Superintendent reviews midyear budget, legislative priorities and facilities plan

Superintendent Doug Graham told the Nashville School District Board of Education on Jan. 21 that the district is roughly 49.8% of the way through the fiscal year as of Dec. 31 and that the district has an operating balance reported in the board packet (figure read in the meeting as "7,418,007 $281"). He recommended payment of bills and presented the midyear financial snapshot to the board.

Graham reviewed items he expects to surface in the current state legislative session. He said superintendent associations want transparency for schools that receive state funding equivalent to public districts: if charter or private schools receive per-pupil funding (the figure cited in the meeting was $7,700 per student), those schools should meet the same testing, dyslexia screening and special-education…