Randolph County Schools presents FY 2026 budget; board approves job description and personnel actions

Randolph County Schools staff presented the proposed fiscal year 2026 budget at a special-called Randolph County Board of Education meeting and the board approved a set of routine personnel items.

Randolph County Schools staff member Beth Harper Waters presented the budget, saying the total budgeted revenues across all funds were about $30,000,001.86 and that most revenue comes from the state. "This is the proposed budget for fiscal year 26," Waters said, and she described the state, local and federal revenue breakdowns and reserves.

Waters told the board the district is required to maintain a one-month operating balance; based on the budgeted expenditures that one-month figure is $2,159,986. She said, "I project we will finish FY '26 with a 3.58 reserve." Waters also described Average Daily Membership (ADM) and teacher-unit changes: the district’s ADM held “pretty steady” year to year, with a reported loss of about 1.7 students and a net gain of 0.36 teacher units in the state-funded allocation. A separate, preliminary ADM…