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Education committee discusses using nursing-service revenue for online student medical records; reclassifies computers
Summary
At its March 17 meeting, the Sumner County Education Committee heard staff describe plans to apply nursing-service revenue toward a new online student medical-record system and said the state reclassified computers as non-capital items, prompting an intra-budget reallocation.
The Sumner County Education Committee on March 17 discussed using revenue from school nursing services to buy a new online student medical-record system and explained a budget reallocation after the Department of Education reclassified computers as non-capital items.
Porter, director of schools, told the committee, “We receive money for nursing services that we provide to students.” He said the district does not budget that revenue until it is received and that the nursing funds are new money derived from medical services.
“What they're going to use this for is we're transitioning to a better online medical record system for our kids, for schools,” Porter said, adding the district hopes to implement the system “the first week of July” so it is in place before the school year starts.
Porter also described a change from the Department of Education: “The second 1 is Department of Education decided after our budget was submitted that computers are not capital anymore, they're other materials. And so we have to move money or it's just a reallocation of money from capital into the proper line so we can purchase those computers. It's no new money.” He added that the reallocation will require approval by the school board and county commission.
Committee members did not record a formal vote on purchasing the medical-record system during the committee discussion; Porter described the plan and the timing but indicated the district will seek approvals as required. The transcript does not specify the dollar amounts for the nursing funds, the cost of the online system, or the number/cost of computers to be purchased.
The committee opened and closed routine business and recorded unanimous procedural votes on the meeting agenda and minutes. No members of the public who were present signed up to speak.
Porter said he will add photos and updates he received from Dr. Lindbergh to the supplemental materials on the district website.
The committee did not adopt a new policy at the meeting; it treated the nursing revenue and computer reclassification as informational and as items that will move to the school board and county commission for any formal approvals.
