The South Carroll Special School District Board of Trustees discussed the 2024-25 and 2025-26 budgets and approved a motion to change the district's audit contractor to CRS at the published quote during its July 17 meeting. The board also moved to approve minutes, the meeting agenda and the consent agenda, which included financial reports and the trustee's report. The meeting was called to order by Dr. Christy Blount and adjourned at 7:06 p.m.

Why it matters: Changes to the district's auditor and decisions about the coming school-year budget affect how the district prepares financial statements and plans spending for schools, staff and programs.

Board members raised the two budget years as items for discussion; the transcript records the agenda line items "Discuss 24-25 Budget" and "Discuss 25-26 Budget" but does not include further budget detail in the public minutes. During discussion of audit services, Mrs. Donna McDaniel-Cox moved to change the audit contractor to CRS "at the published quote," and Mr. Colton Moore seconded the motion. The record shows motions to approve the minutes from June 30, 2025 (moved by Donna McDaniel-Cox, seconded by Tom Miller), to approve the agenda (moved by Donna McDaniel-Cox, seconded by Colton Moore), and to approve the consent agenda (moved by Dr. Christy Blount, seconded by Tom Miller).

Discussion versus action: The transcript documents the motions and seconds; it does not include a recorded roll-call vote or tally for the audit-contractor motion or the routine approvals. The motions are recorded as made and seconded in the minutes-like transcript and are presented here as formal actions taken at the meeting.

What was not specified: The transcript does not provide budget line items, projected revenues or expenditures for either fiscal year, nor does it record any vote tally or any staff presentation of budget details. The contract amount beyond the phrase "published quote" and any scope-of-work changes compared with the prior auditor were not specified in the transcript.

Next steps: The board did not record further budget decisions in the transcript; any follow-up budget hearings, adoption votes or public hearings are not listed in the meeting text provided.