The Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees on Aug. 29 approved budget amendments for the fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 2025; adopted the General Fund, Debt Service and Food Service budgets for the fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 2026; and adopted a resolution levying the district's 2025 ad valorem tax. The meeting began at 12:00 p.m. in the Sulphur Springs ISD Board Room and adjourned at 12:25 p.m.

Why it matters: the board's approvals set the district's spending plans for the coming year and formalize the tax levy components—Interest & Sinking (debt service) and Maintenance & Operations (day-to-day operations)—that fund those plans.

Trustee Darla Reed moved to approve the budget amendments for the fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 2025; Trustee Brian Kelly seconded the motion, and the board voted 7-0 to approve the amendments. Trustee Adam Teer moved to approve the General Fund, Debt Service and Food Service budgets for the fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 2026; Trustee Kati Adair seconded, and the board voted 7-0 to adopt those budgets. Trustee Leesa Toliver moved to adopt a resolution levying an annual ad valorem tax for Interest & Sinking and Maintenance & Operations for 2025; Trustee Adam Teer seconded the motion, and the board voted 7-0 to adopt the resolution.

The minutes record no public speakers or line-item debate on the budgets or tax resolution. The district minutes list Board President Craig Roberts, Vice President Leesa Toliver, Secretary Adam Teer and trustees Darla Reed, John Campbell, Kati Adair and Brian Kelly as present. District staff listed in the minutes include Superintendent Dr. Deana Steeber and Business Manager Sherry McGraw.

The board's actions were recorded as formal motions and unanimous votes; the minutes do not specify dollar amounts for the adopted budgets or the tax rate in the resolution. The board reviewed "all other budget areas" as part of the fiscal 2026 budget process, according to the minutes.

The meeting concluded with Board President Craig Roberts adjourning the session at 12:25 p.m.