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School board certifies closed session, approves religious exemptions and passes FY26 budget on 3-2 vote
Summary
At its March 11 meeting, the Powhatan County School Board certified a prior closed session, approved a set of religious-exemption requests and personnel items, and approved a consent agenda that included the FY26 budget and facilities use report by a 3-2 roll call vote.
The Powhatan County School Board on March 11 certified that a prior closed meeting complied with Virginia law, approved multiple religious-exemption requests from compulsory attendance and accepted a personnel docket and addendum, then approved a consent agenda that included the division's FY26 balanced budget submission to the county by a 3-2 roll call vote.
The board opened by passing a certification under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act that a previously convened closed meeting met statutory requirements. The text read in the meeting cited "section…
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