School board to request appropriations for two grants, including new telehealth mental‑health funding

Prince Edward County Public Schools’ Board voted to ask the Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors to appropriate remaining grant funds and to add a newly awarded telehealth mental‑health grant to this fiscal year’s budget. Ms. Jones presented both items to the board and the board approved moving the request forward.

Ms. Jones told the board the All In Virginia grant is in its third year and that remaining funds need to be appropriated into the current school year so they can be spent before the grant period ends. The amount Ms. Jones read aloud in the meeting transcript was unclear; she described it during the presentation but the exact figure was not specified in the record provided to the board.

Ms. Jones also described a new school‑based mental‑health telehealth grant, which she said would provide up to $300,000 in reimbursement for telehealth services. "A school division can get reimbursed up to $300,000 for these services," she told the board. The board discussed the grant briefly; staff said the state guidance on allowable services and provider types was not yet fully clear and that they were checking details.

A motion to move the appropriation requests forward to the Board of Supervisors passed without recorded opposition. The board did not take the final appropriation itself; it authorized staff to request the funds be appropriated by the county supervisors, who must approve budget adjustments.

Board members asked for follow‑up clarifications about the telehealth grant, including whether services could be provided by videoconference, phone, or both. Staff said they would report back with the state guidance once it was available.

The appropriations request will next appear before the Board of Supervisors; the board’s approval of the request does not itself obligate county funds until the supervisors act.