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Bradley County Board of Education approves fiscal year 2026 budget
Summary
The Bradley County Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt the school district’s fiscal year 2026 budget after brief questions about federal funding changes.
The Bradley County Board of Education voted 7-0 to adopt the district’s fiscal year 2026 budget at a board meeting.
Board members asked whether recent federal funding changes had affected the budget; district staff said allocations from the Department of Education were holding at current fiscal year 2025 levels. That response framed the board’s decision to approve the budget unchanged.
Board discussion was brief. A board member asked specifically about federal funds and whether the district had been “affected a great deal” by recent changes; a district staffer replied, “At this time, I don't think we actually know what those forward changes are. The last we heard from the Department of Education is that all allocations are holding at the current fiscal year 25 allocations.”
Miranda, the board clerk, called the roll for the motion to adopt the budget. The votes recorded were Allen Smith: yes; Ted Bryson: yes; Amanda Lee: yes; Rachel Goins: yes; Vicky Beatty: yes; Josh Taylor: yes; Nancy Cason: yes. The motion passed 7-0.
The board did not make any changes to the budget during the meeting. The superintendent’s office and board staff will implement the approved FY26 spending plan and follow-up with updates if federal allocations change.
