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Cheatham County board approves grants, contracts and policy revisions; several motions pass unanimously
Summary
At its Feb. 6, 2025 meeting, the Cheatham County Board of Education approved multiple budget and contract items, accepted a state preschool grant and advanced two policy revisions on voice/roll-call votes, several recorded as unanimous.
Cheatham County Board of Education members on Feb. 6, 2025 approved a series of budget, contract and policy items during their regular meeting, voting unanimously on several measures following staff presentations and routine consent items.
The actions include acceptance of a state special education (SPED) preschool grant of $59,362.08 and approval of a contract with a community services contractor (CSR) for $130,500 (vendor name recorded as "Farmway 3 0 1" in the meeting record). Board members also voted to accept a TISA (Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement) outcome increase referenced in the meeting; the transcript did not provide a clear dollar amount for that TISA increase. Several procurement requests were approved, including a district request to purchase laptops and a transportation purchase described as under $40,000; the meeting record gave incomplete dollar figures for those items.
The board also approved policy revisions in two items: a second reading and approval of policy provision 6.4051 related to emergency medications (glucagon and diazepam gel), and a first-reading approval of revisions to policy 5.118 addressing background investigations for employees and certain non-district personnel. Both items were advanced by voice vote and recorded as passing unanimously.
Nut graf: The measures advance operational priorities the district has been discussing — special‑education preschool funding, classroom technology and vehicle replacements, and clearer personnel‑screening rules — while formalizing a health/medication policy that had reached second reading.
Most votes were taken by voice or roll call and recorded as unanimous in the meeting transcript. For several motions the meeting record names board members while conducting roll-call votes; the transcript does not include a complete, machine-readable vote tally for every item. Where the transcript did not state precise dollar amounts or named movers/seconders for a motion, this article records those fields as not specified rather than inferring values.
Votes at a glance (items discussed in the meeting):
- TISA outcome increase for FY25 — motion to approve and accept (amount not specified in transcript). Approved (recorded as passing unanimously).
- State SPED preschool grant — $59,362.08. Motion made and seconded; approved by roll call (recorded as unanimous).
- CSR contract (vendor listed in transcript as "Farmway 3 0 1") — $130,500. Motion approved (recorded as unanimous).
- District laptop purchase request (procurement from "Ed Debt" referenced) — dollar amount not specified in the transcript. Motion approved.
- Transportation purchase (described in the record as under $40,000) — approved.
- Policy 6.4051 (glucagon and diazepam gel) — second reading; motion to approve passed by voice vote (recorded as unanimous).
- Policy 5.118 (background investigations) — approved on first reading; motion passed by voice vote (recorded as unanimous).
Other routine business: the consent agenda (minutes and standard disposals) was approved by voice vote; the meeting adjourned after brief board comments and recognitions.
Ending: The board scheduled its next meeting at Cheatham County Central High School the following month; items approved at this session will move into implementation steps managed by district staff and finance personnel as appropriate.
