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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 2.2-3712(d) of the Code of Virginia" and stated the board's certification that only matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements had been discussed.
During new business the board approved two sets of religious-exemption requests filed as REFY25-11 through REFY25-14 and REFY25-15 through REFY25-18; both motions were approved by voice vote. The board also voted to accept the personnel docket and addendum by voice vote.
Later the board considered a consent agenda that bundled the facilities use report and the FY26 budget proposal to be submitted to the Board of Supervisors. After discussion, the consent agenda passed 3-2. The roll call recorded on the transcript showed: District 1 —Nay; District 3 —Yea; District 4 —Aye; District 5 —Nay; District 2 —Yes. The transcript records the chair announcing the motion and the vote, and a board member saying she did not vote for the budget portion because she wanted more spreadsheet detail.
The meeting record shows routine motions to adjourn a prior workshop and to start the regular meeting; those procedural motions also carried by voice votes.
Votes at a glance - Closed-session certification (Virginia FOIA §2.2-3712(d)): adopted (voice vote; certification read aloud). - Religious exemptions REFY25-11, REFY25-12, REFY25-13, REFY25-14: approved (voice vote). - Religious exemptions REFY25-15, REFY25-16, REFY25-17, REFY25-18: approved (voice vote). - Personnel docket and addendum: accepted (voice vote). - Consent agenda (facilities use report and FY26 budget submission to county): approved, roll call 3-2 (District 1 Nay; District 3 Yea; District 4 Aye; District 5 Nay; District 2 Yes).
The board chair announced adjournment at 7:31 p.m.
