Siloam Springs board approves 2025–26 proposed budget, facility-resolution and several contracts; personnel items carried

The Siloam Springs School District Board of Education on Wednesday approved the district’s proposed 2025–26 budget, adopted a resolution supporting preparation of a 2026 master facilities plan and approved multiple contracts and personnel items during its regular September meeting.

Budget adoption Terry, the district finance lead, presented the proposed 2025–26 budget and said the district projects roughly $2 million in additional local revenue tied to higher property assessments and expects state funding to remain largely flat. She told the board salaries and benefits account for 72% of the district’s planned expenditures for 2025–26 and that the district intends to move about $1.5 million into the building fund to help prepare for future facility needs. The board approved the proposed budget by voice vote; the motion carried.

Resolution and policy updates The board approved a resolution authorizing continued preparation for possible state facility partnership funding in 2026;…