session under Rhode Island General Laws 42-46-5(a) for legal advice related to a bus contract and for discussion of a prospective business; the transcript does not record a vote on that motion.

Votes at a glance
- Approval of FY26 budget transfers: Motion made and approved on voice vote; tally not specified in the transcript.
- Approval of bills (consent agenda): Regular bills totaling $164,067.28 listed in packet; approval recorded as part of the consent agenda (vote count not specified in transcript).
- Approval of open minutes (consent agenda): Listed for approval; vote count not specified in transcript.
- Motion to consider executive session (R.I. Gen. Laws 42-46-5(a)): Motion announced; no outcome recorded in the provided transcript.

The committee did not provide detailed line-item descriptions of the budget transfers in the recorded segment. Committee members asked follow-up procedural questions before the FY26 transfers motion was called and approved. The meeting proceeded to other agenda items, including a discussion of proposed advertising guidelines for athletic facilities and superintendent remarks about staffing and student assessment results.