Oklahoma County approves tentative and adjusted school budgets; board flags financial concerns at EPIC Charter Schools

The Scribe Board of Oklahoma County on June 30 approved filings and temporary appropriations for multiple school districts and charter schools for the 2025–26 fiscal year and made final adjustments for the 2024–25 year, while several board members expressed concern about the finances of EPIC Charter Schools.

Board members voted to file tentative or temporary budgets and to approve state and federal fund adjustments for the following districts and amounts listed in the county clerk/finance department requests: Middale School District No. 52 (general fund $119,700,734; building fund $7,580,667; child nutrition $7,099,965; tech center special building fund $3,000,000; debt service $18,000,000; co-op technology fund $10,017,773); Putnam City School District No. 1 (general fund $192,000,940; building fund $9,560,000; child nutrition $16,322,937); EPIC Charter Schools (temporary filing general fund $223,915,084; board later approved a…