The Terrebonne Parish School Board finance committee recommended that the board adopt variable budgets for the 2024–25 fiscal year, received proposed operating budgets for fiscal year 2025–26 and established a public hearing for Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at 5 p.m. in the boardroom of the Terrebonne Parish School Board office, 201 Stadium Drive, Houma.

Finance staff explained that the variable-budget designation allows the district to set estimated revenues equal to actual revenues when late grant awards arrive or when grants permit carryover into the next fiscal year. "This is just normal procedure for this time of year," Miss Klingman said, describing the mechanism as primarily an auditor-driven practice to handle late awards and carryover.

Doctor Cloutier raised a concern after reviewing the materials: "I noticed that, overwhelmingly, the ending fund balance on all the funds is less than what the beginning fund balance was, which would indicate that we're having less money in those accounts." Klingman responded that the document is a conservative budget projection and that actual year-end balances are often higher: "So the bottom line should be greater than that at year end." The superintendent told the committee the proposed budget was "hot off the presses" and would be reviewed in greater detail in subsequent meetings.

The committee voted to receive and accept the proposed operating budgets for the general operating fund, child nutrition program fund, 1¢ sales tax fund, half-cent sales tax fund, three-quarter-cent sales tax fund and various special revenue funds, and to establish the public hearing as stated. The committee advanced the recommendation with no recorded objections.

During the monthly report, finance staff noted stronger sales tax collections for April, "so it's an increase of 5.46," Miss Clayton reported. Committee member Mr. Ford invited the public to attend the July 8 hearing, saying, "I wanna invite the public, anyone that sees this or is here to come back on July 8 for the public hearing...we would still like to see the public here for that hearing." The sales-tax report and budget receipt were informational items; no final budget adoption occurred at the committee level.

The committee did not cite specific state or parish statutes on the record. Several members asked for further review at upcoming budget workshops, and staff said they will present more detailed analyses at scheduled follow-up meetings.