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White County board adopts consent agenda; budget report shows timing-driven revenue gain and $9,000 secondary adjustment
Summary
Trustees approved the consent agenda including two policy updates on second reading, accepted budget amendments that reallocated existing funds for transportation and substitute staffing, and reviewed maintenance and construction plans; the district reported a $347,382.50 TISA outcomes payment and timing-driven revenue gains.
White County — The White County Board of Education on Jan. 9 approved its consent agenda, which included minutes, budget amendments, second-reading revisions to Policies 4603 and 5118, maintenance and personnel reports, and a financial update showing a timing-driven revenue increase.
During the work session the board reviewed a requested reappropriation moving existing general-purpose school fund dollars from vocational instructional materials and bus/driver expenses to maintenance and repair equipment and diesel fuel. The reallocation was described as covering equipment repairs and fuel costs for transporting students to an 8th-grade career fair at the Heidelberg facility; no new money was requested, and the transfer was described by staff as a reclassification of existing budgeted funds.
Administrators also presented a request to reclassify IDEA subfund (Fund 142, Subfund 109) line items — moving monies from non-certified substitute teachers to certified substitute teachers to cover extended leaves such as maternity. A separate secondary-budget amendment, added to the electronic packet the evening of Jan. 9, was described as a roughly $9,000 adjustment and is included in the files for the regular meeting.
Chief financial reporting: The district's financial report showed revenues up compared with December 2023, primarily because a large property tax payment for mortgage companies arrived on schedule in December this year after arriving in January last year. The district also recorded a TISA outcomes payment of $347,382.50, a funds boost the director attributed to the district's strong academic performance. "That payment equated to $347,382.50," the finance presenter said during the report.
Maintenance and building projects: The maintenance report described continued work on the Keene project (Castle area), ongoing major work at the high school, a culinary project in progress, and a proposed reconstruction of the chiller loop and air handler in the CTE building; staff said the chiller work will require additional approval because the projected cost exceeds original budgeting. Architects are studying plans for a six-classroom addition at Doyle Elementary and HVAC replacement in the White County High School CTE building.
Other routine business: Personnel reports showed no hires and several terminations in December, largely among substitute teachers. Threat-assessment reporting was noted as included in the packet. The board also heard that the district had used four snow days so far this school year and — accounting for two days used for a teacher in-service — had seven weather-related days remaining.
Votes and procedure: The consent agenda and budget amendments were adopted by voice vote with no recorded roll-call tally. The reclassification and reappropriation items were presented as transfers of existing budgeted funds rather than requests for new appropriations.
