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Hoke County school board approves budget resolution, several salary changes and special-education contracts; textbook MOU tabled
Summary
At its Sept. 9 meeting the Hoke County Schools Board of Education approved the fiscal-year 2025–26 budget resolution, multiple salary schedule changes for classified staff and contracts for special-education and nursing services. A proposed memorandum of understanding with a community college on textbook costs was tabled for further information.
The Hoke County Schools Board of Education on Sept. 9 approved the district’s fiscal-year 2025–26 budget resolution, adopted new salary steps for several classified employee groups and authorized contracts to provide deaf-and-hard-of-hearing and nursing services for students. The board also tabled a proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a community college on who would secure or pay for textbooks used in dual-enrollment courses.
Why it matters: The budget and salary actions affect district payroll and operations for the coming school year; the special-education and nursing contracts address immediate student needs. The unresolved MOU affects whether dual-enrollment students will bear textbook costs or whether the partner institution will provide books at no charge.
Board action and outcomes - Minutes: The board approved minutes for Aug. 12 and Aug. 27, 2025 after a motion and second; vote recorded as unanimous (“All in favor, say aye.”). - School board policy, second reading: The board approved the second reading of school board policy as presented. - Fiscal-year 2025–26 budget resolution: Motion to approve carried; board president called vote and members answered in the affirmative. - Salary schedule and compensation actions: The board approved several classified salary schedule changes discussed during a presentation of a district compensation study. The meeting record shows votes approving (a) a new teacher-assistant pay step (noted as “16.07” in the presentation), (b) updated child-nutrition hourly rates, and (c) changes to custodian pay scales after discussion of two implementation options. The transcript records motions, seconds and “all in favor” statements but does not record a detailed roll-call tally for each salary motion. - Environmental graphics: The board approved a polished-aluminum option for the new school’s interior/environmental graphics. - Special-education contracts: The board approved contracts to provide deaf-and-hard-of-hearing services and to add or amend nursing-service contracts (Bayada Home Health Care and an amendment increasing an existing contractor’s not-to-exceed amount) to ensure nursing coverage for medically fragile students. - Community-college MOU on textbooks: Board members debated language about whether the college would secure textbooks or cover costs; the board voted to table the MOU to allow staff to seek additional information and legal review. - Closed session: The board voted to enter closed session under North Carolina General Statute §143-318.11 to discuss confidential personnel and student matters and to consult with counsel.
What the record shows and what it does not: The meeting transcript records motions, seconds and multiple “aye” votes for the items above. Several motions were moved and seconded by unnamed board members in the record; the transcript does not provide a complete roll-call vote for every motion (no per-member yes/no/abstain table was recorded in the transcript excerpts provided). The action on custodian salary changes was approved in the meeting, but the transcript records competing motions for two options and does not clearly log a roll-call count that identifies which option (by line number) individual members supported.
Next steps and follow-up: The MOU with the community college will return to the board after staff and legal review. The finance and HR offices indicated they will present refined salary schedules and placement details to ensure employees are placed on the new scales in a way that does not reduce current pay.
Votes-at-a-glance provenance (transcript excerpts): The meeting record shows the minutes motion and vote (transcript seg_1120–1154), policy second reading and vote (seg_1176–1192), the fiscal-year budget motion and vote (seg_3221–3246), salary study discussion and salary motions (seg_1793–2591; 3255–3712), the community-college MOU debate and tabling motion (seg_2709–2875), special-education contracts and vote (seg_3719–3889), environmental-graphics vote (seg_3058–3204), and closed-session motion citing N.C. Gen. Stat. §143-318.11 (seg_3980–4017).
Ending: The board adjourned into closed session after the actions above; staff said they will return updated documents (the MOU language and detailed salary-placement tables) to the board at a later date for final action.
