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Prince Edward supervisors approve $34.6 million amendment to FY26 budget for school operations and elementary renovation
Summary
The Board of Supervisors voted to amend the FY26 county and school budgets to add $34,585,521.26, combining carryover, local funds and school-construction financing to support the operating budget and an elementary school renovation.
Prince Edward County supervisors voted to increase the county and school fiscal year 2026 budgets by $34,585,521.26 to appropriate school operating carryover funds and finance an elementary school renovation. County staff presented the request from the Prince Edward County School Board and an attached letter from the acting school superintendent during the meeting.
The request included $929,812.26 of federal, state and private carryover funds and a separate request to draw down $33,655,709 from the School Construction Assistance Program and a literary loan for the elementary renovation. A county staff member said the total amendment exceeds the locality's 1% threshold for budget changes, which under the Code of Virginia requires the county to advertise the amendment at least seven days before a public hearing; notices appeared in the Farmville Herald. No members of the public spoke during the hearing.
The amendment was moved and seconded by board members and adopted by recorded vote. The county's FY26 budget cited in the presentation was $127,692,756, which made the requested amendment exceed the 1% requirement for public notice. The board recorded the motion to increase and appropriate the funds for both the school operating budget and elementary renovation and approved it in the meeting.
Smaller, separate school appropriations that were handled in the same session included local appropriations described in the packet (for example, a $656,005 local appropriation listed in the agenda materials and a separate $30,000 state grant appropriation) and several FY25-to-FY26 carryover and committed-fund transfers that the county also approved.
The action creates the appropriations necessary for the school division to draw the listed construction and operating funds; the transcript notes the request originated from the school board and the acting school superintendent but does not include further detail about the renovation schedule or lender terms. The board directed staff to proceed with the appropriations as presented.
