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Murfreesboro board approves 2025–26 budgets, plans to draw down reserves
Summary
The Murfreesboro City School Board on April 29 approved the district’s 2025–26 general purpose, federal, school nutrition, extended-school program and debt-service budgets, including a planned $5.9 million draw from fund balance and a $1.8 million one-time teacher-bonus pass-through from the Tennessee General Assembly.
The Murfreesboro City School Board on April 29 approved the district’s 2025–26 spending plans, voting to adopt the general purpose, federal, school nutrition, extended-school program (ESP) and debt-service budgets.
The district’s general purpose budget shows $117,907,499 in expenditures and projects no new local tax revenue; administrators told the board they plan to draw $5,900,000 from the district’s fund balance to cover the gap. The presentation to the board also included certified and classified salary scales and differentiated pay plans and a policy to provide a minimum 2.5% salary increase for employees.
Administrators said the only change from the version reviewed in the board work session was the addition of $1,800,000 in anticipated state funds tied to a one-time teacher bonus approved by the Tennessee General Assembly; Murfreesboro City Schools will act as a pass-through for those bonus payments and budgeted the amounts so staff can distribute funds quickly once received.
In separate approvals, the board adopted a $4,900,000 preliminary federal programs budget that administrators said will fund Title I, Title II, Title III, IDEA Part B, IDEA Pre-K and the district’s 21st Century (after-school) grant. The board was told these allocations are preliminary and will be adjusted when final figures arrive from the U.S. Department of Education.
The School Nutrition Fund budget projects about $7,000,000 in revenues against slightly more than $8,900,000 in expenditures, a gap financed by a planned $1,800,000 draw from that fund’s balance; presenters said the fund has a three-month balance limit and that the draw is being used to meet program requirements. The self-supporting ESP budget was presented with roughly $6,400,000 in both revenues and expenditures and a small projected increase to that fund balance.
The board also approved the district’s debt-service budget, which the presentation said is used to account for funds reserved to retire district debt held by the City of Murfreesboro on the school system’s behalf. Presenters noted principal and interest are backed by the city’s taxing authority.
Each budget was presented for approval, moved and seconded from the board dais, and carried without opposition in voice votes.
