Conway board adopts $108.8 million operating budget and moves $1.9 million to pay for reading, behavior and staffing initiatives

The Conway School District Board of Education approved a $108,800,000 operating budget for 2025–26 and voted to move $1.9 million from the district—s building fund into operating to begin paying for reading interventions, behavior supports and several new staff positions.

Amber Strange, who presented the budget to the board, said the proposal balances revenues and expenditures and is centered on personnel costs. "You see we have total revenue of about 108,800,000.0," Strange said while reviewing the packet. She told the board the budget includes roughly $61.8 million in salaries and $19.8 million in benefits, with the remainder for services, supplies, capital outlay and debt service.

District administrators told the board the separate $1.9 million transfer will fund an initial set of priorities identified…