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Board approves budget amendment to buy Type E buses from transportation fund reserves
Summary
Missoula County Public Schools trustees adopted resolutions amending the elementary and high‑school transportation budgets to purchase Type E buses, funded from transportation fund reserves; motions passed unanimously for both elementary and high school amendments.
The Missoula County Public Schools Board of Trustees on May 27 adopted budget amendment resolutions to provide funding for the purchase of Type E buses, with the district using reserves in its transportation fund.
District fiscal staff presented the item as a standard step in the amendment process: "the board approved the proclamation, we published the proclamation, and now we're asking the board to adopt the budget amendment resolution which is attached," a presenter said. The presenter said the elementary and high‑school amendments would provide funding to purchase Type E buses.
Trustee Walsh clarified the source and limitations of the funds: "Just to clarify for everyone, this is money, we're purchasing these with money that couldn't be used to add teachers." Board votes on both the elementary and high‑school amendments were unanimous among the trustees present.
The motions were moved and seconded on the record (elementary motion moved by Trustee Hayes; high‑school motion moved by Trustee Wake), and both carried without dissent. The amendments draw from the transportation fund reserves; no changes to general‑fund teaching positions were enacted as part of these resolutions.
Ending: The board approved the amendments so the district can proceed with procurement of Type E buses; the motions did not reallocate general‑fund teacher staffing.
