The Knox County Schools Board of Education approved its consent agenda, which included several state and private grants, memoranda of understanding and facility contracts.

Major items approved on the consent agenda included a Tennessee Department of Education fiscal year 2026 Turnaround Action Grant in the amount of $1,394,649.69 and an amendment to a memorandum of agreement with United Way of Greater Knoxville Inc. for tutoring services and receipt of funding and/or supplies up to $114,892.64. The board also approved a Tennessee Department of Education Preschool Access for All Learning Network cohort 6 grant for $80,000 and Tennessee Arts Commission student ticket subsidy grants totaling $46,862.

Other consent items approved included: a memorandum of understanding with Knox Education Foundation for $5,000 to support post-secondary data system development for Knox County Schools academies; receipt of $7,500 from the Tennessee Grow Your Own Center through a U.S. Department of Labor partnership; an Air and Space Forces Association grant of $599 for Gresham Middle School; and a proposal to create a Knox County Schools clothing and resource center. The board additionally approved facility contracts on the agenda, including a partial roof replacement at Gibbs High School with Porter Roofing Contractors Inc. for $2,874,357 and a contract for security window film services up to $750,000 annually for Aug. 1, 2025–July 31, 2026, with possible extensions.

All items on the consent agenda were moved and seconded as presented and carried by voice vote, with no substantive discussion recorded on most items. One construction contract (roof replacement) and multiple vendor contracts were listed with contract terms and amounts on the agenda and were approved as presented.

Board members cast the standard voice votes recorded by the chair for these consent items and no amendments or roll-call votes were taken for the majority of the consent items in the transcript. The board did not provide additional implementation timelines or department assignments for several of the grant-funded programs during the meeting; staff will handle execution under established procurement and grant-acceptance procedures.