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Houston County Board adopts $638.45 million fiscal 2026 budget
Summary
The Houston County Board of Education on June 10 approved a $638,451,369 budget for fiscal year 2026 that includes employee supplements, 53 additional positions and capital spending for Veterans Middle School and other projects.
The Houston County Board of Education approved a $638,451,369 fiscal year 2026 budget on June 10, following a required public hearing and a unanimous 6-0 vote.
The adopted budget includes a $1,000 December supplement for all full-time employees, a $500 supplement for eligible part-time employees, funding for new social studies and world language textbooks, computer replacements for teachers and students, bus purchases, software subscriptions and 53 additional personnel the coming school year. The board’s capital projects allocation includes work on Veterans Middle School.
Miss Morris, a district staff member who presented the tentative budget during the required hearing, said, “For our general fund, our expenditures are budgeted at $469,511,000. Our debt service…is $9,019,000. Capital projects is $83,964,000. Other programs…is $75,954,000 for a total…of $638,451,000.”
Mr. Crockett, board member, moved to approve the presented budget; Ms. Johnson seconded. The motion passed 6-0. Board members noted the budget was “bold” but described it as achievable before the vote.
The board also approved a consolidated application resolution authorizing Dr. Richard Rogers, superintendent of schools, to file the district’s consolidated application with the Georgia Department of Education. The resolution replaces a January 2025 resolution signed by then-superintendent Mark Scott; the board voted 6-0 to transfer filing authority to Dr. Rogers.
Board members and the superintendent framed the budget as the product of earlier listening sessions. Dr. Richard Rogers, superintendent of schools, said the budget “is a testament of us working together” and highlighted that the plan was shaped by “the voices of our teachers, our administrators, our students.”
Action on the FY 2026 budget was taken after the district’s required public hearing; no members of the public spoke in favor or against the proposed budget during the hearing.
The board’s formal approval authorizes district staff to implement the FY 2026 spending plan and to proceed with the capital and personnel hires described in the presentation.
