Beauregard Parish School Board approves finance and policy committee recommendations; routine agenda items passed by voice vote

The Beauregard Parish School Board on voice votes approved multiple finance- and policy-committee recommendations and carried routine agenda items, including adoption of the meeting agenda and approval of minutes from the Aug. 14, 2025 regular meeting.

Finance committee approvals - The board approved a resolution to accept the bid for the purchase of general obligations (Series 2025) for the Parish Wide School District; the resolution text and the winning bidder name were presented but not recorded verbatim in the transcript. - The board approved using $240,000 of remaining 2023 bond funds for additional improvements to the South Boulevard High School athletic complex. - The board approved using $310,000 of remaining 2023 bond funds to replace the backup chiller at Dritter High School. All three finance items were acted on together by motion and carried by voice vote; the board's clerk recorded the items as passing.

Policy committee approvals - The board approved revisions to policy file JCDAF (bullying and hazing) and waived the waiting period for the change. - The board approved revisions to policy file JGCE (child abuse reporting) and waived the waiting period. - The board approved revisions to policy file JGCF (behavioral-health support for students) and waived the waiting period. These four policy items were waived from the waiting period and approved by voice vote.

Routine procedural business - The board adopted the meeting agenda as presented and approved the minutes of the Aug. 14, 2025 regular meeting as published in the official journal by voice vote.

Votes and roll call - All listed actions were taken by voice vote. The transcript records unanimous "Aye" responses and no recorded roll-call tallies or individual recorded "No" votes for these items. No roll-call vote counts were recorded in the meeting transcript provided.

What the board did not do at this meeting - The final budget adoption for fiscal year 2025 was discussed; staff presented Budget Revision No. 2 (the final revision for FY25) and described an excess revenue of $2,131,131 and proposed allocations ($419,112 to reserves and $1,700,000 to the sinking/debt fund). The presenter said the board must vote on the final budget at the board budget meeting next month; no final board vote on the budget occurred at this meeting.

Speakers identified in the meeting transcript are listed below. Direct quotations are limited to statements that could be clearly attributed in the transcript.